Soundset Warped Strings for Alchemy released on patchpool

I just released my new soundset for Alchemy on patchpool:

The soundset Warped Strings for Alchemy is the second in a series focussing on specific materials and single instruments. For this soundset an acoustic Western Guitar was multisampled, treating it with all sorts of tools to create unique sounding real and unreal instruments, otherworldly textures, groovy sequences, beautiful and dark soundscapes and cinematic pad sounds. Multiple velocity layers and Round Robin variations were produced for the creation of expressive and organic sounding instruments.
All samples were recorded with 3 Neumann microphones and processed with native and outboard gear, to make the best out of the recorded audio material. A wide variety of electronic textures derived form the recorded guitar sounds were produced and often combined with the original samples and sounds resynthed inside Alchemy.

As in all my soundsets for Alchemy I make extensive use of Alchemy's complex modulation possibilities and Filters, often intermodulating LFOs/MSEGs/Sequencers with each other and assigning numerous parameters to a single Controller. This enables the user to deeply interact with the sounds and shape it according to his needs and preferences. Also the patches can serve as a starting point for the user's own creations when loading new samples into them and then using the pre-assigned Controllers and Snapshots in the Remix Pad. You can view/download the PDF for Warped Strings with more details, the licence agreement and the patch list including playing tips and description for each patch here.

Warped Strings Specs:

1.59 GB of original samples - source material:

Plucked Guitar using various objects like coins, screwdrivers
Tremolo Guitar
Beaten Guitar using drumsticks and mallets
Scraped Guitar using various metal objects for scraping the strings
Prepared guitar
Bowed Guitar - bowing the strings with a violin bow
Chimed Guitar - playing on the strings with the metal beam of some small windchimes
Flagolet Guitar
Trash Guitar
Slapped Guitar
Guitar loops

All samples recorded with 3 Neumann microphones in L-C-R - 48 Khz/24 Bit
U87 center mic - a stereo set of KM 184 for L-R using RME Preamps.

Delivery: Download
Library size in total: 1.61 Gigabyte
Download size: 1.04 Gigabyte

NOTE: This Sound Bank will require the full version of Alchemy.
It will not work with the Alchemy player version.

Price: 25 €

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Coming soon on patchpool: Soundset Warped Strings for Alchemy

I've started working on a new soundset for Alchemy:
Warped Strings for Alchemy

For this Alchemy soundset an acoustic Western Guitar will be multisampled, treating it with all sorts of tools to create unique sounding real and unreal instruments, otherworldly textures, groovy sequences, beautiful soundscapes and cinematic pad sounds. The guitar will get hurt during the process but it will be well worth it. All samples are recorded with 3 Neumann microphones and processed with native and outboard gear, to make t the best out of the recorded audio material.

Warped Strings Specs:

About 1,5 GB of original stereo samples recorded in 48 Khz/24 Bit
Multisampled acoustic guitar played and treated with various tools, multiple Round Robin variations and velocity layers will be sampled for many patches

Fingered and slapped Guitar
Plucked Guitar using various objects like coins, screwdrivers
Tremolo Guitar
Beaten Guitar using drumsticks, mallets and hammers
Scraped Guitar using various metal objects for scraping the strings and the corpus
Prepared guitar
Flagolet Guitar
Bowed Guitar - bowing the strings with a violin bow
Guitar loops
A wide variety of electronic textures derived form the recorded guitar sounds will be included

Recorded with 3 Neumann microphones in L-C-R - 48 Khz/24 Bit
U87 center mic - a stereo set of KM 184 for L-R
This soundset will contain about 50 patches with 8 variations each

Delivery: Download
Library size in total: n.a.
Download size: n.a.
Release: 2nd half of February, maybe earlier...

NOTE: This Sound Bank will require the full version of Alchemy.
It will not work with the Alchemy player version.

Price: 25 € - pre-order Warped Strings for 20 € now and save 20%

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Soundset Alchemistry Metallurgy released on patchpool

The soundset Alchemistry Metallurgy for Alchemy is the first in a series focussing on specific materials and single instruments. The set contains 57 patches with 8 variations each in the Remix Pad and focusses on metallic sounds derived from real instruments, metal objects and industrial field recordings. This patch collection keeps the balance between real sounding metal instruments, otherworldly textures and wondrous soundscapes using also some processed electronic derivates of the sampled materials.
All sounds are sample-based, some patches use the resynthesis features in Alchemy.
You will find many patches and snapshots which sound wam, delicate and beautiful, characteristics one may not normally associate with metallic sounds.

Alchemistry Metallurgy Specs:

1.81 GB of original samples - source material:

Instruments:
China Cymbal bowed, scraped and beaten - multisampled and Round Robin

Glockenspiel multisampled
23 semitones (C4-A#5), 4x RR, 2 velocity layers (179 samples/386,7 MB)

2 microtonal handheld Bell Trees 8x Round Robin, 2 articulations, +textures
2 Thai Gongs multisampled + 8x Round Robin, 4 velocity layers, +texures
Thai Ching Bells - 6x Round Robin, 3 velocity layers
Tam Tam 45 cm - beaten (7xRound Robin/4 velocities), scraped and rubbed

Various multisampled metal objects:
Caviar Cans, Metal Bowl, Coins, Dumbbell plate, Small Thunder Sheet
Metal Plate (dinner tray), Anvil

Industrial metal sounds recorded in factories

All samples recorded with 3 Neumann microphones in L-C-R - 48 Khz/24 Bit
U87 center mic - a stereo set of KM 184 for L-R
The industrial field recordings were done with 2 shotgun mics - Sennheiser MK 70

57 patches with 8 variations each

You can view/download the PDF for Metallurgy with more details, the licence agreement, some pics and the patch list including playing tips and description for each patch here.

Delivery: Download
Library size in total: 1.82 GB
Download size (RAR archive in 2 parts): 1.04 GB

NOTE: This Sound Bank requires the full version of Alchemy.
It does not work with the Alchemy player version.

Price: 25 €

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Coming soon on patchpool: Sound Bank Alchemistry Metallurgy

After producing 2 full Alchemy Banks with +100 patches each I will offer something on a smaller scale for my third Alchamy Sound Bank which will be the first in a series focussing on specific materials. Metallurgy will contain about 50 patches with 8 variations each in the Remix Pad and focus on metals sounds derived from real instruments, metal objects and industrial field recordings. I want to keep the Balance between real sounding metal instruments and otherworldly textures and Soundscapes using also processed derivates of the sampled materials. Most sounds will be sample-based, of course also using the resynthesis features of Alchemy.

Metallurgy Specs:
About 1 GB of original sample - source material:
China Cymbal bowed, scraped and beaten - multisampled and Round Robin
Glockenspiel multisampled 24 semitones, 4x RR, 2 velocity layers(192 samples)
Chromatic Asian Gongs multisampled + Round Robin, 3-4 velocity layers
Various metal objects
Industrial metal sounds recorded in factories
Steel Strings

About 50 patches with 8 variations each

Patch list (PDF) with a detailed description and paying tips for each patch

Release date: around Decembre 10
Delivery: Download
Price 20 €

NOTE: This Sound Bank requires the full version of Alchemy.
It does not work with the Alchemy player version.

You can pre-order Alchemistry Metallurgy now for 16 € and save 20%
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