OK, Question...what does an arranger have that a Kurzweil K2600X has not???
STYLES my friends...that's it, and Jordan does not need or want style playing. He can do it all without that feature. AND he usually has other players invoved including many guitar bangers and a top notch drummer.

Styles are way to limiting for him. He likes Karma, Arps, his own programmed loops etc.

Lee S.

You are right. He may not need styles for the kind of work he does. What i was illustrating is what could be done with a little imagination using a style which is exactly what he did. I am not suggesting that an arranger is the ideal instrument for Jordan Rudess. But how many rudesses are there out there ????

What i am suggesting is that the 'limitations' that people insist are inherent in an arranger keyboard are in fact their own limitations with their imagination and skill. Not the instrument.

As for the T2 sounds... i dont know what to say. I dont think there has been an instrument made that can fulfill all your needs. In the mean time good luck with whatever you buy when ever or if ever you choose to accept the compromise that every musician has to make. That is that the machine makes a contribution to how you sound but you have to do the rest with your skill, talent and imagination.