The thing is, when someone here buys an arranger, then rapidly sells it, there is a certain taint to its reputation. All I am trying to do is point out that the reasons Deane may have given up aren't necessarily things you can't do, but things he didn't spend enough time finding out HOW to do, or finding out alternatives that exist with a different workflow.

I am not trying to persuade Deane to reconsider, his decision is his to make.

But I am trying to point out to others that may be considering a BK-9 that just because Deane had problems, that doesn't mean that anyone else WILL... You owe it to yourself to try it for yourself, rather than taking the impressions of someone that didn't spend sufficient time with it to find out alternatives to the Korg workflow.

In fact, Deane's BK-9 is available! Now's a great time to find out cheaper than buying a new one..!

And John, it's kind of hard to take seriously your taunt of 'give it a rest' when the next thing you do is evangelize how 'easy' the OS of YOUR favorite arranger is! There are plenty of people here with reservations about how easy Korg's are to use.You can't have it both ways... Deane's decision that the Roland OS is hard is valid means I should not offer a counter opinion, but that ALSO means that anyone else's opinion (including mine) that Korg's are hard to figure out means that YOU should not offer a counter opinion!

Or we should both agree that going from one arranger manufacturer to another is hard, but to experts of the destination arranger, 'hard' is a pretty relative term. I find Roland's easy, you find Korg's easy. That doesn't do a darn thing to settle which actually IS...