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Users Manual OAS Software Version 7

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The main electronic unit used in the OAS instruments is a PC system that controls peripheral units like the touch

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Summary of Contents for Abacus

Page 1: ...Abacus Verona Vegas User Manual Edition 18 02 2011 V 1 Gedownload bij www wersi fan nl ...

Page 2: ...l 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 ...

Page 3: ...o 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 configuration 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 files and Waves will all be lost We recommend that users should backup their personal data...

Page 4: ...eved 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 comp...

Page 5: ...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 qualified 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...

Page 6: ...lay 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 ma...

Page 7: ...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 butto...

Page 8: ...GAN Data Tempo Wheel To the right of the TFT display you will also find 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 M...

Page 9: ...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 butto...

Page 10: ...e 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 Co...

Page 11: ...push buttons The same buttons also trigger the Ending 1 and Ending 2 controls when pushed when a style is already playing The last button to the right in the middle row of push buttons is the Rotor Slow Fast push button Although this is not a Rhythm Control it has been placed here as users playing with the Drawbars Tonewheel sounds will use this func tion to control the rotor and this is the easie...

Page 12: ...ne of the Sound Buttons in the right hand control panel to the right of the TFT Display i e a push button in the OR GAN PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE BRASS TRADITIONAL SYNTHESIZER or PEDAL groups Once you have pressed one of the Sound Groups on the Main Display will show the first nine sounds housed in the Sound Group button In our example we have pressed the Strings 1 push button in the Ensemble sound grou...

Page 13: ...utton in the Upper group to select the second sound level for the Upper manual Touch the TRUMPET button in the Brass group and select Trumpet from the Main Display or any other sound you like To hear the sound assigned to the second level it is necessary to activate the UPPER 2 ON push button in the Upper group Use the grey Upper 2 volume drawbar in the Upper Volumes Drawbar group left of the TFT ...

Page 14: ...can recognise a Longwave sound by the small Asterisk next to its name You can assign all Longwave sounds to any Sound Selector All Longwave Sounds can also be assigned to any track within any Style or MIDI accompani ment OX7 Sounds To generate the famous Tonewheel sounds your instrument is equipped with a separate sound generating system based upon the WERSI OX7 Drawbar Tonewheel system The Tonewh...

Page 15: ...e the Modulation wheel set to the maximum setting and the Distortion effect is active Simply roll the Modulation wheel back towards the Rhythm Controls to deacti vate the Distortion effect OAS X1 Drawbar Sounds Typical of our nature at WERSI why settle for one Drawbar Tone Generation when you can have more than one OAS makes this possible The new OAS X 1 Drawbar is a new sound device within OAS an...

Page 16: ...ot real sounds but internal MIDI sounds You can assign these sounds to the Selectors in the same way that you would a normal sound External Sounds MIDI Sounds are not real sounds but rather MIDI Information which can be interpreted by other programs that may be installed on your instrument You can connect your OAS instrument to external instruments DAWs Digital Audio Workstations MIDI expanders et...

Page 17: ...t proportional to the strength of a key hit You can hear the dynamic effect very clearly with Piano sounds but with other sounds such as Brass sounds for ex ample it may be more subtle or control different sound characteristics of the sound Tonewheel Drawbar sounds use the Dynamic control in a different way The Dynamic controls the loudness of the Percussion Naturally the Drawbar Percussion must b...

Page 18: ...enu listing all of the available preset tuning s for your instrument Open the list by simply touching the down pointing arrow and select the desired tuning by gently touching the associated line The selected tuning is immediately activated If ou choose any other tuning than normal 0 the Arabic Tuning button the Main Display will turn red in colour You can use the buttons Presets to the right for s...

Page 19: ... Total Presets in the Selector Settings via the Main Display 7 Hermode Tuning Hermode Tuning is a professional Tuning Solution from the professional audio science haus Hermode in Germany This function was only available between 2006 and 2009 Hermode Tuning simply allows users to realistically tune the different sounds as an Orchestra Classical section or Pop band would The changes can only be hear...

