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Revision 2, December 2014. Software Version 1.01-06

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  • Page 1 User Manual (English) Revision 2, December 2014. Software Version 1.01-06...
  • Page 2 SPECIFICATIONS SUBJECT TO CHANGE: The information contained in this manual is believed to be correct at the time of printing. However, WERSI / Musicstore Professional / Your WERSI Dealer (WERSI Direct Ltd) reserves the right to change or modify any of the specifications without notice or obligation to update existing units.
  • Page 3 It’s a next generation WERSI instrument that is both organ, high end arranger and music studio. Whether you simply like to play the organ in a simple fashion or whether you love to experiment with technology and the technical side of music making, the Sonic gives you all of the tools that you’ll ever need! Combining breath taking new sounds, new styles, new Realdrums and accompaniments, it’s a step into...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    1.2.4 ACCOMPANIMENT NEW EASY MODE SOFTWARE (POST SEPTEMBER 2014) SOFTWARE 1.01-01 1.0 - THE NEW SONIC STARTUP DISPLAY AND NEW FUNCTIONS / IMPROVEMENTS NEW EASY MODE SOFTWARE (DECEMBER 2014) SOFTWARE 1.01-06 1.1 - THE NEW SONIC STARTUP DISPLAY AND NEW FUNCTIONS / IMPROVEMENTS 1.1.1 - TURNING ON YOUR NEW SONIC...
  • Page 5 4.3 REVERB, CHORUS AND DELAY BUTTONS 5. CHANGING TO THE PRFESSIONAL MODE 6.1 SELECTING SOUNDS 6.2 SELECTING ACCOMPANIMENTS 6.3 THE SONIC SOUND LIBRARY 6.4 ADDING ACCMPANIMENTS FROM USB STICK 7. THE PROFESSIONAL MODE 7.1 THE ACCOMPANIMENT MIXER (PROFESSIONAL MODE) 8.1 WHAT IS A SOUND CHANNEL 8.2 HOW TO SELECT A SOUND CHANNEL...
  • Page 6 20.11 DEFAULT ACC-SEQ DRUMS 20.12 REAL AUDIO STYLE - ACC STYLE 20.13 VB3 UPPER MANUAL 20.14 VB3 LOWER MANUAL 20.15 WERSI VINTAGE DRAWBAR SOUNDS (UPPER) 20.16 WERSI VINTAGE DRAWBAR SOUNDS (LOWER) 21 OUTPUT MIXER 21.1 OUTPUT MIXER EQ SETTINGS 21.2 LOADING AN OUTPUT MIXER 21.3 SAVING AN OUTPUT MIXER SETTING...
  • Page 7 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL...

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    Vocalis speakers and WERSI Sonic instrument. If you’ve aquired your WERSI Sonic via a non WERSI Dealer (on the used market for example) you can purchase WERSI Vocalis 120 HD Speakers direct from your local WERSI Dealer.

  • Page 9: An Overview

    Let us take the time to get to know your instrument. It’s important that you should feel comfortable with your new Sonic to get the maximum music making enjoyment from it. Like all newly developed instruments, learning to use the Sonic naturally will have a learning curve.

  • Page 10: The Left Panel Of The Sonic

    Every Style has 4 variaitons, 4 x fills, 2 x breaks and 3 x Intro / Endings. The 8 tracks consist of 2 Drum tracks, 1 Bass track and 5 ‘band’ tracks. A style also uses the WERSI Longwave Digital Drum Kits (made up of multi-layer dynamic samples).
  • Page 11 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL MIDI - This is where you’ll find the MIDI files saved on your Sonic. Press this button to instantly access MIDI file sequences. AUDIO - Press this button to access the WAV / MP3 recordings on your Sonic.
  • Page 12 WERSI Total Preset buttons of the OAS and CD-Line, many are used to the registration styling of buttons between manuals found on many Japanese manufactured organs and our later OAS 7 organs.

