The stigma about arrangers comes from them being stuffed with Granny styles! Got nothing to do with them being 'toys'. DJX was a 'toy'. Sold great to the kids. Because it was designed for them... Wouldn't have sold hardly any if it were stuffed with waltzes, polkas and beguines!

Sadly, the arranger manufacturers are ignoring their own future, pretty much guaranteeing the slow, sad decline of the arranger...

Remember the 'home organ'? R.I.P.

Soon to be joined by the arranger, because no manufacturer will take out the Granny styles and market it specifically for the young.
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An arranger is just a tool. What matters is what you build with it..!