Wersi Abacus User manual

Abacus / Verona / Vegas
User Manual
Edition: 18/02/2011 V.1
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Users Manual OAS Software Version 7
WERSI Direct www.wersidirect.com
We reserve the right to make technical modications to the hardware and software of the OAS instrument line without
prior notice. We disclaim any liability for differences between the features of a shipped OAS instrument and the fea-
tures described within this manual.
Legal Notes
Copyright Notice
Your WERSI keyboard / organ is an instrument belonging to the new WERSI OAS series. A PC running under the
operation system Windows XP & Windows 7 provides the central control of all its functions.
WERSI or third parties ship the instrument with various computer programs. You will receive these programs with the
right to run them on your instrument. Running these programs / software on any other computer, instrument or device
is a breach of the software agreement.
The End User Agreement for the operation system Windows is part of Microsoft’s original documentation that is
shipped with your instrument.
Copyrights on music
Please respect the copyright rules concerning the public reproduction of music. The applies to music that you play
yourself, as well as to music that is reproduced from Audio CD’s, from a Wave or MIDI le.
Warranty
In accordance to the applicable legal regulations, we guarantee the functionality of your instrument in the original
hardware and software conguration as shipped from our factory.
The main electronic unit used in the OAS instruments is a PC system that controls peripheral units like the touch
screen display, the hard drive, CD and other drives. The musical components, and the operation of your instrument
are supported by additional components like the DSP modules, the control panels with push buttons and the drawbars
etc.
The Operating System used in the OAS instruments runs within a special environment within a PC software. WERSI
uses Windows XP from Microsoft. You may be familiar with the software if you use a PC. Sometimes the media
publish that Windows isn’t a stable environment and that system crashes occur. In most cases, the problems are not
created by the Windows software, but by hardware and software components added later, specically so called ‘driv-
ers’ that are not compatible with with the current version of Windows, or are not written tot he specication / guidelines
outlined by Microsoft.
The Windows system on your instrument is congured in order to perfectly support the OAS software and the hard-
ware components of your instrument. We want to explicitly point out that our guarantee covers only instruments in
which the conguration of the instruments hardware and / or software components and the Windows operating system
was not changed from its original state at shipping.
Additional hardware or software, not provided by our factory or explicitly authorised by us may cause unpre-
dictable malfunctions, and even damage installed components or the whole system!
Please contact us before installing “Alien” hardware or software. It s also important not to change the le in the
‘WERSI’ folder or any sub-folder on the PC’s hard disk. This means you must neither delete les or folders nor move
them or create new folders / les.

As the structure of these folders and les is crucial for the functionality of the OAS software our warranty obligation
becomes void when you make changes here, except when being authorised by WERSI to do so. e.g. When installing
a new software update from WERSI.
Also, do not change folder ‘WINDOWS’ or any of its sub-folders. By doing so, you might cause a breakdown of the
operation system.
Please note that your instrument will come supplied with a genuine Windows XP installation disc, and the supporting
documentation. It is illegal to install this disc onto any other computer / machine other than your OAS instrument.
Also, a special image disc is available from WERSI with the complete OAS conguration ready to be installed onto
your hard disk. Please note that if such a re-installation is require, any personal data such as Total Presets, MIDI les
and Waves will all be lost. We recommend that users should backup their personal data to external media (CD / DVD
and USB memory sticks for example).
IMPORTANT: Microsoft’s end-user licensing agreement states that the original CD-Rom and the booklet only grant
you the right to use the Windows operating system on your OAS instrument. It is illegal to use this CD-Rom to install
Windows on one or more additional PC systems.

