Posted by: to the genesys

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The workstation has features that an arranger does not have and an arranger has features that a workstation does not have. So if a workstation cost $1800, an arranger should not cost twice that amount. Just because an arranger has styles (and those styles may be valuable to some persons) is no reason for arrangers to cost so much. The arpeggios and loops are just as valuable to workstation users as styles are to arranger players.And remember that a workstation has features that an arranger does not have for example, advance sequencer, and semi advance sampler. Arrangers and workstations are both comparable and thus there should not be that big price difference. Yes arguably they are for different uses, but that still does not justify the big price difference.
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EXACTLY! Why should the features on an arranger not found on a synth or vise versa justify such a HUGE price difference. Our preset patterns, chord templates (memories), full blown samplers, ect are just as important to us as styles are to arranger players.

So really what jsutifies the major price difference. What makes the arranger so much more special in that it needs a higher price? Arranger players needs and functions are important to them as the functions on synths are to synth players.

I stills say it's targeted market. If you pay the high price, and continue to do it, they have NO reason to drop them to make them more affordable.

Granted there are the high price synths, but mark my words..., Let Roland, Yamaha, and Korg jack the price of their current 61 key flagships up to $3,500 and see what happens..... We wouldn't accept that at all and fight them, yet pro arranger players are so willing to accept the $3,000 and up price tag on their models--for 61 keys none the less too. I think it should upset pro arranger owners. You should feel like they're sticking it to you because they are. They're using your targeted groups to get a higher profit. That's not right.

Squeak



[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 07-28-2006).]