Thank you so much for this tutorial series. You have no idea how much you've helped me. If only my teachers were this clear and easy to understand then school would've been a lot easier! And this is coming from a guy who's got ADHD (ADD). You're a really good teacher!
+MusicTechHelpGuy Ohh I'm not just talking about Alchemy but your whole logic series, it helped me go from zero to hero! What I always tend to lack are the skills to bring my ideas to life, but with your videos I really did manage to learn Logic X. Now that I know how to use the software, it'll be easy for me to use the creativity to make tracks!
thnx for putting an excellent comment, you have no idea how much it helped me reading your comment. I saw it and then watched the video and it was really helpful ..and I don't even know anything about ADD.
I know this is usually said sarcastically, but truly. I can not believe this is free. This is better than some of the college classes I've had on logic......
I used to feel like shit that I wasn't allowed to go to college for music production. I don't feel bad anymore knowing that your channel exists. I would pay for your tutorials; and you're SO FUCKING GOOD at teaching
8 years later bro and Im still learning from your video! Thank you for helping people like me who love music but would be lost without people like you!
I searched the whole Internet and found you! You are the only and brilliant person who reviewed and helped me! Thank you so much, good man! You are a super professional! And your review is super!
Alchemy is a powerful plug-in. Has so much depth to it, definitely a Logic gem. Hands down the best stock plugin bundled with any DAW. Key switches per octave is a game changer.
Dude, you're so iconic!! Just came across this and remembered you were the one who taught me how to use Logic Pro in 2017, through your tutorials. Tysm!!! ❤
So I stumbled upon a alchemy tutorial the other day that looked really cool but I don't remember what it was exactly, so I searched alchemy logic pro and you're the second video that came up. Im back again cause you da man! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Absolutely brilliant! This is the first video I've ever watched by MusicTechHelpGuy and I'm 100% hooked. Best. explanation. video. ever. Now I'm going to have to binge watch your entire library. Thank you so much!
Hey Music Tech Help Guy, God bless you for all the time you spend to educate who knows how many people, hundreds, thousands, millions... You have been a blessing for me and my church, and just like Tetsu Queen says "you helped me go from zero to hero" God Bless you :)
Simply seeing this video in the subscriptions page made my evening complete, thanks! Haven't even watched a second yet but can still tell this is going to be helpful!
Thank you so much for this video and the whole Alchemy series you did. You do a great job of explaining what everything is and how to use it and the bit on automation at the end really helped me a lot. Keep making videos!
This really helped things click for me in my head. I have trouble learning until someone explains things in a way I understand and you nailed it! Massive cheers dude!
My man, thank you for all of your videos - You are such an excellent teacher. I bought Omnisphere but actually have been favoring Alchemy & the ES-2 because your tutorials are so good so I can understand how to use them better. Thanks very much!!
hi, very pleased to see that you update the tutorial, hoping to see a more detailed Alchemy Tutorial, I especially want to learn how to use Alchemy to design Drum sounds, how to get more impact of the heavy Bass ???
Question: I'm having trouble recording the "key switches" at around 16:00. I set the MIDI "Cycle Off" to "Overlap", but it's not overlapping the clips. The new clip with the key switch MIDI notes is replacing the previous clip with the MIDI notes that were controlling the musical notes.
You can put your own sounds into apple alchemy, and you can also import exs sampler sounds right into it as well. That is a miscommunication in the tutorial
Great video! Can't wait to actually be able to find Alchemy on Logic (just got my computer yesterday) and try it out. I'll be watching more of your videos.
Great tutorial - you made it easy to understand and learn. You have earned a sub. *thumbs up* . I will be going through all your Logic X tuts now and see what else i can learn. Thanks
Does anyone have any idea why any sample I load up in Alchemy end up clicking in the beginning like its having some super fast attack, but no matter how much I adjusted I still be hearing these annoying clicks in the attack. Been trynna solve his issue for decades please help someone!!!
Thanks for making this video series! I'm wondering where you got some of your patches like Dream Time Traveler and Awakening. Were they created by you or are there good places to download more patches?
at about 6:40 - how did you the Dream Voice patch to appear in a Logic track? Having trouble with this... is there some step that transmits the patch name to the arrange window?
I thought I'd had a decent understanding of how to use Alchemy from just messing around on my own. Guess not. Great video; very informative and easy to understand!
