The fact is, if sampling is one of the main uses, NO keyboard (at least in this category) is a good choice. Buy a sampler or these days it is better to use a PC.



Don’t be pissed off at GEM because you were misguided by a dealer.



This is because most of the CD’s have COPY PROTECTION. Not our fault! At least you can move the sounds to a floppy and then load them.



The Genesys can load the Oriental kit that is available NOW. The additional sounds/styles need not overwrite the original internal data.



The Genesys has excellent drums. I am guessing from your other comments that you are just not aware at how to find all of the different kits that are in the instrument.



The samplers in these instruments are not SHIT. They ARE very basic. It would be just as easy to not include them at all. But I for one, and I am aware of others that have use the sampling option as an advantage. Keep in mind, these instruments are ARRANGER Keyboards!



There is a ton of user space for your own sounds without having to delete any original data. And there are 256 User Presets, 2560 User Style Presets and 1024 Memory locations to store your own set-ups.



While I truly appreciate hearing from all GEM users, even if they are not happy, it would be helpful to have those comments be based on accurate information. I am not trying to be sarcastic or put you down in any way. It just appears from your comments that you had a bad experience with a dealer, and that has soured you a bit on the Genesys to the point where you haven’t wanted to put much time into learning the instrument and what it can do.

Please don’t be offended by anything I said. That was not my intention.

Best Regards,

Dave McMahan
Product Manager
Generalmusic USA


[This message has been edited by WDMcM (edited 11-24-2004).]