A lot of styles and even whole arranger ROM sections are voiced for the continental EU market. And one thing you'll notice on much of their older popular recorded music is a penchant for a large 'beerhall' kind of sound. Probably because many of those venues are still in use, and the majority of arranger players tend to be, let's just be kind and say 'older' (!), the arrangers from over there tend to have ROM styles drenched in reverb.
Diki,
with all due respect but this is total nonsense. It may apply partly to the German market with their Schlager music, other than that it is incorrect. You and Abacus are correct though in the assessment of the arranger keyboard market which was and is essentially a home-use market and which first florished in countries with a strong organ tradition ( even related to church visits etc.) such as Holland, Germany, Belgium and the Mediterranean countries. But to the best of my knowledge there has never been any excessive love for REVERB in any of these countries and all manufacturers have continued to market their models with more often than not a default setting of 64 ( out of 128) for their reverbs. Perhaps it is the easiest way for them to take up a stand right in the middle ? I remember my first Roland E70 sounded like garbage out of the box.......
regards,
John
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