I can understand what Kingfrog is saying but with one correction. You do have variation on the XS. As I said before the SF buttons below the screen are used for variations and fills in real-time.


When you are using the styles in performance mode, you do not convert them to a pattern. You play the style straight from performance mode.

And, one of the great features on the XS is for song writing.
When in performance mode and you pull up a style, you can recorded your playing the style in real-time by just pressing the record button.
So you have in one take 4 track being recorded at one time.
The drum track, the bass and chord instrument that are following your changes and a lead sound. You can even record the variation changes in real-time. And if you want to send it to some one you can even record it as a wave file.
The same thing you would do on a G70 when you record a style to the sequencer without the Audio recording.


Now can you use the XS in a one man band application on an everyday basis? Absolutely!! If you have never played an arranger and are prepared to spend time customizing the XS it can be done.

Can you take the XS out one or two nights a months on a lounge or dance gig an use it a similar way you would use a G70?
Absolutely.

The XS allows you to play drums, left hand bass and a sound in the right hand. The XS also allow you to play simple styles.

If you are accustomed to using a T3, G70 MS or PA2 X pro in full style mode 100% of the time, is the XS the keyboard to replace your keyboard? Absolutely not! Don’t even try it.
The XS is not for you.


P.S Not too long ago, arrangers had no Bass Inversions, no complex mode changes, no accurate voicing of guitar chords for complex chords, no velocity switched changes to patterns, no automatic changes in patterns depending on what chord is played and they were still call arrangers and they still had styles.
You know keyboards like the PSR 510 and earlyer arrangers.
So some persons seems to be confused that as time goes by, a keyboard could be an arranger one time then a few years later it is not.


[This message has been edited by to the genesys (edited 09-09-2010).]