Jeff, there's no question that arrangers are meant for live playing, and synths are designed for live playing and studio work. However, Yamaha puts it right in their manual that you can record the Genos to a DAW. During down times from the stage, recording the Genos to a DAW is a great idea. It keeps our skill levels up, increases our ability to create fills and other expressive forms, gives us insight into how a passage can be better structured during live performances, let's us hear ourselves in private so we can discover how good or bad we are at certain things, lets us create recordings for posterity, and provides incredible editing functions through MIDI - something that's very difficult to do on the Genos.
There's just one problem - it's darn near impossible for most people to do it so why mention it in the manuals and promo materials?! Even recording the raw tracks on the Genos and splitting them apart in Cubase has its problems. Either Yamaha or Steinberg needs to come up with an
exact procedure on how to achieve this or drop it altogether and stop pushing the Genos as a "great recording device."
Eileen, you make some excellent points. Thank you for those
. There are two types of home players. Those who want to sit down for an hour or so and play some tunes (a wonderful and satisfying activity, which is great for the fingers and mind) and those who need to keep current on about 200 songs for the various bands they play in. In other words - work. I am currently in 5 bands and am about to join a sixth. Of those, three bands will need the Genos arranger keyboard functions. The other three are just piano, e.piano, organ, brass, strings, and woodwinds. As you can see, the Genos is the perfect tool for the job. I really don't need a Montage. Problem is, I'd still like to record the Genos but...well enough said.
Now we're way off topic 🤣! Back to the world of dreams...