What arranger keyboard manufacturers may have to think about doing is build a keyboard the same way you would a workstation with wonderful sounds and maybe just a few styles. Then offer specific styles sets as additional software a user can buy and install on the keyboard.

This way you can have a hip-hop style set, jazz style set and so on that a user can choose from.

There is really no reason IMO that arrangers shouldn't be popular in the US. They just have to make them and market them to the likes, needs and wants of a US market. To me the most economical way to do this is by way of a style and sound option to a particular style of music. They don't have to build a separate keyboard hardware for the US market unless there is substantial evidence that the US market demands one.

Also, this way, traditional �workstations� and �arrangers� could be merged together. For example, you could have the Motif and I have the Motif with additional styles to complement my arranger playing.

This would also deal with the issue of cost. Everyone would pay the same price for the initial keyboard, but since I want extra styles and I will be a solo act getting all the money for myself, then I am prepared to pay extra for those styles.

[This message has been edited by to the genesys (edited 08-30-2005).]