Then an SM57, for an essential dynamic mic sound, and finally settled on a Sennheiser e600 series dynamic mic for a further contrasting character. ![]() A pair of vintage 1970s AKG 414s, one on each speaker, to record the warmth and low end. To make sure the full nastiness of the broken speaker distortion was fully captured, 4 different mics were used in the studio. The 3 round-robin layers make the playing experience feel very real - this is the first sampled electric piano we have played that really feels physical and mechanical. Soniccouture wanted to sample it, so they conducted some experiments with just recording single notes from the speaker with a microphone, and it sounded very cool - giving the iconic Wurlizter tone some real drive and bite.īroken Wurli is a totally unique electric piano instrument - using the 3 dials (below) on the front panel you can mix any sound you need from classic, clean line out, to growling distortion and buzzing chords. The left hand speaker breaks up and sounds absolutely savage, while the right hand speaker does the expected 'clean' (but lo-fi) sound. ![]() So, they borrowed it, and he was right, it did sound really great. Why did Soniccouture sample a Broken Wurlitzer 200A electric piano? Asking around producers they know, to see if anyone had any junky, but cool sounding old keyboards Neil Davidge, producer for Massive Attack, said “.erm, I have an old Wurlizer piano with a dodgy distorting speaker that sounds great”.
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