Many thanks for this tutorial, I'm overlapping a track with Key Switches and that works fine but doesn't show MIDI activity just blank track no trace either on Piano Roll, could you suggest a remedy, best regards, Steve
These tutorials are awesome, thank you. Have you done one on how to control Alchemy with an external keyboard? I cannot get it to work at all. Seems like it should be simple but no dice. Thanks.
Do you know a way to play a single note on a pad and have it sustain indefinitely until the next single note played? Like the Latch function of an arpeggiator, but for a single droning note. Amazing tutorial, thanks man!
Chris, this sounds great, but what and how, if I use different instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and vocals? How do I keep colors when I use these instruments?
@@MusicTechHelpGuy, please forgive me. I don’t know why I named you Z Chris. My bad. But can you answer the question about what I asked in using strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and vocals and how do I Lao colored when I use these instrumentations? Thanks and apologies!!!
Thanks for tutorial! Have not been able to find the "MIDI overlap" on version 10.7.5 - do you by any chance where it was moved too within menu? Thank you!
Hey man love your videos, just discovered this. Amazing. I have a question... In regards to the control modulation, what is the different between just moving them and using the control 1-8??? Can't get my head around that...
Hi mate, love these tutorials. I have a question though. I can't get certain synths to be just a smooth sustained sound. Take the ''dance chord'' preset for example. When a note is played, it has a clicking noise and the tone of it changes whenever you first play the note or chord. I like the sound, but I want it as a smooth sound, sounding the same throughout the chord. At the moment it sounds different at the start to at the end of the sustained chord. Hope that makes sense and some help would be amazing. Thanks pal.
Ross , you should watch the tutorials on the synth you are using, when you sound what's going on on the synth you will know how to manipulate the sounds. What you are talking about sounds like you need to mess with either the envelope or the lfo on the synth you are using . And play with the attack decay sustain release switches. Peace
Do you know if all the sound banks Camel Audio used to offer on their website for Alchemy are still available somewhere for sale? There were some amazing contributions by different sound designers.
Great tutorial. But tell me; how do you keep from going into a transcendental state while playing with the Alchemy parameters so much that you don’t get any real music made?
Hi You do a great job of explaining things and a good logical teaching flow . Do you do like say hourly live tutoring ? Im a sound engineer who works on old analog studios and while I know how to record and basically use Logic I find there are many things which come up I do not know why Logic is doing what it is doing . Im too impatient to try and go through all your stuff to find the 30 second explanations lol .. LIke why when I record a part like you do in this video is it not playing unless I hit a note on keyboard? Seems like some parts will not start until say a second into the recording....thnx
Sounds like your midi notes are starting before the teach and so the note sound isn't starting to play until the next note. Double click the green window containing the midi notes and go the the very start and check the midi note start points
Great videos. :) I truly appreciate what you do. Quick question. If you set the snap shots to start say at C1, are those seven snapshots always assigned to those keys? Or only with alchemy window open. So if you record a progression, you'll still have the option of using the C1 and up keys, as long as the alchemy window is closed. Hoped that made sense. Lol.l
I'm sure I don't have to tell you how amazing you are at explaining and even for putting this up. Thank you so much it's really been a great help. I just have a question, I'm actually using main stage 3 and when I use alchemy or even some of the other plugins, I have that messed up popping noise and it interferes treacherously in my live performances and I was wondering what are the risks of running my buffer size high or even too high? Also, what kind of Mac are you using like the specs, maybe I need to have a better one? I'm using a pro with retina display 13 inch. Processor 2.6 memory 8 gb graphics Intel iris 1526 my...would any of that affect it to? My goal is just to reduce that stupid popping/crackling noise.
Thanks for your vids! If I may ask, which mac are you using and what are your specs? Alchemy is killing my 2011 MBP, looking to get a new mac but now happy with the new releases.
thank you mate went through most of your videos appreciate it, but i am having problem with my logic pro plugging i can't successfully download the plugging for example i can't find batter4 plugging pls help thank you
Very good BUT one thing: 720p instead of 1080p :( Given that it is interface tutorials, including smaller fonts & other details, the choice of resolution is strange.
All of my tutorials are now in 1080p. At time my display was only 1600 by 1050, a weird size, so when I uploaded the tutorials UA-cam defaulted DOWN to 720p, instead of upsizing to 1080p. I've purchased two samsung 1080p displays now so all of my newer tutorials are 1080p.
