Well,
If you don't sing...the arranger choice is very important. Much more so that if you do sing as a major part of your performance.

After all if the audience isn't listening to you sing...then that darn sax (or whatever) better be good!

That's why I am so critical of the realism and quality of the instruments on my boards.

And...all the brands have some better than other sounds.

In this day of technology, quite honestly, with the low cost of memory (eletronics in general) ALL the arranger mfg's need to do a lot better on sound quality (especially solo voices).

Example given: The sound of the voice should not drastically change from note to note....I mean vibrato speed/depth, timbre, loudness, anyting tha will disturb the prformance in any way.

Too many recycled old samples and poor programming. IMHO. On all brands.

Lee S.