Page 20: ... as a Duke Box and let the instrument play on its own You can start the MIDI files with the Start Stop push button in the Rhythm Controls left hand side panel You can control the volume of the MIDI file with the grey volume Drawbar called Song The Sequencer also features a special function that allows you to use the Volume Drawbars to control the 16 MIDI Sequence Track Volumes See the Sequencer ch...

Page 21: ...ently selected variation While the accompaniment is running pushing this button will cause an ending to be played and finally stop the playback Both Intro 1 and Ending 1 have a lenght of up to two bars Intro 2 Ending 2 When the accompaniment is stopped the Intro 2 Ending 2 pushbutton starts playback with an intro and then continues playback with the currently selected variation While the accompani...

Page 22: ...there is a loss of accompani ment sounds push the Acc On Off push button and hold down for approximately 5 10 seconds until a Blue notice box appears on the Main Display advising you that the WERSI Tone Generators have been re set Piano Mode This push button allows you to quickly remove any split points from the Upper Manual This function was originally designed for the WERSI Abacus KS 1 single ke...

Page 23: ...ting To do this just Press on a line in the Drop Down menu then use the Left Transpose Button to move Down the list or the Right Transpose Button to move Up the list Also if there are Data Value boxes where the value can be changed you can also use the Transpose buttons to increase or decrease the value of the data box To do this simply Press the Data Value Box it will high light in Red Then use t...

Page 24: ... Main Display The Menu Tab Bar At the top of the Main Display is the Menu Tab Bar It is Blue in colour and runs the length of the TFT display When you are on the Main Display the Tab Main is highlighted in a light Blue colour When you press this button the Main Display will instantly appear From Left to Right the next Tab button is Selectors This page will allow you make additional and comprehensi...

Page 25: ... to allow users to create perfect tuning s for specific sound genres Pop Classical Orchestra etc This option is no longer available to purchase and is a Legacy option for customers who purchased this option when it was available Naturally it remains available for those users and is not omitted from the OpenArt System 13 2 OAS Clock Date For good time keeping the Main Display features a Clock Data ...

Page 26: ... Manual Hold function When this function is active it allows you to change Total Presets without changing the sounds of the Lower Manual Pedals and Accompaniment Only the Upper Manual is changed To stop using the Lower Manual Hold simply press the LM Hold button to deactivate the feature 13 9 Manual Assignment Display Pedal Selectors Lower Manual Selectors Upper Manual Selectors In this section of...

Page 27: ...ing the Change Split Distribution button Eventually it cycles back to the first distribution option This process is the same for the Lower Manual Split Distribution too 13 11 Setting The Split Point To set the Split Point on the Upper and Lower Manuals simply press the Split button and then play the key on the actual keyboard Manual to define the actual Split Point PLEASE NOTE Remember that the Up...

Page 28: ...e what current Chord Harmony is being used In our example an A minor chord is being played Tempo Time Signature The Tempo is displayed in the overview as naturally knowing the current tempo is im portant The Tempo can be changed with the Tempo Data wheel Also this section shows you the Time Signa ture of the accompaniment In our example the Time signature is 4 4 but naturally this will change is y...

Page 29: ...armoniser Micro 1 With Effect This button is used to switch Reverb Chorus and Delay Echo on or off When the function is deactivated the button is grey in colour Naturally both functions can be stored in a Total Preset When saving a Total Preset make sure you Tick the Harmonizer option box in order to save the Harmoniser Vocalist functions 13 15 Virtual Selection Display The final part of the Main ...

Page 30: ...t from the OAS database idirectly into a Total Preset without having to change any Mappings of the Sound group and Accompa niment push buttons More detailed information on this is presented in the Mappings chapter of the programming manual PLEASE NOTE The maximum number of Total Presets is limited by the factory to 2000 If you want to use more Total Presets please contact WERSI Direct to increase ...

