QUOTE]Originally posted by WDMcM:

"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." [/QUOTE]

I imagine there are a few famous guys out there that have one of your boards (probably comped).
But I'm not trying to be a wise guy all I am trying to say is I can walk into Daddy's Junky Music (a chain here in the northeast) and see a bunch of lower priced Yamaha keyboards. So I get familiar with them. And also like you said get above that certain price level you can't find a Tyros or roland or Korg arranger anywhere with in hours.
When I decide to move up I stay with what I know.
Can I start on one of your boards for $500 and build up my brand loyalty?
What I meant was I can't talk to any users like you can on a worldwide support group like psr tutorial and other sites of real users that I can and have asked "hey how did ya like the board..whats your experience trying to do this or that."
Next time I talk to Joey D or Rick I'll see if they give me some pointers on how to sequence on a gem. Celebrities probably have a hundred different keyboards, Joey and Rick didn't get famous using a Gem.
Send me one I'll try it for a couple of months and if I like it I'll send ya a check.. or the board back.
All I'm saying is your distrubution hasn't been great. It's like a rolls Royce or a Farrai I know there out there, and I know somebody is buying one. But I've never been to a showroom cause they don't sell around here, or service em either.

Again it sounds like a great board but I've never seen one, I would like to see demos like the ones that Michel Voncken does for Yamaha with real pop songs so I can really compare.




[This message has been edited by mikeathome1 (edited 03-11-2005).]