thanks for all the replies. I have been using a Korg is-35 and Technics KN2600 for a couple of years, still use them..I got a used Gem sk-76 keyboard cheap on ebay and tried it for a few months and liked some things about it, not others,
and thought if I traded it in for a new Genesys Pro it would be a super upgrade but I'm not liking the sounds and styles and keyboard feel and some of the operating procedures and was wondering if switching to the SD1 would be more to my liking. As far as the quality and support, I have found the Genesys to be very well-made and the dealer and the
company rep have been extremely helpful, so maybe the WK was a dog, but
the Genesys is another league and the
support has been beyond my wildest
dreams (rep sent me new battery in a day, gave me a 2-hour tutorial
by phone, is willing to do much more,
dealer spends phone time too, has made me discs, etc... unbelievable service!)
No, my quandry is that i am not loving the
Genesys as a musician. I loved having
the 76 keys, but the semiweighted action
on the sk76 was heavy, and aggravated my tendinitis.(I can't play acoustic pianos any more for that reason.) but something
too mushy about the genesys action I don't like, being used to the Korg and Technics. However, I'm kinda scared that
the SD1, having a semi-weighted board,
might aggravate my hands too, unless it
is a very light action. Is it? I am a converted sax player, not a legit pianist,
and having a real piano feel is not important to me. I like a light quick action,
without much resistance.
Also, as i said in my original post, i don't
loop, make trax, etc etc.. I just play and sing as a "one-man jazz trio"..which means i want great choices of bass and
drum lines (don't like to play LH bass too often) and don't use any full arrangements except occasional big band and/or latin band if they want to dance. I need to go from one sound to another and one rhythym to another fast and easy, not have to look up menus, etc. I need to be able to mute the
arrangements with one button without going into the screen, and leave
the bass/drums playing ..not just the drums. I need easy registrations, great
piano, elec piano, jazz and classical and
spanish guitar, Jimmy Smith style organs, flute, muted trumpet, other brass, scat and doo-wah voices, lots of great swing, bop, bossa, samba, latin, world, funk, blues rhythms that are not stiff, that have nice moving bass lines with variety to them.
Yamahas have great new sounds but require going onscreen to transpose, mute parts, etc. I need those controls
at my fingertips- I play everything in C and
use transposer to change keys.
..I tried the roland G-70 in a store for
an hour and don't understand what it is
that makes everyone so enthusiastic about them..seemed more designed
for amateurs than pros to me..the VA7
had the corniest sounds and rhythms..
really the worst hi-end machine i ever tried out..Oh I forgot..the Genesys has a fade-out that is only 2 bars!!horrible..is the
Sd1's fade programmable or at least 8 bars?
If the sd1 is not for me I may try to sell the
Genesys on ebay(and/or synthzone) and just upgrade my Korg with a pa-50 model.
Or do you think getting a midjay with a
controller could be the way to go for me?