1. Getting Started
Connecting
The connections of your instrument are elegantly hidden behind the rear panel, so you won’t see the connections
even if you have cables plugged into them. Naturally, all connections will be in place. For the WERSI Verona, Vegas &
Abacus keyboard, connections for the Main Power, Lower Cabinet Speaker System (Left & Right Audio), Bass Pedals
& Volume / Expression Pedal Connector.
Further along to the left of the instrument audio / MIDI / in / out connections are further connection options for USB
(Motherboard USB ports), Video Out (For external monitors), Digital Audio in/out (Motherboard Connections).
Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your new WERSI OAS instrument. We can well understand that you, as the
proud owner of an instrument from our new family of WERSI OAS instruments (2011 Plus Range) do not want to
wade through the long, detailed information contained within the User Manual and Programmers Guide. However, we
recommend to read the introduction chapters of this user manual to quickly learn / familiarise yourself with the many
functions of your OAS instrument.
If you have the time and are curious enough to want to get to know your instrument in detail, we will happily guide you
through the many parts of your instrument via this user guide.
OAS stands for OpenArt-System. This means that this new generation of instruments is capable of almost unlimited
expansion. Although we here at WERSI have always been proud of the fact that our instruments are capable of ex-
pansion, we feel we have achieved special success in this respect with the OpenArt-System. A PC (Personal Com-
puter), which controls all functions of the central electronics is situated in the heart of OAS instruments. It is key to the
function of your instrument. However, a PC alone cannot provide the multiplicity of sound possibilities that the OAS
instrument range offers. For this purpose we have added additional high quality components. For example several
PCI cards with digital signal processors (DSP’s), an additional option module for vocal harmonizing effects, with which
layered voices are possible, and the proven / famous OX7 Tonewheel Sound Generator.
The digital signal processors produce, amongst other things the Longwave Sounds, the Reverb system, chorus and
delay effects, control the integrate digital mixer, play the Realdrums and control the signal routes of all sound sources.
The ‘bundle’ of high quality electronics built around a central PC offers ample reserves for expansion by activating
available software: soldering and DIY upgrades are things of the past, while the loading of software via CD/DVD/Blu-
Ray or USB is the way forward. Even though the OAS instrument range is built around a PC, you do not require any
PC / computer tech knowledge to operate your instrument. The PC interface remains hidden from the player. Windows
can be accessed, but it is not recommended to do so without professional knowledge or being competent at using the
Windows program.
PLEASE NOTE: The OpenArt-System continually records an ‘Error Log’ for WERSI service personnel to ac-
cess in case of malfunction. In the event of a customer using Windows and causing a malfunction, the Error
Log will show the action of the user. This may result in the warranty becoming void.

2. Safety Notes
General
• If possible, read the complete User’s Manual (or at least these safety notes) before powering up your instrument
for the rst time.
• Check the voltage setting of your instrument matches the voltage of your local power outlets (UK for example).
• Extreme changes in humidity and temperature may damage your instrument. Setup your instrument in a way to
guarantee proper ventilation.
• Don’t turn on the instrument immediately after you have taken it from a cold environment into a heated room.
Moisture may condense inside of the instrument which can cause electrical shortages. Wait until the instrument
has reached room temperature before turning the instrument on.
Electrical Safety
Due to the danger of electrical hazards, the instrument may only be opened by a qualied WERSI Service Technician.
IMPORTANT: If liquids are spilled over the instrument, or items have fallen inside, immediately disconnect
if from the power source. It is not enough to turn it off! Have your instrument checked by a qualied WERSI
Service Technician before you use it again.
In order to disconnect the instrument from the power-outlet, always pull out the power plug and never pull the power
cable from the instrument.
In order to avoid interference, do not connect the instrument to power-outlets (for example to multiple outlets) that sup-
ply other devices (like motors, dimmers, lighting etc) if there is another possibility.
When you use your instrument close to luminescent lamps, TV sets and computer monitors as noise signals may be
generated. This is standard advice for any electronic musical instrument.
PLEASE NOTE: Occasionally, some of the screens and buttons within the OpenArt-System contain German
words / names. WERSI Direct have provided notes within this manual to advise you of the correct English
translation for all German words. Do not worry, there are not many and you will soon become familiar with the
odd German words that are present!

