Hi all ... thought I'd throw a different topic into the mix. Does anyone else use Genos for gigs where they have a band with them, and thus use the Genos for its sounds (i.e. not using Styles)? For ~80% of my gigs, where I'm doing solo, duo or trio, I use the Styles (with some parts muted) and it works great.
I occasionally play with a 6-pc band, which I enjoy because it gives me something different to do (and because years ago I mostly played in 5 to 6-pc bands as keyboard player, before the era of great Arrangers as we have now). It uses the Genos (and my brain) in a different way from when I do solo/duo gigs.
Lately, I took on a position in the "pit" for a small Broadway variety show in my area, where I'm playing Genos but only using it for sounds (we have a drummer, bass player, and pianist/music-director). I can say that the musicians and singers, at our rehearsals, sometimes do comment about the amazing sounds the keyboard is capable of. Since we only have a 4-pc little "pit band", I'm sort of "the orchestra" where the other 3 guys are piano, bass, and drums. So I'm using lots of sounds from the Genos - string ensembles, solo strings (violin, viola or cello), flute, trumpet, orchestral horns, and occasionally some B3 organ sounds, some "80s synth" sounds, etc. etc. - depending on the song. We are doing ~36 songs, from 36 different Broadway shows. The Genos (and Tyros) makes a GREAT keyboard for this setting; due to the variety and quality of the sounds. I often use Splits so that I can play a couple of different sounds simultaneously (such as Orch Horns in left hand, and Strings in right hand, and Flute on a 2nd MIDI'd keyboard).
Just curious if any others here either play in "show pits" or play with a full band, using Genos (or Tyros)? It's a different and fun experience ... yet I also enjoy when I get back to doing a solo or duo gig, and use the great Styles ...
Jim