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Arranger Keyboard News & Discussion • Re: Searching a good keyboard to use to play along with choirs

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I can't always use a pedal because sometime i'll be sitting on the floor with the kids around me.
Is a reason enough: with arranger (PSR-SX600) you can use either pedal or press button on main panel -that choice doesn't exist on other types of keyboards.
..what would be a reason that I should get an arranger model over the psre473?
In your case, main reason are styles.
Both, PSR-SX600 and PSR-E473, already have a lot of so called preset styles built in. However, when we need some specific style (for particular song), then there's a big chance that we won't find what we look for.

On PSR-E473, there's only space for ten additional styles, where the process to add those styles, is kind of complicated. Additional problem is, styles are specific for E473 (have limited functionality) and so it is quite difficult to find the style that we need -there are very little choices.
Styles for PSR-SX600 are much easier to find and you can load hundreds of them additionally into keyboard. You're probably not interested on that right now, but the main advantage is, on PSR-SX600 you can adjust/adapt style to your liking quite easily. Actually you can create your own style directly on keyboard -and that's what makes a keyboard an arranger.
What are the ck models usually good for - what's their advantage over the psr sx series?
CK models don't have accompaniments (styles) and so they're meant more for accompanying other members in the band. According to specifications, the quality of the sound (from built-in loudspeakers) is about the same as for PSR-E473. However in your case, CK has a big disadvantage: speakers are mounted on the bottom of the keyboard (are facing downward) and so you simply cannot use the keyboard on the floor or on the desk.
But there's a reason why CK is more expensive than E473... If both are connected to external amplifier/speakers, then CK will sound much better than E473.

Bogdan

Statistics: Posted by BogdanH — Wed Dec 25, 2024 8:47 am



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