  • Page 13: The Right Panel Of The Sonic

    Vintage WERSI plugin that simulates the WERSI Galaxy and WERSI Spectra using pure sine sam- ples taken directly form a real WERSI Galaxy and Spectra organs respectively. This super emu- lation of the Vintage WERSI is currently in development and will be released for the Sonic in a future software update.
  • Page 14 PLEASE NOTE: The new ‘Live’ innovations of the new Sonic are industry firsts. We first developed the ‘Accordion’ control with OAS 7 and then incorperated it into the Pegasus Wing too. The Sonic is the first instrument where it is standard and presented in a new and exciting user friendly fash- ion.

  • Page 15: Other Sound Families

    MALLETS & BELLS - These buttons access tuned percussive sounds such as Glocks, Xylophones, Bells etc. VOICES - These buttons access the famous WERSI Choirs and Vocal Soloists. STRINGS - These buttons allows you to access all stringed instruments. Voiling: Solo Stringed instru- ments, Strings: Ensemble String Sounds, Orchestra: Large incredible tutti sounds.
  • Page 16 LEAD - Lead Synth Sounds. (Cool Lead Synth sounds!) PAD - Pad Synth Sounds. (Beautiful Pad sounds!) ANALOG - Analog Synth Sounds. (Retro Synths - including a few WERSI Synth Brass Sounds among the hundreds!) TRANCE - Trance Synth Sounds (Perfect for Pop / Club / Dubstep music!) MOTION - Gorgeous moving sounds and pads.

  • Page 17: Physical Drawbars

    Assignable Controls: You’ll note numbering along the tops of the Drawbars for both the Upper and Lower Manuals. (1 - 16). This is because a future software release will allow you to use the Drawbars as parameter controllers. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 18 PITCH - The Pitch Wheel allows you to Pitch Bend sounds. MODULATION / PITCH WHEELS On the Sonic, Sounds on the Upper and Lower can be set to be affected by the Pitch Bend wheel. MODULATION - The Modulation Wheel allows you to ‘mod- ulate’...

  • Page 19: Volume Drawbars

    WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 1.7 VOLUME DRAWBARS - Every aspect of the Sonic can be controlled directly by the grey Volume Drawbars on the left hand side of the Touch Display Screen. Accompaniment Volumes SONG - This grey volume drawbar controls the overall volume of the Accompaniment section. It also acts as the volume control for MIDI and Audio Sequences.

  • Page 20: Accompaniment Controls

    1.8 Accompaniment Controls / Rotor Control The Sonic features a very similar Rhythm Control set as the later OAS 7 models. For familiarity and popularity of the ease of control, we’ve choosen to retain the design of these successful WERSI models.
  • Page 21 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 1.10 Connections for the Sonic. The Sonic features a range of In / Out Connections for connecting to external devices and Audio The rear panel of the Equipment. SONIC opens (use the handels on both sides to open) to reveal the con- nection options.

  • Page 22: Safety Instructions

    USB - Additional USB ports PC Power Connections The Sonic has a standard IEC C13 power plug. This is often referred to as a ‘Kettle Lead’. PRODUCT SAFETY MARKINGS: WERSI electronic products may have either labels similar to the graphics shown below or molded/stamped facsimiles of these graphics on the enclosure.

  • Page 23: Important Safety Instructions

    WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: WERSI strives to produce products that are both user safe and environ- mentally friendly. We sincerely believe that our products and the pro- duction methods used to pro- duce them, meet these goals. In keeping with both the letter and the spirit of the law, we want you to...
  • Page 24 The product has been dropped, or the enclosure of the product has been damaged. 13. Do not attempt to service this product beyond that described in the user-maintenance instructions. All other servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 25 IMPORTANT: The louder the sound, the shorter the time period before damage occurs. 15. Some WERSI products may have benches and/or accessory mounting fixtures that are either sup- plied as a part of the product or as optional accessories. Some of these items are designed to be dealer assembled or installed.

