Hi together,
I got my MODX7 two days ago. It is an incredible machine and a perfect complement for the Genos. It is so portable and has so great sounds. I like it very much.
I am impressed by the following features:
* It is much more portable than the Genos. Only 7 kg and much smaller.
* It offers so many highly usable layer sounds with three or more layers, all of them can be balanced using the super knob. Piano + Pad + Strings + E-Piano. Perfect for live play.
* The standard organ sound uses real drawbars, adjustable by the sliders, has real Leslie controlled by the mod wheel, and has overdrive controlled by the super knob. Just perfect.
* Like the Genos, the MODX uses a mode-less operating mode. No switching between style, song, voice, multi etc. Just one, all patches are performances containing one ore up to eight parts.
* The contained samples for Piano, Boesendorfer or Rhodes are using five velocity layers plus additional layers for damper and additional key off samples.
Of course it has
* no styles
* no ensemble voices
* no super articulation voices (but XA voices)
* no fsx Key bed
* no easy GM midi or mp3 playback
So for around 1200€ this is a really perfect sound machine and a perfect add on for the Genos.
Uli
You are as enthousiast as i am..
Let me add to that list of impressive features some other things missing on Genos..
- 8 sounds which can be split and stacked freely all around the keybed
- 2 insert dsp/ sound.. for even more dsp power
- An arp for every one of those 8 sounds on the keybed.. also 8 motion sequencers
- audio over usb which is huge for daw and ipad integration.
- the incredible interface not just for making the basic setup (8 mixer parts)
- but also for deep edditing and creating new sounds
- seemless sound switching for up to 8 sounds..
- you can assign multiple parameters to superknob... and the fc7 Pedal..
- when you select a part thats not assigned to the keybed.. you can solo it
Sure there are no styles...
As its a synth..
Yet for the future of genos..
I would love to see all these features added to it..
It would turn the Genos in the pro instrument one expects for €4600
Its a strange thing a €1000 instrument has so many great features and tools not on the Genos..
Make it so that people on Genos can choose for sounds between the easy current interface..
And the more advanced moxd interface with 8 sounds, deep edditing..
And the audio over usb for daw integration is the single most asked for high end feature on Genos..