HI Spalding

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Hardware arrangers cannot, as all hardware arrangers have sampling engines, (Exception is the Pegasus Wing or OAS 7 instruments which have genuine software synthesis on-board) which is totally different to synthesis engines. (Dort be fooled by the terms manufactures use to describe their instruments, as they are purely marketing terms)

Regarding the rest, I am familiar with or have used all that you have mentioned, I have NEVER made a decision on anything using tech specs or demos, and I have always WITHOUT exception tried them first.

In addition I am regularly out listening to live music played by real players, playing real instruments; NOT relying on what I think is real because of some impressive demo.

From my PRATICAL experience of using and having access to these types of instruments, (From the late 80s my main systems have always been computer based software equivalents) you are totally missing the point, an arranger is like a BMW X5, a jack of all trades, however when you want to really go off road (In depth with your instrument) then it is lacking, and you need to go onto something like a land cruiser (Workstation) to get the job done.

Like I have said many times, if you want to know how good your instrument sounds, get changed and go out into the real world, to hear what real instruments with real players sound like. (Be warned, you will find all these impressive arranger demos you have heard, will become totally lack lustre when you do)

If you want to know what a workstation can do, (Or software based system (VSTi etc.) then spend plenty of time with them experimenting, and I can guarantee without exception you will come to the same conclusion as I have.

Ian

The PC editing software you mention is not even close. (Unless you’re comparing it with something I was using 10 years ago)

Bill