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Alchemy in Logic, some tips

Here are some tips I just discovered after checking the new Alchemy in LogicX:

Concerning 3rd party libraries:

The new location for Alchemy presets (acp files)

Library (not user)Application Support/Logic/Plugin Settings/Alchemy

So if you own libraries for Alchemy version 1, just drop the entire library folder there with the presets (acp files) then hit refresh in the Alchemy browser. There is no need to move the sample content from version 1 libraries, as the sample path is stored with the old presets. That saves 5 years of my own sound design work, time to party!

Mac Pro (Late 2013), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), G-Raid

Posted on Aug 25, 2015 12:53 PM

42 replies

Sep 1, 2015 6:00 PM in response to Sampleconstruct

Anyone looking for fresh Alchemy 2-patches, check out my upcoming sound library here:

http://www.patchpool.de/alchemy_resurrection.html

Sep 1, 2015 6:45 PM in response to Adrian_S

Adrian_S wrote:

I think Apple deserves a lot of praise for this. .....

Well, in reality the praise should really go to the Camel Audio programmers as this version is, for all intent and purpose.... the long awaited Alchemy v2 that was often 'whispered' about but never materialized...

Glad that Apple actually included it "for free' in Logic and that they included all the original CA libraries too but I do feel those Windows/VST/Non Logic users and long time CA customers who were also awaiting the V2 update... got a raw deal....

Sep 5, 2015 4:07 PM in response to Sampleconstruct

As I posted on another forum, since it keeps asking for you to supply your admin password, that's a warning to say this isn't the correct location to put files.

Every user has a "Audio Music Apps" folder that you're suppose to put your own presets and that's just not Alchemy but anything related to Logic Pro X.

To see the correct location select an existing Alchemy preset and click on "Save As" pretending that you modified it in some way.

When the dialog box pops up to ask for a name, notice the location where it's going to put the preset.

In my picture, the last folder to the right, "Libraries" was already there.

I added "AlchemyV1" and "Samples".

That's where I put all my AlchemyV1 presets.

Sep 5, 2015 9:03 PM in response to ValliSoftware

This patch morphs between two re-synthesized spectral sources, a bamboo chime texture and a bowed crotales note with a long decay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6dzLz5pCyE

Sep 14, 2015 7:46 PM in response to Sampleconstruct

This Alchemy 2-patch uses additive re-synthesis of 2 images I made with ArtMatic which produces some awesome sounds if you take the time to adjust the re-synthesized data somewhat in the additive editors. Morphing between the snapshots in the video in several passes, the patch is set to morphing between the 2 sources.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO0Bx9IbtGU

Sep 25, 2015 6:05 PM in response to Sampleconstruct

The additive re-synthesis sometimes works exceptionally well, like in this example where I re-synthesized multi-sampled bass flute swells and decays which are playing in one source each (4 samples in each source over an 2 octave range of the bass flute). A real improvement in Alchemy version 2 is the fact, that we can now use multi-sampled re-synthesized sounds in each source which gets rid of all the artifacts when extremely transposing sounds up and down. By tweaking the additive parameters the flute sound can morph into something totally different like a church organ, glass sounds and more, check out this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X9zAf5xf7E

Oct 6, 2015 8:33 PM in response to Sampleconstruct

Just wanted to share a little night jam I put together with 100% Alchemy 2, a multi-sampled stick cello (cello played with drum sticks - 5 velocity layers/3x round robin - 10 pitches sampled between C1 - G3), a multi-sampled marching drum and a windpad snapshot:

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/little-night-vamp-resurrection-for-alchem y-2

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Oct 6, 2015 10:30 PM in response to Sampleconstruct

Sampleconstruct wrote:

Just wanted to share a little night jam I put together with 100% Alchemy 2, a multi-sampled stick cello (cello played with drum sticks - 5 velocity layers/3x round robin - 10 pitches sampled between C1 - G3), a multi-sampled marching drum and a windpad snapshot:

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/little-night-vamp-resurrection-for-alchem y-2

Beautiful, wonderful sounds... I like the little turnaround getting back to the minor.

Oct 7, 2015 7:12 PM in response to Pancenter

Yeah, needed a little jazz at the turnaround 🙂

Thank's for listening!

Oct 7, 2015 9:58 PM in response to Pancenter

Pancenter wrote:

Beautiful, wonderful sounds... I like the little turnaround getting back to the minor.

+1.... 🙂

Nice work Sampleconstruct....

Nigel

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Oct 7, 2015 10:04 PM in response to Sampleconstruct

What was the name of the VST/AU that you did the granular synth programming for? It was last year I think.

Oct 8, 2015 8:40 AM in response to Sampleconstruct

All sounds in this slightly spooky demo are spectrally re-synthesized, 2 fresh Alchemy patches made today - the four vocal sounds morph into each other using element morphing with separate morph speeds (via LFOs) for spectral and formant morphing, the piano scrapes and string accents are split sounds, 2 in each source, ready for Halloween - go!

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/spooky-spectral-morphs-resurrection-for-a lchemy-2

Oct 8, 2015 11:24 AM in response to Pancenter

That was my 2nd library for Padshop Pro/Steinberg Granular Guitars, the year before I did Granular Symphonies, this year I did Colliding Worlds, a drum- and percussion library for Groove Agent.

Oct 8, 2015 11:31 AM in response to The Art Of Sound

Thank's, Nigel!

Oct 13, 2015 1:28 AM in response to Sampleconstruct

Here is a little video demonstrating the sonic possibilities of the patch Harp Spectrality, which spectrally re-synthesizes multi-sampled celtic harp bisbigliandos/tremolos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grri_cieEmc

Alchemy in Logic, some tips