Originally posted by cgiles:
Arranger users tend to be older than your average synth/WS user and therefore less 'geeky'. I don't think we get less creative as we get older, I just think we get lazier. Everything you propose and all other approaches (ie. Liontracs) that involve (visible) software interaction, would, IMO, have to be made so transparent and so intuitive that it stayed within the boundaries of current OS's (in terms of simplicity and ease of use). And that would be difficult.
I totally agree. In the 20 years or so that I've been doing arranger clinics and demos, the main user and/or buyer is as you describe Chas. Older and perhaps a little lazier, yet still very creative..
Still, I do have quite a few users who attend follow-up clinics to learn style editing and also basic voice editing as well, so all is not lost.
Adding VST and other things would have to be made very simple.
BTW, I love the drum icons on the PSR (miss them on the Tyros3)...saves a lot of fuss, as I can never remember which key triggers which drum.
My experience tells me I'm far from alone...especially if one hasn't been playing their arranger very much.
Do you ever edit the drums on your arrangers?
Ian
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