I attended all the demos at Frankfurt and honestly could not say that the Genesys was way ahead of the competition, talking just of the sounds. The demos themselves were brilliant, but the Genesys did not stike me as that different from the SD1, purely from the point of view of the sounds.

I especially asked if any preset patterns were used, but they were mainly sequenced or created backings. This is a problem with demos, where the excellent and musical demonstrators really impress, but when you get home and switch on 8 beat 1, you are a little disappointed in comparison. This is meant as a universal point not just about the Genesys per se.

I lifted one end, and 48 lbs remains 48 lbs, and is worse in a big bulky box. Fine to sit in the studio but I would not consider moving it. Can you imagine how big the hard case is going to be.

Also let's not get carried away with the hype over vocal removal. There are many plug ins available for a long time to do this in many programs. It works by anti-phasing the 2 channels and relies on the vocal being purely mono. This is never the case, so the results are extremely variable, Ok for a quick listen, but not good enough to do anything with the result.