No worries, Ton. You keep on speculating along with several other forum members. Meanwhile, I'll download a copy of the most recent urban dictionary with abbreviations and acronyms
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With rumors of a new model, there's always been, and forever will be speculation on its design and new features. It's perfectly normal for people to say, "I hope they put this on the new one" or "I hope it can do this." It's like a little kid a few weeks before Christmas hoping he or she gets a certain toy. People are allowed to dream. In fact, I believe the best musicians are those who allow themselves to dream. What would have happened if Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, and Ronnie Millsap decided they couldn't play piano because of their blindness handicap? There have been some tremendous artists who have improved our lives by overcoming their own incredible odds.
Requesting these extra features is a compliment to Yamaha. Inadvertently, we're saying, "Yamaha can do anything." New features can help expand the musical horizons of those who have the courage to try treading on undiscovered ground. The SA2 voices on the Genos have pushed me to learn how sax, trumpet, guitar, and string players handle their instruments. I got hired by a band because I brought the Genos to the stage with another band and just played the organ, piano, and e.piano voices. The other band's leader came over to me after our show and asked, "What other voices does that keyboard have?" I let him hear the demo tracks for the voices mentioned earlier. He nearly fainted. He also hired me on the spot.
The moral is, I can now play musical parts I was never good enough to play before moving from the T5 to the Genos. Do you get the point? With newer features and improved voices, those with the desire WILL become better players if they are willing to harness those extra features through their own, as of yet, undiscovered abilities. So don't tell people to settle with what they have.
I agree that adding new features to a keyboard will never be a substitute for hard work and a ton of practicing. Those who are happy with the current Genos may not have the need nor the desire to want anything else. That's fine but don't let that idea be the meter stick by which the rest of us measure our limitations. The more Yamaha listens to what we want in the Genos 2, the better players we can become. We'll certainly remain loyal customers and not wander over to Korg or someone else.