  • Page 26: Important Information About Your Instrument

    We have mentioned already in this manual that the new Sonic is in a constant state of development. It is important that you realise that as a customer of WERSI and the owner of the new WERSI Sonic, that your instrument will continually be improved, expanded and more over the next 24 months and beyond.

  • Page 27: Buttons With No Function

    In the coming months, this page will become obselete, but at this time, it is important that while we work on the next software release of the new Sonic software that we keep our customers fully informed on the progress of the software and instrument development.

  • Page 28: Turning Your Sonic On

    The next display to be shown will be the loading ‘Welcome’ display: The Sonic will load through it’s startup process (the percentage is shown on the display). There are four option ‘tick boxes’ on the display that you can select or deselect as you choose fit.
  • Page 29 1.2 The Main Display: EASY MODE When the Sonic has loaded, it’s ready for normal operation. We’ll look at Easy Mode first. Infact, the first chapters of the Sonic are dedicated to Easy Mode. We will look at the Professional ‘Profi’ mode further into this manual.

  • Page 30: The Main Display Explained (Easy Mode

    ‘Direct Sound Selec- tion’ function. The display for the Lower Manual and Pedal is the same as the Upper Manual in terms of layout and Volume status bar. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 31 This area shows the currently selected accompaniment. If you press on the area, it will expand to show 1.2.4 Begleitung (Accompaniment) more information relating to the currently selected accompaniment. Additional Information shown: 1. Beat Counter and Sequence Length 2. Tempo 3. Time Signature 4. Chord WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 32 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 33 3. New Panflute Sounds (sampled from Claudia Hirschfeld’s musical partner, James Last Panflau- tist, Horea). 4. New implemented keyboard effects (aftertouch). 5. New CD-Line Drawbars - A large library of new Drawbar Sounds. The WERSI Vibrato (WERSI-Voice) is activated by the modulation wheel! 6. New Easy Mode Display.
  • Page 34 6. New Professional Mode ‘Settings’ display layout and functionality. 7. Removal of part English Language, which has been confusing to English users. The new revi- sion will include a comprehensive English language mode for the Sonic. 8. Improvements to the Style Player.
  • Page 35 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL...
  • Page 36 Simply press the ‘Power’ button to power up your Sonic. The Sonic will load the new ‘startup’ sequence. The new software will load and the new ‘Easy Mode’ will be launched. The WERSI Sonic is naturally in a state of constant development. It is our brand new instrument and flagship. We will release new software releases regularly to improve and expand your instrument, as well as implement functions listed in the specification.
  • Page 37 One sound is available for the Pedal in the Easy Mode. Please note that in Easy Mode you cannot split the pedal board. This is because only one sound can be selected! You can split the pedal board in the Professional Mode is you desire. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 38: How To Change Sounds

    2.1 How to Change Sounds. Changing the sounds on your Sonic is very easy. Simply press on the sound choice that you wish to change and select a sound from the right hand panel of your Sonic by pressing on of the buttons.

  • Page 39: How To Turn Sound On And Off.

    2.2 How to turn sounds on and off. It’s easy to turn sounds on and off on the new Sonic in the Easy Mode. You’ll recongise these buttons already (found next to the Total Preset buttons to the left of the main display).
  • Page 40 Halten Aus - This is a ‘Hold’ button that allows you to keep the Dy- namic display window open. Zuruck - This is the ‘Back’ button that allows you to exit the display. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 41 It is easy to change the Split Point, Octave and Effect settings for each sound. Simply Double Tap on the sound button that you wish to change the settings of. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 42 Determines if the sound will be ting is determined by the factory programmed affect the sound. affected by After Touch or not. setting that is built directly into the sound. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 43 You can see that the setting options are the same for the Lower Manual and Pedals respectively. The Lower Manual (Example) The Pedals (Example) You can clearly see that the setting Options are the same as the Upper Manual. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 44 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 2.5 Setting the Splint Points for each sound. Setting the split point on your new Sonic is very easy. Once you follow these instructions, you’ll be cre- ating interesting split points in no time. Press the Split Point button (Spielbereich) A large keyboard will be shown.
  • Page 45 To remove the split points, all you need to do is press on the highest note to the right and the lowest note to the left. This will tell the Sonic to remove the split point and to map the sound across the entire keyboard.

