Main Features - Yamaha genos Owner's Manual

Replacing the hugely successful Tyros, Genos is the new benchmark in Digital Workstation sound, design and
user experience. Whether you're a professional musician or a hobbyist, Genos will inspire and intensify your
musical performance and enjoyment.
 Extraordinarily expressive and realistic Voices
The sonic quality of every Voice in Genos is beyond any other Digital Workstation you've ever played—this instrument is quite
simply a game changer. Everything you hear, whether it be the beautiful CFX piano, the lush strings or the punchy new Revo
Drums, it just blows you away!
 Powerful DSP effect processing for enhancing the sound
From Reverb to Distortion, Rotary Speaker to Compressor, Genos boasts unprecedented DSP power.
Using the same VCM technology as Yamaha's professional high-end mixing consoles, Genos has the tools to create a perfect
sound. Not only do the effects sound great, they look great, too—with stunning graphical user interfaces.
 Accompaniment Styles
Whatever genre of music you wish to perform, Genos is ready to accompany you with world-class arrangements, punchy drums
and up to four times the DSP power of previous Digital Workstations. Never has there been a more perfect personal backing
band.
 Versatile real-time controller—LIVE CONTROL
Instantly shape your sound with the all new LIVE CONTROL surface. A wide variety of functions can be assigned to the LIVE
CONTROL knobs and sliders with the LIVE CONTROL view providing instant visual confirmation of your adjustments with-
out interrupting the main display.
 Voice and Style expandability with the Yamaha Expansion Manager
With Yamaha Expansion Manager software on your computer you can continually expand the onboard content of your Genos
by creating and installing your own custom or purchased Packs. Supporting WAV, AIFF and even SoundFont and REX formats,
the scope of possibilities for new sounds and styles is virtually unlimited.
 Quick and easy set up with Playlist and Registration
Playlist is the new way to quickly setup Genos, no matter how large your repertoire is.
Organize your Registration Memories into convenient Playlists for instant recall during performance.
 Audio Function
Cross fade between two audio files with the new Dual Player or assign your own audio data on the Multi Pad, the creative
potentials are huge. You can even record your performance directly to a high quality audio file ready to easily share.
Compatible formats for the instrument
GM (General MIDI) is one of the most common Voice allocation formats. GM System Level 2 is a standard specifi-
cation that enhances the original GM format and improves Song data compatibility. It provides for increased polyph-
ony, greater Voice selection, expanded Voice parameters, and integrated effect processing.
XG is a major enhancement of the GM System Level 1 format, and was developed by Yamaha specifically to provide
more Voices and variations, as well as greater expressive control over Voices and effects, and to ensure compatibility
of data well into the future.
GS was developed by the Roland Corporation. In the same way as Yamaha XG, GS is a major enhancement of the
GM specifically to provide more Voices and Drum kits and their variations, as well as greater expressive control over
Voices and effects.
The Yamaha XF format enhances the SMF (Standard MIDI File) standard with greater functionality and open-ended
expandability for the future. The Genos is capable of displaying lyrics when an XF file containing lyric data is played.
SFF (Style File Format) is an original Style file format by Yamaha which uses a unique conversion system to provide
high-quality automatic accompaniment based on a wide range of chord types. SFF GE (Guitar Edition) is an
enhanced format of SFF, which features improved note transposition for guitar tracks.
AEM (Articulation Element Modeling) is the trademark of Yamaha's leading-edge tone generation technology. For
information on AEM, refer to the Reference Manual on the website.

Main Features

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