Your right, its not an Arranger, its a proffesional synthesizer/workstation, played by

Pete Townshend (The Who)
Tuomas Holopainen - Nightwish
Jordan Rudess - Dream Theater
Keith Emerson - Emerson Lake and Palmer, Keith Emerson Band
Tony Banks - Genesis
Greg Phillinganes - session keyboardist, now playing with Toto
Herbie Hancock
Chuck Leavell - The Rolling Stones
Sly Stone
Derek Sherinian
Michael Cretu - Enigma
John Paul Jones-- at 2007 reunion of Led Zeppelin
Murray Gold -Doctor Who composer (2005-?)

Household namse here I had an O.A.S.Y.S. last year, as i grew "out" of arrangers, as (for me, at least) having most of the work done for you with the flick of a button didn't appeal. Don't get me wrong, arrangers are useful tools, with plenty of musicians on these forum who use them VERY WELL(scott yee, Andrea(dreamer) Uncle dave TonyW (hi mate)!. and lots of others

However, i was brought up in a pianistic family, and was encouraged to do more for my self, than the instrument for me. With the oasys, you have many of the sounds of the arrangers, (better sounds IMO -as the Oasys has 2 gig of ram to play with, as well as the EXi instruments). The "Brass" ex is superb, for example.

I'm not sure wether the oasys is being discontinued, but it;s changed the way i approach music nowadays, and this instrument really inspires me to create" music", and with the oasys, you do have the tools in which to create.

Hope everyones keeping well on these forums, and keep making music that YOU love to make

Regards

Anthony



[This message has been edited by Jupitar5 (edited 06-30-2008).]