'INVENTOR ACCORDION AND THE FIRST MUSICAL...

'INVENTOR ACCORDION AND THE FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTRONIC' carny AN ITALIAN IN 1890
Generalmusic originated in 1890 when it was first built by Antonio Galanti accordion with the name "Premiata Factory Galanti accordion". In 1920 the brothers Galanti, Antonio's son, had the idea to open a US branch in New York called "Galanti Bros." to take advantage of the huge market created by Italian immigrants and natives in America. Former factory GEM (Elka former) industrial area Squartabue - Recanati was born the brand GEM by Matthew Galanti (Egidio Galanti Mondaino) and the company developed the first electric organ Italian. Just ten years after the brand was created LEM (Laboratory Electro Music) dedicated to the development of audio broadcasting systems. The brands had a fast growth to become very popular first in Italy and then in the world. Over the years, she was taken over the prestigious firm of acoustic pianos Schulze Pollmann (1972) and started a partnership for the development of electronic liturgical organs with Ahlborn (1980). In 1989 it was finally acquired the brand Elka, Castelfidardo. Worth noting that in 1974 the group opened its own laboratory research and development in the United States. In the early 2000s he created a division (GMD) for distribution in Italy of some prestigious brands (including AKG, Fostex, Takamine, Peavy, Toca). The group, in its moment of greatest success, came to employ about 400 people with a catalog of over 200 products exported to over 80 countries with divisions in Germany, Benelux and the United States (Generalmusic Corp.) In the mid 2000s the company entered an irreversible crisis failing to repeat the sales success of the previous years and the court of Rimini started bankruptcy proceedings 23/06/2011. In 1962 Generalmusic produced the Mini Gem he had as a feature portability and integrated amplification and that was the first great success of sales. The GEM then continued to produce in the 60s and 80s electronic organs of success are cited including the Joker 61, the GEM F3, the Sprinter 49B, 61B and the Jumbo in different versions (with or without sections rhythmic and automatic). Was simultaneously launched Wk3 that, albeit with less features of the flagship, it retained the ability to make karaoke also on external TV through a special interface optional. The .wk3 was updated over the years before in WK2 (also available wk2HD HDD preloaded version of Bases and expanders with specific functions for accordionists) and in version WK2000 HD. In the 2000s it was made a version of this simplified and free hard-drive called WK1 then updated in Wk1000. In 2002 it was presented that Genesys has introduced management functions of MP3 and WAV audio and audio recording on integrated hard disk, with player / CD burner (DVD on subsequent versions S and sull'Expander XP). Keith Emerson (keyboards of ELP) declared that "The PRO2 has the best stamp of grand piano I've ever heard in a digital keyboard - and I tried them all. The evolution of this series came in 2001 with the Promega 3 and subsequently with Promega2 and expander RP-X. This product line was the first to benefit from the then powerful microprocessor DRAKE (acronym of DSP-Risc-Advanced-Keyboard-Engine) to 30bit and 50 Mips completely developed by Generalmusic in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, whose development cost $ 4 million at the time. This allowed him to improve processor technologies already present on the PRO Series but above all, first time on a piano, to overcome the technology of sampling: the Vintage sounds of pianos Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clavinet) were in fact totally generated from a physical model owner. The Promega 3, from a vintage look, it was also equipped with automated faders. This piano was an instant critical acclaim for sound quality, among the main users there were keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Yes. The promega 2 from the line-art was each lighter, reduced in some function (there were no motorized faders , polyphony went from 320 to 128 known and there was no sound bank "orchestra / pads") of Promega3 but the main sounds were the same. Both instruments were highly appreciated the two main sounds of acoustic piano derived from Fazioli F308 and Steinway & Sons grand piano.