Well, i agree to this...

But then there isnt a lot of choice where it comes to arranger modules...
Only the sd40 and sd90 are currently available as high end options, both Ketrons...
Yamaha, Korg and Roland and even Wersi have nothing to offer in the arranger module market...
But, yes i am (as you know) on the verge of going Ketron SD90...
Just wayting on initial reactions...


Harder to choose is yet the 88 key controller..
I love the montage arps more then the Kronos Karma..
They are much more usable and adaptable
Yet the montage only has 8 parts assignable to the keyboards..

There is also the nord stage 3..
But that only has 2 parts assignable to midi..
And when i assign those to left hand and right hand parts of the sd90, there is no room for assigning a part of the keyboard to a vst... and thats part of the reason i am looking for the new configuration, to have easy access to VST sounds... but i would love to have the synth part of the nord(or any synth part)

The montage however with patch 2.5 surpassed the Kronos as VST comtroller.. which still make me doubt..

So far my most likely setup will be :

Kronos and then behind it to the left sd90, portret mode placed ipad pro for sheet music reading and to the right a 19" rack containing my Motif XS rack, Gemini module, Roland integra 7(i own all 3 and getting better access to then is the main reason for me to cut back to a single 88 key as the central poitn of my setup) and an analogue style rack module synth like the novation peak or the dsi rev2... with the macbook on top of the rack...

Or i will place the 3 modules i allready own on the floor(all 3 have top knotch editors running on mac, which turns them into VST) and then the sd 40 and the novation peak next to eachother verticall behind the kronos.. with a big external screen or even an imac on top of them for the VST's and sheetmusic reading..

As you said, with me just using them in my homestudio, it does not have to be mobile, it has to be easy accessible from my piano bench..