AudioThing Wurly // Review, Walkthrough, Demo // Desktop, iPad, iPhone
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- čas přidán 12. 06. 2024
- Links etc are below. This video is a review and walkthrough of the Wurly plugin by AudioThing. Wurly uses a mix of physical modeling and sampling to emulate a Wurlitzer electric piano. The Electric section of the app is purely physically modeled (no samples used), while the mechanical section uses a combination of samples and physical modeling.
IOS Version:
apps.apple.com/app/wurly-elec...
Intro Price: $12.99 (ends July 9th)
Full Price: $19.99.
Blurb: Wurly is a plugin emulation of the famous Wurlitzer electric pianos from the 60s and 70s. Faithfully capturing the distinct, soulful tone and dynamic feel of the original instruments, this emulation includes both the classic 200 and the refined 200A models.
Available as Standalone and AUv3.
Also available for desktop (Mac, Linux, Windows) - Hudba
Links etc are below, for purchasing the app as well as for supporting my work, thank you! This video is a review and walkthrough of the Wurly plugin by AudioThing. Wurly uses a mix of physical modeling and sampling to emulate a Wurlitzer electric piano. The Electric section of the app is purely physically modeled (no samples used), while the mechanical section uses a combination of samples and physical modeling. This vid will be useful if you want to know things like:
What the clank knob does
Easiest ways to make the sound gritty
What I think is missing from the UI
How to use the velocity curve and keytracking functions
How the heck to hear what the harp and stomp knobs do!
Post-Production Note: I pointed out in this vid that the black keys come down very far in the Standalone app. What I showed is the default, Standard setting. At least that is how it looks on my 12.9 inch iPad. I just found out that this can be changed in Settings - best to set it to ‘Small’. You can also try double tapping the border of the standalone UI to rescale the app in a way that will make the keyboard bigger. With those settings changed, the standalone keyboard becomes perfectly playable. Thanks to Samu for pointing this out to me.
Some more info from Carlo, the dev:
“Typically, Wurlitzers are recorded through their output jack, but the sound is entirely different when you play standing in front of them and hearing the sound from the speakers along with the acoustic and mechanical sounds/noises. I was used to the barky sound in iconic recordings, which is nice, but I've always preferred the Rhodes sound. I ended up getting a 200A because they are lighter and I could manage to move it on my own, while Rhodes are way too heavy...
The first time I tried the 200A, it was powered off. Just hitting a few keys made me fall in love with it! And I ended up also getting a 200!
I think the best way to capture the Wurlitzer's sound is to mic both speakers and, if necessary, mix in some of the aux output.
We tried to develop a plugin that could offer this and more. So, if you want a more Rhodes-like sound with Wurly, you can increase the Clank section and perhaps add a bit of Hammer/Key Up noises.”
Someone asked about this compared to the Pianoteq Wurly (which is named "Vintage Reeds") and I spent some time comparing them. They sound so different. Both sound good with tweaking but I will note that the Audiothing Wurly Init patch is very quiet compared to the Pianoteq one. Pianoteq presets seem at first listen to suggest it is more versatile in some ways, but this is largely because of the inbuilt effects. The Audiothing Wurly UI allows you to dial in radical changes very quickly to the actual pre-fx sounds in a way that Pianoteq seems not to. Pianoteq gives no control over pickup position etc that I can see. The Audiothing Wurli mechanical noises are much, much more pleasing to my ears. The ones in Pianoteq are kind of terrible in comparison actually. I don't see any control in Pianoteq that will alter the sound the way the Clank knob in Audiothing Wurly does. Really, Audiothing Wurly gives much much more control over the aspects of the basic model itself that are most important for sound design. I have never played a real hardware Wurli. To make any kind of fair and meaningful comparison, in terms of authenticity, I think someone would have to be very familiar with both the Pianoteq and the Audiothing Wurlitzers, and with original hardware Wurlis. But basically, judged on their merits alone, I think that preset players might prefer Pianoteq Wurli but tweakers and experimentalists might prefer the Audiothing Wurly. After some consideration, I feel that I prefer the Audiothing Wurly. But, lack of sustain pedal on the UI and no support for incremental sustain are weaknesses of the Audiothing Wurly. Seems neither is perfect, tbh.
IOS Version:
apps.apple.com/app/wurly-electric-piano/id6474792239
Intro Price: $12.99 (ends July 9th)
Full Price: $19.99.
Blurb: Wurly is a plugin emulation of the famous Wurlitzer electric pianos from the 60s and 70s. Faithfully capturing the distinct, soulful tone and dynamic feel of the original instruments, this emulation includes both the classic 200 and the refined 200A models.
Available as Standalone and AUv3.
Also available for desktop (Mac, Linux, Windows)
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Thanks for the walk-through. Good suggestions, too.
Beautiful run through my man, as always 🙌
Thnx brother ♥
Oh, that mellow, sweet voice from that thing! 🤩Lo-fi all the way! I need to replicate this on my favorite synth so I can explore more. I want to rip out the essence of that sound.
Great video, Gavin. I enjoyed listening to your meditative narration while Wurli playing in the background. 🤗
Thnx buddy. Yes, this sounds gorgeous. I kind of wish it had adsr envelopes so I could latch it. A few of these would make a great, great drone machine.
Great Sound, Great Video, one of the best developers (and really fairly prices at audiothing).
For any wurly needs this is great!
Cheers Baze! Yeah, kinda wish I had gone into the Pianoteq comparison in this vid, because it really is better, imo. I tend to avoid comparison videos as they are a minefield and very time consuming, if one is to do them fairly and thoroughly
As an owner of a Model 200A ... this is an extremely useful overview/ review!
Very glad to hear that! How do you think the sound compares?
@@GavinskisTutorials I could not possibly have an honest opinion without actually playing it.
very wurly indeed!
Great video as always, Gavinski. Pianoteq has me covered for my Wurli needs, but always nice to have more options.
Initially I agreed with you that Pianoteq covers the same ground, perhaps better. But when I spent a good half hour comparing them, I actually realised how much control Pianoteq is lacking compared to Audiothing's Wurli. I've decided that if I could only have one, I'd rather have the Audiothing. I've added a section to my main pinned comment on this video explaining why.
@@GavinskisTutorials that's actually pretty awesome to hear as I'm always open to finding something better and honestly the mechanical noises in Pianoteq have always been the weakest point imo as well. I'm looking forward to taking this for a spin. Thanks for the updated thoughts and please let me how you get along with it as time goes on.
@bluegroove777 my pleasure. Get back to me with your thoughts too. Those Pianoteq mechanical noises in the Wurly genuinely suck in comparison!
They teased this one for a couple of months. Sadly I'm flat broke right now. One day I'll have to grab it though 😅 Thank you for the tutorial!
Hi Cory. Ah, were they teasing it pre launch? I had no idea lol
Yeah, I feel like it was as early as March they'd just show pics of the Wurlitzer logo and/or some knobs.
Very nice tutorial. Thank you!
Thanks for the thanks, Francesco!
Thanks for the thanks, Francesco!
It’s a very thoughtful app
Cool
Cheers Mirek 🔥
Sounds very nice! Great that you can dial in all these little sound aspects. Could be fun to just use these sounds for percussion. ;) Also good suggestions for more hands on control. Thanks!
Yes haha, good idea about using those as percussion, the Stomp sound is quite nice for that, definitely
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Curly wurly.