Paul it's good to have you on the board here at SynthZone. I didn't realize you worked for GeneralMusic. It's great that we have Arranger Manufacturers' employees checking in on us Arranger players. Who knows maybe your the COO of the company even. We now have not only Steve Deming from Yamaha but now Paul D from GeneralMusic. And I see your from Eugene, OR. I have relatives in Myrtle Creek and friends in Grants Pass. Small world. Any ways, I am glad the Genesys series is going to be continued beyond the current line of Keyboards. The Genesys Pro is certainly feature packed and I really like the idea of a 250,000 event song sequencer. That is huge for sure. And also the built in CD-Writer. I don't understand why GM did not increase the Polyphony on the Genesys Pro. Doesn't GM realize that Yamaha, Roland, and Technics all have Arrangers with 128 note polyphony and I am almost certain in a year or two (maybe 3) there will be Arrangers with 256 polyphony and maybe more. That's one feature that is at the TOP of my list before I would consider upgrading. My PSR 2000 has a tendency to drop notes when I am playing complex arrangements. As you know the PSR 2000 has 64 note polyphony. Also built-in speakers are a MUST. "I know there is a way to put in speakers and still keep the weight down." My PSR 2000 HAS speakers "very good ones I might add", and it weighs a mere 23.1 lbs. I know your not the one who decides what features get put in GM Keyboards (or maybe you are ) but if you could possibly suggest to some of your product developers on the possibility of making a high-end Arranger with at least 128 note polyphony and some killer speakers and retain all of the other neat features of the current Genesys Pro with possibly even some new features on top of it and all the while keep the weight around 40 lbs. and the price under 4 grand (Suggested Retail), and I am sure you would have a winner on your hands. PS: I have played on stage before hundreds of people with my PSR 2000 and I can tell you right off that having those built in speakers really helps to monitor my playing. Sometimes the stage monitors are not positioned appropriately so there can be weak spots in the mix and my built-in speakers can come in handy to fill in those possible weak spots. Again I cannot understate this: built-in speakers are a great way to monitor yourself while playing. And believe me, other musicians don't think to themselves "My gosh" that guy has a Keyboard with built-in speakers. How unprofessional!! My lead Keyboardist in my band plays a Korg Triton and he has never mentioned anything about my Keyboard being unprofessional because it has speakers... On the contrary, he has remarked several times how good some of my Keyboard sounds are! As someone has stated: It's all in the Mix! Give a Keyboard awesome sounds and great features and people could care less about whether it has speakers or not. What makes a Keyboard professional is not because it DOESN'T have speakers BUT because it has killer sounds and features. PS: I am saying this because it seems Yamaha, GM, and possibly other Manufacturers have this notion that if an Arranger has speakers it is somehow less than Professional not only to the person who plays it "who could care less imo" but in the eyes of the Music World thereby putting these said Manufacturers in a negative light to the rest of the music industry, thinking that the Music industry is actually frowning on them because of it. Why they think this way is beyond me.

Any who, I for one am looking for a high end Arranger with speakers and more polyphony. I will keep my eyes and ears open to what GM does in the future. But I am afraid someone is going to beat you to the punch. Hopefully GM will prove me wrong.

Best regards,
Mike