All good m8 - I am just hoping against hope, that whatever Roland are putting on the next arranger release, that it has a CS, and is save able to a UPS or whatever it is going to be called (maybe a Performance??)

I have to say that after near ten years of Korg PA Arrangers, I am getting tired of the very constrictive OS. That it is the most powerful I do not have much doubt about, but I am more and more of the opinion its power is for sound programmers not players..

And that the "power" of the Rolands and even Yamahas IS more geared to players, which is why, I think, there are far more 3rd party resources available for both of those.

I do prefer Roland because of the style structure and its closer adherence to MIDI principles.

Anyway if the MusikMesse in March reveals a ho-hum release from Roland ( although I doubt it very much ) I might go back down the path of trying a software approach, BUT radically different to what you might assume....just a few ideas and concepts I have been mulling over ever since the "retirement" of the Corfu Rack Project.

But it DOES involve using VST instruments exclusively, and is not "style" based as we know it, but will allow a similar (though not the same and not as good) freedom to style play...

Not sure if it is going to work in the real world yet, so I cannot say too much, and in any case it might be moot depending on Messe....

Dennis