I think the attraction of arrangers is that they successfully combine every kind of keyboard in one convenient package. I’ve used them as my main gigging keyboard for 30 years+, whether live band, small duo, solo, studio work, you name it...

Compared to workstations, I have always found the overall soundset FAR more balanced, easily going from one sound to another without having to grab a fader to turn it down or up, without having to spend days setting up all my setups to avoid a volume calamity on a gig!

And in thirty years of playing them, I have never ONCE had anyone ask with incredulity ‘That’s an ARRANGER you’re playing?!’. The honest truth is, as long as you play well with a good sound, no one cares...

The convenience of using one piece of kit you are intimately familiar with rather than a variety of commonly used keyboards for different situations that you struggle to remember where everything is is worth everything. The last thing a band or an audience or a producer wants to see is you fumbling around for any reason.

But... pro tip..! NEVER turn on the automatic sections when playing in a band! You don’t need that kind of abuse 😂