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Wurly - Electric Piano by AudioThing (Released)

ninobeatzninobeatz
edited June 13 in General App Discussion

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wurly-electric-piano/id6474792239

Intro Price: $12.99 (ends July 9th). Full Price:
$19.99.

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.

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  • jwmmakerofmusicjwmmakerofmusic

    That looks cool. 😃 Although, I'm debating whether to get it since I have a ton of EP sounds in various romplers already. 🤔 For instance, the Suitcase expansion in Pure Synth Platinum 2.

  • Stuntman_mikeStuntman_mike

    Pianoteq got me covered, but I love AudioThing 🤔

  • richardyotrichardyot

  • richardyotrichardyot

    https://www.audiothing.net/instruments/wurly/

  • jwmmakerofmusicjwmmakerofmusic

    @richardyot said:
    https://www.audiothing.net/instruments/wurly/

    Cool! Some physical modelling added in. Now I'll consider this. :)

  • SlushSlush

    Great demo, love the sound! Not sure if this is for a techno head like me.

  • VoytecGVoytecG
    edited June 13

    @richardyot said:

    Hi everybody. This video seems strangely suspicious to me. The sound is apparently Rhodes-like. I bought this program a few minutes ago and that's the sound I can't achieve on it.

    EDIT: Some stuff added in the later post.

  • audiothingaudiothing

    Hi guys, glad you like Wurly so far!
    Just to clarify, the electric section is entirely physically modeled (no samples), while the mechanical section uses a combination of samples and physical modeling.

  • audiothingaudiothing

    @VoytecG said:

    @richardyot said:

    Hi everybody. This video seems strangely suspicious to me. The sound is apparently Rhodes-like. I bought this program a few minutes ago and that's the sound I can't achieve on it.

    Here is some background. 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.

  • thesoundtestroomthesoundtestroom

    Here is my video for Wurly

  • GavinskiGavinski
    edited June 13

    15-min walkthrough and review for those who 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 etc
    How to actually hear what the harp and stomp knobs do!


    Please like and comment on YouTube if you fund it useful, cheers folks

  • RonnieOmelettesRonnieOmelettes
    edited June 13

    Don’t know what’s going on with your standalone app @Gavinski - the keyboard is fine here. I got it to do that once but can’t recreate it.

    @VoytecG are you saying you can’t get any of the sounds heard from the presets in the AudioThing video? Or maybe they have some EQ or effects on them?

  • dogonBeatsdogonBeats

    I’ve toyed around with a few electric piano apps and decided to get this one after seeing someone post about it. Still have yet to delve into this one. The sounds on the demos sound amazing and I wonder what effects are used, if any?

  • SamuSamu

    @RonnieOmelettes said:
    Don’t know what’s going on with your standalone app @Gavinski - the keyboard is fine here. I got it to do that once but can’t recreate it.

    @VoytecG are you saying you can’t get any of the sounds heard from the presets in the AudioThing video? Or maybe they have some EQ or effects on them?

    Ditto, the keyboard can also be made taller (keyboard size on the menu) and when you double-tap on the edge the UI scales down to show more of the keyboard...

    @audiothing did an amazing job with this one. ZERO complaints from me!

    Cheers!

  • VoytecGVoytecG

    @audiothing said:

    @VoytecG said:

    @richardyot said:

    Hi everybody. This video seems strangely suspicious to me. The sound is apparently Rhodes-like. I bought this program a few minutes ago and that's the sound I can't achieve on it.

    This is very interesting. I tried the app 2 h ago, using headphones (Satechi interface). Since I moved to my normal concert set and stage monitors, the sound has become similar to the one on the Youtube video.

    Here is some background. 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...

    I finish with Rhodes in 1981. After that I used the K 1000 very sporadically, only when there was no piano, then piano only 'till last few years. Now my Numa and Novation keyboard are 12+3 kilos.

    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.

    I just done opposite way, and I'm starting to be happy. Give me some more hours.

  • GavinskiGavinski

    @Samu said:

    @RonnieOmelettes said:
    Don’t know what’s going on with your standalone app @Gavinski - the keyboard is fine here. I got it to do that once but can’t recreate it.

    @VoytecG are you saying you can’t get any of the sounds heard from the presets in the AudioThing video? Or maybe they have some EQ or effects on them?

    Ditto, the keyboard can also be made taller (keyboard size on the menu) and when you double-tap on the edge the UI scales down to show more of the keyboard...

    @audiothing did an amazing job with this one. ZERO complaints from me!

    Cheers!

    The situation with the black keys is how it is on my device on the default setting. I see it can be improved by changing keyboard size to Small in Settings, thanks for pointing that out, and I’ll mention it in the pinned comment on my vid. If keyboard size is set to Large, the black keys come all the way to the bottom. Perhaps @audiothing should put Small as default rather than having Standard as default. Probably makes sense to have the scaled down UI Samu mentioned as the default too. In fact, it seems that it was designed to work best on that scaled down setting, as that way, the black keys don’t touch the bottom.

  • SamuSamu

    @Gavinski said:

    The situation with the black keys is how it is on my device on the default setting. I see it can be improved by changing keyboard size to Small in Settings, thanks for pointing that out, and I’ll mention it in the pinned comment on my vid. If keyboard size is set to Large, the black keys come all the way to the bottom. Perhaps @audiothing should put Small as default rather than having Standard as default. Probably makes sense to have the scaled down UI Samu mentioned as the default too. In fact, it seems that it was designed to work best on that scaled down setting, as that way, the black keys don’t touch the bottom.

