Basic Production Skills

Sound Design with Alchemy

Author: Scott Robinson • 10 Lessons •80 minutes

Powerful Music Production Tools! Alchemy is a complex synth that presents itself in a simple way. its primary and flagship function is sample based re-synthesis. This means Alchemy can take a sound and re-create it using analysis and additive synthesis. It also supports common subtractive synthesis types as well as sampling and spectrum bases synthesis.

Introduction

In this course, you will be introduced to Alchemy and how to use this extremely powerful tool.

The aim is to walk you through the basic functionality that will get you up and running with this sound creation instrument. Throughout this course there are activities to complete so that you can consolidate your knowledge and start creating straight away.

This course will guide you through the basic and advanced elements of the instrument and demonstrate how to use each component. By the end, you will be able to compose and manipulate sounds to create interesting and unique sound designs.

Course details

Requirements: Logic Pro X
Difficulty: Intermediate user
Prior Knowledge: Basic understanding of how to use Logic Pro X
Time: Approximately 30 minutes of practice per lesson is needed to consolidate the information

Course Content

Lessons Status

Sound Design with Alchemy

Basic Production Skills

Sound Design with Alchemy

Course details

Course Content

Alchemy Overview

Subtractive Synthesis

Additive Synthesis

Sampling Additive Synthesis

Creating Pad Synths

Creating an arpeggiated sound

Creating a Drum Kit

Creating a Bass Sound

Creating a Modulated Bass Sound

Going Deeper with Alchemy