I would like some evolving pads and a copy of Alchemy to play them on.

I know for a FACT that Camel Audio is paying certain individuals for Alchemy presets and possibly soundsets.

Mike

Can I ask how is the Best of Cameleon preset pack going?

The ability to import Cameleon sounds in to Alchemy is almost finished, but still requires testing. I don't think it will make the v1.11 release, but it will almost certainly be available for v1.12. Once that is ready and we're happy with it, we'll be able to start work on the Best of Cameleon sound bank.

Peace,
Andy.

Awesome news!

Are there any dubstep presets for alchemy, wobble basses etc?

There are some that would probably fit the bill in the Bonus 1 bank - some of bManics spring to mind. I've been writing some dub step influenced electronica just using Alchemy, and I've managed to find some decent basses. There are also some more dub step basses on the way.

If anyone else reading this has some more specific preset names, please post away.

Ben

I've made some new ones lately which will most likely be included at some point.

Cheers!
bManic

Very cool!

I found a good starting point the 'Nosier' patch.

The actual presets seems to be extremely focussed in the weird and strong audio manipulation area. That can be good for somebody, but I think Alchemy can do much more (maybe Im wrong?).

So I would like to have more conventional sounds in the presets (workstation type, etc.) using the good tools that Alchemy has.

Also would be very good to have presets which explore the additive and morphing capabilities to create acoustic and new acoustic/hybrid sounds. In the actual presets I dont see practically nothing in this area, where I think Alchemy can do very interesting things emulating "real" sounds with the much improved additive synthesis and to create new sounds morphing between diferent sources. An "acoustic" bank done by some good sound programmer would be amazing (Bigtone and Daniel Maurer come to my mind).

I think others have requested something similar in this thread, so maybe there is some hope and we can see other sides of Alchemy.

That's something I have a big interest in. I created 3 banks for Cameleon ages ago exploring largely hybrid morphing sounds (Metamorphosis, Industrial and Horizon banks) and when I get round to it will try and convert them. I also made some experiments in using the same approach in Alchemy which I posted very early on in the preset sharing thread - they are here:

http://cid-c7b2fc04bce4c85f.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Mu sic/Sounds/Alchemy

I have also posted several banks for Modelonia (some also need Kore 2) that explore similar types of morphing hybrid sound (but using a physical modelling engine)

Thanks aMUSEd, I will try your presets later.

How do you find the Alchemy morphing capabilities compared to C5k?

I had a good time exploring C5k creating presets and the morphing was spectacular, the sound liquifies and transform like a fluid from source to source.

Now with Alchemy I dont have the same sensation and I even get clicks while morphing (strange no one has complained about it?). I have the impression that Alchemy cant do what C5k was doing so brilliantly. The target now (judging by the presets included) seems to be mainly sample mangling and not that (to me at least) magic and morphable instruments from C5k.

In fact I tried to import my C5k presets and the sound is totally different and also the morphing behaviour is not the same, not to mention the clicks mentioned.

Also when I tried to import 4 additive sources in Alchemy and tried to morph, the cpu hit seems to be much more than C5k, its me or its normal?

Do you think, we have lost those good things from C5k?

I'd like a faithful recreation of John Paul Jones' keyboard in "No Quarter". I just purchased Alchemy, so if this already exists somewhere, please enlighten me!

I also believe that a bank of bread and butter sounds would go along ways to rounding out the breadth of the presets. I do mostly scoring work of various types and children's music, and simple, MUSICAL sounds are my staple. I would love to have a large number of Roland-JV-style keyboard stacks and such in Alchemy. I have yet to find the softsynth that will encourage me to sell off my late-90's romplers.

+1

I'm interested in buying Alchemy but what holds me back is a lack of clean sounds. Alchemy has the power to sound like anything, but it seems to me most presets sound like ambient or trance. How about some some snappy, clean, acoustic-y sounds?