I don’t know if this unrelated question belongs in this thread
Let me know
I own t4 for ten years. A real love hate was going
As time has passed I’ve grown used to it
I played a genos and was not overwhelmed
Can you give some impressions ( remembering this is hardly one single Instrument, but many instruments - thus I say. Please Provide multiple impressions ) as a former tyros guy now playing genos
I’m mainly interested in the tonal timbral
impressions the strings, ac pianos, elec pianos , basses, guitars brass etc etc etc
Have made on you.
Thanks
Hi Sugarplumsss,
Many of us played dual manual organs before being introduced to the arranger style keyboard. When we took delivery of these organs, we plugged them in and they sounded great. The designers had optimized the sound for the voices that were included with the organ, to match it's speaker system. It was a true “plug and play” instrument. Then the arranger keyboard came out in the mid-80s. It was very similar. You plugged it in and the sound was very good through the little included speakers. As time went on, companies refined the voices and added audio processing. By the time the Tyros was released, arrangers had evolved into near professional-level keyboards. The Genos certainly did. What does all this mean? A Genos is “playable” right out of the box, just like our good old dual manual organs but it doesn’t necessarily “sound its best.” The voicings and samples have evolved to unprecedented levels. You must ask yourself:
- What speakers will I use to play the Genos?
- Will I play it in a large or small room?
- Am I playing by myself or will I entertain with it?
- What kinds of music will I being playing most of the time?
Answering these questions is how you will shape the Genos sound to your liking. If you play the Genos over the optional Yamaha speakers, you may not be very impressed. Some users claim they are excellent while others say they are a waste of money. When you first heard a Genos, what speakers were used? Who played it?
I have always played my Genos over very expensive speakers. I own two Bose performance speakers, the L1 Pro 8 models. In my studio, I play the Genos over two Yamaha HS-8 studio monitors. Neither of these speakers are low cost. They are high-end professional level speakers. However, even when playing my Genos over these speakers it doesn’t stop there. I still must use the internal tone controls, effects, EQ , and other tools to “shape” the sound how I want for the music I play. This is where the Genos really shines. They have so many presets for all these sound shaping tools but if you don’t like what Yamaha did, you can modify those tools to your liking.
I suspect you heard the Genos in its raw form. It sounded all right but didn’t impress you enough to make you buy it. Out of the box, the Genos sounds like a mild improvement over the Tyros 5. When you start to deep dive the sounds, that’s when things really change. You can shape the sounds and overall output to blow the Tyros 5 away. It's a lot of work but worth it. After my first few shows with my Genos, I had a lot of people come up to me and ask what kind of keyboard I was playing. That only happened once with my Tyros 5. I was playing my Genos through two Bose L1 Compacts (not nearly as good as the Pro 8 models) and a 15 inch subwoofer of my own design.
So, there’s no easy answer because there are so many variables. I have always dealt with a music store chain in Canada that allows you to buy any instrument on a 30 day approval. That’s the way all music stores should operate. You can't sit in a music store for an hour and assess a Genos when there's all kinds of noise going on around you. You must demonstrate it in your own environment. If you ever get the chance to do that, I’m sure you’ll be impressed with what you hear after you play with the sound settings. If you ever get to that point, we can help you shape the sounds. Many of us have done the homework and are glad to share what works for us.
Hope this helps
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- Lee