Im trying to switch between sounds & I cant hear anything when I set the octave to C1 nothing plays on those notes.. just silence.. :/ I don't understand why... any ideas?
A little help please: When I designate C1 as the octave to control the snapshots 1-8, none of the keys in that octave play. But every key outside of the octave above and below plays fine. The octave I set does control the snapshots but there is no input to the track when I play the key. I set the octave to Off and every key plays again. Why is that? Thanks in advance.
Hallo from germany, i need your advice! Iam thinking of buying native instruments massive, but is it neccessary if you already have alchemy? Does massive have something that alchemy has not? thanks a lot!
MusicTechHelpGuy Hey man, love the channel - just replying to this to say that it is a little confusing around the 1:20-1:40 mark because you say the reason you download such a large sound library for Alchemy is because you won’t be dropping in your own sounds. You might have meant something different, but I took it the same way Price Westerburg did. Anyway, great content as always! Take it easy.
Hey, MusicTechHelpGuy! i appreciate your lessons I learned so much! Unfortunately, I installed the 14gb worth in the logicX tab. I also restarted my computer and everything, BUT the Browse section won't render me with presets. CAN U PLEASE REPLY AND HELP ME?
It's almost 2023 and this is still so pertinent and valuable. Thanks Music Tech Help Guy!
dude thank you so much for making these tutorials and making them free. you are SOOOO important to the Logic community.
Thank you so much for this tutorial series. You have no idea how much you've helped me. If only my teachers were this clear and easy to understand then school would've been a lot easier!
And this is coming from a guy who's got ADHD (ADD). You're a really good teacher!
+Tetsu Queen I'm editing part #2 as we speak! I'll have it uploaded tonight! Part 3 should be up tomorrow.
+MusicTechHelpGuy Ohh I'm not just talking about Alchemy but your whole logic series, it helped me go from zero to hero!
What I always tend to lack are the skills to bring my ideas to life, but with your videos I really did manage to learn Logic X.
Now that I know how to use the software, it'll be easy for me to use the creativity to make tracks!
there is no such thing as ADD
Егор Камбоджа There is
thnx for putting an excellent comment, you have no idea how much it helped me reading your comment. I saw it and then watched the video and it was really helpful ..and I don't even know anything about ADD.
I know this is usually said sarcastically, but truly. I can not believe this is free. This is better than some of the college classes I've had on logic......
I used to feel like shit that I wasn't allowed to go to college for music production. I don't feel bad anymore knowing that your channel exists. I would pay for your tutorials; and you're SO FUCKING GOOD at teaching
+Jake lee (Scamma-D) If you want to be a music producer you should 100% go for that; regardless of a college education or not. Chase your dreams man!
None of the top producers went to college for music production
Metro Boomin
thank you Nathan
im in college for music production and my teacher tells us to watch these
8 years later bro and Im still learning from your video! Thank you for helping people like me who love music but would be lost without people like you!
Oh man, this is gold. Going to be a game changer on my scoring jobs!
I searched the whole Internet and found you! You are the only and brilliant person who reviewed and helped me! Thank you so much, good man! You are a super professional! And your review is super!
Alchemy is a powerful plug-in. Has so much depth to it, definitely a Logic gem. Hands down the best stock plugin bundled with any DAW. Key switches per octave is a game changer.
Dude, you're so iconic!! Just came across this and remembered you were the one who taught me how to use Logic Pro in 2017, through your tutorials. Tysm!!! ❤
This is the best tutorial I've ever seen. You explain everything in a way that's so easy to digest.
So I stumbled upon a alchemy tutorial the other day that looked really cool but I don't remember what it was exactly, so I searched alchemy logic pro and you're the second video that came up. Im back again cause you da man! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Absolutely brilliant! This is the first video I've ever watched by MusicTechHelpGuy and I'm 100% hooked. Best. explanation. video. ever. Now I'm going to have to binge watch your entire library. Thank you so much!
Hey Music Tech Help Guy, God bless you for all the time you spend to educate who knows how many people, hundreds, thousands, millions...
You have been a blessing for me and my church, and just like Tetsu Queen says "you helped me go from zero to hero"
God Bless you :)
Been searching for a thorough video tutorial for Alchemy for so long! Great content, well explained. Def subbing.
Great introduction, nice and clear, good volume, clear speaking, good flow and explanations. Thank You.
