Genos V2.0 the 15th November 2019

[Joe H]

MultiPad parts added on Mixer Display

I've been suggesting this for years... so it's finally going to happen on the Genos.  I hope this will carry over to the sx900.  It will be so much easier to edit Multi Pads. (just like the style Parts and Song Parts)

Thank you Yamaha for re-writing the OS so these kind of improvements (all of them) can be added.  Yamaha has demonstrated they are listening to arranger owners/players.

      

Joe H

[KeyboardByBiggs]

Big thanks Chris , I will have a look now

There are many really great paid ones a well and very nicely priced.

I don't have any of the synths but I have all of their organs and the quality is great.

[JohnS (Ugawoga)]

Hi Chris and Tyrosman
Big thanks for that tip.

There are some handy sounds to be had in there especially if the rock guitars sound like the example.
I like the Jarre Revolution hammer on Anvil sound , Reminds me of the London Docklands Concert ,which i will never forget.
Those oriental flutes are the business also Similar to the opening of Berlin's " You Don't Know which is one of my favourite 80s songs.
Love the Queen  guitar.
I will give these a try after the house chore's are done later today.
I would love to see a midi to Style converter on the new update. Press a button and it's done!! Big Lol to that!!!  Pipe dream ,hopefully not Pan!!

From my point of view is that every time i am on a cruise for a holiday ,the music is always old music standards from the 30s,40s etc.
I have yet to go on a cruise and hear Black Sabbath , 70s pop or even Pink Floyd music Soul , Tamla.
At least when going to the Carribean the reggae/ska  is fantastic and happy .
Is it me or am i getting younger!!!? Nice to hear the Stones wouldn't It. " The Moon is Up"!!  " She's a Rainbow". "roll up, Roll up"
At 69 I fear that i will have to be 110 to get what I want!!! Yes , I will be probably loving Angels instead or something much worse than that!!!
It is a case now  " Fancy you had It"!!!


All the best
John

[Lee Batchelor]

Chris, thanks for posting those extra voice links. They are .ppf files. How do we play them on the Genos?

[ckobu]

YEM must be used.
Video shows how to save more * .ppf in one * .ppi. That * .ppi is transferred to a USB stick and written to Genos.

https://youtu.be/qlrOx-t7zyI

[jwyvern]

All my expansion voices including those from CMS transfer Yem to Genos wirelessly so if wireless is connected, transfer via usb stick should not be needed.

John

[overover]

@ugawoga
Hi John,

thank you for your detailed feedback!

P.S.
If you want to use several of the CMS "Single Voice Packs", you do NOT need to import all those .ppf files by using "Import PACK" function to YEM:

You can also make a NEW (empty) Pack first (or use an existing Pack) and then import several .ppf files to this Pack by using "Import CONTENT" function. For example, you could make one Pack that contains all CMS Gutar voices, one Pack with all CMS Synth voices and so on.

Best regards,
Chris

[ckobu]

@John, @Chris
That's right, we can choose multiple ways to enter material into Genos. We can via WIFI, we can individually ppf or some other way. We choose an option that is better for us. 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7D3uE76oiLZV6bD59ZF9tQYpVcUhCgXT

[JohnS (Ugawoga)]

yumyumyumyemyemyemyem!!!

[Toril S]

Will there be a female soprano voice added?

[EileenL]

Yes there will but CMS also has some really nice Soprano and Male Tenner voices to.

[beykock]

Will the Female Voices be multipads too ?

Thanks, Babette

[EileenL]

No Just Sample Voices but you can create Multi Pads from them just like normal voices.

[rbackes]

Hi guys (and girls),

good news: I just got an invitation from my instrument dealer for a Genos Firmware V2.0 Workshop/Presentation next tuesday (5th) by Manni Pichler. So it seems that at least a beta version, that one can present is already here (in Germany).
Stay tuned, I'll take notes and will try to give you a report.

