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Sunday, September 06, 2015

WERSI CX1 WERSIMATIC Analog Groove Box 1982 | HD DEMO


Published on Sep 6, 2015 AnalogAudio1

"(c) 2015 by AnalogAudio1

In the beginning of the video I added a little reverb from a Dynacord DRP20 on the drums, all other effects came from the CX1 itself.

Wersi WERSI MATIC CX1 is a programmable rhythm machine / accompaniment from Germany.

The CX1 has preset rhythms and is also programmable. It has analog sound generation for the drums and the accompaniment. Tape interface for storing own patterns onto tape - like on analog synths as Korg Polysix or Roland Juno-60. The drums sound a bit like the Korg KR-55.

The CX1 was also included in Wersi organs of the day."

Saturday, February 22, 2020

1982 Vintage WERSI wersimatic CX1 analog drum machine rhythm synthesizer

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via this auction

"Wersi WERSI MATIC CX1 is a programmable rhythm machine / accompaniment from Germany.

The Wersi CX-1 is a Preset Rhythm Accompaniment and Drum Computer. It offers 64 presets with analog based sounds for drums and rhythm accompaniment. It has 3 sounds for bass, 5 for rhythms and 5 for accompaniment sequences. There is no sound editing of the internal synthesizer but the rhythm and drum sequences are user programmable and can be stored internally or via tape interface.

The CX1 has preset rhythms and is also programmable. It has analog sound generation for the drums and the accompaniment. Tape interface for storing own patterns onto tape – like on analog synths as Korg Polysix or Roland Juno-60. The drums sound a bit like the Korg KR-55.

The CX1 was also included in Wersi organs of the day.

Original receipt from 1983 $2,124

Original User Guide

Original Technical Data / Assembly Manual"

Saturday, October 21, 2023

Wersi Wersimatic CX1 / CX2


video upload by ohm_studi_ohm

"Demo of a Wersi CX1 I just serviced. Showcasing the general functionality of the instrument by fiddling with some presets I made.

This unit is actually more a CX2 since it was upgraded at some point to a CX2. This was a possibility given by Wersi when they released the CX2 not too long after the CX1. Basically it replaced the full analog drum sounds with 12 bit PCM drum samples. Otherwise the CX1 and CX2 shared the same analog arranger and programming unit. There are still 4 analog drum synthesized sounds in the CX (maracas, claves, tambourine and "synthdrum", the latter being only manually triggered).

The CXs also have 3 SSM2044 filters for the 3 analog parts (bass, chord and arpeggio) and it features a great Wersivoice BBD triple chorus card to give that ensemble sound to the string presets sounds (check my videos about these units if you dont know how they sound).

Both drum and arranger parts are programmable and you can store your own 16 presets, in top of the 48 builtin presets. Instant 80s and italo disco sound with this unit. Very close in philosphy and sound to the mlighty Bohm Digital Drums, with the latter being a much more advanced unit though."

Monday, May 03, 2021

WERSI CX2 WERSIMATIC Analog Groove Box 1985 | HD DEMO


video by AnalogAudio1

"(c) 2021 by AnalogAudio1

In the beginning of the video I added a little reverb from a Lexicon MPX500 on the drums, all other sounds came directly dry from the CX2.

Wersi WERSI MATIC CX2 is a programmable rhythm machine / accompaniment from Germany.

The CX2 has preset rhythms and is also programmable. The drums are digital 8-bit samples of real drums. The CX2 It's micro processor controlled, but it has analog sound generation for the accompaniment. A kind of "solina string ensemble" is also on board. Tape interface for storing own patterns onto tape - like on analog synths as Korg Polysix or Roland Juno-60. The Wersi CX2 is the successor of the CX1, which is essentially the same, except the drums. The earlier CX1 has fully analog drum sounds, whereas the CX2 uses digital samples.

The CX2 was also included in Wersi organs of the day. It's similar to the 'Böhm Digital Drums'."

Additonal WERSI CX2 posts

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

WERSI Matic CX1


More on the WERSI Matic CX1 sent my way. It's a synth, rhythm box in one. Cool little thing, isn't it?

