Hi Andy. Sort of hard to articulate, but the old flow of Bank/Category/Sound was simply very fluid and quick for me. What I got to, very quickly, were the presets. Presently, I think the amount of columns, the fact that I need to scroll through lists, etc., is a much slower and more cumbersome proposition (again, ymmv).

I understand things aren't likely to change, but even simply putting the "simple mode" pull-down menu categorization of bank/category/preset back the way it was I'd find incredibly useful over seven scrolling lists.

Thanks for the comments. The additional attribute columns can be ignored (obviously). Just set the category (and sound library if that's useful)) and all presets in that category are available using program change or previous / next preset.

IMO this is far superior to accessing a limited number of presets in the current bank / category as the old system did.

While this did take me a while to get used to, thinking in terms of "what type of sound do I want" rather than "where is it" is much more intuitive (IMO).

Peace,
Andy.

I can understand that an FM fan can dream about using it with Alchemy's modulation capabilities!

Another idea (but it's not really the same goal) could be to use Alchemy as a FX plugin. I red about this suggestion on this forum. But it would be the end of Camel Space and Camel Phat... Another issue...

Understood. I'm still in Bank Mode.

If you want a bass sound, you look in the bass folder...?

I also prefer the older way, but then again i dont have any presets installed, so doesnt really affect me much.

I'm not synth expert as most people here by any means - I'm working as a media composer and I use presets most of the time tbh. I think that current presets and sample material don't reflect what's Alchemy capable of, mainly in terms of sound quality. I like Alchemy quite a bit, it's my go-to for soundscapes and pads. My biggest wishes for v2 are: better sound quality and better factory library, and I think that those two are very much connected, since I heard some great quality recordings - mainly from Simon Stockhausen. Maybe Camels can collaborate with Simon on some factory content for v2 - that would be great. With sound quality similar to Omnisphere, Alchemy would be really hard to beat, especially at the current price. New browser is really great and very intuitive, btw.

I apologize if this was already discussed, but I'm new to the forum.

Keep up the great work, Camels!

I should add that since I got Alchemy I spent very little time on those 4.
Sample synthesis is new to me with the exception of frequent use of Sampler in Live (which it uses FM ).

Anyway, I'm to new to Alchemy to be asking any other feature beside the above.

That's why I won't expect that to happen any time soon. Space and Phat are already very nice effects on their own. A little "old" though.. Maybe they are next on the list to be improved? If they will work on enhancements to the internal fx of Alchemy I'm sure that code will find it's way to Space and Phat too.

I'd like to see
4 independent Arpeggiator in Alchemy 2.
The present solution of A/ B/ C / D / ALL
is a bit awkward.

Not to criticize your point of view at all, but I don't get it. The new method seems every bit as easy as the old. Simply select the Bank and the sound type. To me it seems like the same amount of clicks the first time and then much less click every time after that. I just don't see any simplicity being lost but much more power.

Isn't it the same if you want it to be? Click bank > click type > click preset? Except now you don't need to go to the menu every time to see the next presets because they are right there.

Hi! In my view - sound quality is better than Omnisphere, but you have to buy some extra Camel library to achieve this! Camel Audio goes the other way than Spectrasonics - they keep the Alchemy price lower with "small" factory content, and everyone can extend the library by buying some more alchemy banks. It's better than putting the software and all banks together so users have to spend 500$ to even use the software. Camel Audio gives users to choose what they want, there are several bundles with different preset banks on different discounted prices! So thinking this way, I don't feel they should come up with better factory sounds - they should improve here and there and give new functionality instead!

I can't believe I never upgraded from Alchemy Player......


Perhaps I should just wait for Alchemy 2 now

You just can't wait forever or can you?

You know what it is. Alchemy would require a significant investment of time, as I know I'd want to learn it all inside out. Every other synth I have with the possible exception of Zebra is fairly straightforward. I also have Omnisphere, but I pretend that's just a rompler

When I do get it, I suspect it'll take over a bit. I have a folder full of H4N audio recordings ready to go as well!

It's evident that a 200 € synth can not be shipped with 30 Go first quality samples, in every possible domains. If Alchemy works really like a sample manipulator, with resynthesized samples, the raw quality of those samples (recording quality, velocity levels, round robin…) may be less important than when Alchemy works as a kind of modern rompler or sampler (playing samples in "sample mode").

Of course, we don't know much about Alchemy V2, but according to Camel Audio, sound quality improvement should be the first goal. And I agree with this! The VA engine is very good. The modulation capabilities close to perfection. The FX section can be improved, but I think more visually that for sound quality. The additive editor can be improved, and of course the spectral one, not very usable. But the weak points are, in my opinion, the insufficient transparency of resynthesizing (especially in additive mode) and the quality of some samples from the factory bank, especially the acoustic instruments. All this will be improved in V2.

As Cimbasso wrote, Simon Stockhausen showed that Alchemy 1 (or 1.5) can provide very good and interesting sounds with good orchestral samples, even resynthesized in additive mode. The Dream Voices bank, from Camel Audio, is an absolute must, and shows also what Alchemy only can. The demos of the new Biolabs light space bank are very impressive too (I'm just a bit dirt-poor to time, if this expression translated from French by the reverso website makes sense).

I think Alchemy can everything, because it's a top synth, a sampler, and a mix of both. But please Camels, keep V2 as easy to use as V1. A genius performance section (4 alchemy or alchemy player instances just with the Himalaya vintage sound bank and you're the king of Ibiza!). And "right click - add modulation". So cool!