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Originally posted by Richard Butler So I guess Ive missed the boat? Just read this. Also Dave you say if you have not got the synth you can get a free player - what does this mean? Is it like a sample player you cannot edit?

The player is similar to Nexus in that it gives you some control over the sound, although the touchpad thingies offer a surprising amount of added shizzle.

Looks like you can still buy today too

http://www.camelaudio.com/Planet-Ea...ple-Library.php

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So Planet Earth is back at 49€. I just used my voucher to get Himalaya: Pads. But Luftrum & Cinematic are really 2 lovely other expansions I will look forward to.

Alchemy Player is like mentioned a really limited version of Alchemy. However, in some patches you got amazing control and still can transform a pad into a bass or whatever. Some x/y pads giving you excess to the sound sources, where you can morph between them. So you can just take one sound out of a 4 layer pad and use that. So its not just only those 1200 variations like they say on the site, its much more under the hood.

I went with BigTone.

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Debating between Electronic and JunkieXL. Anyone have either of these and care to offer any thoughts?

FWIW I already have Atmospheric, BigTone, Dance/Trance, Himilaya, Viral Outbreak, and Planet Earth (obviously).

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I picked up the Alchemy Player and Planet Earth earlier.

Just got an email this morning offering:

50% Off Any Alchemy Sound Library
Save $50 on Alchemy + Free Sound Library

So I think I might bite and grab the full deal.

Question then, is which two sound libraries to grab?

Anyone have thoughts overall on Alchemy as a synth? (I've only had the smallest of plays with the Alchemy player so far, but will grab the demo before committing)

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Originally posted by cryophonik Debating between Electronic and JunkieXL. Anyone have either of these and care to offer any thoughts? FWIW I already have Atmospheric, BigTone, Dance/Trance, Himilaya, Viral Outbreak, and Planet Earth (obviously).

Care to offer your thoughts on the ones you've got?

I'd probably be more intrested in pads/atmospheres etc, i.e. more complex stuff, rather then straight basses/leads/arps etc, as I figure may as well get the more complex sounddesign stuff, but would like to hear your opinion on the ones you've got.

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Originally posted by Rusty O'Hara Anyone have thoughts overall on Alchemy as a synth?

Alchemy is one of my favorite synths ever, hardware and software included. It's such a versatile and unique synth and there is nothing else on the market that shares its niche as an additive, subtractive, granular, and spectral synth. Its feature set is incredible, it's laid out in a surprisingly intuitive and navigable manner, particularly considering the sheer number of features and parameters, and it's stable. Also, the developers are top-notch in every respect - both Ben and Andy are very active on their forum (on KVR). I could probably find some nitpicky details that could be improved upon if I spent some time thinking about it, but they aren't even worth consideration AFAIC.

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Originally posted by Rusty O'Hara Care to offer your thoughts on the ones you've got? I'd probably be more intrested in pads/atmospheres etc,

I'd suggest checking out Himilaya Pads, Luftrum, Ambient, Cinematic, and Biolabs, more or less in that order of priority. I don't have all of them, but based on the comments I've read and audio demos, those are probably what you're looking for.

My favorite expansions are the (1) Viral Outbreak, not so much for its presets, but primarily because of the size and number of included samples (which are freely usable in your own patches), and (2) BigTone for its presets and for just studying his patch designs. The Dance/Trance content (samples and presets) is very good as well.

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Despite my teh instinct for teh Tarnce, I bought the Himalaya Pads pack.

Oh gosh, so awesome.

There was a thread over at KVR recently questioning the price of Alchemy soundsets, and I can only larf!

Gawjus sounds.

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Picked up the Junkie XL one - they have a soundcloud page with previews link

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