First of all, styles like hip-hop, rap are forever changing and whatever any keyboard develops it will probably be outdated by the time the keyboard is released. Second I can't explain it but I don't see younger generation ever using arrangers for rap, hiphop, etc, regardless is the styles are good or not. Most of the younger generation here in the states only use arrangers if they come from ethnic backgrounds and they play ethnic music like Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Polish, etc. I haven't found any keyboard company that will put out any decent rap, etc styles so why should it be Ketron. There specialty has alway been styles from all ethnic groups back to the MS50 days and been going strong since.

"all of these styles are as poorly represented as the styles from Mozambique, or Sierra Leone or any of the countries Ketron are franticly trying to cover"

That's totally un-true, almost all the ethnic styles that ketron develops are on the mark. Their Latin is the best hands down of any keyboard. They released some African styles that can with XD9 as a user style that was great and no other keyboard company even thought of providing anything from the region of the world.




[This message has been edited by mc (edited 05-02-2009).]