Page 31: ...while playing in a legato style When you are playing and wish to change a Total Preset Bank you must also press one of the ten Total Preset but tons to activate the sound Changing Bank alone will not physically change the Total Preset merely the Bank of Total Presets is changed and the user must then select a new Total Preset within the new Bank 14 2 Direct Selection Of Total Presets As an alterna...

Page 32: ...signed to these groups Your OAS software will always remember the current selections ensuring that you will find the Total Presets every time Once you have found the Total Preset you want to load confirm the selection by pressing the large Select Preset button The Total Preset will be loaded If you want to exit the display without loading a Total Preset press the Back button First select the locat...

Page 33: ...e Ticking this box will store the Microphone 1 settings It also stores the Micro 1 effects Split Points When you tick this box the active Split Points will be stored for both manuals When the preset is recalled the split points will re activate to the same settings as when you saved them Footswitches When you select a Total Preset the footswitch functions will be set to the state they were when th...

Page 34: ...right of the display and in our example you can see Three banks Klangfarben 1 Klangfarben 2 and Klangfarben 3 To the left of the Bank Names you will see two buttons These are the Up and Down buttons to navigate through the Total Preset banks To select a Total Preset simply select one of the ten Total Presets on the Easy Preset Main Display The instrument will instantly change all settings to those...

Page 35: ...ellow Save screen will open Select the Save location and press the Save Playlist button to save the Playlist and exit Press the button Use Playlist at the bottom right of the Playlist screen The Playlist screen will close and the display returns to the Easy Preset menu You will see the Total Presets displayed from your Playlist Also please note that the Bank now displays the name of your Playlist ...

Page 36: ...y using them you can select the data type you want to work with The big drop down list on the left side displays all entries all entries in your OAS database which fit the selecte data type You can further restrict the selection by selecting groups or user groups in the drop down menus on the right hand side In the Sound option another drop down menu is displayed from which you can select the Soun...

Page 37: ... Depending on the selected data type the lower part of the display shows various buttons Advanced Depending on the selected data type by operating the button Advanced you open one of the fol lowing displays With Total Presets Opens the Total Preset Manager With Styles Realdrums MIDI Files Waves Video Multimedia and MP3 Opens the Accompaniment Manager and with Sounds Opens the OAS Sound Database Ma...

Page 38: ...oaded to this place If you did not select a storage place one of the nine Yellow buttons the accompaniment will always be loaded to the first storage location in our example it is Rolandy If there is already an accompaniment in the storage location it qill be over written For most people the above information will not be important they will just want to load the desired accompaniment and start to ...

Page 39: ...the one with the red background Above each of the selector buttons you can see choice fields or combined selection tick boxes Here you can make the settings listed on the right side of the screen The standard value for the setting is displayed if you exceed the of the value beyond the upper or lower limit by turning the Data Tempo wheel You will recognise the standard value by the letters Std belo...

Page 40: ... only from the left speaker A value of 127 means that you only hear the sound from the right speaker whereas with the value of 64 means you hear the sound equally from both left and right speakers So the lower the value of the Panorama the more to the left the sound is The higher the value the more the sound is to the right This allows you to really create a big space with your sounds This is espe...

Page 41: ... OpenArt System Every factory sound has six changeable parameters assigned to them that can be quickly changed by opening the Sound Control display To change any of the Sound Control settings simply press the Box that you wish to adjust and use the Data Tempo wheel to make the adjustments The values that can be adjusted are from 0 to 127 0 being that the intensity of the setting is at it s lowest ...

Page 42: ...efly touched on this subject in the Saving A Total Preset chapter Upper 1 Sound Controls Release Controls the Release part of the Sound Envelope Treble An EQ effect to in crease or decrease the Treble frequencies of the sounds Bass An EQ effect to increase or decrease the Bass frequen cies of the sounds Violins Increase or Decrease the volumes of the Violin Samples in the Sound Celli Increase or D...

Page 43: ... desired level An Example of the Level buttons The bottom of the screen shows what sound is currently assigned to the different levels The Previews of the selected Sound Level allows you a quick overview to easily gain an idea of the sounds in the selected Mapping that you want to save into your Total Preset 1 To change any of the mappings first select the Sound Button you wish to change the mappi...

