Some of you will probably have a mixed make Arranger Setup two tier stand.

How did you decide which to use as the upper / lower Arranger?

Do you use sounds & styles from both or one arranger for styles and both for sounds ?

I stopped using two keyboards 20 years ago - just didn't make sense. My top tier on the stand is reserved for my custom console, which makes life a lot easier for me while on stage and provides lots of options if the keyboard were to fail, which I never has in all those years.

Gary

The decision was a simple one...
The genos on top
Because it has speakers attacheced (GNS1)

I mostly play the lower keybed (while sitting)..
Since its not an arranger.. i use the styles from the Genos..

Still not sure if it makes sense to have 2 keys
But it adds diversitty..

When I did this, I used a Roland E50 as my lower KB because I strongly prefer Roland's "Chord Intelligence" to Yamaha's AI Fingered. I made a special rubato style for the Roland that turned one or two played notes into triads and tetrads, which drove the Yamaha's style engine. I preferred the Yamaha's RH voices, and seeing an animated score display on the color screen.

It was a great setup. But that A-frame with all the wires made my living room look like a music store. So I scrapped it for a Tyros 5, ably assisted by a Roland module. Much neater, but far less functionality. And all this because Yamaha was too proud to copy the highly logical simplified chording system that Roland had already figured out. Shame on them! Someone needs to make Steve Deming write 100 times on the blackboard "one finger equals a major chord"!!

Probably one of very few, but I added the MX61 (blue) to my arsenal recently. I've started at scratch and adding to songs that could use it. So much fun and the folks will love the setup.

I will use a sturdy dlb x stand/2nd tier and mic boom out of the back tube (quick disconnect) and a side stand for the Zed (also quick connect).

I can bring out the 3X on the bottom far enough to read all and secure. No problems with the X stand.

No plans on when ready...…...lot of work!