Yes, it reminds of Tyros – control buttons, multi-pad buttons, registration buttons, one touch setting buttons, but still it’s a new unit sporting a number of the features of its own: color touch panel, six control knobs, display above the knobs, nine slider/ faders/ drawbars (?), six assignable buttons.
So what’s more? Yamaha Genos is going to be a 76-note keyboard. What else? The screen seems to be quite outstanding so that we could embrace handling the graphics. A USB key input. How will we select the sounds, is there going to be a touch screen? Will there be the new SWP70 tone generator introduced?
The actual details, price and availability will be announced in the beginning of October. Some teasers are awaited in the end of September. Stay tuned for more information on 2nd October, 2017 – that’s what Yamaha tells us. Coming soon, coming soon. Videos&tech specs of Yamaha Genos are here.