Hi,
Here in Israel, the genos has yet to arrive to my dealer in Netanya,, Kley Zemer,, it is not at the main tel aviv store and not as of
a few days ago even on their website. I was told it may arrive next month... I visited the Haifa store last week just in case it
had arrived without anybody knowing it. There is NO waiting list for this machine at either dealership. The ty 5s are sold out.
I was offered 3,000 usa dollars a few months back for my ty 5 and am not in hurry to sell it. However, i do keep up with these
boards and watch lots of genos videos. My husband has offered to get that machine for me, even though am planning to upgrade
the 970 to the 975 which is also not here in the music store... looks like mid summer.
So have arrived at some questions about the Genos to help make a better decision for procuring the instrument.
1. Is there a Hard drive like in the tyros 5.
2. How big is the user area?
3. When making registrations does the bank require the style to be on the same usb stick. The ty 5 still for me has reg. problems
with imported styles, even though those styles are on the stick.
4. Are the Genos speakers good enough for home use. My ty 5 uses logitechs
but if get the Genos would like the speakers.
Some comments so far as to what i have seen on videos.
1. To access the GM voices which contain my beloved SFX, Bonners suggested to copy them from the Tyros on a stick so can have them
I would imagine that copying from the s970 would render same results... Suppose could just copy the sfx section and put on
USER section voices.
2. Am not so thrilled about the divisions of genre.. the Movie show was split into Classics, etc.
Pop rock is split,,, and have to know difference B/W oldies and retro etc. I like one stop shopping.
3. Would like to see a demo video where the demoer is not fidgeting with all those knobs and buttons. When playing do not like
to start playing with knobs and sliders. On the ty 5 i do not go deep at all and hope that the voices on the genos are good as
is without resorting to adjusting continually.
4. Having 76 keys is not a big deal as have the dgx550 to satisfy my piano playing. Am not sure how adding the extra keys enhances
ones' music output. We do have octave buttons on most arrangers to get the highs and lows.
5. Do not use the ty 5 or genos for outside playing so weight o an issue. Am really anxious for that psr S series upgrade.
6. Got myself a 4 port usb hub at one of the stores in the states, maybe Best Buy,, can't remember but only about 20.00 $
and much easier to use than sticking usb sticks in the back .. better access... I should have bought a couple more for
use on the 970 and my laptop.
That is it so far. Will check next week again if arrived..
Thanks for chugging through this post. any comments appreciated.
have a great sumer
cheers
elaine