I'm afraid I said this a little earlier, but it seems apropos on this thread. I think that the arranger marketing teams spend too much time listening to their main customer base, and too little time listening to MUSICIANS...

And, if that sounds harsh, just consider where the bad rap that arrangers have really comes from... Arrangers are bought in huge numbers by people that have virtually NO musical ability or experience. But THOSE are the people that the companies poll. Most of those people never even use a fraction of their purchase's capabilities, so how would they even KNOW whether a light is needed for the VH section on/off, or which buttons are most used, or whether a Chord Sequencer is a valuable MUSICAL tool..?

If more attention was payed to the forum input (people that CARE enough about the bloody things that they bother to write about it) than to dilettantes that let them sit at home gathering dust and don't even PLAY well, these things MIGHT start to be practical again. But we have seen how the bean counters and MBA weenies have taken over most of the rest of our lives. Why should the arranger be any different?