Originally posted by leeboy:
What you described is a true PRO Arranger workstation.
Closest right now is PA2XPRO (IMHO, not just beacase I have one, G-70-yes, but gone). But it misses some of those items.
The problem is...most of the arranger buyers are not like us...thus Yamaha etc cater to the home player that does not want/need all that.
There needs to be 2 catagory of arrangers. The current one and 1 from the PRO division of Yamaha Korg, etc.
Lee S.
What Fran described is also very much a high end home keyboard, much like Roland's VIMA...all the Karaoke features, and other goodies, that will compete with home theatre systems, and 3-D televisions.
Korg is one of the last hold-outs, and, there is no guarantee the next PA iteration will be even based on the PA2XPro...it may be an upgraded PA-800?
Making 2 arrangers, one "pro" and the other "home" may turn out to be more of a burden than a benefit.
Compared to digital pianos, workstations/synthesizers, organs (like the Nord C and Hammond XB-series), the 100% "pro" arranger market is quite tiny.
Only Ketron and Korg right now...next year, maybe neither.
Ian
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