WERSI Playing Tips

From time to time members of the Wersi Enthusiasts Society were kind enough to write in with registration suggestions as well as sequencing ideas. Who knows what instruments they now play, one of the OAS series perhaps?. I'm sure they would have no objections to my passing their ideas on to others. Perhaps you have purchased a second hand WERSI and are searching for that elusive Big Band sound. I have collated them in order of organ type as well as to include function description,
I apologise if some are incorrect for the DX300/350 as my guide is for the DX400.
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I have stated the authors name where known.

Registrations: Helios
String Setting ?? Sound for Disco medley Theatre sound Steam Loco Glen Miller Big Band Punchy sound Assorted drawbars				Colin Hogarth Colin Hogarth Mark Franklin Howard Jones Howard Jones Not Known Not Known Bob Neale Wilf
Alpha
(DX300) Piano " Guitar " Piano " Substained D/bars +bell & key click " Bell/Strings " Guitar " Sustained Guitar " Ray Coniff (DX350) Hawian Guitar " Brass Sound " Violin - lowered by 1 octave " Interesting sound				David Hoskins David Hoskins Dave Floyd Dave Floyd . Dave Floyd Dave Floyd Dave Floyd Paul Dunne Chris Giles Bill Gray Bill Gray . John Tidmarsh
Beta, Gamma and Delta
Singing Voice sound Sustain on drawbars Bagpipes Concert Violin Dry Strings Total Organ Preset Pizzicato String Hammond (+MST4) Deep Piano				Chris Giles B. Pledger Sam Musk Glyn Williams Glyn Williams Glyn Williams Glyn Williams Glyn Williams Maurice White
Wega
Glen Miller				Thomas Shevels
Mk.1
Les Dawson sound				Mark Franklin
Sequences CX4
Ravels Bolero Guilty of love in the first degree				Glyn Williams Glyn Williams
Helios String Setting [Back]
Violin & Viola to WV, Choir, Soft attack, Medium Sustain, Manual Wah, Effects to WV Wah slider as far to right as possible then mix to taste with grey volume controls
?? [Back]
Violin, Viola, Saxophone, Medium sustain over WV, Choir + Harpsichord with long sustain, Adjust sound levels to taste.
Sound for Disco medley [Back]
UM Drawbars to WV 8 08040000000 WV Fast whirl Heavy+soft Special effects Manual wah wah slider in mid position. Using viola off Upper fixed stops Channel selectors Ý ß Ý ß Ý Pedals Drawbars+Base Guitar, Long Sustain Volume Drawbars Special effects 2 Piano 3 Vibrato Contin II + III Reverb III Piano Long Sustain UM Sift attack + Long sustain LM Drawbar s 38400000 Soft attack Medium sustain LM Drawbars to Wersivoice
Theatre sound [Back]
Special effects Drawbars on Tremolo via WV 78864844807 WV Whirl + Fast UM Drawbars fixed ß to WV Horn 16', Tibia 8', Tibia 4' Principal 2', Piccolo 1', Cymbal V LM Drawbars fixed ß to WV Gedacht 8', Diapason 8' Principal 4', Nasat Principal 2', third Fifth Piccolo Presets UM 3/8, UL s/10 Pedals Drawbars 16' No sustain Optional Tuba Vibrato Continuous II & III Attacks Soft: Upper + Lower
Steam Loco [Back]
Special Effects Repeat On - Variable Rate Presets Fixed Stops Drawbars 88844520000 Wah Wah Manual Wah Wah LH stop Autowah On Up/Down tab ß Fixed stops/ Drawbars ß Cello, Accordion, Trombone, Sax, Horn LM Drwbars Fixed_{# ß #} Principal 2' Play middle CF G D for Whistle Reverb I & II Slalom LH Stop WV Chorale can be used for Special Effect to give effect of train going over bridge, UM vol control gives general noise speed increased by SE rate. (Use low volume setting). UM play a bunch of notes at lower end and hold.
Glen Miller [Back]
