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Drawbar Settings [Upper]

By Thomas Shevels

An assortment of intersting sounds, some quite simple, others complex. A number of these were from the Klaus Wunderlichs LP  Wersitime 2, demonstrating the Wersi Helios organ.  They were originally for the Helios range and as such have two extra drawbars [4/5 and 1.2/3 pitches if memory serves!] so a user might have to fiddle a bit to extract the perfect sound. This is in fact the big secret of the crisp drawbar sounds from that range.

Wersivoice normal rotary setting:

FULL                   5078245783

SOFT                   6085000070

BRILLIANT          5058000000

SIMPLE               0088800000
DISCO                 7825256784

TUTTI-FRUITI       5488888884

HOLLOW             4880004040
SHARP                5082468885

VERY SHARP      4074488884

MEDIUM             7807063486
TRUMPET            0068876530

CLARINET           0072724200

FLUTEY               0082000000
ENSEMBLE         7825256784

Deep Rotary settings:

6806313580

6836024480

8852000000

8888888888

Slow rotary settings:

FLAT                  8853030000
SLOW                8870000050
WHIRL               8853030000 + PERC DBRS 0000800050

No Wersivoice:

GLOCK'SPIEL    6805000800 + FULL SUSTAIN

CHIMES             5800020080 + FULL SUSTAIN

JIMMY SMITH           [USA] Jazz:

Fast rotor          8880000000

Slow rotor         0000800000

SPECIFIC SONG SETTINGS:

Whiter Shade of Pale:

1st half: Slow            7880050086

2nd half: Rotary        7888850086

Ipanema:                   8808000088 Slow rotary
Cheek to Cheek:       5808040840 No WVoice

Dankeshon:              5806080080 + MEDIUM SUSTAIN [no WV]

Rock @ Clock:           6886500000 Full WV rotary