I agree with some of the stuff Machetero said, i actually wrote
a little about it on Korg forums. I personally as my opinion cannot
see a US version of an instrument especially arranger...why would
it be called a USA version, based on what? Since in my opinion there
is not USA Music except few Country styles and maybe some Jazz stuff.
Western is one thing in my opinion and USA would be part of it.
Having a German or Polish arranger makes a lot more sense then having
a USA arranger. Another big thing, which is also a fact is the age,
if you watch closely and i have A LOT of experience with users since
i contact tens of them on a daily basis as customers, User in USA who
play arrangers are generally people over 40-50 while in the rest of
the world the story is different, it is mainly people under 40.
In the rest of the world every Youngster has an arranger while in the
US every Youngster has a Workstation. There is a funny fact that many
people including me know that in USA a WS outsels Arranger maybe 10-1
while in the rest of the world that i know of on every WS there is
like 20 Arrangers...at least in all of the regions i deal with such
as the whole Middle East and Balkans, South Asia, Eastern Europe and Spain.
Now, on the other hand, USA musicians who dont play Western music, they
all again have Arranger ONLY even though they live in the USA.
From all of my Customers Database 10 in 14 that require my services are
for Arrangers while at the same time 8 in those 10 are for Korg.
I get an email about Yamaha once a month while Rolan once in 3 months.