Camel Audio Updates Alchemy and Alchemy Player and Releases New ‘Powered by Alchemy’ Sound Library

Camel Audio is proud to announce availability of major updates to its acclaimed 

Alchemy sample manipulation and — now free! — Alchemy Player sample playback soft

synth plug-ins (both supporting all major formats on Mac and Windows, including

VST, AU, and RTAS, in 32- and 64-bit flavours), as well as another highly-afford-

able — and unique — addition to its ‘powered by Alchemy’ range of sound libraries

in the ear-enticing shape of Martin Walker’s Steamworx...

• ALCHEMY 1.20 (£179 /€199/$249) is the latest incarnation of Camel Audio’s flagship

sample manipulation soft synth plug-in; over two man-years in the making, it is free

to all existing users and comes complete with many enhancements, including new Mac-

and Windows-compatible 64-bit versions (allowing unlimited memory access) and RTAS

Pro Tools support; radically improved sample playback (with intelligent sample

memory handling halving the sample memory required), including SFZ — an open,

non-proprietary method of defining a how a collections of samples are arranged for

performance, so it can now load third-party or converted SFZ libraries (and

automatically creates eight remix pad variations using different effects and

modulations), key-switching and round-robin (for added realism) support, plus

unlimited keyboard zones and velocity layers; as well as an improved GUI and new

‘Nightshade’ skin by BitPlant — looks have not been overlooked either! Other new

features too numerous to list include: additional mod source for polyphonic

aftertouch; improved auto-assign for performance controls; 24 new acoustic reverb

presets; randomise snapshots option; shortcuts or aliases to folders support;

improved MIDI program change implementation; improved stability and GUI handling in

all hosts; improved Cameleon preset import; increased MSEG editor maximum zoom; MSEG

stretch mode (allows horizontal dragging); mouse wheel support in effects rack;

reduced mouse sensitivity (when editing breakpoints); different spectral palettes;

faster updating of remix pad and other controls; and additive editor phase value

reset on left click. As always, Alchemy excels at contemporary pads, sublime

soundscapes, ultra-fat basses, and much more besides — with over 500 presets now in

its User Library!