  • Page 46: The Style Mixer

    Paticularly helpful if ing the beats of a bar. Chord on the Lower to the main you’re a Sequence Dance Manual. display. player. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 47 Akkordenkerennung - Chord Options. Choose what mode you would like to play in. It is here that you select the mode that you would like to play in. The Sonic is an intelligent instrument and therefore unlike older models where there were 8 different chord modes, the Sonic only requires 4 modes.
  • Page 48 So, in short, you can decide if your acocmpaniment changes in realtime as you play a new chord on the Sonic, or whether you choose for it to change on either: 1. Bar - chord will only change on the next bar 2.

  • Page 49: Easy Mode Total Presets

    Total Presets, we simply swipe. Swipe Right to move to the right and Swipe Left to move to a left display. It couldn’t be easier. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 50: Easy Mode Total Presets Explained

    There is also a large amount of Test Total Presets that have been created by the development team. You can use these Total Presets if you wish, but they are highly experimental. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 51 You can also turn the effect on or off by pressing on the ‘Ein’ button. The glow around the box will be removed the effect is turned off. Halten = Hold. Exit = Exit. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 53 Easy Mode. You’ll be prompted again to ask you if you’d like to switch back to ‘Easy Mode’. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 54: Selecting Sounds

    You can swipe right to move through the additional String pages in this example. Simply press on the sound that you’d like to use. The sound will then be selected. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 55 Style Accompani- ment sections. Naturally you can swipe across to the right to access additional style pages. Simply press on the Style that you’d like to use. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 56: The Sonic Sound Library

    Insert a USB stick into your Sonic that contains the styles you wish to use. (If a Windows display opens), simply press on the X in the top right corner of that window, or press on the Sonic display to close the window.
  • Page 57 You can select multiple Styles, or ‘Mark All’ to select all. Press the ‘Import’ but- ton to import the Styles. ‘Select all’ - example of what the display will look like. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 58: The Professional Mode

    WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 7. The Professional Mode The professional mode is the ‘other side’ of the Sonic. For customers who demand more from their in- strument, more sound combination options and full editing parameters, this is where you’ll find sound editors, drum editors, Total Preset save and load options as well as accompaniment import / export functions.

  • Page 59: Time Signature

    When using Piano Mode with box ticked, the Direct Acc Select Single Channel Transpose Piano Mode - Solo the first style will be selected. transpose just the currently selected Sonic will enter a ‘Solo mode. channel. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 60 Break 2 as Fill - as above. the respective style ha Easy Mode, Single Finger, the default tempo for tracks. Organ mode etc... the style. Untick to use your own tempo. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 61 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL RESERVED FOR FUTURE SOFTWARE REVISION WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 62: What Is A Sound Channel

    (turns to grey) and the sound will not be heard. PLEASE NOTE: You can also turn sound channels on and off by ticking a box in their respective controllers, as described in chapter 8.4. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 63: Additional Settings For The Sound Channels

    Unique and comprehensive sound mixtures are now possible for the first time without limitation. Overlap sounds, allocate sounds or special effects to a single note if you desire! WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 64 Velocity On / Off factory presets. When you double tap the icon, the following display opens: The display is self explanatory. Press on ‘Exit’ to go back to the MIDI Controller page. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 65 This is handy and saves you having to setup the same settings manually on a different Sound Channel! WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 66 You can change the sound for the Sound Channel by double tapping the Sound button: The Sound Selection Display looks as below: From here, you can select any sound from the Sonic sound library. There are many more sounds available from this display:...

