Would like to know what was your first Arranger Keyboard ? What made you by it at the time?

KORG I-3, sounded really good, did you ever see the KORG DEMO, it was amazing.

Korg SAS 20

Arrangers came late, as I was first playing organs before moving on to a fully computer based system. (I had been using computers since the early 80s which also included music programs)

The downside was that you were locked away in a room rather than in a nice warm lounge, thus when Wersi introduced the OAS series of organs (And sorted the teething problems) I went for a used Abacus (Single manual Organ/arranger) and upgraded it to the latest software which allowed me to use all my computer software on-board in a nice warm lounge. (About 2003)

To this day there is no other arranger/organ that comes even close to allowing the use of professional quality sounds and features on-board, (Still nothing on the hardware arranger/organ front to touch the quality of sounds available in VST instruments) thus I still have it today now running the latest OAS7 software, so it is no different to a new instrument you buy today.

Bill

Casio CT 403 or something like that ..1982..It was Casio's top of the line($700)...I liked the quick band back up ideal...The Casio and a fake book..I was in business

No more accordion strapped on me for hours, No Hammond hauling..

... A little, thin sounding Casio. I used it to record backing tracks on to a big reel to reel that had sound on sound, then transferred the finished product to cassette tape for 1 to 2 hour shows that I did. It was the only arranger board that I was aware of at the time (probably mid '70's). I carried it to gigs sometimes, used it as a drum machine ... used it atop a Cordovox that I mounted into a cabinet made to look like a Hammond ...
Ciao,
Jerry

Casio MT 70. Still have it, it still works - but obviously it's a museum fit instrument...

Casio 101

Roland RA90. Wanted the arranger section for the drum machine part (no drum machine at the time did two variations, two fills and the intro/outro thing), wanted the Sound Canvas sound source for SMF's (already familiar with that from the SC-55).