I think that one of the purposes of this Forum is to help each other sharing what we know. When I did buy my 9000 pro I had another chance to play the Genesys; besides, since the owner of the shop has a friendly relationship with me, we went over the Genesys on a "friendly" basis (i.e. he was speaking not like a shop-owner trying to sell things, but like a musician). Here are the conclusions to which we both came:
- The Genesys styles are heavily influenced by the trend set by Ketron (in other words they are aggressive and "in your face"), but Ketron offers more variety and also a better selection, from this point of view.
- The sounds are really good; the overall sound, however, is kind of aggressive and is geared towards contemporary music. If you are into lounge-ballroom music the Genesys might not be the right choice for you.
- It's true that the Genesys is an "all in one package" keyboard (remember the old "workstation concept"?), but for the same reasons is a compromise of some kind and is not "state of the art" in any single area. For example, it's true that you can do hard disk recording, but once you have recorded a track it's done: the editing possibilities are almost non-existent; with a PC and a program like Sound Forge, Cool Edit Pro or Sonar you can edit even individual notes and cut and paiste at your will. And yes, it's true that the Genesys has a CD-writer (the brand is LG, incidentally), but every computer today has one, maybe faster. Finally, the hard disk is just 2 Gb and this looks really like a weird choice, considering the present availability of larger models at a really low price.
In my case, as you know, I decided to buy a 9000 pro instead and I don't regret it.
Cheers