I love the way you and Donny just side step the points i raised in my previous post and move on to something else :-)

Was there anything in the example that you saw done in the clip Donny posted of the Kronos workstation that any arranger could not have done ?

Of coures the weight and detail of the features will be different as the arrager market and the workstation market share many aspects of making music but have different customer profiles, price ranges and feature requirements . One is aimed at live performance play and another at live and studio integration. But both are capable to a greater or lessor degree of both live play and studio play .They are two different markets , each with different profit margins and buying characteristics etc . We have danced this dance countless times before .

What is common between them is that if you have musical ability you can create original music content in similar ways on either an arranger or workstation but you are hamstrung if you wish to use styles or create your own styles on a workstation

The point i hope i have clearly made is that all that is required to do most of the stuff Donny talked about in terms of creating original musical content in both arranger and workstation is talent. Period.

As this thread developes please dont miss this point.