I got some inside information today from an old friend that used to work for GEM in the Netherlands and has still many friends in the arranger buiseness..

As to what to expect at the musik messe he got all excited. He could tell me that there would be new arranger stuff presentated by Roland, Korg and Ketron and that there would be a new brandname entering the arranger market that would make a huge impakt on the total market.

Just tought i's share this with you, sadly he could not give anymore information as he didn't know much more himself.

That's interesting (news?) info. Time will show.

Cheers
GJ

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new arranger brandname?

i doubt that VERY much

only time will tell

800EX

2 things:
i hate arranger with speakers
i wish he played the damn thing on the videos

hope AUDYA61 DOES NOT have speakers (like SD5)
but it's OK, my AUDYA module won't have speakers, hopefully...

I am more excited about Roland, will they finally present a new TOTL arranger.

The new brandname could very well be a software based arranger in a hardware box like Lionstracs, or maybe it is lionstracs with its new Groove....

Lionstracs is still very much unknown with the masses.

We'll know in a 10 days or so

some people love the speakers leezone like me. It makes no difference when you are gigging to a lrage audience as you will use external speakers but when you are grabbing a quick 30 minutes because inspiration just hit you or you are playing for a small audience the speakers vome into their own. The korg speaker system is really very accurate.

I can't wait to see the new Bontempi TOTL arranger. ;

Tom

Pa800ex seems to be a minor upgrade...at first glance, it seems to me that it could be done via software upgrade (except for the silver color). Even the touch screen looks no better than the 800. They are saving on production costs by using the same form factor as the 800 and a change in color. (I do prefer the blue 800).

I could be missing something from the limited info here, but if it's as minor an upgrade as it seems, I don't feel too bad about my recent purchase of a used 800.

We'll see and hear soon.

[This message has been edited by CoasterTim (edited 03-17-2010).]

If you all remember, Ian Mc mentioned ages ago that Casio were possibly moving into the arranger field in a pretty big way.

Seems like he may be correct...