Originally Posted By ekurburski
Been following this thread for awhile and I'm amazed at the number of comments alluding to how 'easy' it is to play an arranger. Man I'm finding the 3000 I have is as complicated as anything I have dealt with. Seems there is nothing I can do that is as simple as just calling up a style and playing the tune and have it sound decent. I know many home users do it that way but I want to have a professional sound. To get the arranger to do what I want I have to spend just as much time, if not more, setting things up as I would if I was using other boards and a DAW. For my 2 cents worth the main advantage of a TOTL arranger is its OMB abilities. With the ability to control vsts I would have no problem plyin in a band.


Just to relate my experience I started out with a 3000 while I was still working a full time job. It wasn’t unusual for me to spend 3 hours many nights after my wife went to sleep. Some nights I saw 2 AM but most around 1 AM. It takes time and as Gary said these are nothing more than computers with a piano keyboard. I worked in the tech field so it came pretty easy to me.