I wish we would all stop making such a big deal about the difference between 'home' and 'pro' arrangers. There is NO SUCH THING. There are merely 'basic' and 'advanced' arrangers. Just as there are 'basic' pro players, and 'advanced' home players. What a player needs has got VERY little to do with whether they are gigging or not. Especially when it comes to features like keyboard size (bet you there are FAR more home pianists than pro ones!) or the desire for a good vocalizer.

There's only one reason anyone would call an arranger 'home' or 'pro', and it's all about how that person perceives themselves. But the needed capabilities are exactly the same. Personally, I can't think of a single 'pro' feature that an advanced home player wouldn't use.

But once you get past the hot button words of 'home' and 'pro', what we end up arguing about, usually in the most asinine way, is whether 'advanced' features should be on an arranger. And who, in their right minds, thinks that THAT is a bad idea? Bring them on! The more, the merrier You are deluding yourself if you think that only gigging pros appreciate them.

I know of totally amateur players that could play circles around some of the 'real deal' so-called pros that post here. How come what THEY want is considered 'pro'?