Page 44: ...organ To save any of the changes for the Levels and for them to be assigned to the Total Preset press the Arrow button above the Level that you are work on to save assign the Mapping adjustments to the Total Preset Once you are finished with allocating making adjustments to the Mappings for your Total Presets press the Back Button ...

Page 45: ... Checking this box allows you to both activate when ticked or deactivate the Split function for the Upper Manual Lower Split This data box displays the Split Point note for the Lower Manual Naturally you can use the Tempo Data Wheel to adjust the note for which the Lower Split Point is set to any note you desire Lower Split On Off Checking this box allows you to both activate when ticked or deacti...

Page 46: ...nd of the manual continues even after the keys are released as long as the piano pedal is pressed Detune This Data Value box allows you to tune 50 cents in pitch and 50 cents in pitch for all Selectors Sounds Expr Pedal This Data Value box allows you to change adjust the polarity of the Volume Expression pedal When the value is set to 100 the pedal works in the traditional way Accelerate for more ...

Page 47: ...ssible value range is between 30 and 300 The Hawaii effect can be triggered by a footswitch and causes a semi tone detune of the note played on the Upper Manual This detune will gradually fade to normal similar to the effect of a Hawaiian Guitar The time it takes for the tuning to return to normal is what is actually determined by this setting Use the Data Tempo Wheel to adjust the setting 17 1 Su...

Page 48: ...r the Accompani ment and Sequencer Open the Drop Down menus simply by press ing on the Yellow Downward Pointing Arrows A list of all Presets currently available in each section will be displayed You can select any of the Presets The Preset that is selected shall be saved into the Total Preset Accompaniment Sub Presets Drums Sub Presets The Drums display shows the four Effect Sec tions Similar to t...

Page 49: ...iser Presets 3 Mixer Digital Mixer Presets 4 Output Output Presets 5 Arabic Arabic Tuning Presets 6 Chord Presets Chord Harmony Presets These are the Effects for the Sound Ef fects Harmoniser Mixer Outputs Arabic Tunings and Chord Presets Open the Drop Down menus simply by press ing on the Yellow Downward Pointing Arrows A list of all Presets currently available in each section will be displayed Y...

Page 50: ...d the Yes button the red background will appear as a last warning that the changes will take place Change any of the Selector Settings Press the Advanced buttons and Sub Preset buttons to make changes here Press the Standard button again to save the changes PLEASE NOTE Please bear in mind that changes you make in the Standard Preset mode affects all of your Total Presets However if you wish to ret...

Page 51: ...ed virtually from this display ACC On Off Activating this box will turn the Auto Accompaniment on or off When it is checked ticked the accompaniment is on Bass Off Activating this box will turn the Accompaniment Bass Line Off This is an option popular with people playing bass pedals who want to play the bass line ACC 1 5 Aus Off Activating this box will turn the Auto Accompaniment tracks 1 5 off W...

Page 52: ...set tings Endings Without ACC Auto Fill Ext Panel Function checking this box will launch the OpenArt Arranger OAA external Style Player virtual panel The OpenArt Arranger is optional all new Instruments feature the OAA as standard Harmony Button Easy Chord 1 in our example This button will display the different harmony types for the Style Player When the large button is pressed the following windo...

Page 53: ...les into the 9 Yellow ACC Quickload storage boxes Do not use this function with styles or Realdrums They are continuous and will play forever Cancel Effectsounds Checking this box effect sounds which have been triggered by pressing an effect button on the control panel can be stopped by pressing the same effect button once again Accomp Volumes These data value boxes allow you to change the volumes...

Page 54: ...hange the Standard settings Selecting No will abort this function If you have pressed the Yes button the red background will ap pear as a last warning that the changes will take place To change any of the Accomp Settings Press the Advanced but tons to make changes here Press the Standard button again to save the changes PLEASE NOTE Please bear in mind that changes you make in the Standard Preset m...

