Yamaha Genos vs Korg Nautilus: Sound vs Sound Comparison! Which one SOUNDS better?

[@christ7897]

I agree with the comments below. The way I got around this was to use two keyboards and midi them together. A Nautilus 88 and a Korg PA5X. the PA5X is on a par with the Genos 2 ( I think it's more personal taste than which is the superior arranger). Biggest plus for me is playing the PA5X piano's using the Nautilus 88 weighted keyboard, they just sound so good.

[@geoffk777]

Except for the Nautilus clav, which was nice, the Genos consistently sounded better--brighter, cleaner and more realistic, with articulations on the acoustic instruments. This was especially obvious on the Brass sounds. This is not a surprise--the Genos is based on Montage sounds which are a decade newer than the old Kronos samples in the Nautilus. In fact, this is an odd comparison. The Genos is an arranger that competes with the Korg PA line of arrangers and it costs almost twice what a Nautilus does. A better comparison would be with a MODX or Montage M, but the results would probably be pretty similar. The Montage M is a bit more expensive than a Nautilus, but a MODX is actually cheaper than the Nautilus.

[@chukwunomsoalor4139]

Nautilus all the way… such a sound machine… sounds are richer especially the Italian grand…

[@geoffk777]

@@chukwunomsoalor4139 The Italian Grand is pretty good. This is one of the few new samples not on the Kronos Korg brought it over from the GrandStage stage piano (which is now discontinued). Everyone's ears are different so if you like the more traditional samples on the Nautilus , than that's your call. But it's nowhere near as realistic as a Montage (and neither is a Roland Fantom for that matter). I do think that you can make a case for the Nautilus. The workstation features (sampling and sequencing) are better than the Montage and it can use Kronos add on libraries. It also has lots of internal storage., a great organ engine and some good virtual synths. But it doesn't win on sound anymore.

[@followyourpassion8378]

​​​@@geoffk777Many of the Montage (1) sounds are also very old Motif sounds.... I do own a Montage 8, not sure if I am overly fond of the CFX piano sound, which was a new sound. Also the Montage does not have sympathetic string resonance and I don't understand why not. The 20y old Yamaha P-250 had it. The Nautilus does, too.

[@Donetur]

The synth section of the Nautilus is better. It is important to mention this.

[@geoffk777]

@Donetur That's true, but the synth of the MODX, which is cheaper than the Nautilus and sounds similar to a Genos isvas good or better. The Genoavloses on this just because it's an arranger and not a workstation. But Yamaha has excellent workstations too.

[@sofienkesraouikhayel]

Piano yamaha better korg hard and robotic caracter