Rainer

[elad770]

Very excited for you. Have a wonderful time
Trying out 2.0

I will wait for a week or two after the release to watch
Few Demos and learn exactly what are the
Changes

Believe it or not, I'm still playing on the first Firmware Version
And never upgraded. I simply felt it was not worth
While at the moment because I'm still not even half way
Exploring the Genos and I have it for a year now!
I will surely upgrade to this version because I feel this is the real deal. I would appreciate if everyone can post video links as they start to pop everywhere.  I'm truly excited
For this update

[terryB]

Hi
On any of the version 2 update posts I have seen no mention of the promise of the ability to include the user drive in Favorites 
This is a nice addition being able to include user styles and voices I would assume 
Cheers
Terry

[elad770]

It's funny you mention that because I've never used the Favorite function at all. To me..... EVERYTHING IS FAVORITE. LOL 

[Hammond Yamaha]

So, the 2.0 is just a software update, am I correct?

[Toril S]

Yes. But it has some nice new features! This is really the way to go, make a good, sturdy, well designed keyboard, like our Genos, and give it new updates. This makes sense, it is good for the environment. We can have the hardware (the keyboard) for many years, and yet have new updates that give it new features. Great!

[valimaties]

... 5 days 

[JohnS (Ugawoga)]

Hi


7,200 minutes to go

[Nickt5]

5 more sleeps!.....

[rodrigo.b]

I really don't understand what is new about the voices, I see on the data list file that there is a S.art 2 trombone for example. I heard the S.Art 2 Latin Pan flute premium pack demo and if they are referring to "Zampoña" when they said "Latin Pan flute" I can tell you that it doesn't sound like the real thing. Believe me, I don't need to go to Perú because I'm from Peru and I heard a lot of zampoña players in my life.
Here in Lima you don't even need to go to a special place or something like that to hear this beautiful instrument, you can hear it if you take a bus, because there are a lot of street musicians in Lima that play zampoña, and they usually go from one bus to another playing the instrument and asking to the passengers for a little collaboration, sometimes they even play the charango at the same time.

Well, I'm not saying that the update will be bad, I know that they will give you the update for free, but I would be interesting a least for me, to have new S.Art2 authentic voices (Even if I have to pay for these) instead of having always voices that sounds close to real thing but maybe they weren't created using the real local instrument.

[JohnS (Ugawoga)]

Hi Rodrego

I just think that these new voice packs is just a filler to pad the update out.
Recycling old packs.
I would like to see more realism in certain instruments and would pay for them.
I find it weird that Yamaha packs are so expensive for what they are and Easysounds are just as good at a third of the price.
I find it great that i can use VST as well.
All in all the update looks great.


all the best
John

[Toril S]

I think I will let all you brave guys and gals install the update first, and if your Genoses don't blow up I will do it as well

[Gunnar Jonny]

...All in all the update looks great.

Yeah, it does. 
I think we should 'keep cool' until we have it installed before we give it any judgement, good or bad.
Sounds and packs included, if it's from what's possible to buy in the Y-shop, it will be a great bonus for those that have not bought it already.
But, there is also 50 completely new styles included, so as well as OS update and new features, there are various goodies for all Genos'ers. 👍😊
Just a few days before we get the X-Mas gift now..... exciting! 🎅

[JohnS (Ugawoga)]

Hi Toril

It is best  to keep the updates to the latest.
Do not be afraid as it only benefits the machine.
As long as the instructions are read and understood updates are easy.
I do think that people that have updates go wrong, is because  they are impatient and interfere before the machine has loaded the update.
It can take a while for an update to install and the latest update will probably take five minutes or more as it is quite a big one.

All the best
John

[Toril S]

Thanks John I am looking forward to this update, and it will probably install without any problems

[rodrigo.b]

Hi Rodrego

I just think that these new voice packs is just a filler to pad the update out.
Recycling old packs.
I would like to see more realism in certain instruments and would pay for them.
I find it weird that Yamaha packs are so expensive for what they are and Easysounds are just as good at a third of the price.
I find it great that i can use VST as well.
All in all the update looks great.


all the best
John

Hi, If you want realistic woodwind instruments I highly recommend you to try Audio Modeling Swam VST, it's amazing, it works well with my s970 but thanks to the AT of the Genos keyboard, you can enjoy even more than me and the other PSR S users this incredible VST, because you can easily set this AT to control things like the growl or whatever you want.

[Alfred59]

I am still not able to download  updates on my Genos as I've mentioned before on the forum.  I now have to rely on Yamaha UK sending me  updates they've downloaded on their  usb's. They have refused to check my keyboard to see what the problem is and I'm not happy about that but it's the best I could achieve. I will  try to install V2 but I don't hold out much hope as it wasn't possible with the previous upgrades.