Page 55: ...ata Tempo Wheel to navi gate up and down through the lists and select the function you wish to assign to the respective Footswitch Footswitch Settings Switches 1 5 Switches 1 5 Footswitch Settings control the Footswitch functions of the five Footswitch pistons on all new Verona Scala and Louvre instruments Some older models also included Footswitch Pistons as an optional extra Touch the Downward P...

Page 56: ...he Minimum in order to set the value to the standard setting Sonstiges Other Misc Settings This Data Value box activates the XG Drum standard within the Accompaniment section Styles and Accompaniments of the OpenArt System take advantage of the XG format XG is an expanded General MIDI compliance format that offers a bigger sound and drum sound palette than the standard General MIDI format offers T...

Page 57: ... only 29 Preset Down Selects the next Total Preset Down 30 Preset Up Selects the next Total Preset Up 31 Reverb Mic 1 On Off Turns the Reverb effect for Microphone 1 On and Off 32 Reverb Mic 2 On Off Turns the Reverb effect for Microphone 2 On and Off 33 Reverb Voc Harm On Off Turns the Reverb effect for the Harmoniser On and Off 34 Rotor Slow Fast Turns the Rotor Slow Fast effect on and off 35 So...

Page 58: ...e to the desired level An Example of the Level buttons The bottom of the screen shows what sound is currently assigned to the different levels The Previews of the selected Accompaniment Level allows you a quick overview to easily gain an idea of the Accompaniments in the selected Map ping that you want to save into your Total Preset 1 To change any of the mappings first select the Style Button you...

Page 59: ...8 Beat 1 To save any of the changes for the Levels and for them to be assigned to the Total Preset press the Arrow button above the Level that you are work on to save assign the Mapping adjustments to the Total Preset Once you are finished with allocating making adjustments to the Mappings for your Total Presets press the Back Button ...

Page 60: ...ll be explained in detail below When you touch the Mixer button in the main display the Input Mixer surface will e displayed on the TFT Screen The different sections of the Mixer The Standard Button Allows you to set the settings as Stan dard Reset Allows you to Reset the peak displays Audio Meters Delete Allows you to Delete a Mixer Preset Mixer Preset This is a drop down menu that contains all o...

Page 61: ...and Mirco 2 These controls adjust the volume of the two microphones that can be connected to the two microphone inputs These controls work in parallel to the two microphone physical volume controls located on the control panel When you turn the physical controls the virtual sliders will also be adjusted too Audio 1 and Audio 2 These controls adjust the volumes of the two audio inputs Digital This ...

Page 62: ...nel strip press the Edit button A new window will appear Equalizer The two sliders in the Equalizer group in the centre of the display are used to adjust the Bass and Treble frequencies components of the Output signal You can change the frequency of both the Bass and Treble by pressing on the respective boxes in our example the Treble shows 7 0Hz and the Bass shows 50Hz frequencies Once you have p...

Page 63: ...d OAS draw bars Aux In addition you can set the intensity of Reverb Delay and Chorus There are three sliders that control the effect intensity You can turn the effects off by pressing the On Off button in the Aux section where the effects are located on the display Equalizer In the centre of the display is the Equalizer This works in the same manner as the Equalizer on the main display Like the ef...

Page 64: ... own individual sections The sections are Manuals Acc Accompaniment Sequencer and Drums Manuals Outputs Main Organ Group Group 1 and Group 2 Equalizer Setting Boxes Bass and Treble Frequencies Equalizer Sliders For Frequency Intensity of the Bass and Treble Frequencies Manual Volume Slider Set the Volume of the Longwaves for the Keyboard Manuals and Pedals ...

Page 65: ...of the Accompaniment and Sequences Styles Auto Accompaniment and MIDI Sequences Drums Outputs Main Organ Group Group 1 and Group 2 Equalizer Setting Boxes Bass and Treble Frequencies Equalizer Sliders For Frequency Intensity of the Bass and Treble Frequencies Drums Set the Volume of the Longwave Drum kits for use in all Styles and MIDI Sequences Back to exit from this screen and return to the main...

