Wersi Atlantis History - The history of this fantastic organ - By Stefaan Vanfleteren
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- I had several questions about my Wersi Atlantis. What is it and where does it come from? ...Some friends even did not knew the Wersi brand at all. Of course most of my UA-cam subscribers know it very well. But since there does not exist a nice historical summary, I thought "well let"s make it myself". It is made in a very short period of time, so it is an "efficient" version. But I do hope it can educate some people :-). Enjoy the next 12 minutes ...
I’m a little late ,but just saw this,Stefaan. A Fantastic video of information about Wersi Organs. They are a pretty new company. Considering how long Organs have been around. Experienced playing a pump Organ way back in 1949-50 . L.o.l. I was only 10. It was at the Parochial School I attended. I have a Granddaughter born in 1976. That doesn’t seem like very long ago. Thank you for sharing your Multi- Talented self for all to enjoy. Best Wishes always,Chris. 💕🎶🥀🎶💕🥰😎🎹♥️
Many thanks, Stefaan! That is a great overview of WERSI instruments. Your Atlantis is wonderful. Looking forward to listening to many nice videos of you. Take care!
Kind regards from Munich,
Thomas
Thank you so much Thomas ! We are both Happy Organ Men I guess ;-) !
@@StefaanVanfleteren Yes 😅😉
Super - sehr informativ und ein Beweis das die Atlantis nach 30 Jahren immer noch ein sensationelles Instrument ist! Es lebe Wersi!
Dank Oliver ! Es lebe Wersi,Sie haben das gut zusammengefasst ;-)
Ein aufschlussreicher Beitrag zur großen Wersi-Geschichte, Stefaan ... auch wenn ich vor kurzem meine Wersi Spectra inkl. Wersi TS 7000 Passivboxen + Fußvollpedal verkaufte, das hatte primär Gründe im "Platz schaffen wollen" etc. pp. - hoffentlich bleibt allen auch zukünftig der E-Orgel Bereich erhalten, es wäre jedenfalls wünschenswert, weil das
Musizieren an der E-Orgel noch mehr Möglichkeiten der musikalischen Entfaltung bietet als das Musizieren am
Keyboard oder Piano ✌. Deine Abonnenten-Zahlen gehen ja ganz schön durch die Decke, ist doch super 👍👏 v G aus Lüneburg 🇩🇪 Dietmar 🙋♂️🎹🎼🎵🐶🍀
Supersonic & Many thanks .I have pleasant memories of seeing Klaus on Two occasions at the Civic Hall Wolverhampton UK long times ago......Bill Bickley uk
Thank you Bill !
Stefaan, dit is een zeer professionele documentaire
Dank om dit te delen.
Mvg,Tony
Bedankt Tony ! Ik wil met mijn kleine bijdrage de geschiedenis én de toekomst van Wersi levendig houden !
Hi Stefaan, thank you so much for this very documentary about this super unique and beautiful instrument! And the picture at the end is great: two super Wersi artist together!
Thank you so much Erik!
Many thanks, Stefaan. It was very interesting to hear the history behind the Wersi organs! And many thanks for posting your wonderfull music, played on the "Rolls Royce" of organs - The Wersi Atlantis! Greetings from Denmark!
Thank you so much Nikolaj !
Stefaan, thank you so much for this great video. All the best to you.
Thanks Peter !
Thank you Stefaan, that was excellent! It was great to hear you speak, and in a very informative way. Stay well.
Thanks Jack !
Vielen Dank für dieses fantastische Video! Tolle Erinnerungen verbinde ich damit - ich habe die Geschichte seit der zweiten Analog-Generation miterlebt. Herzliche Grüße Klaus
Vielen Dank Klaus !
Geweldig! Bedankt voor de interessante informatie. Cheers!
Dankjewel !
Dear Stefaan this is really a great explanation video! Thank you for your great efford you spent for us! Have a nice weekend and stay sound! Many greetings!
Thank you so much Michael !
Eine phantastische Präasentation. Herzliche Grüße
Danke Alois!
Great video. I built a Wersi Delta DX 500 T back in 1985, probably one of the first ones built in the USA. It still works great, last year upgraded it to Megadrums.
Thanks Richard ! Good to hear that the Delta is still up and running. I'm convinced you still have a lot of musical pleasure with it.