    The built-in keyboard is not even needed when using it as an AUv3 as most hosts except AUM provide a decent built-in keyboards.

    I preferre the 'zoomed' view as default so I can see what the F is going on :sunglasses:
    Panning the screen up a bit in zoomed view reveals the keys at full width...

  • GavinskiGavinski

    @Samu said:

    @Gavinski said:

    The situation with the black keys is how it is on my device on the default setting. I see it can be improved by changing keyboard size to Small in Settings, thanks for pointing that out, and I’ll mention it in the pinned comment on my vid. If keyboard size is set to Large, the black keys come all the way to the bottom. Perhaps @audiothing should put Small as default rather than having Standard as default. Probably makes sense to have the scaled down UI Samu mentioned as the default too. In fact, it seems that it was designed to work best on that scaled down setting, as that way, the black keys don’t touch the bottom.

    The built-in keyboard is not even needed when using it as an AUv3 as most hosts except AUM provide a decent built-in keyboards.

    I preferre the 'zoomed' view as default so I can see what the F is going on :sunglasses:
    Panning the screen up a bit in zoomed view reveals the keys at full width...

    Yes, AUM keyboard kinda sucks! I definitely enjoy using Xequence AU Keys. Sure the built in keyboard for standalone is not that important, I stick to my guns though that the default view is a strange choice, at least the way it appears on my machine. Anyway, no biggie!

  • AnalogMatthewAnalogMatthew

    This Wurly sounds great! 🔥 Good job @audiothing!

  • TimRussellTimRussell

    Keen to hear any comparisons with the Wurli in Pianoteq which is currently the standard on iOS (IMHO).

  • cuscolimacuscolima

    And how does it compare to the Wurli in korg’s Module Pro?

  • GavinskiGavinski

    @TimRussell said:
    Keen to hear any comparisons with the Wurli in Pianoteq which is currently the standard on iOS (IMHO).

    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. Due to all these factors, in order to make any kind of fair and meaningful comparison, I think someone would have to be very familiar with both the Pianoteq and the Audiothing Wurlitzers, and with original hardware Wurlis. That person is not me but hopefully someone who fits that bill will comment soon. I think that preset players might prefer Pianoteq Wurli but tweakers and experimentalists might prefer the Audiothing Wurly.

  • CracklePotCracklePot

    Wow this thing sounds sooooooo goooooood.
    (based on TSTR demo)
    Thanks for the demo Dougie. 😁👍

  • thesoundtestroomthesoundtestroom

    @CracklePot Thank you, I really like it, it’s a joy to play😊

  • GavinskiGavinski

    @cuscolima said:
    And how does it compare to the Wurli in korg’s Module Pro?

    What is the Wurli called in Module Pro? Have not tried but I can almost guarantee you that the AudioThing and Pianoteq ones will be much better, as the Korg Module Pro instruments are mostly not great tbh. The grand pianos are nowhere near the Pianoteq level imo—others may disagree, of course.

  • GavinskiGavinski

    @Gavinski said:

    @cuscolima said:
    And how does it compare to the Wurli in korg’s Module Pro?

    What is the Wurli called in Module Pro? Have not tried but I can almost guarantee you that the AudioThing and Pianoteq ones will be much better, as the Korg Module Pro instruments are mostly not great tbh. The grand pianos are nowhere near the Pianoteq level imo—others may disagree, of course.

    Very quickly compared the Korg Module Wurley to Audiothing Wurly. The AudioThing one is more versatile and characterful, I would choose it without hesitation over the Korg one.

    Even a look at the UIs shows how the AudioThing one allows for more control:

  • audiothingaudiothing

    @Gavinski regarding the keyboard size, all three available sizes should maintain the correct proportions for both black and white keys. This is how it looks with the standard size on my iPad Air (4th generation):

    It looks like you are just Zoomed in. Double tap on the sides or disable Zoom and Scroll from the settings.

  • raimundoarriagadaraimundoarriagada

    @audiothing said:
    @Gavinski regarding the keyboard size, all three available sizes should maintain the correct proportions for both black and white keys. This is how it looks with the standard size on my iPad Air (4th generation):

    It looks like you are just Zoomed in. Double tap on the sides or disable Zoom and Scroll from the settings.

    Looks beautiful and i'm very tempted to buy this Wurly app, btw.... is in the horizon to do some "Rhodes" app in the near future?

  • GavinskiGavinski

    Yes, Carlo, maybe I had accidentally pressed zoom, cheers. > @audiothing said:

    @Gavinski regarding the keyboard size, all three available sizes should maintain the correct proportions for both black and white keys. This is how it looks with the standard size on my iPad Air (4th generation):

    It looks like you are just Zoomed in. Double tap on the sides or disable Zoom and Scroll from the settings.

  • LoupsLoups

    @raimundoarriagada said:

    @audiothing said:
    @Gavinski regarding the keyboard size, all three available sizes should maintain the correct proportions for both black and white keys. This is how it looks with the standard size on my iPad Air (4th generation):

    It looks like you are just Zoomed in. Double tap on the sides or disable Zoom and Scroll from the settings.

    Looks beautiful and i'm very tempted to buy this Wurly app, btw.... is in the horizon to do some "Rhodes" app in the near future?

    If you're hankering for a modelled Rhodes and don't want to pay Pianoteq prices VTines is well worth a look.

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