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Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:13 am

Here comes an impro with a multisampled Oud patch from Aqualignum, all 6 open (double)strings and one fretted string (G3) were sampled at 5 velocity layers and 3x round robin (3 variations per sample), so there are 105 samples in this patch.
http://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/o ... or-alchemy

More multisampled Oud coming, like up and down slides with 2x round robin and vibrato tones with 3x round robin.

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 12:52 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 9:15 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 10:19 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 5:52 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 4:13 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 5:42 am

This has now been released.

matteogk · Post by **matteogk** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:09 am

Hello, I have been playing Aqualignum for a couple of hours since yesterday, and... what can I say? The "usual" amazing quality of all Simon's releases is here again.

Playing the oud is such a pleasure; a virtual acoustic instrument that stands out alone, as a solo voice, and tell a story on its own.
Many "aquatic" soundscapes/textures, are programmed with deep care in Alchemy's remix pad, to make them musically alive.
But... all demos speak better than me...

This is not any Aqualignum review, it's just (another) "Thank You" to Simon!

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:57 am

matteogk wrote:Hello, I have been playing Aqualignum for a couple of hours since yesterday, and... what can I say? The "usual" amazing quality of all Simon's releases is here again.

Playing the oud is such a pleasure; a virtual acoustic instrument that stands out alone, as a solo voice, and tell a story on its own.
Many "aquatic" soundscapes/textures, are programmed with deep care in Alchemy's remix pad, to make them musically alive.
But... all demos speak better than me...

This is not any Aqualignum review, it's just (another) "Thank You" to Simon!

Thank you for the feedback, Matteo, what a nice thing to read on a Sunday morning after just returning from the hospital, where I was treated on some strange allergic shock reaction...(nuts/Muesli???)

Nice to read, how you characterize the oud sound, I had the same feeling when sampling/programming it and I can spend hours myself improvising with the oud patches...

matteogk · Post by **matteogk** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 2:22 pm

Hello Simon,
hope you are well now. Allergies are such an unknown mistery and I know too, so well. I carefully read each food label of anything I buy since then...

And, yes, the oud is so expressive, very inspiring. The blend with the waterphone soundscapes makes it very easy to say "uao! I got something already!".
Think I'll be using it in my upcoming theater performance about primitive sardininan civilization stories, which will be performed in one month here in north Sardinia, where I actually live.

All my warm best whises to you.

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