Very, very nice story! And cat is also lovely! 😻
Thanks Zlatan ! The cat is named "Pepper" and is always in the neighbourhood when music is played !
Great video, thanks for the history lesson Stefaan! Amazing piece of instrument you have there.
Thank you very much !
Hallo Stefaan, super Beitrag. Vielen Dank und schönen Sonntag. Lg. Dirk
Dank Dirk und Genieße deinen Sonntag !
A fantastic presentation on the History of Wersi that is very informative, I am impressed that you were employed by Wersi during the construction of these magnificent instruments. Thanks a lot Stefaan well done.
Thanks Rosco. I was not really employed at Wersi, but did my Master Thesis (during my Engineer Study) in the R&D department in Halsenbach.
Bravo Stefaan! I enjoyed learning about the history behind the Wersi line of instruments. I am in my 70's and I am retired now, but I was employed in Power Transmission and Distribution for a large electric utility in the US. I wrote construction orders for overhead and underground power transmission and distribution for residential, commercial and industrial power expansion projects. It is wonderful to know that you were involved in electronics for the Wersi line. Not only are you an engineer, but you are also a very gifted musical artist. Your command of the English language is also admirable! Best regards, Will Ortiz
Thank you for all these nice words Will.Best Regards from Belgium, Stefaan
Brilliant video. Nice to see all the older technology. I've owned Helios Wega Spectra and now Scala models. Nothing else delivers like a Wersi instrument and its a pleasure to listen to you
Thank you Alun ! Nice to hear that you had almost the whole Wersi history in your hands ! Keep up the playing and stay well ! Greeting from Belgium, Stefaan
Wow Stefaan, that was very interesting and comprehensive!
Thank you José!
Very well done. You are definitely a multi-talented person. And we understand during this show why you are so knowledgeable about Wersi and its technologies.... you even are on a picture with the legendary Klaus Wunderlich! Very impressive.
Thank you very much !
Very interesting to hear your story. My first Wersi bausats was the Comet in the Chromatic version, I loved it - the last of the analog organs from Wersi. Have visited Wersi in Halsenbach several times, met Klaus, Curt, Franz, Mark, etc. and now I am so lucky to follow You here on Your Channel. Wonderful Stefaan!! Thanks
Thank you Leon ! Indeed, the Chromatic versions made it possible for accordeon players to enjoy all the possibilities the organ !
Thanks, Stefaan - A great look back at Wersi. Proud to have owned a Spectra, Pegasus, Digital piano, and now an OAX 700.
Thank you ! This is indeed a nice part of the Wersi History that you owned, together with the fantastic OAX you have.
Thanks a lot, Stefaan, for this great retrospective on WERSI instruments 🤩👏👍
Thank you very much! I love to spread the Wersi history!
Super Erklärung von der Entstehung und Weiterentwicklung von Wersi. Danke.
Hatte Damals die Omega DX10, und spiele nun mit dem Gedanken, mir die Oax800 zu holen.
Vielen Dank Heiko ! Die OAX800 ist sicherlich ein Top-Orgel !
Excellent look back at the evolution of Wersi!
Thank you very much !
Hi Stefaan thank you for your very informative video I have been a Wersi fan since listening and seeing Klaus in concert and have owned a Helios . Spectra and still have at present my Louvre. I enjoy listening to your playing please keep the videos coming and any up to date information you may have on Wersi. Best regards from the UK
Thank you so much, and a lot of pleasure with your Louvre ! Regards from Belgium , Stefaan.
Prachtige reportage Stefaan, merci
Merci Giovanni ! Groetjes uit Zwevezele ;-)
J'ai adoré ce retour sur l'histoire de Wersi et ton interview avec Alois ce matin. Amicalement.
Merci Daniel ! J'espère que vous avez compris mon "Allemand Flamande" ;-) . Salutations, Stefaan
@@StefaanVanfleteren Aucun soucis. ;) J'ai fait une demande d'ami sur Facebook par la même occasion.
Bedankt Stefaan voor deze prachtige uitéénzetting over de geschiedenis - en de passie van U - van het Wersi orgel. En niet te vergeten Uw interview bij Aloïs Mueller ... Groetjes, Danny 😉
Dankjewel Danny !
