Hi Ian
Although the Abacus can be used as an arranger, it is actually part of the organ range.
Bill
Thank you kindly, Bill, for the information. Can you tell me what the Abacus would cost in today's dollars, with the available synth pack.
I can only assume that Ensnareyou has an Abacus from your post, so it is basically an organ and probably not easily portable.
I would really love to hear the Wersi's synth sounds regardless of it's place in the Wersi line-up, as I am a bit of a synth enthusiast myself, having had experience owning and/or playing Memorymoog, Polymoog, Mini-Moog, Oberheim Matrix-12 (which is in a friend's studio and owned by him) and still in the possession of a mint condition Jupiter 8 and a little monophonic Yamaha CS-01 (which actually has the same oscillator as the big CS-80!).
That's probably why I took to the Tyros4 so readily, as it has quite a few more synth/pad voices than the previous Tyros, the PC Editor is brilliant, and the sound is very much in the vein of the Motif, but for some reason, sounds (to my ears anyway)_more detailed and warm, although you can get edgy and cool if you wish.
Many are big evolving patches that I've only heard on digital/analog hybrids, and are pretty hard to get on a strictly analog synth like my JP-8, and, of course, listening to Telmo, there are a lot of cool patches available through Yamaha.
Much of my earlier work, back in the day (when dinosaurs ruled the earth
), was in radio, doing segues and ad "donuts" (music before and after a commercial or news show) and I sure wish I had the sounds (and the power) of an instrument like the Tyros4, or it's closest equivalent, a Korg PA3X. Having styles would have been a real boon for some types of recordings, so that's why I touched on the Wersi's arranger capabilities in my earlier post.
Again, thanks for the clarification. I searched YouTube for any Wersi arranger synth demos, but didn't fare so well.
Do you have any links that might be useful?
Ian