Hi ianmcnll
Of course I understand the concept...it's been discussed here several times.
I didn't get that feeling at all from you based on your comments about styles above. It suggested to me you had no idea that it could operate in an arranger type mode.
You obviously did not make your point clear enough in your description of a workstation...it's become a very "general" term...I remember people referring to Yamaha's little Q-series as "workstations", or "walkstations" as they were sometimes affectionately called.
If I didn't explain myself clearly enough for you then fair enough. That said, I do not agree with you that the term workstation has become a general classification.
As I said above, walk into any music shop in the world and ask them to see their selection of Workstations and I bet they wont show you a single Arranger Keyboard.
Yamaha's arranger editing seems to work just fine for it's intended user market, which is primarily the home/amateur...most arranger users, including Korg and Roland, do not edit sounds drastically, or build them from scratch.
I never said otherwise. Ask yourself two questions.
1: What type of user is the general Arranger user?.
2: What type of user is the Workstation user?.
Now if an Arranger is supposed to be a workstaion, then the answer to the two questions should be the same, no, yes ?.
The fact is that you cannot deny that there is a difference here and that worsktations and arrangers are designed for completely different types of users.
Can you see what angle I'm coming at here to try explain this ? I don't want to argue with you over such a silly subject, but I do need you to see my point so you don't think I'm narrow minded or anything like that.
I have a genuine point here that there is a huge difference between arrangers and workstations in both features and their intended end user audience.
Regards
James
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