Alchemy Updated

US Camel Audio release a demo version of Alchemy and update Alchemy to v1.08 27/02/09

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Camel Audio has released a demo version of Alchemy and updated Alchemy to v1.08. Here's all the details directly from their press release...
The free demo is completely fully functional for three weeks. The demo comes with 40 presets and 100MB of samples to give you a taste of the 2GB of samples and over 300 presets in the full version. Alternatively, import your own WAV, AIFF or SFZ files into the additive, spectral and granular resynthesis engines. There are no annoying voices or silences, and presets and songs created with the demo can be loaded with the full version.
Alchemy v1.08 includes many improvements and fixes including reduced CPU consumption, the ability to import files from external drives and improvements to the installer. The manual now includes a tips and tricks section, and is available to download as a PDF file so you can print it out or read it when you're offline. The Camel Audio forum has over 100 user presets to download and is a good place to get help as well as discuss improvements.
New features:

Mac import browser allows browsing of external drives (in the Volumes folder) as well as following aliases and symbolic links
Mac installer allows data to be installed to selectable location
Runs on Receptor via unsupported method
Responds to all MIDI channels 1-16
Installer improvements: moves keyfiles and searches for RAR files and keyfiles in the same location as the installer as well as on the desktop (must extract mkpg file from dmg for this to work on Mac)
Downloadable PDF manual (from first page of Wiki manual)
Fixes:

Fixed CPU spikes
Improved randomization for Loops, Guitars and Arpeggiated folders
Improved default path for Additive and Spectral file menus
Fixed so files with capital letter extension shows up in source menu
Improved so moving fine tune and pan displays values -100%..100%
Fixed crash importing single cycle waveforms in additive mode
Fixed web menu options in file menu
Fixed Alchemy blocking Cubase Key Commands
Fixed problem with some AMD processors
Fixed incompatiblity between Alchemy and Orion
Fixed issues with random button
Fixed so save dialog shows up even when GUI is closed
Improved sluggish response of modulation depth knobs
Fixed modulation menu for depth knobs
Fixed MIDI learn and unlearn on depth knobs
Fixed double click on the modulation depth knobs to set to default
Fixed timing accuracy when running at buffer sizes > 256 samples
Fixed mac file menus to deal with more then 256 items
Fixed problem with WAV files with non lowercase extension
Fixed problem with WAV files inside a folder called "Alchemy"
Fixed AIFF file loading issues fixed
Fixed so AlchemyConfig.txt gets created if it is not present
Fixed so yellow modulation ring is updated when copy/pasting mod
Fixed spelling of "Tune Coarse"
Improved remix pad response
Fixed so first note plays even if placed at starting position
Fixed Audio Unit so it deals with sample rate changes correctly
Fixed loop points in sampler mode to syncronize with warp markers
Fixed partial pan values so they can be set in overall mode
Fixed playback of samples with very short (<64 samples) loop lengths
Improved song saving so only asks for data saving location when AAZ data greater than 1MB and user locations are identified properly
Pricing and Availability:
The demo version can be downloaded from the Alchemy product page on the Camel Audio website, where you'll also find tutorial videos, example MP3s and lots more.
Registered users can download the latest update for free by logging in on the support page, and going to the downloads section.
Alchemy costs 249USD / 199EUR / 179GBP and is available directly from Camel Audio as a download.
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