there are far more similarities between workstattions and arrangers than most keyboard players actually realise and the clip does not make the buying decision any more clear unless they had absolutely no clue about arrangers and workstations. The differences highlighted in the video by Richie really only points to the features that the workstation does not have compared to an arranger rather than the features the arranger keyboard does not have compared to a Workstation. Contrary to how the difference were explained in the clip , Sound design/creation ,Editing, layering, Effects processing, sequencing and mastering are all features that the Arranger has to a lesser degree than a fully fledged workstation, granted , but more than sufficient for most keyboard musicians and would cover pretty much all bases for most workstastinattion users needs. He pointed to the ability to shift octave on a arranger to ilustrate i guess the ease of transposing a sound and then compared that to "deeper tweaks as you play " on a worksattion steering musiicians down the worksattion route for greater sound editing , filters modulation etc when clearly arrangers can do this too. By steering musicians down two distinct paths, it only serves to make money for the manufacturer but in reality, one board (the arranger) would meet most of the needs of anyone making music through a keyboard.

I have yet to hear any music composed on keyboard where you could tell with your (eyes shut) whetehr it emanated from a dedicated workstation or an arranger workstation.


Edited by spalding1968 (06/23/14 04:54 AM)