Earl, when it seems impossible to communicate using text, I often resort to an ancient, standby mechanism, the telephone. Under these circumstances, I usually have the person sit down at the keyboard with the phone while I sit at my keyboard, then go over the problems and the solutions step by step.

Ironically, the most difficult challenge for most arranger keyboard players is learning how to create registrations and what the registrations do. The next most difficult problem for them is learning how to use the Music Finder Directory, followed by recording midi files and finally, doing live, audio recordings.

Because arranger keyboards are extremely versatile, and can do just about anything you wish, they became very complex. Kinda like climbing into the cockpit of a 757 with no flying lessons and expecting to fly this thing to the Bahamas - it ain't gonna happen!

All the best,

Gary