-such comparisons are totally useless (and deceiving at that):
1st Why?
We can get all that data from specifications.
2nd Why?
Number of styles (for example) means nothing. What I'm interested on is, the quality of the styles, how many actually different there are, and how flexible (for editing) they are.
I realized, that many romanian youtubers provide (comparison) videos without commenting -is just a waste of time watching.
Just my opinion,
Bogdan
You are right.
These comparisons cannot be objective because to be one would have to have experience with both instruments to draw a conclusion.
So, as you may know, I have here in my studio both the Genos and the Event (since the beginning of last August) after I worked for more than a year on it (the Event).
I also had the opportunity to compare the Pa5x with the Event and with the Genos since I had it in my studio for a month. But that is another discussion.
I'm taking this opportunity to voice an opinion now that the Event is almost out on the market.
Points in which Genos excels are, in my opinion, these:1) Larger screen 9 inches compared to 7 inches of the Event.
2) 3GB RAM vs Event's 1GB RAM
3) Larger illuminated switches which require somewhat less pressure than the Event.
4) Super Articulations (of course only factory) 3 switches vs one of the Event but in the Event, it is also a User Articulation and not only a factory.
5) There are no serious limitations regarding samples, multisamples, velocity layers, etc.
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Points in which the Event excels (always in my opinion but also through the direct comparison since I have both models).1) Incredible creativity with almost no midi programming knowledge required.
Through Style Modeling (more on this later) and combining Audio and Midi Loops we build a style exactly as we want and without the slightest need to edit.
We simply choose in each variation what we want it to contain, with the possibility in each different variation to have completely different options (in everything), even in the mix, fx, etc.
Unfortunately, in the area of creativity if I had to rate Genos then with an excellent 10, I would put a 3 and maybe even that was too much.
2) No kind of processing (Time Sliced, etc.) is required to import user audio data (Real Drum, Real Bass, Real Chord), since all that is needed is to copy them to a specific point on the SSD with a specific name and folder per audio files.
The same applies to midi files.
Just copy/paste (also here) in a specific folder and now they will be available in every style.
3) Onboard Sampler with full editor and creation of new sound or Drum kit.
4) Multichord.
An innovation by Ketron (where I have also taken part in the implementation of this patent) with the possibility of having up to 12 different midi files per musical scale (Maj, Min, M7, min7 etc.) and not just 1 midi file per different scale.
5) Hardware EFX Control.
Another innovation that we meet at the Event (where we meet here for the first time in an Arranger Keyboard) are the external control switches of the EFX. So, in Real Time we can, in addition to activating an EFX or to change the live EFX algorithm, also have control over e.g. the Delay time, the length of the Reverb, or the Brilliance of the sound we are playing at that moment. Without complicated procedures, or other tedious software procedures which are usually deterrent in a live performance we just choose EFX and have the control in Real Time.
Now to the question of which one sounds better?There is no specific answer here.
Both (Genos & Event) sound equally great!! If you ask me which of the two, do I prefer?
Unfortunately, I don't have an answer here either because there is something different from that I love.
Surely a combination of both instruments in a live would be something exciting!!
I look forward to trying them both together as soon as possible (in a live performance).