Originally posted by to the genesys:
Yamaha could do that because they know the type of market they have. Korg and Roland have a more mature and discerning market. Do you think if Korg came out with a new keyboard with DNC in stead of an OS upgrade that would have gone down well with its market?
Yes, Yamaha know their market well...that's why they are successful at selling to
both the mature and discerning client, as well as the one who just plays for fun.
You obviously don't have a Yamaha, so where do you stand? Mature and discerning? Naah...you play a GEM Genesys...you're in it for all the fun you can have, aren't you, you sly fellow you!
"You can tell the age of the boys, by the price of their toys."
If Korg had brought out a
new keyboard with the DNC, it would have sold very well,
alongside the other PA series.
Yamaha brought out SA2 on the T3, and it sold
very well...just like the Tyros2 with SA sold very well.
Tyros2 are very popular on the second hand market....they are still a bargain for the mature and discerning.
Roland and Korg aren't bringing out new TOTL arrangers because they
can't.
They have no money, and/or nothing really new technologically.
Meanwhile, we await the Tyros4 eagerly....I don't mind a company selling me "anticipation" as long as the deliver in the end, which Yamaha always manages to do quite well.
Come on, Genny, trade in that outdated GEM for a real mature and advanced arranger...get yourself a Tyros3, or a PSR-S910, and have fun whilst being mature and discerning.
Arranger modules aren't profitable...that's why Roland stopped making the RA-series.
And, as Donny said..."too many wires" for the home, semi-pro, and the occasional mature and discerning player to deal with.
BTW...I am most certainly not "mature", as I play for fun(and get paid well for it), but, I am "discerning" so I chose Yamaha above the rest, even though the rest do make fine instruments.