Alchemy Tutorial Part I [MatrixSynth]

Alchemy Tutorial 1 - Part 1

YouTube via CamelAudio
"This is part 1 of the 1st tutorial on the features of Alchemy - the new ultimate sample manipulation synthesizer from Camel Audio.
http://www.camelaudio.com"

Alchemy Tutorial 1 - Part 2


Alchemy Tutorial 1 - Part 3

AirWindows Audio Unit Plug-ins

Chris Johnson is the brains behind the AirWindows audio units plug-ins, which he breaks down into the following groups: tape/tube, dynamics, effects, eq, emulation, mastering, modulation, spatial, bizarre and EXS24 (the sampler for Logic Pro). On the main page, there is also a large number of FREE plug-ins, such as the useful channel, an analog simulation plug-in.

Chris forgoes the faux vintage knob thing, but focuses on good sounding plug-ins, such as the Iron Oxide tape simulation plug-in or his LA2A compressor emulation, Smooth.

Comparing Kyma, Max/MSP and a Nord Modular [GearSlutz post]

As a long-time Max/MSP user (since the MIDI only days of 1990) and a long-time Kyma/Capabara longer-for, I read with some satisfaction this useful post comparing the learning curve of sound quality of these environments.