Thanks Stefaan for the journey! It's been a while since I listened to the history of our beloved instruments. Very well done. And some very interesting facts came to light I never knew of. For example you were at Wersi for studying reasons :-)
Crack on with your good music. It's very entertaining and I can learn some techniques in classical pop organ play!
Thank you very much Thorsten ! I also listen to your posts regularly to be inspired of the possibilities
of the OAX series ! Best regards from Belgium, Stefaan.
That was a tremendous piece of history to listen to. I have always enjoyed David Dunlap playing his Wersi Scala but never knew how it evolved. Not playing myself. I wondered why some have 2 keyboards and some have 3 or more. Have a Magical Day from Florida.
Thank you so much and many greetings from Belgium !
Very interesting Stefaan, many thank's for sharing 👍
Amitiés de Cl@ude ♫
Thank you Claude !
thanks for the historystory of Wersi. The greatest Organsound
The greatest organ sound it is ;-) ! Thanks Ulf !
I loved my W248S, built 1974 with my father. Great Thanks to my parents, made this real. So today, with my Louvre, it was a great Wersi-Time of about 50 Years !
Thank you for the comment. I was born in 1969, so am as old as Wersi is today ;-)
Sehr schön gemachtes Video, heute habe ich dann noch mehr im Interview mit Alli Müller erfahren.
Da gibts auch bei mir Parallelen.
Interessant wäre mal ein Video mit den Registrierten Total Preset und den Zugriegel Einstellungen mit dem Wersi Voice ect.
Speziell die Kw Soundeffekte und die FL Einstellungen wäre schön mal zu zeigen.
Auch beim Bass habe ich außer dem Livestyle Bass mit der Gitarre 1 Oktave tiefer nicht wirklich einen schönen Bass im Pedal bei meiner Atlantis gefunden!
Ich bin für jeden Tipp dankbar.
Als Rhythmus nehme ich meistens meinen Ketron xd 3 expander und in Kombi per Midi das Solo Manual und das Untermanual .
Ich hatte mal eine CD Orgel mit GG !! Eigentlich hat mir die Kombi nicht gefallen.
LG aus Deutschland
Ich freue mich schon auf das nächste Video
A great organ! Best of Wersi! Built 3 Wersis of old times, even overnight, to get it ready. Now it's in my cellar! 😉 Now I play Korg and Yamaha! 😎😘
Thanks ! Probably you should keep it out of the cellar, put off all the dust and play it again ;-)
@@StefaanVanfleteren ...maybe? A good Innovation? Jep! 🎶🎹👍🏼😘
Wonderful historical Story...
Had in Former Time an Omega...was every Time defekt....
Then since 1996 a Phon X.....Play it also today...
So... WERSI...still goes on....
Yes it does ! Thank you Hans !
Zeer interessant, bedankt voor het delen
Dankjewel Patrick, graag gedaan.
I did not realize you were an electronic engineer also. I’m a retired engineer that now that I am retired I am playing more and totally enjoy your playing
Thank you Rich !
Thank you for this excellent review of the Wersi History, which I follow myself since 1979 then building a Helios W2TV. Best regards Kai
Thanks Kai !
Mooi, die documentaire! Als je vragen beantwoordt, doe je het ook meteen goed! Ook gaaf om je unieke Atlantis van dichtbij te zien. Eigenlijk 'hoort' de Atlantis wel volledig uitgebouwd te zijn met alle uitbreidingen ;-)
Dankjewel Daan. Inderdaad, de Golden Gate en de OX7 zijn toch wel grote meerwaardes. Alhoewel, de échter Wersi Sinussound komt nog altijd uit de DMS-klankopwekking van de CD-lijn ! Veel groeten, Stefaan
Dag Stefaan, zeer mooi gedaan! 👍👍👍 hoewel ik ook een wersi heb gebouwd maar nu met andere instrumenten speel, blijf ik een voorliefde hebben voor deze orgels en vooral hun klanken. Onlangs (dankzij corona) bouwde ik zelf een orgel met keyboard. Kijk maar 's op livemuziekluciano op youtube. Super model dat jij hebt. Koester het maar en nog veel succes. Top 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹
Dankjewel Luciano ! Mooie realisatie die je hebt gedaan met de twee keyboards !
