My Genos arrived today. Here is what I know so far.
1. Every single one of my gig styles from previous yamaha keyboards play ok.
2. Some of my styles were replaced with Genos factory styles and sound good.
3. I tried some registrations from other yamaha owners and they also worked ok.
4. The touch screen works just fine and is easy to read and see.
5. The Touch screen menu is very intuitive.
6. I did not buy the speakers and am using good headphones.
7. Many of the onboard styles sound very familiar - same intros and voices etc..
8. I tried onboard styles from PSR3000, T1, T2, T3, T4, and T5. They all played ok.
The fact is, I could have taken the Genos out of the box, inserted my thumb drive with all my gig setups on it and played a gig right on the spot. So, if anyone was concerned about backward compatibility - don't worry about it.
There are some negatives:
1. The sliders and knobs jump in level when changed during live play - not a good
thing.
2. The RH sound is not as well balanced with the styles on the Genos as they were
on previous Yamaha keyboards and will probably need tweaking down the line.
I will post more on this thread tomorrow as I learn more about the Genos.
Deane
1, the sliders and knobs should have been the same as on the cheepr montage, limitless encoders for the knobs and both with lights.. There should be a setting to change their behaviour .. On any pro keyboard, you can set them up in 3 ways..
a) as they are with your Genos now
b) where you have to move the slider or knob to the current vallue, and it picks up from there.. (which should work quite well with the small screen above them)
c) Dynamic.. example you slider is at 30% and the value is at 64... moving it upwards gives you 65 to 127 and moving down gives you 63 to 0.. it feels a little awkward as the operation is not linear anymore.. but when you get used to it it works quite well, i use this on the kronos.
Please tell me if you can find this setting somewhere, if not, i will add it to the wishlist on the psr forum...This one is very important.
2) part of this is personal prefference.
Glad you could so easilly switch, and everything works out perfectly, i think this will be a real assurance for many giggers.
But how is the sound quallity compared to the Tyros 5?
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