Hi Spalding
I am not saying it wasn’t a pleasurable performance, it was, but it was not impressive, nothing stood out, it’s just a typical performance that can been heard any day of the week in any club that features keyboards. (There is a stack of them out there)

Impressive is when a performance blows my socks off, (And believe me I have heard some really jaw dropping Arranger performances over the years) not what you can hear any day of the week.

It also still doesn’t alter the fact though that the Arranger has limited capabilities compared to Workstations etc., for the simple reason that they are designed for totally different markets. (Arranger = Home, Workstation = Pro)

Example: I could drive all the way from John O Groats to the very tip of Italy; the car could easily do it. But “WHY” when I could jump on a plane and be there in a fraction of the time, and have more free time to do what I want.

Sorry to say, but you obviously haven’t heard what arrangers can do in the hands of skilled players, (At least not if you think that performance was impressive) but there still limited in comparison to instruments designed for Pro users.
Regards

Bill