@@StefaanVanfleteren Dank je wel Stefaan, had heimwee naar mijn Wersi orgel, dus vandaar... Groeten uit Landegem
Thanks Stefan for this nice overview. You have a very good narrator voice!
Thank you Heinz !
Tolles Video über die sich rasant veränderte Zeit und grosse Herausforderung speziell in diesem Bereich 👍
Vielen Dank Ralf !
I used to work for the Franz Brothers.
Importing Wersi organs to Sweden
for many years.
Thanks Patrick ! It must have been very exciting to import the Wersi instruments to Sweden in these "heydays" of the organ.
Dankeschön 👍
Beste Stefaan: ik volg U nu al geruime tijd en vandaag dank zij Zondag am 7 op het UA-cam kanaal van Alois Muller weet ik wat meer over U; Ik weet niet of ik daar voor iets tussen zit het is namelijk zo dat een paar uitzendingen daarvoor Florian Hutter te gast was bij Alois Muller en ik ik had zoiets van wij hebben ook iemand die op retro orgels van Wersi speelt en heb toen prompt een link doorgegeven van één van uw bijdragen op uw UA-cam kanaal aan Alois Muller; nu over deze uitzending het is gewoon fantastisch om over geschiedenis van Wersi hier een bijdrage te plaatsen en ja het blijft een droom van mij; ik heb op dit ogenblik ook een Korg pax4 maar heb in een ver verleden ook nog een DX Alpha 200 of 250 gehad dat weet ik niet zeker meer en de geschiedenis daarrond ga ik niet uit de doeken doen want dan wordt het hier te veel. wat ik wel wil zegen doe zo verder zodat we nog lang van mooie muziek kunnen genieten groeten van Frank Bogaerts uit Kontich bij Antwerpen.
Beste Frank, heel hartelijk dank voor je uitgebreide reactie, en ook alvast om jouw tip aan Alois door te geven. Het was een hele eer voor mij om in zijn UA-cam kanaal geïnterviewd te worden. Ik ben blij dat mijn muziek gesmaakt wordt, en probeer tijd te maken om wekelijks een nummer op te nemen en te posten ! Veel groeten uit Zwevezele, Stefaan
A marvelous piece of engineering and technologie. Just yesterday i saw a video of someone upgrading this marvelous organ to a pergamon (only the furniture part stays alive). And i tought, what a pitty.
Thanks Jules. Yes, indeed a pitty. The CD-line still has this special touch. And of course the OAX series and Pergammon are the most state of the art organs. However, I would prefer to have both ;-)
@@StefaanVanfleteren it would be nice to have an OAX module to use with your Atlantis, but i understood Wersi learned from OAS that there is no market for Wersi modules and piano’s anymore. But for now, enjoy your Atlantis..
Vielen Dank für die Geschichte der Wersti-Orgeln! (I believe your cat too enjoyed the discussion.)
Yes she did! 😺
Thank you for compiling the history of this German brand. Now, we are waiting for the BOHM version. Danke.
Thank you ! However, I have no experience with Böhm, so the history of Böhm should be told by someone else! Best regards
Great informative video Stefan, if you had the time you would be
good to host an on line forum just for the older Wersi Instruments
one question I have, why are so many people playing Wersi on
UA-cam and using Ketron modules, which say's a lot for Ketron
but little for Wersi.
Thanks David. The use of the Ketron module is - for my personal case - only to add some live drum loops and a few recent orchestral samples to the basic sounds of the vintage Wersi Spectra. However, I see the module also used by players that want more style accompaniments than the ones they have in their Wersi organ. For an older organ this is understandable, but I never understood what the added value is for a OAS or OAX. Of course, if you only want the best automatic style accompaniments, you even don't need an organ, then you probably better use the Ketron or Korg keyboard, or the Tyros.
I have a wersi speactra with ox7 and and livestyle but i need too replace the battery on it, do you know where i can find it?
Mooie en zeer interessante uitleg van de Wersi historiek, Stefaan 👍
Dankjewel Luc !
Wow very informative
Thank you so much Rich!
Hi I have a Wersi abacus, can you give me advise, what is the best sequencer program to use please?
