Name Just One Or Two Things That Made You Buy A Genos

[beykock]

Being a T5 lover, it has never been my intention to say the Tyros is better than the Genos.

Both highend arranger keyboars are made by the same manufacturer and have very good features and a great sound ... but both of them are different " beasts ".

All depends on the applications and the needs of the player.

Babette

[Toril S]

Excactly Babette!

[Fred Smith]

Hello, I have posted quite a few times on forums; there is absolutely nothing I like about the Genos! I have had three tablets and two phones and the touch screens are abominable. I found the same on the Genos when I played them. Live Knobs? I only have two hands and those are needed to  play. The knobs on my S770 never return to the start position. The sliders on my T4 are jumpy so OK for getting within range then resort to the buttons for fine tuning.
Finally, for this post, sound is a matter of opinion. I play my T4 and I play with my T4 and the sounds are great. No one in my audiences would be able to tell the difference between a Genos, Tyros or, sad to say, a top of the range Casio. It is my playing and my settings that people listen to. I set up my registrations BEFORE I go out so no need to wiggle knobs or push sliders on the fly.
Having tried the Genos a few times I am still of the opinion that if it came on the market at $100 I still would not buy one. I love my T4. 
Regards,Den.

Isn't it great that no one's forcing you to buy one?

Cheers,
Fred

[hammer]

I bought mine out of curiosity.  Kept it about 3 weeks before selling it.
Went back to my Ketron SD7.

Deane

[Toril S]

The Genos is a fantastic keyboard, but the Tyros is more practical for me. And we can get a little emotional about our keyboards. That is all right, music is about emotions😀

[khudson7]

Played a classical musical instrument professionally, back in my teens and early 20's, then life got in the way(along with supporting a family).  At one point around my 55th year, I bought a Yamaha CVP 405. This to me, was like a regular piano which I could practice on, but also had these(new to me) things called styles, different voices, registrations, etc.etc.  It give me my first taste of what arranger type keyboards can do.   Now, at my 70th year and retired, I bought a Genos about 6 months ago, and since I am now retired, I have lots of time on my hands to learn and play it.

Coming from a classical background in my earlier years, with a BM and MA in music degrees from Juilliard in NYC, (not in piano),  most of my friends that do not understand an arranger, think of these as toys.  (A perception I had too, up until I bought the CVP). 

For me, it took a bit of getting used to, having come from weighted keyboards to the Genos.  Compared to a weighted keyboard, it seems too easy to hit wrong or adjacent keys.  Really had to focus on(and practice on) hitting the right keys, squarely on top, without catching the adjacent keys, which will depress very easily if my fingers are slightly off.

But having said that, and realizing what a true arranger could do, I  was hooked and since I could afford it, and after much research, I went with what I thought was the best available at this time(the Genos).  So I did not come the usual way of working my way up through the Tyros series, to the Genos.

So after this very wordy explanation, the two things that made me buy a Genos, was, buying a CVP a number of years ago, and then, when I retired and having done lots of research, the Genos seemed to have the best reviews, so I went for it.  And I am VERY happy I did.

[Kaarlo von Freymann]

People who like the Genos might decide to buy one.

Others, like me, love the Tyros or the PSR S serie and prefer not to " upgrade " - for many reasons -.

IMHO :
The audiance wants to hear and to see a great musician, a  good singer and a great entertainer.

The audiance does not come for the arranger keyboard but for the show and expects great entertainment only.
The audiance also expects " the artist " has reliable instruments and sound equipment.

We are all convinced Yamaha are manufacturing reliable musical instruments and equipment.

The public however is not interested in any arranger keyboard brand.
Only the owner and other keyboard players are.😸

Babette

How right you are.The public  is not interested in any arranger keyboard brand.Only the owner and other keyboard players are But people who have shelled out a lot of money want to believe the audience will rewad them for their outlay. In 4 decades of ever better instruments I have never met a normal audience member  appreciating the advancement of keyboard techonology,  if they say "I like your music " it, is usually because they know the tune and like your singing, That is why I always ask the folks on the floor what tune they would like me to play.

Cheers

Kaarlo

[EileenL]

Well I for one have been told what a lovely sound is coming from the keyboard and people come up to have a closer look as they are really impressed.

[markstyles]

I have always liked Yamaha keyboards.  The Tyros and now the Genos..  Each is a level better than it's predecessor.   The SA2 voices, although not new anymore blow people away who are not aware of them.   I have a lot of Kontakt Libraries, some great..  But Genos (because of hardware and software) has a move 'alive' sound.  Don't know how else to describe it.  Also Yamaha pays the most attention to the 'homogenous blending of their sounds'.  That is The piano may not knock you out as the best piano you have heard.  But when you use the Genos/Tyros line to create a 'live band sound'.  The individual instruments, have been sampled, EQ'd to fit together really well.. 

I've used every brand of keyboard out there. and while some have truly killer sounds, when you stack 4 - 8 tracks of them together,  they sometimes 'fight' with each other.
The fact you can create a live 9 track piece of music in real time, and it sounds so  professional, is at least 10 years of studio engineering experience.

That's why I love 'Genos'

[Murat]

One of the many reasons which made me buy a Genos is the feature that plays a little Demo for each sound. Although I don't use it very often, it is very inspirational.

Another reason is how easily customisable the control panel, knobs and sliders are.

And the fact that the Genos looks like the spaceship Galactica! Or a futuristic keyboard a Klingon would play!