Well, I'm sorry, Ian. My posts were not INTENDED to be disrespectful, and I'm sorry, but I feel that nothing I said wasn't extrapolated from your body of posts here over the years. In all fairness, I can't count the number of times you have taken a sideways swipe at whatever arranger others were using when what is fairly deserved criticism of Yamaha arrangers is posted. I think I can recall maybe two posts from you over the last four years or more where you have been willing to voice any criticism of Yamaha at all. I'm sorry, but in my book, and I'm pretty sure in quite a few others here (but of course, I'm just assuming, before anyone ELSE gets insulted ) that puts you pretty firmly in the fanboy category that you are willing to put on others when they disagree with YOU...

To be fair, Ian, you saw me criticize Korg for the lack of fills, and extrapolate that most of their owners wouldn't be upset if Korg added more. But you aren't leaping to THEIR defense, or criticizing me for suggesting it. Only for assumptions about YOUR needs and wants. Sauce for the goose...

I can see that several here have noted my attempt to voice these opinions in the most respectful way I can. I'm sorry that it failed to make a difference. But if a complete refusal to discuss anything that can be improved in PSR arrangers ISN'T fanboy behavior, then you have to extend that to others that display the same devotion to whatever THEY play. And I haven't seen that from you. Sauce for the goose...

But all in all, I am a bit saddened to see you basically ignore the main POINT of my post, while you concentrate on an imagined slight. To be honest, it perfectly illustrates my point. Rather than an adult discussion about the issue itself (that only frank and honest discussion of flaws and potential improvements of even our OWN arrangers is ever going to raise the level of this forum past the fanboy partisanship that spoils so much of it), you chose to ignore the point in its' entirety. I'm sorry, but if you can't come up with more than one or two posts in four YEARS where you are willing to voice any reservations about the Yamaha's (and your tendency, when the PSR's get criticized for quite obvious flaws that others don't suffer by attacking THEIR arranger) it is hard to NOT lump you in with the less critical (sounds better than fanboy, doesn't it? ) faction here.

Now, we all know you are employed to clinicize and promote Yamaha arrangers, so it isn't surprising that perhaps you aren't willing to voice your criticism, but with that in mind, it's tough to get outraged when that fact is a pretty obvious conclusion to those wondering WHY you have so little negative to say abut Yamaha arrangers, when you are all TOO willing to discuss other arrangers' flaws... (for instance, you are all TOO willing to discuss the lack of style assembly onboard the GW-8, while at the same time, completely unwilling to discuss features that take software to accomplish on the PSR that are included onboard in other arrangers).

I'm sorry if that leads us to make the conclusions that so upset you, but they aren't coming from out of thin air. Your body of posts truly suggests it. If there were even a trace of frank criticism of PSR's from you (who are in quite possibly the best position to discuss them), none of this would even be contemplated. But, just as everyone draws their conclusions about how I think from what I post here (including yourself), you can't blame others for doing the same...

Do a search for 'fanboy' and your name here at SZ, you will find examples where you used it on others (for probably the same reason). I'm sorry, but sauce for the goose...