Time to ditch ROM Categories altogether. They are imho one of the major reasons younger players won’t touch something festooned with ‘Oldies’, ‘Samba/Bossa’ and ‘Ballroom’ buttons. And no ‘Trance’ or ‘Triphop’ or ‘Speed metal’.

Time has long passed when the category buttons got lit buttons that can be labeled. You get ONE master style list and you create your own categories.

Can you imagine how easy it would be to sell an arranger to a kid if the front panel reflected THEIR tastes..?! All it would take is the manufacturer creating a couple of loadable presets (Under 30 and over 40!) that the salesman could call up depending on age of the customer.

And for catalog sales, no pre-loaded categories at all, let the customer decide for themselves when they startup for the first time.

And you still have the ROM Master Style List, to allow correct call up for demo registrations and Factory Songbook.

Plenty of modern keyboards and loopstations got lit buttons that can be labeled, even on fairly inexpensive products.