Camel Audio Releases Synthesizer 'Alchemy'
September 15, 2008
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Many of you may have thought Camel Audio have been suspiciously quiet recently. For the last four years they've been working hard on a new synthesizer called Alchemy, which will be released later this Autumn.
Alchemy is the ultimate sample manipulation synthesizer. It's a synth powerhouse and yet is very easy to use thanks to its performance controls and remix pads. Just tweak the library of excellent presets from many of the world's top sound designers or dive in and analyze your own samples — it's up to you!
Alchemy features additive, spectral and granular synthesis and resynthesis, sampling, and a very capable virtual analog engine with unison and PWM. You can morph or crossfade between sources. You can import your own samples from SFZ, WAV or AIFF files. A wide range of analog modeled filters are included, in addition to a flexible rack of effects which includes all those from CamelPhat and CamelSpace as well as many new effects such as a high quality reverb. The innovative modulation system is extremely flexible, yet easy to use. Alchemy also features a powerful arpeggiator with the ability to import the groove from any MIDI file for immediate synchronization to a beat.
Alchemy ships with over 2GB of samples and analysed content from in-house designers Tim Conrardy and Biomechanoid, as well as designers such as Ian Boddy, Robert Rich, Scott Solida and Nucleus SoundLab. A library of 300 excellent presets from many of the world's top sound designers is included, arranged into categories for rapid access to the sound you require. A variety of expansion sound banks are in development.
Alchemy is priced at $249/€199/£159. Cameleon owners will be able to crossgrade for half price - just &125 /€ 99/£79. CamelSpace and CamelPhat owners will be eligble for a reduced price of $199/€159/£127. To celebrate the announcement of Alchemy Camel Audio are having a 38% off sale on Cameleon, bringing the price down to just &125/€99/£79. So if you don't already own Cameleon, you could buy it today and familiarise yourself with additive synthesis, and then take advantage of the 50% off discount when Alchemy is released. You'll get Alchemy and Cameleon for the price of Alchemy alone, and new sounds to play with right away.
A video and mp3s are available at the Camel Audio website http://www.camelaudio.com/Alchemy.php For more information, visit their web site at www.camelaudio.com.
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