Will Wersi incorporate & merge Ketron technology inside their keyboards down the road for future Wersi models and what does this say for the existing Wersi styles as they are already that they need this great improvement and Adrenalin shot using Ketron Styles? What is really happening here behind the scenes?

Wersi OAX instruments are first and foremost an organ, they just happen to have arranger features as well, (Arranger keyboards came from the easy play features of organs of the eighties) and as organ play is different to Arranger play the styles are made to suit, (Start playing the lower manual and pedals with arranger styles and the styles completely fall apart as no arranger can keep up) the main concession that Wersi made for those wishing to learn how to play organ after the limited flexibility of an arranger, was to allow T2 styles to be loaded natively but still sound as if they were part of the instrument. (Rather than something tacked on)

OAX instruments have access to professional sounds used in professional film and music production studios via VST, so hardware sounds are not really necessary, but as some people like a particular type of sound, (Korg, Roland, Yamaha etc.) the ability to control the hardware like it was part of the instrument was added.

As to the future, they are constantly being updated so it’s a wait and see, (There should be another big update soon as it’s that time of year (Although early year updates are usually more feature and sound based rather than backing which comes later in the year) they are supposed to adding style conversion (through a partnership with EMC) for all the main manufactures though.

If you just want an arranger then spending on an OAX instrument is not for you, (There are plenty of cheaper good quality instruments out there) but if you want to be able to play all types of music, have an instrument that doesn’t become obsolete every 3 or 4 years, (Requiring you to trade it in to get the next new one) gives you the ability to use professional sounds (Way beyond what you get in most hardware instruments) and will literally grow with you, then a Wersi OAX instrument is ideal.

The choice is yours

Bill

According to Kurt from Wersi USA, its sadly not possible to program the style buttons on the wersi to controll the Ketron sd40..
It seems the buttons dont send midi over global.. which normally would be the way to do so..


Makes me wonder how Carlo (memeber :ketron user) programmed his Wersi controlls to controll Varranger? Would be a nice programming Job, if the wersi controlls dont send out midi over global.

Maybe some people want both...
and they dont want to choose between Wersi and an arranger but combine them..
Which could very well be possible as we have seen Carlo do with Varranger.

Personlly i like the idea of having the best of all in a single instrument..
A partnership with Varranger could work miracles for Wersi..
Looks like Bemore Organs allready did this..
as they are supporting all 4 style types Varranger also supports.

Dont get me wrong, i think the OAX really has a lot going for it..
If there ever is an OAX module... or OAX piano.. i might go for it..
Espescially if its possible to integrate the best arrnager styles with it...