Frank,

I hope that you know how much I appreciate everything that I've learned as a result of you sharing your knowledge and experiences with software based arrangers and systems.

I joined this forum after I replaced my ancient Korg M1 with an arranger because I thought I could learn something about arrangers and whether they would be relevant to what I wanted to do. By applying some of the info I got here, I learned that a hardware arranger was a great choice for me for live work, and a good scratch pad for studio work. After all of this, I realized I wanted a more complete solution for the studio.

This is where you helped me so much Frank. I learned a lot from you, and as a direct result I became inspired to research further and try to learn more so that I could build a system that suited my needs in the studio.

I consider both of my computer setups to be hybrids of amazing synths and arrangers. I hope everyone will understand if I don't stress this each time I make a new post or reply to a thread about softsynths. The fact that they are hybrids and that they are more flexible than any current hardware solution when it comes to adding new functions or sounds keeps me interested enough to discuss software.

I think everything has it's place. Most if not all here share similar interests in certain areas, but also we are interested in different things. As for me, I wouldn't care if I never saw another "my arranger vs all the others" post, but that doesn't mean that they aren't valid or uesful to others.

Here is another way to look at it. A hardware based arranger player might want to know if the piano sounds better on a Tyros or PA1x. Or maybe should he / she get a module to increase his / her sounds ? In the same way, I might want to know if the piano sound is better in the sgm128 soundfont or in the Fluid 3 soundfont. Or maybe should I get a dedicated sample set instead ? Is there a lot of difference between the two questions ?

AJ


[This message has been edited by Bluezplayer (edited 03-16-2005).]