Page 66: ...the OX7 Drawbars and OAS Draw bars display All settings work in the same way In the Aux section there is a Reverb Slider to control the Reverb effect for the Wave and MP3 accompaniments The Reverb can be turned both On and Off The Equalizer works in the same way as previously de scribed for the Drawbars It too can be turned On and Off Press the Back button to return to the Main Mixer display This ...

Page 67: ...ne input channel Above the Volume slider is the Reset button This button displays the loudness peak in dB Using this button will reset the value displayed Output Channels The buttons Main Grp1 and Grp2 correspond to the Main Output Group 1 Audio Output and Group 2 Output When they are active they will be highlighted in Red Equalizer The Microphone inputs have a four band Parametric EQ The EQ is sp...

Page 68: ... overly reso nant and reduce its volume Reducing extraneous noises Parametric equalization can also be used to reduce extraneous noises such as the sound of a guitar pick or the left hand fingers for string instruments or the creaking of a damper pedal of a piano These sounds often cannot be fully removed with parametric equalization due to the harmonic content of many of these sounds which would ...

Page 69: ... range of frequencies with this Data Value box Use the Volume Slider below to increase or decrease the intensity of the frequency selected The Volume slider acts as the Q control found on physical mixing desks Panorama The Panorama Control allows you to move the Microphone Input between the Left and Right Stereo Output Channels Aux The Auxiliary section for the Microphone Inputs allow you to set t...

Page 70: ... in the same way as previously described for the other sec tions of the mixer The Panorama Slider allows you to change the stereo position of the Audio Input between the Left and Right chan nels Press the Back button to return to the Main Mixer display This display is also similar to the Draw bars display All settings work in the same way In the Aux section there are Sliders to control the Reverb ...

Page 71: ...screen will appear Choose the Slot Marked Free that you would like to Save your new Mixer Preset under You can change the name of the Mixer Preset by pressing the long dark button near the top The button is marked Normal in our example The Blue Virtual Typewriter will load You can then use the keyboard to input your new Mixer Preset Name When you are finished press the Enter button to return to th...

Page 72: ... As The Standard Preset STD If you do not want to use the Factory Standard Mixer Preset Normal you can of course designate any of your User Mixer Presets as the Standard Mixer Preset In the Mixer Preset Drop Down Menu you will see all of the Mixer Presets that you have saved Simply select the Mixer Preset that you wish to set as Standard Touch the name of the Mixer Preset so that it is high lighte...

Page 73: ...ut button in the menu bar at the top of the screen to open the window below The Output Mixer is very similar to the Input Mixer There are three Channel strips for the three different outputs Each Channel has an Edit button that allows you to open an additional settings window where settings can be ad justed The top of the Output Mixer window contains the Output Mixer Preset Drop Down Menu Reset De...

Page 74: ...Main Output channel only and de activate it for Grp1 and Grp 2 When you connect external amplifiers speakers to Output 1 and or Output 2 the General Volume can be used to control the volume of the internal speakers that then act as Monitors without changing the volumes of the external amplifiers Equalizer The four band Equalizer works in the same way as described for the Microphone Inputs 1 and 2 ...

Page 75: ...the Output Mixer Preset that you wish to delete and then press the Delete button The Output Mixer Preset will then be deleted from the OAS Database PLEASE NOTE Factory Output Mixer Presets cannot be deleted 20 3 Setting An Output Mixer Preset As The Standard Preset STD If you do not want to use the Factory Standard Out Mixer Preset Normal you can of course designate any of your User Output Mixer P...

Page 76: ... Mi crohpoen inputs External Audio Inputs OX7 and OAS Drawbars When you open up the display for Re verb 1 and Reverb 2 you will see that there is a drop down menu Here you can select the factory Reverb Settings There are further boxes in the Teal Blue area on the display showing fur ther data value boxes that allow you to make further refinements to the Reverb Effect Time How long the Reverb lasts...

