Soundset Alchemistry Metallurgy for Alchemy released on patchpool

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I just released this soundset for Alchemy:



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: 27 €

Product page

Thank's for reading

Simon Stockhausen

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All customers who pre-ordered Metallurgy with an Email account on sbcglobal.net should provide me with an alternative Email adress because since a few days, all those mails are returned via the Mail Delivery Subsystem.

[Loopy C]

Well, I really expected something awesome from this bank given Simon's previous work BUT…this exceeded those expectations

One can go out these days and find any number of 'we've gathered up some metal and banged on it' type of libraries but for me, they seem to be mostly one-dimensional in their final form. Metallurgy for Alchemy goes beyond that first dimension into the next, MUSICAL one…creating fantastic textures and pads along with life-like strikes and tones via exceptional original performance, production, sound design, and taking full advantage of the extensive built-in sound processing of the Alchemy DSP engine.

My favorite results were with opening several (i.e three) instances of Alchemy loaded with the same patch and setting each to a different 'Remix Pad' setting while still playing the same intended musical phrase split by notes, giving a spectrum of possibility within that particular motif. A definite bonus with many patches is not to be missed in the 'Remix Pad' #8 position (several unique and favorites seemed to be 'hiding' there ;-)).

All in all, Metallurgy for Alchemy is destined to become one of my favorite thus far of the Patchpool Alchemy sets ;-)

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Originally Posted by Loopy C

Well, I really expected something awesome from this bank given Simon's previous work BUT…this exceeded those expectations

One can go out these days and find any number of 'we've gathered up some metal and banged on it' type of libraries but for me, they seem to be mostly one-dimensional in their final form. Metallurgy for Alchemy goes beyond that first dimension into the next, MUSICAL one…creating fantastic textures and pads along with life-like strikes and tones via exceptional original performance, production, sound design, and taking full advantage of the extensive built-in sound processing of the Alchemy DSP engine.

My favorite results were with opening several (i.e three) instances of Alchemy loaded with the same patch and setting each to a different 'Remix Pad' setting while still playing the same intended musical phrase split by notes, giving a spectrum of possibility within that particular motif. A definite bonus with many patches is not to be missed in the 'Remix Pad' #8 position (several unique and favorites seemed to be 'hiding' there ;-)).

All in all, Metallurgy for Alchemy is destined to become one of my favorite thus far of the Patchpool Alchemy sets ;-)

Thank's for the great feedback Chris!

Snapshot 8 often contains the most bizarre/wondrous/otherworldly aspect of a patch - I usually start programming with 1 and then go 1-4 building up the strangeness culminating in 8, then 7-5, ocasionally I'll also make pairs like 1-5, 2-6, 3-7, 4-8
Glad you like it

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Metallurgic Bumpage...

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Saturday afternoon bumpage...

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Grey sunday afternoon bumpage

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Metallurgy Bumpage for the new week...

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Tuesday evening Bumpage

[Loopy C]

Thoroughly enjoying this Simon...again great job ;-) The sample folder alone is worth it's weight in...metal :D

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LOL - Just contact me via the patchpool "make contact" button at the bottom of the main page

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Last Metallurgy Bump for 2011...

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2012-Bumpage for Metallurgy - no rust has gathered on this soundset yet...

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Weekend Metallurgy Bumpage...

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Giving this soundset a little sunday Bumpage...