Audio: WERSI Matic CX1 MP3

New JPG:

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Wersi Matic CX1

via this auction

"Wersi Matic CX1 Vintage programable Stereo Analog Drum machine/Synth from the 1970's?. The WERSI company was formed by two brothers, Wilhelm-Erich and Reinhard Franz in Halsenbach, Germany."

Update via Yo Han in the comments: "It's from 1982"

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Wersi CX1 Wersimatic

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via this auction

Service:
Recap of PSU
Voltage regulators (7815/7915) are replaced by new ones.
The keyboard contacts were serviced.
Push switches were serviced with IPA.
Several suspicious looking solder joints were reflown.
A better power cable was installed.
220V/50 Hz.

Thursday, November 26, 2015

ELKA DRUMMER ONE Analog Rhythm Box 1969 | HD DEMO | SAMPLE PACK


Published on Nov 26, 2015 AnalogAudio1

"(c) 2015 by AnalogAudio1

The DRUMMER ONE is a very rare, professional analog rhythm box from Elka, Italy. High quality hardware. All rhythms are mixable. All drum sounds have volume knobs to set the volume individually. It was primarily used by krautrock artists as Cluster (Zuckerzeit) and Kraftwerk.

I played the Drummer One with a small amout of ambience from a Lexicon MPX-500 and delay from a Korg SDD-3000. At the end of the video you hear SDD-3000 echo madness ;-)

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"ELKA DRUMMER ONE" SAMPLE PACK

Do you like the Elka Drummer One sounds? You can purchase it as SAMPLE PACK for 6,99 Euros. All drum sounds of the machine are included (16 bit / 44,1 kHz wav samples).

Recording was made in high quality using RME studio equipment. All original pure sound directly from the machine's output, without any treatments.

After payment through PayPal you will get the sample pack via email.

If you want to buy the sample pack, send a message to

ceramic-man@gmx.de

The following SAMPLE PACKS are available:

Saturday, November 12, 2011

WERSI - "Funky" Wersimatic CX1 ...(1982)


YouTube Uploaded by premiumexpert on Aug 6, 2011

"Soundcheck : Analog Drums + Synthe Bass + Wah Guitar + Clarinets
(some reverb added)"

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

rare birds: Welson Ritmo / analog drum and accompaniment unit


video upload by ohm_studi_ohm

Also see this one from 2022 with a smaller keyboard controller.

"The Welson Ritmo was a accompaniment unit intended as an add-on to some of Welson's organ line. It consists of a rhythm unit, a bass section, a chord section and an arpeggiato section. All sounds are of course fully analog. It is very similar in features and sound to the Elka Wilgamat, Böhm Böhmat and Wersi Wersimatic CX1. They are actually built around the same chipset family (SGS M2xx), but the Ritmo cannot be programmed.

It was never intended as a standalone unit so I built a custom keyboard to make it so.

Unit is very easy and straightforward to use with some nice features: for instance you can play it in "free chord" or 'one finger chord'. In the first mode you need to make a 3 notes chord to trigger the arp sound. With one or 2 notes you only trigger the bass and chord sounds, this make for some nice performance variations. The bass section can be set to 'walking bass', and in this mode you also need 3 notes to trigger the melody.

In 'one finger chord' you play a major chord with one key. There is a pedal input on the back to make the chords minors. I also added a switch on the keyboard to alternate between major and minor chords when playing in the "one finger chord" mode.

Other nice features are "keystart" (obvious functionnality) and 'memory' which holds the played notes (and rhythm). And like almost all the preset rhythm units you can combine different rhythms together."



Pics via SALES.OHMSTUDIOHM@GMX.FR

Monday, February 23, 2015

Elka X 1000 repair


Published on Feb 23, 2015 organfairy

"Lately the Elka has developed some problems and now it has annoyed me long enough. So it is time to try to fix it. The disc drive cannot write, the aftertouch doesn't work properly, and the battery is dead.
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The music is a piece by Curt Prina called 'CX1 calls Alpha Star'. I heard it here on YT in a version played by an organist named Wayne Bingham who plays it on a Hohner GP-98. It was originally written for a Wersi and now I play it on the Elka. So you could in a way call it a cover of a cover. I hope he doesn't mind...."
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