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Originally posted by Diki:
Simple test, Genesys. Put me on my G70 and you on a Neko. Have someone call out 'Piano and strings layered in the left hand, a brass section/solo soft sax/brass section swell layer layered in the right... GO!'

The song will be over before you have made that setup, and I will have done it by the end of the intro.

It is interesting that this is one of the first posts where you acknowledge that the open keyboards are for someone who ALREADY has a MoXS or WS and wants VSTi's live. Because, up till now, all I have heard is how obsolete these poor closed keyboards are, and all you REALLY need is the one open keyboard. I agree that there is a specific need that the open keyboards are really good at, but it AIN'T replacing a WS (or an arranger). They make excellent ADDITIONS to those things, but as I have been saying forever, on their own, they are still not ready for prime time. That day WILL come, and you will be able to create setups and select styles or loops as easily as you can on the closed keyboards.

But it isn't now...


So we are back to the point that if arrangers are that easy to use, why don’t a lot more live gigging musicians use arrangers? If the G70 is very easy to use (and I am not disputing that), why don’t a lot more people use it for live playing?
An arranger and workstation can both be used either in a band or in a one man band set-ups.


Regardless of what the answer is, it comes down to personal preference.

Arrangers may be integrated with a drum machine onboard and a variety of sounds, but some people still prefer to use a WS on the gig and use midi files, a drum machine and may be 2 or 3 keyboards.
One person’s priority may be very different from another’s.

Likewise, although an open keyboard may integrate a home studio and a live gig set-up, some persons may prefer to keep every thing separate and never mix studio sounds with live gig sounds.

OH and when I mentioned the Motif xs, I was referring to a type of power user of keyboards and not that the person has to have a workstation and wants to add a open arranger.



[This message has been edited by to the genesys (edited 10-27-2009).]
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