The thing is, if you already have a more complex, more expensive arranger, what benefit does a simpler model offer?

Sounds? No… you’ve already got better. Features? No… you have better. Simplicity? No… eschew most of the more advanced features of what you have, turn it on and just play, forget about registrations or multipads or chord sequencers, dial up a style, maybe hit the One Touch preset sounds, what could be simpler?

The trick is, get into ‘play mode’ rather than ‘produce mode’ and the most complex TOTL arranger is no more difficult to play than the simplest. I think if you are not enjoying your main arranger, you are in ‘produce mode’ too much. You have to learn to not want to leverage every last thing it can do ALL the time!

Sure, comes time to prepare for a gig or a performance, that’s the time to dig down deep, and learn to extract the maximum your arranger can do. But honestly, if you are thinking of going to a simple cheap model if you already have something a lot better because you think life will be ‘simpler’, I think simple is a function of how you use the keyboard, not its innate ability.

Having an arranger that can be both simple and complex gives you options. But don’t think you have to buy simplicity… You already have it! 🎹😎