Chas don't so hard on yourself...you make good points here and there within. BUt it does show you the level of heartfelt love for the arranger keyboard no matter how it is used as a versatile instrument. Weather you embrace it, play it, or look at it agaist the wall in your garage it is here to stay, and the throngs of fans worldwide will play them for a long time coming. I personally get what your saying, but
I think and act differently in regards to what tools I use to make music all these years. Yes I will fluctuate, audition, listen, try again, listen again, keep for a while, dig in, edit, tweak, buy, sell, buy sell again and again, ignore what others think, try to help other musicians the best I can, as it's my choice alone to accept my path.
The staunch defense against anti arranger thinkers shows you
how strong the love for them is and I respect that.
Let's all get along with what we choose, play, and enjoy,
after all we are all making music in some way right?
Only thing that always annoyed me is that with so myc defense of an instrument there is always minimal sharing by others music to show what they are talking about on this forum....it helps us all

carry On

Ps: My next venture will be to go audition the Ketron SD9....
why? I don't know..
just sayin'..