3. Overview
Connecting
The connections of your instrument are elegantly hidden behind the rear panel, so you won’t see the connections
even if you have cables plugged into them. Naturally, all connections will be in place. For the WERSI Verona, connec-
tions for the Main Power, Lower Cabinet Speaker System (Left & Right Audio), Bass Pedals & Volume / Expression
Pedal.
For now, simply connect the Power Cable. To open the rear panel, push the clasps on the read panel toward the
middle and open the panel. There are openings for the cables to the left and right of the underside of the rear panel.
On the left side, you will see the power plug. Pass the power cable through the left opening, and connect it to a prop-
erly installed AC power outlet, and close the rear panel again.
You can obtain more information about the various connections that can be made to your instruments in the
‘Connections of the OAS Instrument’ chapter.
Power On
Locate the POWER ON/OFF on the far, lower right of the control panel. Press the button briey to switch on the instru-
ment. The button’s red LED should now be on.
Due to the new OpenArt-System, it takes longer to switch on than you be used to with other instruments. While start-
ing up the PC’s operating system (Windows XP / Windows 7 - Apollo / Pegasus Wing), the various sounds, effect
settings and much more is loaded.
Watch the colour TFT display in the middle of the control panel, and the LEDS in the various push buttons on the
control panel. If the Main Display is visible on the TFT screen and the LEDs in some of the push buttons light up, your
instrument is ready to go.
If you press some manual keys, you hear the sounds that have been automatically selected when you switch on. If this
is not the case, make sure that the grey volume drawbars are pulled out (on the left hand side of the main display).
IMPORTANT: If you have an expression pedal connected, you may have to slightly ‘accelerate’ in order to
reach an audible volume level.
ATTENTION! In the rst minute after starting, different program modules are still loading. During this time
different functions may proceed with delays. Please have some patience before beginning to perform. The
loading process is complete when the ‘Selectors’ & ‘Accompaniment’ tab buttons appear in the Blue Menu at
the top of the TFT display.
Power Off
If you are only running the instrument software (The OAS Program), as is the case when just starting your instrument
in the normal way, you may turn off your instrument simply by pressing the POWER ON/OFF button.
If you are a PC user, you know that a computer usually should perform a ‘shut down sequence’ before the
power is actually turned off. This allows programs still running to save any changes to hard disk. The OAS
software has been designed to save any pending changes before shutting down the system when you press
the POWER ON/OFF push button.
For your safety, the software will display a Blue message box asking you to conrm the shut down of your OAS instru-
ment. This ensures that you do not loose settings that you have not saved or shut down the instrument unintentionally
while performing should you hit the POWER OFF button unintentionally.

Overview
First Orientation
There are various devices available to operate your instrument and to display its current settings:
1. Push Buttons
2. Drawbars
3. Controls & Wheels (Pitch & Modulation Wheels)
4. The Data/Tempo Wheel (Top Right near the TFT Screen)
5. The TFT Display Screen
The rst four items correspond to buttons and controls that can be found on other instruments, they are useful for
quick changes or to adjust certain parameters while playing.
The TFT screen is combined with a ‘Touch Screen, i.e it does not only display information, but you may also ‘touch
buttons’ that are graphically displayed on the screen (similar to clicking a button with a mouse on a PC). Sometimes
‘virtual controls’ like sliders are displayed on the screen that you can move by touching the screen. Other such virtual
controls include ‘value boxes’ where you can touch them, and use either the DATA / TEMPO WHEEL or (The TRANS-
POSE Buttons) to change the values of the parameters.
NOTE: As your instrument contains a PC, it is actually possible to connect an external mouse in order to
control actions with ‘Mouse Clicks’, and ‘Mouse Drags’. You can also connect a normal PC keyboard to your
instrument too.
The push buttons are grouped on three panels according to their function: To the left of the TFT Display are the ‘Total
Preset’ push buttons, the ‘Sound Selector’ push buttons for the Upper, Lower & Pedal sections as well as the Style /
Rhythm section buttons for choosing accompaniment types. Below the Style / Rhythm panel on the left hand side, you
will also nd the instruments ‘Rhythm Control’ Push Buttons.
To the right of the main display you will nd the ‘Transposer’ push buttons and then nally the ‘Sound Groups’ push
buttons (and also on the far right, the ‘Power On / Off’ push button).
Each push button has an integrated LED. In order to turn on a specic function or choose a setting, hold down the cor-
responding push button for a moment. In most cases, when an LED is on, this indicates that the function associated
with the push button is active. By pressing the button again, the function is normally deactivated.

