Posted by: squeak_D
Geez! No wonder people get so confused if an arranger is pro or not! - 05/08/03 02:26 PM
One of the main reasons the toy stereotype is on many arrangers is because of retailers too.. I was just at
www.sweetwater.com and they have the 9000 Pro, and the Tyros listed under the homekeyboard section, yet they list the PA-60, PA-80, and the Roland VA-76 under the pro keyboard section...
Squeak
Posted by: freddynl
Re: Geez! No wonder people get so confused if an arranger is pro or not! - 05/08/03 03:02 PM
Squeak,
It probably has more to do with the way the brand is marketing their product.
Roland allways is marketing their top of the line arrangers as pro-keyboard, while Yamaha does not make that difference.
So they have probably just taken over the marketing policy of the brand to advertise.
Nevertheless I think arrangers are still very unknown and undervalued by a lot of pro-musicians too.
Posted by: Anonymous
Re: Geez! No wonder people get so confused if an arranger is pro or not! - 05/08/03 03:38 PM
Hello.
Personally I wouldn’t worry about.
A label will not make the keyboard sound any better so, who cares if it’s branded professional or home keyboard ?.
It’s what you make it.
Regards.
James.
Posted by: Pilot
Re: Geez! No wonder people get so confused if an arranger is pro or not! - 05/08/03 03:49 PM
It means more than what you make it. It means that we are shut out of a lot of things. Read Keyboard or Electronic Musician and see how many articles, ads, etc. mention arrangers.
Bryan
Posted by: Anonymous
Re: Geez! No wonder people get so confused if an arranger is pro or not! - 05/08/03 04:03 PM
Hi Bryan.
I wouldn’t take any notice of anything like that.
What you read in a keyboard mag is still only someone opinion. It’s up to you the person that all this matters to make up your own mind and believe what you want.
I’m a professional musician and I’m surrounded with nothing but the best in technology and bloody lots of it at that. I have Digital desks, Triton Studio, Trinity, Virus, VL, and many many others… And in the middle of all this sits a Technics. What makes that Technics a home Keyboard over all the other gear ?. Nothing other than someone’s opinion.
It’s what you make it.
Regards.
James.
Posted by: Fran Carango
Re: Geez! No wonder people get so confused if an arranger is pro or not! - 05/08/03 05:17 PM
So Squeak, what is your point?
Posted by: cassp
Re: Geez! No wonder people get so confused if an arranger is pro or not! - 05/09/03 06:25 AM
For the nth time, people who use arrangers to make a living feel slighted by manufacturers who market their upper level arrangers along with their dime store keyboards. Yamaha is the big culprit, still. Yamaha could do everyone a favor if they renamed all the upper-level arrangers to reflect their position, power and use. Why not have a line like AR-1K, AR-2K, AR-9K, etc. Make the systems separate, but upgradeable (software updates, options, etc.); put them in a road-worthy chasis; make (some of) them as 61, 76 and 88 key versions.
Is Roland going to come out with a new arranger at the summer NAMM?
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Cass Pawlowski
Detroit, MI
PSR2000, Roland SC88
Cakewalk, Sonar, Power Tracks, BIAB
