![]() ![]() The 76 has a semi‑weighted synth‑style keyboard action (a bit 'clacky' for my liking), while the 88 has a fully weighted hammer‑action piano keyboard. The SK76 and SK88 are, as you might imagine, 76‑key and 88‑key versions of the same instrument. So are the new instruments synths or are they home keyboards? And does it really matter? Panels The SKs retain the keyboard auto‑accompaniment capabilities of the WK series, presumably with the intention of enhancing their appeal to the company's familiar market. At the same time, keyboard Styles have improved vastly in musicality, and become much more contemporary as manufacturers have reached out to younger buyers. Keyboards have progressed in leaps and bounds technologically during this time, and extended their self‑contained performance ethos to include workstation features, in the process blurring the boundaries between keyboards and synths. This isn't as surprising as it might seem to those unfamiliar with keyboard developments over the past few years. #Gem wk4 for sale series#Both are based on the company's WK series of home keyboards, yet offer power and flexibility to match - or even better - that provided by established synth workstation manufacturers. Meanwhile, Generalmusic are aiming two new instruments, the SK76 and SK88, at the synth workstation market. Recently they've also been raising their profile with the RealPiano series of physically modelled digital pianos and modules (/ and rumour has it that next year will see a physically modelled synth from the company. Synthesizer users will perhaps know Generalmusic from their previous foray into synthesis with the GEM S2 and S3, but the company's main market has traditionally been home keyboards. Are the company mapping out a brave new world? Simon Trask explores the SK76. Generalmusic are perhaps best known for their home keyboards, but this powerful new high‑end instrument is aimed more at the synthesizer workstation market, though it still includes keyboard auto‑accompaniment features. ![]()
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