Overview
The Right Control Panel
The push buttons on the right control panel are assigned to the following groups: PERCUSSION, ENSEMBLE,
BRASS, TRADITIONAL, SYNTHESIZER and PEDAL. They are used to select sounds and are linked with ‘virtual but-
tons’ on the TFT display. Another group of push buttons allows the control of the Tonewheel sounds (ORGAN)
Data / Tempo Wheel
To the right of the TFT display, you will also nd the data wheel (Tempo / Data) for setting the
Rhythm tempo, and for changing various parameters described in the following sections of this
manual.
Drawbars (Tonewheel Upper / Lower)
Below the right control panel are the drawbars for setting the Tone Wheel sounds. The right group (Tonewheel Lower
Manual), determine the sound for the Lower Manual, whilst the left group (Tonewheel Upper Manual) determine the
sound for the Upper Manual.
Tonewheel Upper Manual Tonewheel Lower Manual

The Left Control Panel
To the immediate left of the TFT Display / Touch Screen is the group of push buttons for the
‘TOTAL PRESETS’. There are ten push buttons for the Total Presets, and two ‘Bank Up /
Down’ push buttons to cycle through the Total Preset banks, In total, there are more than
2000 Total Presets available at any one time!
The Sound Selector Controls
To the left of the Total Presets push buttons are the push button groups for Upper,
Lower & Pedals. Along the bottom row, each group has a button that corresponds to
each sound. (Selector 1, Selector 2, Selector 3 for example).
In the middle row of the Selector push buttons, special controls for turning on various
functions such as ‘Dynamics for Pedals, Chorus effect for Lower & Upper Selectors,
Turning Selector 2 on the Lower Manual ‘On’ and also Selectors 2 and 3 on the
Upper Manual ‘On’.
The top row of push buttons features the ‘Octave Shift’ push button. This function
can be used with every selector and allows the user to change the sound either two octaves up, or two octaves down.
Other functions for the Lower Manual include the ‘Hold Lower’ push button. This function allows the user the play a
chord or single note on the Lower Manual, and when the user lifts their hand away from the manual, the sound still
holds / plays.
Other functions for the Upper Manual include the ‘Dynamics’ push button. This actives the function sometimes re-
ferred to as ‘Touch Sensitivity’. Finally, for the Upper Manual, the push button to the far right on the top row is the push
button to activate the ‘WERSI-Chord’ function. WERSI-Chord is an auto harmony. There are 14 types to choose from
from Big Band harmonies to Hymn Harmonies. The WERSI-Chord auto harmony is activated when the push button is
activated and the Lower Manual is played at the same time as the Upper Manual.
The Rhythm / Accompaniment Group
This group contains the push buttons for selecting the Rhythm Styles. Each Push
Button contains nine Virtual Buttons that each display a rhythm style. Further more,
each button has ve levels. Each level can house up to 9 Rhythm Styles and
Accompaniments such as MP3, MIDI & WAV.
The SFX Push Button Group
All OAS instruments contain SFX (Sound Effects) buttons. The WERSI Abacus / Vegas and Verona feature
6 buttons for instant replay of an Audio SFX. SFX can be freely assigned to the push buttons.
See the ‘OAS Programmers Manual’ for information on how to assign SFX to the SFX buttons.

Overview
Volume Drawbars
The grey volume drawbars to the left of the TFT display (and directly under the Total Preset, Sound Selector push but-
ton groups) control the volumes of the various sections of your OAS instrument.
The Volume Drawbars starting from Left to Right:
Song Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of Sequences and Overall volumes of all Accompaniment / Digital Input)
Drums Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of the OAS Drums and Auto-Accompaniment Drum Tracks 1 and 2)
PLEASE NOTE: Controls Both Digital Sample Drums & Realdrums).
Bass Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of both the BASS PEDALS & Auto-Accompaniment Auto-Bass)
Acc 1 Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of Track 1 of the Auto-Accompaniment)
Acc 2 Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of Track 2 of the Auto-Accompaniment)
Acc 3 Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of Track 3 of the Auto-Accompaniment)
Acc 4 Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of Tracks 4 and 5 of the Auto-Accompaniment)
Lower 1 Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of Selector / Sound 1 of the Lower Manual)
Lower 2 Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of Selector / Sound 2 of the Lower Manual)
Upper 1 Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of Selector / Sound 1 of the Upper Manual)
Upper 2 Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of Selector / Sound 2 of the Upper Manual)
Upper 3 Volume Drawbar (Controls the volume of Selector / Sound 3 of the Upper Manual)
Left Side Panel
Near the manual on the left are the ‘Volume Controls’. Here you can adjust the instrument’s overall volume (General
Volume) and the volumes for two connected Microphones (Volume Microphone 1, Volume Microphone 2 & Volume
Headphones). There is a Jack Input for connecting Headphones next to the Volume Controls.