Finally (for now!)...

If you remain utterly determined to ignore the considerable number of more proficient musicians and arranger users that want and need more than 61 notes to fulfill their musical style and vision, maybe NOW is the time for a Yamaha arranger MODULE?

Little more than current Yamaha technology would be needed. After all, most arranger players buying one of these would ALREADY have a 76 arranger, so many of the 'new' features asked for here would already be in the arranger they have!

But care and attention would need to be paid to allowing the most flexibility in integrating with the master keyboard, whatever it is. To that end, user definable codes for each and every function would be a necessity to allow controllers from Korg, Roland, Ketron, you name it, to trigger Fills, Variations, Intro/Endings, Breaks, Performance selection, OTS selection, etc., etc..

Currently, no two arranger manufacturers can agree on a common set of codes to allow Variation selection on one arranger to trigger Variation selection on the other (isn't it about time this got standardized?), so allowing the USER to define what codes trigger what (hey! make it easy and include templates for Korg and Roland if you REALLY care about your customers!) would allow a player to create an '�ber-arranger' from a combination of two utterly different arrangers.

Then the weaknesses of each of them could be masked by the strengths of the other.

I am quite enjoying my new BK-7m, and exploring ways to use it in more than just the conventional 'hook it to a 61 controller and pretend it's a normal arranger' way. Perhaps a PSR910 equivalent in a module form (little needs to be done but design the case and work on the trigger code flexibility) at about the BK-7m's price point would get a Yamaha into the hands of many who cannot use one right now due to your insistence that anything more than 61 notes is a waste?