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Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 5:25 pm

Two new patches in this track, multisampled Oud vibrati with 3x round robin and multisampled up/down slides with 2x round robin. Several snapshots from both patches were used in 5 instances of Alchemy altogether.

http://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/i ... or-alchemy

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 12:48 am

Here is a rather spooky and dark demo, combining two patches from Aqualignum, one of them using long samples of playing the waterphone standing on a timpani (Waterphone Timpani Duet), in case you have some subwoofers, enjoy!

http://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/a ... or-alchemy

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Wed Jun 11, 2014 9:13 am

Here comes a demo for the patch "Oud Particles", 3 multisampled and processed (->Molekular using presets from my DNA Bank) Oud pitches with 5 velocity layers playing in each of the two sources (C1/A#1/C3 in source A - F1/G2/G3 in source B, each velocity producing a different sound - up to 4 processed layers per single sample were used. The instrument has a range of 5 octaves from C0 - C5.

http://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/o ... or-alchemy

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:17 am

Three new patches in this ambient demo track:

http://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/o ... or-alchemy

The finishing line is in sight, a few more samples to record and patchify, the video trailer is in the making. Fencesitters should decide soon if they want to pre-order.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 7:23 am

Demo for patch "Bowed Oud Layers", morphing between the snapshots while improvising with one instance of Alchemy:

http://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/b ... or-alchemy

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 11:29 am

Here comes the final demo for Aqualignum combining two patches, the main pad being "Oud Stretchpad" and some inserts with "Waterphone Abyss Split", in a few days it's gonna be showtime.

http://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/t ... or-alchemy

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Wed Jun 18, 2014 5:18 am

Here is another video - In The Distance, using two patches (oud vibrato and slides) and several snaps from each patch in several instances of Alchemy (5 altogether):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGi_OsGI1as

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 5:51 pm

Updated the specs for Aqualignum on the website and in the first post of this thread, the video trailer is almost ready, the PDF is in the making - Monday the latest (june 23) is release day.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Thu Jun 19, 2014 7:25 pm

Here comes the video trailer for the sound library Aqualignum for Alchemy.
Video artist: Jim Gawne, music/sound by myself using only sounds from Aqualignum, thank you for the great work, Jim!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpSPnYD6nkw

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Fri Jun 20, 2014 4:12 am

Here is a first walkthrough improvising with/stepping through some patches from Aqualignum:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNLiB7WoR2Q

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:41 am

I just released Aqualignum for Alchemy, rather than starting a new thread, I'll just keep this one alive, the first post was updated accordingly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpSPnYD6nkw

Aqualignum for Alchemy combines waterphone samples from my MachFive library Scattered Entity Vol. 1 with original Oud samples, an Arab string instrument especially multisampled for this library.

The mysterious and haunting tones of the waterphone meet the warm embracing string sounds of the orient. Tradition melds with futurism, water, wood and metal compose Aqualignum. This library contains 56 patches (including 1 variation) making use of 1.76 GB of samples, resynthesized sounds and electronic derivatives. Multisampled string instruments derived from the oud with up to 5 velocity layers and 3x round robin (variations per sample), calm and dark drones, beautiful and fragile waterphone pads, ominous and evocative soundscapes, futuristic textures and metallic percussion instruments are contained in this set.

The oud articulations include plectrum-picked strings (played with a special oud plectrum), finger-plucked vibrato tones, up and down slides, tremoli, bowed oud (violin bow) and some phrases. The waterphone was played with two differently sized bows creating all kinds of arpeggio textures with water-modulated decay-phases, scraping and moaning metal sounds, long sustained notes played with a violin bow for creating multisampled tonal pad sounds and the instrument was beaten with various beaters for metallic percussion sounds and bass tones.

As in all my soundsets for Alchemy I make extensive use of Alchemy's complex modulation possibilities and filters, often intermodulating LFOs/MSEGs/sequencers with each other and assigning numerous parameters to a single Performance Controller. This enables the user to deeply interact with the sounds and shape it according to his/her needs and preferences. The patches can also serve as a starting point for the user's own creations when loading new samples into them and then using the pre-assigned controllers and snapshots in the Remix Pad.

Aqualignum Specs:

• 1.76 Gigabytes of samples (wav) and resynthesized files (.aaz)
• 56 patches (including 1 variation) with 8 variations each in Alchemy's Remix Pad, all Performance Controllers and both x/y-pads are assigned for each patch.
• Delivery: download - RAR-archive in two parts for better download handling.
• Price (paypal): € 38 EUR

All samples in this library were recorded with 3 Neumann microphones in L-C-R in 48 Khz/24 Bit, a U87 as the center mic - a stereo set of KM 184 for L-R, all microphone signals for the oud samples were phase-aligned which improves the stereo picture, enhances the transparency of the sound and makes for snappier transients.

Please note: This library requires the full version of Alchemy (version 1.55 and higher). It does not work with the Alchemy player version.

Product page.

All demos were produced entirely with Alchemy using only patches from Aqualignum, no post-processing was applied apart from a limiter on the outputs and some volume automation if several instances of Alchemy were used in a track.

http://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/s ... or-alchemy

Some videos using sounds from Aqualignum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGi_OsGI1as
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiOkn3FNxoQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNLiB7WoR2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxg3nbAVQrA

Thank's for reading!
Simon Stockhausen

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:15 pm

And a little post-release bump for the other side of the ocean.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:12 am

Sunday morning post-release bumpage.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 7:12 am

Aqualignum release bump for the new week.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 8:04 pm

Bumpage on a chilly Tuesday evening.

Aqualignum for Alchemy released on patchpool - coupon codes inside