Hello Neil. As a sequencer program I use Logic on my Apple computer. However also the (very cheap) Reaper is a good software. It depends of course what exactly you want to do with it and how far you want to go in Midi editing. Best regards from Belgium, Stefaan
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Hi Stefaan,
Many thanks for your infomation, I will look into both and see how I get on.
Regards
Neil
Dank je voor jouw uitleg, Stefaan. Maar nu heb ik één ding niet begrepen. Stamt het model van jouw orgel, jouw nieuwste aanwinst, uit 1994 en heeft daarna enkele "upgrades" gehad? Zoals het schermpje links onder op jouw orgel met hierin moderne ritmeboxen etc?
Beste Patrick, het instrument is inderdaad voor het eerst op de markt gekomen begin de jaren 1990. Er waren daarna twee upgrades die konden gebeuren : de Golden Gate (dus een uitbreiding met touchscreen en samples zoals in het Pegasus Keyboard), en een uitbreiding met de OX7 module die via virtual modelling orgelsounds imiteert. Mijn orgel had al direct de Golden Gate bij het bouwen in 1994, de OX7 module werd wellicht enkele jaren later ingebouwd. Maar het geheel staat dus op de laatste technische stand van pakweg eind de jaren 90. Veel groeten , Stefaan.
@@StefaanVanfleteren , bedankt voor jouw uitleg!
Thanks Stephaan for making this video. It is true that I have known Wersi for a very long time and its history. They are absolutely formidable instruments indeed and which have evolved very well. What do you think of this new OAX technology which has made a very impressive technological leap with increasingly realistic sounds and still these magnificent organ sounds with KW and FL ? Once again, thank you for all these videos which are very happy to watch and which many of us are waiting for !
Thank you very much Patrick ! Indeed, the OAX series is the "icing on the cake" of the Wersi-evolution and a top quality instrument, it cannot be enough recognised by musicians. I like it very much and will probably invest in an OAX instrument in the future. However, I also like the vintage instruments a lot, because some of the particular analog sounds are still very typical and not easy to imitate by sampling. So for me it is not "the one or the other", but "then one AND the other" ;-)
@@StefaanVanfleteren Thank you Stephaan for this kind message in return. I am also in a project to acquire a Wersi OAX this year.
Thanks for taking the time to produce this interesting chronology of the Wersi organs. Wonder whatever happened to the Atlantis SN4 four manual used by Franz Lambert?
Thanks David. I know that the four manual instrument is still in a collection somewhere. However, this was not an Atlantis : it was an analog "galaxis", with a pianostar analog piano added on top. And of course in a futuristic furniture...
The technology back then was amazing, and what we have know it's a huge step
The Atlantis has to be the most beutifull Organ ever made, even they maybe "borrowed" the spaceship design a bit from Yamaha :) And it's stil one of the best sounding Wersi's ever made.
I was attending a Concert in the Early 80'es as a big teenager in Copenhagen with Franz Lambert on his Galaxis and a new Digital (small) model that I am not sure what was, propably the early DX series wich completely failed to impress. Even with sampled sounds it didn't sound very good. I have always been a huge fan of the Helios and Galaxis which still is the king of analog sounding organs, and kinda dreamed of building one myself. But Wersi took some years to get on the digital wagon. When we heard those digital Wersis I was very glad of my at that time brand new Yamaha FS-70 wich was miles ahead with a for that time quite impressive real sounding drum section.
To this day I'd still love to have either a Galaxis in working order or an Atlantis even it would require dumping some furniture from the livingroom to fit in :)
But I am glad i didn't got on to the dyi thing with the Helios after hearing stories about how many of those Organs ended up back at Wersi for them to fix users bad solderings and other messups.
Don't think the whole DYi thing was a success at least not for the buyers. but maybe it was good for Wersi for the repair jobs :)
Doing small amateur radio projects yourself is one thing, but those organs had thousends of solderings and was really not a thing amateurs without electronics training and equipment to measure with should take on.
Thank you so much for this nice comment. Indeed, the Atlantis is also for me the most beautiful organ ever made. Best regards from Belgium !
Leuk, die info over het onstaan en de ontwikkeling van Wersi.. (nooit geweten van die zelfbouw periode..)