UM Drawbars WV, 16' - 8, 8' -8, 4' - 4, Soft attack & Short sustain WV Choir Saxophone, Tremolo, Second voice and fixed stops LM Drawbars WV, 8' - 8, 4' - 4, Soft attack & short sustain Vibrato - delay 11 Pedals Drawbar s 8' Sustain Play one octave high, adjust levels to obtain best sound
Big Band [Back]
Drawbars as required using Trombone via Brass set up of EF2 or second voice of EF1, again play one octave high
Punchy sound [Back]
Upper Manual Turn off Normal upper drawbars Select Percussion, Second voice & Drawbar effects tabs Under these tabs, (Top left of organ) select the fifth rocker-switch you come to i.e. WV effect Set the percussion drawbars to 76836784800 Grey effects Volume pulled out to about 7
Assorted drawbars [Back]
Come Back to Sorrento (Curtis) 04 0645 321 acc 00 3402 000 Glockenspeil the Magic Flute (Mozart) 00 0306 002 acc 00 3400 000 Adeste Fidelis 00 7735 002 Without tremulants Tis Eventide 05 0634 000 Or 08 0642 000 The Lost Chord (Sullivan) 08 0883 000 acc 00 2454 111 Ave Maria (Schubert) 04 0700 000 acc 00 3400 000 Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) 03 0450 000 acc 00 3300 000 The Bells of St Mary's (Adams) 05 0886 321 acc 00 4433 000 The rose of Tralee (Glover ) 05 0624 000 acc 00 4321 000 Volume drawbar not included in the above registration shown.
DX300 Piano [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
DMS Piano		Program	CV				Program
Store entered registration				Bass Guitar		W S
Frequency vibrato		Program	CV				Program
Guitar [Back]
Function		Program		Instrument		Code	Program
DMS Natural Guitar		Program	CV				Program
Store entered registration				Bass Guitar		W S
Frequency vibrato		Program	CV				Program
Piano [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
UM DMS piano Ch2 VCF off, Ch2 Bright off
Store entered registration		Program	DV	Celeste		W R	Program
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch1 Optional		Program					Program
Copy waveform from Ch2 to Ch2		Program	DV	Str./ Piano		R	Program
Copy envelope from Ch2 to Ch2		Program	DV	Str./ Piano		S	Program
Substained D/bars +bell & key click [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
UM DMS Banjo		Program	PV				Program
Store entered registration					WE I
Imvert pitch (16'/8')		Program	PV	Celeste		Program
Copy waveform from Ch2 to Ch1		Program	PV			E	Program
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch1		Program	PV	Celeste		W R	Program
Copy waveform from Ch1 to Ch2		Program	PV	D-Bars (Vary to taste)		WE	Program
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch2		Program	PV	D-Bars (Vary to taste)		WER	Program
Copy Noise/Click		Program	PV	D-Bars (Vary to taste)		WERS	Program
Ch1 VCF on, Ch2 WV on, Hand & Click on, Ch1 Bright on, Ch2 Bright off, WV fast on
Store entered registration		Program	PV	Ped Bass		WER	Program
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch2		Program	PV				Program
Invert VCF tracking		Program	PV			W RS	Program
Bell/Strings [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
UM DMS Banjo		Program	DV				Program
Store entered registration						WE I
Imvert pitch (16'/8')		Program	DV	Celeste			Program
Copy waveform from Ch2 to Ch1		Program	DV			E	Program
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch1		Program	DV	Celeste		W R	Program
Copy waveform from Ch2 to Ch2		Program	DV	Strings		R	Program
Copy envelope from Ch2 to Ch2		Program	DV	Strings		S	Program
Ch2 WV on, String mode in WV section on, Ch1 & Ch2 Bright on
Store entered registration		Program	DV				Program
Guitar [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
UM, DMS Guitar, Hand on		Program	DV				Program
Store entered registration				Celeste		W R