Page 77: ...cific changes for the relevant section of the instrument The instrument section you are adjusting will be highlighted in Green In our example the Reverb is set for the Manuals Manuale Manuale Keyboard Manuals and Pedals Accomp Auto Accompaniment MIDI Sequences Drums Longwave Drum Kits Saving your own Reverb Presets is identical to saving any other preset 1 Press the Save button 2 The Yellow Save w...

Page 78: ...eset STD If you do not want to use the Factory Standard Reverb Preset Normal you can of course designate any of your User Reverb Presets as the Standard Reverb Preset In the Reverb Preset Drop Down Menu you will see all of the Reverb Presets that you have saved and all factory presets that are available Simply select the Reverb Preset that you wish to set as Standard Touch the name of the Output M...

Page 79: ... you to assign different Chorus Settings to not just the sounds of the manuals and pedals but also to the Accompaniment and also the Drums When you select one of the three buttons at the bottom of the display the display changes to allow you to select Cho rus presets or make specific changes for the relevant section of the instrument The instrument section you are adjusting will be highlighted in ...

Page 80: ...ncies of the Delay effect The Manuale Accomp and Drums Buttons OAS instruments allow you to assign different Delay Settings to not just the sounds of the manuals and pedals but also to the Accompaniment and also the Drums When you select one of the three buttons at the bottom of the display the display changes to allow you to select Delay presets or make specific changes for the relevant section o...

Page 81: ...very beautiful studio reverb All aspects of the Stereo Studio Reverb can be adjusted to produce the perfect Reverb The top of the display features the standard buttons seen on nearly all screens The Delete button The Drop Down Menu containing the Stereo Studio Reverb Presets The Save button The Standard button and the Back button Marked Zuruck in this screen All of these functions work in the exac...

Page 82: ...ws you to adjust the Dampening of the Reverb Diffuse Adjusts Diffusion of the Reverb Change the Reverb from sounding Narrow or Wide Definition Allows you to adjust the Density of the Reverb Definition Form Adjusts the Shape Form of the Reverb and the Attack curve time of the Reverb effect Reverb to Delay This setting allows you to intensify or decrease the intensity of the Reverb feed to the Stere...

Page 83: ... mutes this control General This is the General Master volume control of the entire Stereo Studio Reverberation generator Saving A Stereo Studio Reverb Preset Saving a Stereo Studio Reverb Preset is identical to saving a Reverb preset in the previous section Please see Sav ing a Reverb Preset Deleting A Stereo Studio Reverb Preset Deleting a Stereo Studio Reverb Preset is identical to saving a Rev...

Page 84: ... similar to a filter or Phaser effect except for it is apart of the Chorus effect component The Phase setting is quite useful for a modern sweepy type effect that can be heard with very strong Chorus effect Crossfade Turning this button On allows the Chorus effect to Crossfade between the stereo spectrum Left to Right Feedback Adjusts the amount of Feedback for the Chorus effect Saving A Stereo Ch...

Page 85: ...ht chan nels The Stereo Delay main controls allow you to set the note length of the Delay Echoes that you hear The resolution of these note values range from 1 8 full note length to 1 64 of a full note length Use the Data Tempo Wheel to cycle through the values available The T buttons decrease the lengths of the delay resolution according to a Triplet value The P buttons increase the lengths of th...

Page 86: ...s Aus in our example This button allows you to turn the Tempo Synch effect On or Off When on the Stereo Delay will be perfectly synched to the Ac companiment unit of your instrument Volume The Volume Slider allows you to control the overall volume of the Stereo Delay effect Saving A Stereo Delay Reverb Preset Saving a Stereo Delay Preset is identical to saving a Reverb preset in the previous secti...

Page 87: ...cording Once you start recording the Start button changes to Stop Press the Stop button to stop recording A Yellow Save menu will be displayed so that you can Name your new audio recording and save it to the OAS Database 24 MIDI Record Similar to the above Dig Record MIDI record allows users to record their performance as a MIDI file The benefits of this is that you can then load the MIDI file int...

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