There is no such thing as a perfect arranger...
Everyone has different wants and needs...

However, there is a thing like "my" perfect arranger
Recently i made a list of 10 features i would love to see in my perfect keyboard..
Arranger features only being one of the 10 wishes

- 8 preferably 9 sliders, with lights
- 8 encoders, limitless free programmable with lights
- 16 (drum)pads, programmable with several colors of lights
- 88 keys light piano action with escapement,
- aftertouch, modulation wheels/stick, and other realtime controlls
- build in high quallity sound engine(s)
- high end arpagiator/karma
- arranger styles and multipads and build in sequencer
- support for DAW comtrol and VST integration like VIP or NKS
- Audio over USB in and out

Now i am mapping these features on a whole list of keyboards to see which one comes closest... none of them come close to my wishlist

http://keyszone.boards.net/thread/280/search-perfect-fit


Not even a combo of an 88 keys instrument with an arranger module would come close to perfect...altough i still have to map the non 88 key arrangers... featurewise, i guess a combination of Montage with ketron sd40 would be best fit...



I dont think i will ever see a perfect fit keyboard, unless i start designing one myself... arduin processor for the controll surface, windows 10, varranger, bitwig, gigperformer... could get me quite far... i think i do have the skills to make it work

But then, it would cost me many 100's or even 1000's of hours designing, and thats time i would much rather spend making music ...