Well, I got them all... Arrangers, WS's, synths, clones, VSTi's. You name it!

Thing is, when I'm trying to be creative, I want to use it ALL. I simply don't see the point in using an inferior tool (depending on what you are trying to do) as some kind of intellectual exercise. What the arranger does best, I use, in commercial and personal areas. But for what the WS does best, I use THAT for. For what the VSTi's do best, I use those...

So, I guess, as PART of an arsenal of musical tools, yes, nothing wrong with the arranger... But I simply see little point in trying to make one as the sole centerpiece of a production for anything other than live use.

I just don't see you as QUITE getting my point... Nothing WRONG with an arranger... just that, for certain things, there are better keyboards. And, pound for pound, just about 100% of all pros doing original music (sessions, studio, stuff you hear on the radio, etc.) are using something OTHER than an arranger....

But, I guess, they must ALL be wrong and you right, eh?