  • Page 67: Sound Channel Mixer

    Swipe with your hand from left to right and vice versa to return to the start of the mixer. To return to the Main Display, press the ‘Sounds’ button directly above the the Mixer icon (left). WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 68 1. Style Player Accompaniment 2. Style Player Drums 3. Sequencer Accompaniment 4. Sequencer Drums 5. Real Drums 6. Wave & Multimedia WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 69 ‘Expression’ setting by ticking / un-ticking the ‘Expression On / Off’ box. Please also note that you can create and amend existing settings and then save your new setting as a new ‘User Setting’ by using the ‘Save’ button. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 70 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL Additional Windows Shown for example purposes, but the functionality is the same: Style Player Drums Sequencer Acc WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 71 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL Sequencer Drums Real Drums WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 72 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL Wave & Multimedia WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 73 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 9. Saving a User Total Preset It’s easy to save a Total Preset. On the Main Display, simply press the ‘Save button’: WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 74 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 75: Sound Selection Display

    Sub-Categories To help you make it even easier when trying to locate a specific sound, we also have sub-categories on the Sonic. So for example, if you selected ‘Drawbars’ from the Categories area, you’ll then see sub categories such as ‘B3’, ‘WERSI’, ‘Perc’, ‘Distor’ and so on (all types of drawbar sounds!).
  • Page 76 Additionally you can delete the sound (Not Factory Sounds). You can also Re-Name Sounds too. Additionally, you can provide new category assignments and then save the assignments by pressing the ‘Save’ button. Customising your Sonic is very easy. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 77 You can rename an existing category by highlighting an existing category and then pressing the ‘Rename’ button. The virtual keyboard will appear. Enter the name and then press Enter. Then press ‘Save’. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 78 3. Choose the Categories if you wish to amend them. If not, we’re ready to assign the sound to a Sound Button. 4. Select the Sound Button Choice 5. Press ‘Save’. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 79 Prelisten on actual manual - you can audition the sound on the actually selected manual when this box is ticked. Remember these sound select options - you can ask the Sonic to remember these settings for future sound selections. manual when this box is ticked.
  • Page 80 Sub-Categories To help you make it even easier when trying to locate a specific accompaniment, we also have sub-categories on the Sonic. So for ex- ample, if you selected Pop, there are sub categories such as ‘16 Beat’, ‘8 Beat’, ‘Pop’ & ‘Funk’.
  • Page 81 Sort Alphabetically - When this box is ticked, the list of Accompaniments will be sorted in alphabetical order. If left unticked, the list will remain in Style database order. Import - Import new Styles into the Sonic. Styles that can be imported are with the following file extension: .stw, .sty & .sto Modify Acc - This opens the area where you can rename, modify style category assignments and even delete styles (not factory styles).

  • Page 82: Accompaniment - Editing Categories

    You can rename an existing category by highlighting an existing category and then pressing the ‘Rename’ button. The virtual keyboard will appear. Enter the name and then press Enter. Then press ‘Save’. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 83 3. Choose the Categories if you wish to amend them. If not, we’re ready to assign the sound to an Accompaniment Button. 4. Select the Accompaniment Button Choice 5. Press ‘Save’. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 84: Exporting An Accompaniment

    The following display is shown: You can see that you can can navigate to the external storage device by using the Back and Open buttons. Additionally you can also Rename the Accompaniment too. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 85: Importing An Accompaniment

