Diki: "But bottom line is, until YOU hear it happening to YOU, not to Jordan Rudess, that's the time to start worrying!"

That's my point. It has happened to me and I'm sure to others as well if the truth be known. Roland pushed the envelope with the JP-80 which has 256 note polyphony. Although from my understanding it divides the polyphony in categories so apparently it's not 256 across the entire range of the keyboard. Which actually defeats the purpose of doubling the polyphony from 128 to 256. And of course the JP-80 isn't an arranger.

Regarding arrangers from the Big Three. I honestly don't see it happening any time soon because Japan's economy is basically in a nosedive, and therefore, they'll likely keep milking 128 for a few more years. Ketron, on the other hand, has pushed the envelope but I'm waiting for the next version of the Audya (or whatever it's called) since the current version lacks some features found on lower cost arrangers from the Big Three. Like USB 2.0 for one. Like paltry user memory for another. By the way thanks for your suggestion AJ. Like I said though I'll wait until the next version of the Audya. Hopefully we'll see something soon from Ketron.

All the best, Mike