Bachus,
There are import restrictions for everything, not for arrangers. In this country the annual general inflation rate has been 25% in the last couple of years (not admitted by the government though) and the dollar has increased only 5% yearly, which means now we have a cheaper dollar. This situation led to an increase in imported products and altered the trade balance damaging local industries. We don�t manufacture arrangers or electronic keyboards (we do assemble computers, Lcd, etc) so there won�t be complete restrictions for those products, however now the government decides which products can be imported and which won�t, and it�s become more complicated to get the import license. I�ve been following the time it took the Pa3x to arrive from the time the importers announced it and it was around 5 months.


Mirza,
You are absolutely right, software is an excellent option except for all the frustration I get when I spend hours trying to install them to work properly, then the Mediastation fails, then I realize I have the MS�s old OS and then I need to buy the PCI express card from Lionstracs Italy at 190 euros to update it, and then I need to get more Ram or perhaps a better CPU, and then I need a computer technician to do that work and then I have to write to Domenico in Italy because it is not working and then� I�m in bad mood and my wife is fed up with my keyboards and me.
After all this is my hobby for my own enjoyment and this will be my first TOTL arranger. I got the Mediastation very cheap from a Lionstracs� software developer in my country, my Pa500 and Psr s900 don't make together the cost of a Tyros in your country. I thought the MS was a unique opportunity, and it really was! As long as I use its basic functions it is a stable system.