Wat ik minder vind is dat de huidige reeks "draait" op Win10..
Ik had een op linux gebaseerde OS systeem logischer gevonden..
Beste Basje, dankjewel en ik ben in elk geval blij dat ik je al iets heb kunnen bijbrengen wat je nog niet wist ;-) Inderdaad, Linux zou wellicht een meer tijdloze en open-source oplossing zijn geweest. Maar ik ga er van uit dat de ontwikkelaars de verschillende OS hebben vergeleken en bewust voor Windows hebben gekozen. Zelf heb ik (nog) geen ervaring met OAX, dus ik kan hier niet onmiddellijk mijn visie over geven. Maar wie weet in de toekomst... Veel groeten ! Stefaan
When Wersi introduced digital organs, they had no 3 manual organs.
Interestingly they made an unique instrument by combining a Galaxy with a Piano Star as 4th manual. Contrary to this, Atlantis was regular for people who wanted more than a Spectra.
Super 👍 Besten Dank !!
Vielen Dank Frank!
Hello, I have a Wersi Comet but should have a service. Standing long time at home without using… someone can need ? Greatings Mike
Hi Mike, thanks for your reaction. I guess you could put the Wersi Comet for “free” in one of the many organ lover Facebook groups. I liked the typical sound of the Comet very much, however I have no space anymore for another organ 😉. Best regards from Belgium !
Vielen Dank 👍
🙏🏻
The organs before CD line made it hard to recognize, what instrument imitation was intended. With the CD organ it was pretty clear, what the goal is, but the tone generation wasn't proper sampling and so a Technics was way closer to the real thing. Today the sound of a Yamaha Genos or a Korg PA5 can be so close to the original, it depends to the player only and the same is it with the accompaniments of a Ketron SD9 or Event or the other related tone modules.
Mooie uiteenzetting👍
Dankjewel Jonah ! Ik heb ook genoten van jouw opnames op UA-cam. Veel groeten, Stefaan
...aber die DX - Serie begann mit der Alpha schon 1984 nicht erst 86. 87 kommt schon die CD- serie und das wäre zu nahe beinander...Ich habe meine Alpha 1984 gebaut...
Your are right. Thanks for remarking this error.
So hard to understand the investment in a 40k instrument vs. three really nice modern workstation keyboards at 1/3 or less the price. Back in the day? Sure. Now???? All I can come up with is 'traditionalist'. The all in one is really worth 30k more of an investment? Heck, one good workstation, with two additional midi control keyboards, still have you right there with a 40k instrument.
For a keyboard player, your remarks are 100% correct. I never understood why a keyboard player, using automatic accompaniments, needed an organ with 3 manuals and pedals. However, for a “live organ player”, the usability is very important. And that is the disadvantage of using some midi keyboards and midi pedal. For each song, you need to programme a complete different preset with all midi sounds and parameters. The advantage of the OAX series now is its usability for live playing. But again : you are right, this only makes sense if you play live and without auto accompaniments. Last but not least : some people prefer the design of an organ furniture above some keyboards. Compare it with the piano : You can buy a well sounding digital piano for 1000 EUR, but nevertheless, people buy Steinway Grands Pianos of 100.000 EUR and more ;-)
@@StefaanVanfleteren Well, you are right that peeps can do what they wants. I will never get over the price tag though. A Steinway is hand crafted, all of it! No electronics! These organs are really just modern CPU's at the core with a ton of buttons, software vsts, and four midi control boards (three keyboards, one pedal board. There is no craftsmanship in the keyboard keys or action. It's just a big glossy keyboard stand at best!
Now, old school PIPE organs? That is where they had quality, craftsmanship, skill, and unique experience. This nonsense? This is just taking peoples good money!
NO WAY the electronics cost even a fraction of the the 35k. LED SCREEN? Custom layout buttons and knows? What else? I mean, there isn't 20k of software in there, LOL.
It's another example of the excessive spending on waste and complete nonsense to show off how much money you have. It's NOT a 35k instrument! It's modern workstation overpriced by 10 times!
Ikarus made the same as the Greek original. Want to fly high and crashed
I really enjoyed your videos. Very musical and informative to an electronic organ enthusiast. Are you also active on Facebook? Would love to connect with you on Fbook.
Thank you so much !