Hi Spalding

You obviously haven’t looked into workstations, as I can assure you that the best arranger editing features pale into absolute insignificant compared to workstations.

Regarding the PC editor for the Tyros that Ian mentioned, I have seen it, and can assure you it also is very basic and simple, and certainly nowhere close to the advanced editing facilities on a workstation.

Bands are not interested in styles, for the simple reason that they are too limited for live band use. Studios have arrangers as scratch pads but that’s all, after that it’s onto workstations and computer based systems to make the professional productions.

I would love to post some samples of Peter on the Kurzweil, but all my recordings of him are copyright, so it’s illegal to post them. (I’ll keep looking though)

BTW: even if the modern arranger was as good as the Kurzweils that Peter uses, it is still not a very good advertisement for them. (Hey my brand new TOTL arranger is as good as a 30 year old workstation)

Bill