30 December 2011

Information about Wersi Direct’s appearances during the first quarter of 2012 is available on our Wersi Direct page.

We have also heard from Peter Armitage (Wersi UK) that his new showroom is developing well, though there is still much work to be done. He has also been involved in removing the Wersi Louvre from the Blackpool Tower for recording of “Strictly Come Dancing” and in its reinstatement afterwards. In 2012 the Wersi UK website will be expanded.

22 December 2011

Jingle Bells, a seasonal greeting from Dunlap and Pennington. It’s an audio mp3 file.

12 December 2011

For our USA members, there is a poster advertising a January concert by “Dunlap & Pennington” now in our Wersi-USA Room.

7 December 2011

There are several new packages for the OAS-7 and Pegasus Wing now available from Wersi Direct, links to which are on our Wersi Direct page.

19 November 2011

A new, full Wersi Product Brochure is now available to view and save as a pdf file from the Wersi Direct website.

16 November 2011

Just received from Wersi Direct:

Wersi Direct are holding a day of tutorials and technical sessions on MONDAY 16th January 2012 in Windsor, Berkshire. The Wersi Direct Team will be in attendance and will be running tech sessions in the show room all day.

The cost of the day is £35, which includes a lunch meal in the Harvester. We are offering a special rate of £30 to all WersiClub Members.

Admittance is strictly by pre-booking only - spaces are limited to only 12 places - as we want to keep it very informal and personal.

The subjects of the day are entirely chosen by the guests - we can cover anything from presets to performance, reverb to recordings.

3 November 2011

Thomas Shevels has produced two translation dictionaries for us all to use. They provide an alphabetical list of the common German words found on Wersi instruments etc. You can download these as pdf files from our Articles > General Articles page.

26 October 2011

Those Members who were at the Wersi Direct Oktoberfest will be interested in this e-mail which Ken and I have received:

The WERSI Direct Ltd team would like to extend our sincere thanks to both of you, and also to the members of both WERSI Club International and WERSI Club UK.Focus. All of the hard work has paid off and we are all quite excited and keen to start organising the 2012 festival, which will be bigger and longer with more concerts and even more tutorials.
        
A DVD will be available before Christmas. We'll keep you advised of the release.

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(Of course, all members of WersiClub International are also members of WersiClub UK.Focus, and vice versa, as we’re just two arms of the same Club.)

EDITORIAL

December 2011

One of the main advantages of the Internet is that you can find an answer to almost anything. I particularly like using the many Forums (or should that be Fora?) for finding solutions to equipment problems. The downside to such sites is when a thread becomes highjacked by someone asking for conjecture. This is often started by requesting suggestions for features the readers would like to see included in future versions of a particular item. Sometimes those flights of fancy go on for page after page and can be a serious irritation when searching for something more productive.

I’m now going to do exactly what I’ve just been complaining about. I’m going to ask you to let me know, by e-mail, what you’d like to see included in future Revisions of OAS-7.1. There could be some sounds currently missing from the Sounds list which you’d like to be able to use, or specific Styles, or more Total Presets for particular themes, or even additional editing facilities etc. I shall place each suggestion I receive on a new panel on our OAS page and send your suggestions to Rob at Wersi Direct in the hope they may be able to provide at least some of your suggestions in the future.

In fact, I’ll start the ball rolling now. Ever since I obtained my Verona in 2005 I’ve been suggesting to Wersi that it’s a pity there’s no Timpani Roll sound as there is in the Yamaha EL series. Indeed, a delegate at the recent Oktoberfest asked for exactly the same thing. Ben did say there was a possibility they could provide it, so let’s hope so. An Irish flute would be a useful addition, also. The panel on the OAS page has now been set up with those two as a starting point. Please do send in your suggestions, otherwise this idea is going nowhere!

Following the success of this year’s Oktoberfest, as you’ll see from the panel below, the 2012 Oktoberfest planning is well under way and promises to be even better than this year’s. Its more central location plus an additional day should entice you if you weren’t able to join us all this year. I just know you would enjoy it.

Any time now we’re expecting R45 of OAS-7.1 to be available. There’s already a page on the Music Store website about a James Last package and there are many more items waiting to burst out of the pipeline. It’s a very exciting time for Wersi OAS owners.

Next year I hope we may be able to start a new series of articles about Sound Factory. This will not only be for those who have that package activated and wish to use it to the full but for all OAS users to be able to find out more about how the many sounds within the OAS are constructed and why they behave in the way they do. Ian Terry has been working on the package and he has much expert knowledge about audio engineering to bring to bear. Some of the things he has told me that he’s been able to set up with Sound Factory sound absolutely fascinating. I look forward to working with him once I have Sound Factory activated (good old Father Christmas!).

Now it’s December I feel justified in getting out those Christmas songs and carols and trying to remember how to play them. I’ve still got to set many of their Total Presets up with the additional sound layers which Selector Plus has provided. That means much manual splitting and re-arranging the music accordingly. That’s going to be fun!

It just remains for me to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Happy playing.

Colin

December 2011

VIDEO LINKS

22 January 2012

“Red Roses for a Blue Lady” from David Dunlap: arranging and playing to aspire to.

30 December 2011

A truly splendid arrangement by David Dunlap of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”.

13 December 2011

To get you into the Christmas spirit, do have a look at David Dunlap’s Christmas video “We Need a Little Christmas”. Three cameras are now being used to great effect.

5 November 2011

Congratulations to David Dunlap on his 70th You Tube video : Tico Tico.

3 November 2011

David Dunlap : A medley from “Hello, Dolly!”, highly entertaining and informative as usual.

9 October 2011

David Dunlap : A fascinating presentation of Enough is Enough / No More Tears.

19 September 2011

David Dunlap : A splendid arrangement and performance of Ànema e Core (With All My Heart and Soul).

11 September 2011

David Dunlap : A special 9/11 commemorative performance of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings.

30 August 2011

David Dunlap : The beautiful aria O Mio Babbino Caro, from the opera "Gianni Schicchi" by Giacomo Puccini.

26 August 2011

David Dunlap : The Lost Chord by Arthur Sullivan.

22 August 2011

David Dunlap : Master of the House from Les Miserables.

Klaus Wunderlich : Live on the Wersi Helios, 1984, from Pebble Mill at One.

Klaus Wunderlich : Live on the Wersi Spectra CD, at the Frankfurt Musikmesse.

[There is a considerable number of Klaus Wunderlich videos on You Tube : enjoy.]

Latest Information from Wersi Direct 10 November 2011

Dear WERSI friends,
 
We are pleased to announce our fantastic new 'Drawbar Collection Vol.1' software for all OAS 7 instruments (with Real Drawbars). Update 22 December : Drawbar Collection Vol 2 now available - follow that link for information.

 
The new software features famous sounds from the Hamond B3, WERSI Spectra and Helios organs as well as Klaus Wunderlich Hammond Sounds and Franz Lambert.

     
At only £35, it's a bargain! Go on and treat yourself to the genuine 'hard' to make WERSI organ sound!
  
Link to Wersi Direct website page for Drawbar Collection Vol 1   

   
Wersi Direct Ltd
info@wersidirect.com
Phone: 0800 084 2013
www.wersidirect.com