    The Accompaniment is now exported successfully. 11.5 Importing an Accompaniment. You can Import an accompaniment into your Sonic. Press the ‘Import’ button. The following display will open: 1. Navigate to the folder or external device that contains the accompaniments that you wish to Import.
  • Page 86 12. Total Preset (One Touch Settings) There are two different Total Preset systems within the Sonic. The traditional Total Preset system that you, the customer creates in the form of User Presets, and the new One Touch Settings, Factory Preset system.
  • Page 87 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL Total Preset - Information to be added in a later revision of this manual. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 88 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 13.1 Effects You can access the Effect Settings of the Sonic by pressing the ‘Effects’ icon at the top of the display: The following display will open: The Reverb settings and other effects of the Sonic are easy to use and we’ve created an easy to use Mixer for setting the values of each respective settings.
  • Page 89 Shape - set the shape of the Reverb (The higher the slid- er, the more ‘walls’ the room will have in it’s shape, mak- ing for a more precise reverb. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 90 You can set your own reverb settings here for the second reverb system as well as create your own presets etc. 13.4 Effects - Chorus The Chorus effect is a ‘doubling’ effect and be used to great effect, especially for String and ensemble sounds. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 91 The delay effect is an ‘Echo’ type effect. MIX - Effect Mix intensity with the dry sound (normal sound) SYNC - Affects how syncronised the delay effect is with the tempo of the Sonic. Delay - The Delay effect in seconds (0.394s in our example).
  • Page 92 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 14. Settings To access the editors and wider range of settings behind the Sonic, simply press the ‘Settings’ button in the Professional Mode (Top right) The following display will be shown: Since the new software release, the Settings display has been redesigned.
  • Page 93 Allgemeine Einstellungen - General Settings (Choose your language and instrument design) Bedienfeld Einstellungen - Panel Settings (set the footswitch, SFX and other panel controls). Tutorials - Tutorials on ‘How’ to do something on the SONIC. Drumsets Bearbeiten - Drumset Editor...
  • Page 94 Free MIDI Routing - route MIDI channels freely (Sound Channels for example). Multiplayer Mode - Multi Timbre functionality Free Panel Config - Free Panel Configuration possible. Remote Access - Your Sonic can be controlled remotely. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 95 Save Panel Settings to a new setting, or load the panel setting. PLEASE NOTE: the SFX Button functionality is currently yet to be implemented. You can press the Exit button to return to the main display. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 96 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 17. Hilfe - Help This function is yet to be implemented. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 97 2. The functionality of the new Accompaniment Editor is very similar to the OpenArt-Arranger, but there are expanded functions. 3. You can create your own Realdrums for the very time, direct on your Sonic. The Sonic allows you to load REX files (Chopped up Audio Loops made in the Propellerheads software, Recycle). The format for the REX files is .rx2...
  • Page 98 Accompaniment. The Style part is made up of: 5 x Accompaniment Tracks 1 x Bass Track 2 x Drum Tracks 1 x Realdrum Track (Stereo Audio). WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 99 The Sound Selection Display Choose the sound that you’d like to use and press the ‘Load’ button to use the Sound on the Style Track. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 100: Copying, Pasting And Deleting Style Tracks

    Style or remove an existing Realdrum from a style. Press the ‘ A dd Realdrum’ button to open the Realdrum Import. Please contact WERSI for more information around the technical side of this. You can only import ‘.rx2’ files, made from Propellorheads ‘ReCycle’ software.

  • Page 101: Editing Patterns

    Here you can assign the Chords to play the Pattern, the Notes and other functions. Also, you can set the ‘Retrigger’ rules for the chord and how the pattern will be played. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 102 It’s important that this is correct in order for the pattern to play correctly. You must also ensure that the Chord is set correctly. In this instance, the pattern is set to play back correctly in the Major Chord 7th Mode. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 103: Saving A Style

    Export Style - Export the Style to an external storage device. Import MIDI - Import the style as a MIDI file. Export MIDI - Export the style as a MIDI file. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 104: Importing And Exporting A Style As A Midi File

    You can Export the Style so that the whole Style can be edited in an external Sequencer. Press the ‘Export MIDI’. Choose the destination for your exported MIDI file then press ‘Save’. The confirmation below will be shown: WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 105 (Select the MIDI file and press ‘Load’). If you’ve edited the MIDI file correctly, the Sonic will accept the MIDI file. However if you’ve altered the structure of the MIDI file beyond the style player specification, you’ll be prompted by a warning that the Style player couldn’t accept the MIDI file.

