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Sculpting sounds with Alchemy

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Sculpting sounds with Alchemy

- [Instructor] In medieval times, alchemy was the science of combining elements in the attempt to make gold. So Alchemy is quite a fitting name for Logic's flagship synth instrument. And I've got one inserted on this instrument track. Let's open it up. Now the first thing to notice about Alchemy is that it has three different pages. I'm going to first take a look at the advanced page. Now Alchemy is an incredibly deep, synthesis engine. You are able to combine up to four sound sources, A, B, C, and D, that are built on several possible types of synthesis, oscillation-based, additive synthesis, spectral, granular wave table, and sample-based synthesis. On top of that, the modulation capabilities, which are controlled down here, provide endless ways to create evocative movement and excitement to those sounds. Finally, the performance section down here, allows you to store and save snapshots of various states of the synth, and then seamlessly move between those states. I have to tell…

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