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch1		Program	DV				Program
VCR Slider fully to left, Timer 1 up to max. Oct. UM off
Sustained Guitar [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
UM, DMS Guitar, Hand on		Program	DV				Program
Store entered registration						W RSI
Drawbar pedal envelope, Ch1		Program	DV				Program
Ray Coniff [Back]
1 Select choir for upper manual/2 Double the voice with pitch variation for a fatter sound/3 Add a brass voice as a second voice - I have a preferance for trombone/4 When balanced to taste with the channel controls the result is a Ray Conniff effect - quite fun in moderation.
DX350 Hawian Guitar [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
UM DMS Violin, Remove Bright Ch1 & Ch2
Store entered registration		Program	CV	Zither		W R	Program
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch1		Program	CV				Program
Copy envelope from Ch2 to Ch2		Program	CV	Zither		S	Program
Brass Sound [Back]
Upper Manual Trumpet, Orchestra Trombone, with orchestra and 2nd instrument selected press compute, trans/pitch, R-S-I, Compute//Adjust upper manual and 2nd instrument volumes to personal taste
Violin - lowered by 1 octave [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
Copy from source instrument		Program	CV	Violin		ERSI	Program
Imvert pitch (16'/8')		Program	CV	Violin		WER	Program
Interesting sound [Back]
Using DMS instrument level 2 select Saxaphone//hold note for over 30 wa-wa's sound then channges and 'takes off'//select another note & hold that down - etc.
DX400 CX4 Singing Voice sound [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
UM DMS Choir		Program	CV				Program
Store entered registration
Remove WV from Ch1 & Ch2
Frequency vibrato		Program	CV	Whistle (Not DMS)		W S	Program
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch1		Program	CV	Cello		W R	Program
Copy envelope from Ch2 to Ch2		Program	CV	Cello		S	Program
Sustain on drawbars [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
Copy from source instrument		Program	PV	DrawBars 1		ERSI	Program
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch1		Program	PV	Ped Bass		W R	Program
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch2		Program	PV	Ped Bass		WER	Program
Bagpipes [Back]
UM, Cornet, Channel 1,2, WV. Flanging, Channel 1, 2, Bright LM Z R Tutti, Ped Bass Fl. (Double Voices - Pedal, select Inst - Theatre.) Control Bars UM 8 LM 3 Pedal 5
Concert Violin [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
Copy from source instrument		Program	CV	Violin		ERSI	Program
Copy envelope from Ch2 to Ch2		Program	CV	String 2		S	Program
Routing: Set Bright Ch 1 & Ch2,Other chans WV & VCF off
Store entered registration		Program	CV				Program
Alt Routing: Press Ch1 WV String & Bright, Ch2 VCF- hand adjust VCF sliders to Quantity 8, timer 1- 0, Timer 2-0, Performance far right, Hand off
Store entered registration		Program	CV				Program
Dry Strings [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
Go to Second Level		Program	CV			WERSI	Program
Synthe-brass						WE S	Program
Routing: Ch1 & Ch2 - WV strings, Both bright.
Frequency vibrato		Program	CV	Violin or Cello		W S	Program
Total Organ Preset [Back]
Upper Manual Concert Violin (As above), + String 2 as the 2nd or Orch Instrument, Quadro interferance 3, Orchestra Interference 2 Lower Manual Orchestra, Ke;y split Jazz Flute, Pedal Double Bass Quadro Interference 1.// Select solo Voice and Touch vibrato and set volume sliders thus:- solo voice 6, Pedal 5, Lowers 4 and split at 7, Upper Channel 1 = 8 channel 2 = 8, solo/synth channel 1 = 5 channel 2 = 5
