Thanks Stephen, Tyrosman, And Alan.
I'm sure the Genos will be great, and I intend to give an honest and unbiased opinion of the instrument once I have played it.
Like I said, I will spend a major part of my day at the store. Or until the store owner gets fed up, and throws me out.
My opinion, after testing, will not be so much about the myriad functions in the instrument, because it would not be fair to form an opinion, positive or negative, after a few hours of tinkling.
It will be about the styles and how quickly one can get the board rocking "straight out of the box".
I will, of course, try out as many sounds as I can and comment on those too.
When a friend of mine bought a T4 in 2011, I was very impressed by the Shoops, Doo Waps,ooohs and aaahs incorporated into the Rock n Roll styles.
As well as the Scat and other voices incorporated into Brazilian styles and especially in Scat Legend for Al Jarreau's "Roof Garden".
These styles with incorporated rhythmic voices do not exist on the T3.
I guess they should now be even better on the Genos.
I have no doubt that the voices and drums are fantastic, but I have to confess that I'm a bit worried.
My worry, if I can be honest, is about getting more of the same, in regard to styles.
These are the styles that i already have in the T3.
For Oldies: 26 out of the 36 styles already exist on my T3.
For Ballroom: 28 out of the 32 styles.
For Country: 23 out of the 38 styles.
For Jazz: 28 out of the 35 styles.
For Latin: 24 out of the 30 styles.
For Pop: 23 out of the 48 styles.
For R&B: 36 out of the 45 styles.
I haven't had time to look at the Retro Pop, Rock, Dance, and other styles.
But i know that it will be basically the same trend.
And the styles gap between the T5 and Genos is probably even narrower.
I'm not much into EDM anyway. I'd rather leave that to the younger generation.
I would probably do a good job of it if I were to play that stuff,
but I would also look ridiculous doing that at my age.
That would be the same thing as an old guy walking into a hip hop club
and attempting to dance like Lil' Wayne or Drake.
No, not our Drake, the other Drake, the Hip Hop Drake.
Stephen, the styles in my folder are the styles that I've cherry picked from the 1000s of styles on this tutorial.
Especially the ones on Musicmaker 2 and Harry's collection. As well as others.
But I absolutely don't mind uploading them. I took, and I'll give back.
Alan, I will have to see if I can grab a hold of somebody to come and film while I play.
I'll ask my son to come if he can. And bring along my trusty old Kodak.
Best Regards,
Pianoman.