That's right Diki! It sold well because it SOUNDED COOL! Plus add all the other little goodies it had (THAT NO OTHER ARRANGER KEYBOARD OFFERED IN THAT PRICE RANGE) and there's several other reasons it sold well.

Hopefully someone picks up where the original left off. HUGE market for that type of arranger. The success of the original is proof enough of that too.

Here's the thing though. These modern arrangers CAN sound pretty good in terms of more modern styles. However.., the company MUST employ style writers who TRUELY know the music. It's obvious that modern styles on arrangers today are just an afterthought and more of a space filler.

Remember what Yamaha did with some of those older PSR's with hip hop styles? Remember how the kits used in those styles WERE NOT available from the preset kits.., but to access those you had to go into the editing of that particular style to get that kit. They had made a few changes on individual kit instruments. Hi Hats, and Snares were "tweeked a bit".

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 05-18-2009).]