Having been working with the Genos a good amount more; I am discovering aspects I like and things I question..
I think a big issue is, is the Genos trying to be too many things to different people? Personally I hate all the EDM stuff. Now a musician 30 years younger than me, will love it.. Problem, for most EDM kids, the keyboards and workstations, are cheaper.. And if some one who would be into hiphop, EDM music will have little to absolutely no use to the older polkas, marches, and other old world, old school, sounds and patches. To me, the Tyros contained 90% styles, instruments, I could find some use for. The Genos comes in at 65% for me..
Of course Technology always marches forward, so some musicians can't afford to get left upstream.. So there is a pressure to keep up.. I did not appreciate the Genos teaser ads, which looked more like they were a perfume ad, than actually show exactly what it would and would not do to fancy looking with no real 'meat' in the ad. The new designer bragging about how much research he did has to me ADD. The instrument is just too eclectic with no real depth in any one area.
I'm not sure if it's something I haven't discovered yet, but when I change a patch, all arpeggio info disappears. perhaps I need to create registrations, so I don't loose continuity (just thought of that)
Several Accordians just too much out of tune to be of use to me.. I thought I would love the TouchScreen, (I have other kids with them, and always liked them), instead I find it aggravating to have to go levels in to get to the command I want, instead of instantly with the Tyros I have USB sticks, with a substantial amount of styles. If I pick a style, nested two folders in.. Once I exit that folder, If I haven't written down the path, instead of leaving the last open folder highlighted, it becomes blank, making it a tedious task to find that particular style again.
At 69 years of age, maybe I am just losing touch.. In reality, I have been moving away from 'arranger' music.. I am much more in creating independent music lines, with more instruments, so I am becoming less of a 'kbd arranger' kbd. Although I still find them invaluable as a compositional tool. Compositional DAW applications for the most part, can't even get near what Tyros, and Genes can do.
So yes, Yamaha is trying to reach a younger fan base, so us oldsters are dying off, or being priced out of the buying market..
I wished I could have done more research on Genes, before I bought it, I might have not.. Of course because of its price, no store in NYC will put one on sales floor. You have to buy it site/sound unseen. I was forced to buy Tyros 3 - 5 that way, but each version moved in exactly the the direction I was very interested in.
There is NOTHING WRONG with Genos, it's just on closer examination. it is not exactly the instrument I was hoping it would be.. I also hate they fact they decided that brighter and tinnier sound over soaked in reverb (to sound more like the compettion) is the opposite of what I
Lest people think I am just old, grumpy, and angry, (which I am sometimes) I have sent off a few emails, to the developers.. Of course I am only one user, and probably not the kind of user, Yamaha is particularly anxious to hold on to.