Camel Alchemy users check this out

Camel Audio have released an update to the Alchemy player and it is an excellent update for those of you running the player only. An amazing browser has been installed.

Also they have released a new set of sounds called 'Taste of Camel' and it is either $15 EUR or so or free to many existing customers. I got it free so I cannot complain. It is about an 800 Meg download. It represents 5 presets from every library they make (all 24 so far) so you can get a sense of the library. The sounds are free and amazing and even the 5 patches they give you are incredibly useful. Of course the mix pads give you endless variations and combinations.

I am once again marvelling at the sound of this machine. It has to be one of the best sounding instruments on the planet.

Thanks for the heads up, I like the browser.
Picked up a few titles along with the free sampler.

Hi there Dean. Well after installing the new browser I was a little confused at first but now I see it and it is very well thought out.

Firstly any sound libraries you have installed will show all their presets so they will have quite a large number present. All other libraries will have 5 presets in there and they are the Taste of Camel sounds. 

In the Sound Library column you can just select a particular library and your preset status will show up. Make sure you have 'All' selected over on the far left column so you can see all the types of sounds that are in any library. If you only have Rhythmic selected and you select a library you don't have for example, no presets may show up. But that is only because there are no rhythmical presets in that library. Select Pads instead and you might see one or two sounds. Select All and you will see all 5 presets from the library you have not purchased yet.

Great way to get a sense of how those libraries you don't have yet might sound.

But the browser is great because if you have say three of four libraries installed you can now just audition all the pads from all of them now easily. What I don't like is the name of the sound designer is in a larger field and is a bigger font that the name of the library and the preset. That is a bit silly. It should be the other way around.

my next purchase ....everytime i wanted to purchase i had to buy another (Diva, Trillian, Omnisphere ...) and planed to get komlete 9 ultimate ...but this synth is Serious !!

Do the sounds integrate easy on mix or a headache to pace and mix ?

(basically all  i'm asking is : is it a producer oriented sound design ala Waves Element ....or a pure sound designer thingy .....fun but hard to integrate ?)

like Zo I have other things like the fxpansion d-cam / sylenth1 and diva..I was tempted to get it or u-he zebra, but both can wait.. I have the player version and their fx things already.. I would have bought their bundle of alchemy (with all synth packs) *BUT* if it was cheaper for existing customers

thks might make the plunge ....


is the tast of camel is ussposed to appears on the cehkout page or we will have it after he order  ...i don't see it on the order page ..

Good info Jeff, thanks for the headsup. 

Just been listening to the demos and watched the video on Camel Audio's site. Very cool, Alchemy could easily become my favorite vsti. Money is tight, so I'll hold off till later this year.  

Brando

carl


Also this today-

Camel Audio has launched a time-limited special offer: Buy any Alchemy Sound Library and get another absolutely free. This offer is valid until March 31, 2013. What's more, their Taste of Camel library is included with all new orders.

Too good to pass up. Thanks! Off to explore. I would appreciate any and all recommendations for choices  - 
Have:
Dream Voices, Shlomo Beatbox, BioLabs Light Spaces, and BioLabs Dark Spaces plus a few 3rd party sets not purchased through Camel.

BigTone's bank is excellent.  I'd look into getting that one.  It's the favorite of the ones that I own (I also own Guitar Mutations, Planet Earth, and Atmospheric).  I'm contemplating Himalaya Vintage, Ian Boddy Analogica, and Junkie XL.  

What's your thoughts on Dream Voices?  I was looking at that one but I wasn't sure how versatile it would be.  

For those still undecided and considering their options, I just opted for Steamworx and Guitar Mutations. I just finished downloading and will play and post my impressions after I've given them a whirl.

Well Brando thanks for the tip. I decided to go for the two for one deal and bought Steamworx on your recommendation and man I LOVE IT!!!!! OMG!

I have got a decent collection of ambient pads and things and thought rather than getting another one I decided to go for Steamworx too. You see having a Taste of Camel already pointed me to the fact that library would be serious and it is! 

What I also like is all the one shot sounds you have too. Although the grooves are amazing it is very cool to get into your own. The mix pads though serve up endless variations on the grooves which is quite incredible.

I also got Biolabs Dark Space as the free one and it is amazing too. Very cool. I am right into Arp Dimensions though I must admit. There are some serious arp presets in that library.

Alchemy has to be one of the best sounding things on the planet, every time I hear it and play it I think that. 

The way I feel about Alchemy is that absolutely any of those libraries are going to be great. Really they all excel in certain areas. I could tell from Taste of Camel that Steamworx was going to be one to get and and I am very happy I did. I love the Arp stuff too in that  library. Biolabs Dark Space is fabulous too believe me.

As well as things looped to form interesting rhythm patterns I also appreciate having all the one shot sounds so you can sequence your own loops and make them any way you want. That is very cool. It is important to have all those sounds both ways. 

The thing is to not rely on just those loops to be the music but rather to use them as a basis to build other things on. Or it's good to drop them in between your musical ideas. It is cool to take the loop away once you have built the rest of the music. There are so many ways to use those loops too. Like using the mix pads in a very controlled and rhythmical pattern manner yourself. Move those pads in a hip way and record the movements as well of course. Editing the movement of the pads is interesting to do too.

I love the new updated browser. They make it easy installing libraries too.

Alchemy has such a nice sound coming into your final mix. I don't mind it's reverb either. What I recently discovered though is playing something the Roland JD800 along side it makes for a very cool combination. A sound like 'Ting Dynasty' (JD800 Factory preset) which is very clear sharp high tuned bell like patch and it sounds very real. Alchemy thrives having other great sounding synths around it. Once other things make their presence Alchemy can just either mould itself back into the music and your mix so well or smack you around the head. 

Yes I do like it, a lot. I have got some serious hardware instruments that sound amazing but Alchemy is right in there with the best of them and then some. It kicks serious butt. You could almost do everything with this one synth especially if you had the entire library collection. All that Cinematic library stuff and the Cinematic Impacts is amazing too. I am into a lot of ambient stuff and the pads in there are breath taking. 

I am really starting to get into using one or two synths at the most but maximise the use of them. Like I had to when I first started out with just a drum machine, one monophonic synth and one polyphonic synth. Had to make it all work with just those three things.

I'm getting Dream Voices and Dubstep. I not really an EDM kind of guy but those Dubstep bass sounds are fun to play around with.

personnaly i focused on pads  as i own diva and trillianadn omnisphere , i tried to not be redundant ...

Analog synths : diva 
Bass analog and all : trillian
Pads : Alchemy ..

Now I'm all drenched in all things Alchemy, after reading this post again. 
So,...like every sane individual, I'm gonna sign outta here and head over to Alchemy and pick my 2 'buy one get one free' packs.


Later Buds, 


Jim

I have Dream Voices but haven't tried to get regular choir type sounds.  
Don't forget one can demo the full version of Alchemy & try all the available features.