Pizzicato String [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
Copy from source instrument		Program	CV	Cello		ERSI	Program
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch1		Program	CV	Guitar		W R	Program
Copy envelope from Ch2 to Ch2		Program	CV	Guitar		S	Program
Imvert pitch (16'/8')		Program	CV	String 2		WE I	Program
Frequency vibrato		Program	CV			W S	Program
Imvert pitch (16'/8')		Program	CV			WE I	Program
Ch1 & Ch2 Bright, Ch2 WV Str.
Store entered registration		Program	CV				Program
Hammond [Back]
Function		Program	Target	Instrument		Code	Program
Go to Second Level		Program	CV			WERSI	Program
DB 2 as Perc		Program	CV	DrawBars 1		W	Program
						W	Copy waveform from Ch1 to Ch1
Copy envelope from Ch1 to Ch1		Program	CV	DrawBars 1		W R	Program
Copy envelope from Ch2 to Ch1		Program	CV	DrawBars 1		ER	Program
Copy envelope from Ch2 to Ch2		Program	CV	Xylaphone		S	Program
Frequency vibrato		Program	CV	Bass Guitar		W S	Program
Go to Second Level		Program	CV			WERSI	Program
16 + Click		Program	CV			R	Program
Percussion short Ch2						W SI	Program
Alternate routing: Ch1 & Ch2 WV and Bright, Set WV Deep-Flat-Fast, if used with quadro set interference at -3 and use fast WV/ DB1 558.. …. DB2 00008
Total Preset No 1, Select No 1, Transpose to A sharp (Important), Set lower man first (Important), DMS instrument Trumpet, W.Voice 1 & 2 Flat fast, Lower manual octave set to play low, Bass Pedals, Use Ped Bass, Upper Manual, DMS instrument Trombone (Pousanne), Orchestra, Inst Select, DMS instrument Tuba, W,Voice 1 & 2 Flat-Fast VCF Nil Touch Vib - On (Important), Control Bars - Lower manual CH 1-3 Ch 2-3, Upper Manual Ch 1-7, Ch 2-4.
DX400+MST4 Deep Piano [Back]
UM DMS Piano, Program I, Tot Preset 9 (Freq) - until piano voice drops to 16'//PV, Program
Wega Glen Miller [Back]
Play on middle C area of Upper Manual UM 1 Clarinet + 1 octave + Wersocjprd II (Not III) 2 + Sax 3 + Brass 2 LM 1 Brass 1 + 1 Octave 2 Strings 2 + Sustain 2 + Soft attack Ped Slapbass Rhythm "Lets Swing" card: - Serenade or Tuxedo or Big Band (Depending on the actual song!)
Mk.1 Les Dawson sound [Back]
Voice select, Right voice LED on, DMS Instrument Piano, Voice Select, Second Voice LED on, DMS Instrument Piano, Function Control Matrix, Level D Pitch, Select D1 LED on, Select D3 LED Off, Press 7 once for Tuning, Display will show +1,
CX4 Ravels Bolero [Back]
TIME SIGNATURE	INSTRUMENT		BAR 1		BAR2		LEVELS
2/6 time 12 bits per bar	Bass Dr 3		1		1,7		6
	Snare 1		1,7,9,11		1,3,5,7,9,11		5/6
Guilty of love in the first degree [Back]
TIME SIGNATURE	INSTRUMENT		BAR 1		BAR2		LEVELS
4/4 time 16 bits per bar	Bass Dr 2		1,5,9,13		1,5,9,13		6
	Snare 2		5,13		5,13		5
	Brush		5		5,13		3
	Cymb 1		5,11		5,11,15		4
	Maracas	5		13		6
	Clap		5,13		5,13		5
	Rimshot		5,13		1,9,13		As set
	Sn Roll				15		5
	Tom 1				3,11		5
	Bass Dr 1		INTRO		BREAK		5
			1,5,7,9,11,13,15		1,5,7,9,11,13,15
	Snare 1		5,13		5,10,12,13,15		5
	Rimshot		1,5,9,13		1,5,9,13		As set
	Cowbell				4,5,10,11,14,15,16		5
	Cymbal 1				15		4
	Cymbal 2				1,13		5

Registrations:

Helios

Alpha

Beta, Gamma and Delta

Wega

Mk.1

Sequences

CX4

Helios

?? [Back]

DX300

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DX350

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Instrument

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Program

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Program

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Instrument

Code

Program

DX400 CX4

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