  • Page 106: Exporting A Style To An External Device

    Naturally you can export your styles to an external storage device. Press the ‘Export Style’ button. Navigate to where you’d like to export your style to and press ‘Save’. A confirmation of the successful export will be shown on the main display. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 107: Drawbar Editor

    WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 19. Drawbar Editor Coming soon - to be implemented in a near future software release. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 108: Input Mixer

    Tick this box to make the current setting the Make this the Standard Setting Make this the Global Setting Standard Setting for the Sonic. Global Setting for the Sonic. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 109: Load Mixer Settings

    Select a free slot, enter a new name for the Mixer Settings Preset by press- ing the ‘Rename’ button. Once you’ve entered the new name, press the ‘Save’ button. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 110 Every Input has a 5 band EQ setting. The Line In Input EQ is as below: The volume sliders control the intensity of the EQ for: BASS, LOWER MID, MID, UPPER MID and TREBLE. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 111 The Input controls are identical for all Inputs. A Master Volume followed by the individual Left and Right channels. Also, naturally each input has its own EQ control, as below (for the microphone): WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 112: Audio In

    WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 20.5 Audio In Audio Input for the stereo input jacks on the rear of the Sonic. 20.6 Default Manual-Sounds The Manual Sounds Input for the keyboard manuals WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 113: Default Manual Drums

    WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 20.7 Default Manual Drums The Manual Drum Input for the keyboard manuals 20.8 Default ACC-Style Sounds The Input for the Accompaniment Sounds used by the Style Player. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 114: Default Acc-Seq Sounds

    WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 20.9 Default ACC-Style Drums The Input for the Accompaniment Drums used by the Style Player. 20.10 Default ACC-Seq Sounds The Input for the Sounds used by the Sequencer. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 115: Default Acc-Seq Drums

    20.11 Default ACC-Seq Drums The Input for the Drums used by the Sequencer. 20.12 Real Audio-Style Acc-Style The Input for the Audio of the Real Drum Audio element of an accompaniment style. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 116 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL 20.13 VB3 Upper Drawbars The Input for the VB3 Drawbars for the Upper Manual. 20.14 VB3 Lower Drawbars The Input for the VB3 Drawbars for the Lower Manual. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 117 20.15 WERSI Vintage Drawbar Sounds Upper Manual The Input for the WERSI Vintage Drawbars (Upper Manual) 20.16 WERSI Vintage Drawbar Sounds Lower Manual The Input for the WERSI Vintage Drawbars (Lower Manual) WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 118 When Ticked, the various outputs are You can Mute Outputs on your Sonic by Settings for the controlled by the General Volume. using the ‘Mute’ buttons on the Output Mixer. Analogue Mixing Console. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 119: Output Mixer Eq Settings

    Press Exit to return to the Output Mixer. We recommend setting the Outputs to suit your home, or whereever you have the Sonic placed for playing. This will help achieve optimal sound quality and audio output for your ears.

  • Page 120: Saving An Output Mixer Setting

    Press the ‘Load Mixer Setting’ at the top of the display: Select a Mixer Preset and press ‘Load’. 21.3 Saving an Output Mixer Setting Press the ‘Save Mixer Setting’ at the bottom of the display: WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 121 2. Press the ‘Rename’ button to give the Preset a new name. 3. Press ‘Save’. 22. Software Update - No Function Yet 23. Freischaltungen (Activation Keys) - No Function Yet 24. Hilfe (Help) - No Function Yet WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 122 We recommend that customers research sound synthesis and sample creation to understand many of the professional terms used in this chapter. We will endeav- our to explain in as much detail as possible. WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 123 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL LFO: The Individual Sound Controls (ISC) New ISC WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 124 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL New Sound Element Envelope & Filters Envelope and Filters WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

  • Page 125: Effect Parameters

    WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL Effect Parameters Monomode LFO Matrix WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...
  • Page 126 You can access the effects in the Professional Mode by pressing the Reverb, Chorus or Delay buttons on the left hand panel of your Sonic: The following display will open: The profesional mode opens the Reverb intensity controls for the following parts of the Sonic: 1. Manuals 2. Manual Drums 3.
  • Page 127 WERSI SONIC USER MANUAL Chorus: Delay: WERSI DIRECT LTD - 0800 084 2013 - www.wersidirect.com - info@wersidirect.com...

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