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Originally posted by George Kaye:
I was playing with the G70 today at my store and came upon two features I like alot.
First, I can be playing a standard midi file, find the style I want to play next with the auto accomp. on, push syncro start, choose an intro and a variation, and as soon as I hit a chord on the keyboard the midi file stops and the style begins. Then, if I want to go back to the midi file, just push the song play button and the song begans exactly where it stopped when I pushed the keys down. This could be a great feature when playing parties and things need to change really fast.


That is a nice find George.

BTW- To do a similar thing on the Genesys, simply store an accompaniment set-up to one of the 1024 Memory locations, and then while a MIDI file (or an MP3, Wave file, GEM song) is playing, select the Memory, play a left hand chord and the song playback stops and the style starts instantaneously. The only difference is you can't go directly back to the original song and have it pick up from where you left off. I don't see a big reason why this is necessary anyway, although I am sure someone will use this feature.

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The next feature I love is after I record just using the record button and playing a style with my left hand and a melody with my right, I then entered the 16 track sequencer mode by pushing the button by this name and now I see a multi color by track view of everything recorded. With this visual view I can now see where I have not recorded anything because it has a blank area and I can simply select a blank track by pushing on that track, hit record and begin recording additonal tracks. While recording, you see the tracks scroll in the screen making it very clear to know right where you are in the song. This scrolling screen is like looking at a Roland Digital 24 track recorders track scroll screen.


Hmmm, that is cool! Then again, GEM keyboards have done this very thing for years. SX series, WK series, SK series, PS series, and the Genesys series.

You know, I find it really funny how so many members of these forums go on and on about some new cool feature that they discovered, or that they would like to see implemented in their particular brand, when the Genesys and past GEM keyboards have had many of these features for a long time.

I am not trying to take anything away from the other brands; they are all pretty cool actually. It just surprises me that the pro members aren't interested in discovering new sounds, styles and features that would set them apart from other single acts and give them some real uniqueness in what they offer their clients. I guess that is what the G70 brings to the table. I only wish I knew how to get folks excited about a company that is a REAL innovator in digital keyboard technology.

Best Regards,

Dave


[This message has been edited by WDMcM (edited 03-11-2005).]