Pegasus Keyboard

The Pegasus from Wersi was one of the last keyboards to be released before the new Abacus and was built as a professional workstation

Pegasus keyboard

There were 2 different versions of the Pegasus - Pegasus 1 and Pegasus 2

The Pegasus 2 keyboard was an upgrade, featuring more sounds, rhythms, and programs and had a large touch screen to control every thing, whereas Pegasus 1 had buttons to control the screen functions.

It is also possible to have your Pegasus upgraded with OX7 drawbars and Golden Gate Dance '98"

 

Pegasus with Ox7 upgrade .  

The Pegasus 1 keyboard.  The Pegasus incorporated all of Wersi's new technology and gave the most realistic sounds ever. The Pegasus 2 is an expansion on that and incorporates Wersi's even newer technological advancements

Specifications

Cabinet

  • robust elegant cabinet

    Tiers

  • one 5 octave tier
  • velocity sensitive
  • split points

    Operation

  • large touch-screen display with switch functions
  • free user-specific display programming
  • data input with jog-shuttle
  • "help " button for direct help for the user in the German language (other languages on inquiry)
  • complete control of the entire keyboard through freely programmable setups (one touch-play)

    Sounds

  • 256 factory sounds
  • 256 user sounds (free programmable)
  • 2 sounds per tier
  • free stereo allocation of the sounds
  • adjustable reverb settings for each sound
  • programming via touch-screen display
  • envelope, vibrato, sample start, etc.
  • 6 buttons for special effccts (programmable)

    Tone Generation

  • Asic transputer technology
  • 45 MHz time frequency
  • sample rate, 44.1 KHz
  • 32-bit-system, 24-bit-signal-processing
  • 20 bit D/A-converter (high performance bitstream)
  • 54 polyphonic voices
  • 11 MB sound memory

    Reverb & Effects

  • 18 reverb programs
  • 12 effect programs
  • slow /fast with rotary effect
  • 24-bit-signal-processing
  • reverb balance for each sound

    • General Settings

  • 81 user setups (programmable)
  • one setup can be combined with several other setups
  • sub-setups: combi accomp. - system - effects -foot switches - MIDI - display

    Styles and Accompaniments

  • 48 factory styles with 2 variations
  • up to 48 additional user styles
  • drums / accompaniment with variations
  • up to 8 harmony variations
  • intros, endings, fill 1, fill 2
  • 120 drum sounds
  • 6 ROM drumsets (General MIDI)
  • 6 user drumsets
  • 1/768 bar resolution
  • programming of personal styles with intro, main, fills, endings and harmony variations

    16-Track-Sequencer

  • up to 15 loadable sequences
  • 16 independent sequencer tracks
  • live-sequencer for recordings with styles
  • numerous editing functions

    MIDI

  • 16-part multi timbral
  • channels freely selectable
  • 9 user MIDI adjustments
  • load and save Standard MIDI files
  • General MIDI

    General

  • 3.5" floppy disk drive (DOS format)
  • pitch & modulation wheels
  • WERSlchord
  • aftertouch

    Connections

  • line out, line in, MIDI in/out/thru, headphone jack, volume pedal with 2 switches, foot switch

    Dimensions

  • 112.5 x 43.5 x 13 cm, weight: about 22 kg

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    Pegasus 2 expander

    Pegasus Plus - the incredible upgrade

    Interactive hard disk for 512 styles and sequences for instant access. No disk changing, no waiting period. A great number of additional features such as slow and fast rotary effects, new drawbar organs, programmable 3-band EQ and many more!

     
    • 120 MB Hard drive
    • interactive access to styles and sequences
    • 512 styles directly accessible
    • 100 styles located in the hard drive
    • 512 sequences directly accissable
    • additional storage available on disk
    • new drawbar organ sounds
    • programmable EQ
    • text shown in display for SMF's

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