A wonderful synth and a wonderful demo ! Regards, Chris
Simply seeing this video in the subscriptions page made my evening complete, thanks! Haven't even watched a second yet but can still tell this is going to be helpful!
+Niruth Good to hear! This is one of the best additions to LPX so far! Alchemy is amazing! It has everything!
I´m so glad you made a tutorial on Alchemy aswell - It´s my new top five synth!
Amazing plugin. It's like an Apple version of the omnisphere
Thank you so much for this video and the whole Alchemy series you did. You do a great job of explaining what everything is and how to use it and the bit on automation at the end really helped me a lot. Keep making videos!
The discussion of using Key Switches to Morph between Snapshots/Zones/Scenes at about 17' was great. Thanks
You made the envelope crystal clear for me, now it's embedded. Thank you!!
Ah man music tech guy thx bredren...Plus your style of teaching is the perfect speaking pace..👍🏾
Your videos are great. I learned so much. Looking forward to see the next one.
This really helped things click for me in my head. I have trouble learning until someone explains things in a way I understand and you nailed it! Massive cheers dude!
Great job...as a teacher and youtube presenter I really appreciate the lightness of presentation clarity of material and and humour...only good stuff
My man, thank you for all of your videos - You are such an excellent teacher. I bought Omnisphere but actually have been favoring Alchemy & the ES-2 because your tutorials are so good so I can understand how to use them better. Thanks very much!!
Awesome tutorials, best on youtube! Learning about so many cool details. Thanks you!!!
It's 2024, still very useful. Thanks
hi, very pleased to see that you update the tutorial, hoping to see a more detailed Alchemy Tutorial, I especially want to learn how to use Alchemy to design Drum sounds, how to get more impact of the heavy Bass ???
Question: I'm having trouble recording the "key switches" at around 16:00. I set the MIDI "Cycle Off" to "Overlap", but it's not overlapping the clips. The new clip with the key switch MIDI notes is replacing the previous clip with the MIDI notes that were controlling the musical notes.
You can put your own sounds into apple alchemy, and you can also import exs sampler sounds right into it as well. That is a miscommunication in the tutorial
Dude! You are amazing. Thank you! Seriously, Apple should be paying you for all your tutorials on Logic Pro.
Dude you are great at explaining things. Very Clear.
Learned a lot from your video! Easy to understand the concept, thank you!!
no question, you are THE best out there man, really appreciate all your fantastic tips & wizardry....! nice things.....
This is much appreciated, I'm subscribed, and will tune into every part of this series...
Great video! Can't wait to actually be able to find Alchemy on Logic (just got my computer yesterday) and try it out. I'll be watching more of your videos.
I waited so long for this. LOVE this guy
sometimes for examples a dubstep wobble keeps beginning at different times. how do I sync it to the tempo of the song?
Very Nice explanation. 👋 from France. I Will follow all yours tips.
Great tutorial - you made it easy to understand and learn. You have earned a sub. *thumbs up* . I will be going through all your Logic X tuts now and see what else i can learn. Thanks
Thanks a lot for starting these series man!
0:41 "This series is gonna take probably 3 or 4 videos".
My man made 13 videos about it. Don't underestimate the power of this Alchemy haha
Does anyone have any idea why any sample I load up in Alchemy end up clicking in the beginning like its having some super fast attack, but no matter how much I adjusted I still be hearing these annoying clicks in the attack. Been trynna solve his issue for decades please help someone!!!
You can also use your own samples in Alchemy. Not sure if he went over it in this video.
He seems to imply you can't but as you said you can.
Thanks for making this video series! I'm wondering where you got some of your patches like Dream Time Traveler and Awakening. Were they created by you or are there good places to download more patches?
at about 6:40 - how did you the Dream Voice patch to appear in a Logic track? Having trouble with this... is there some step that transmits the patch name to the arrange window?
nice vids mate. fun to watch
how do you use alchemy with your computer keyboards is there certians key I have to press
hi can u tell us litle idea about how did produce ur intro music.......it asm?
I really appreciate what you are doing. It's a big help. Thank you so much
Really a helpful vdo.
Keep posting more, so that we can learn gradually.
I really request you to post one for Kontakt.
I just subscribed. You are a really good teacher!
I thought I'd had a decent understanding of how to use Alchemy from just messing around on my own. Guess not. Great video; very informative and easy to understand!
I can't seem to control within the different zones via my midi keyboard. I've selected C1 and then press C# on my keyboard but no movement in Alchemy
Many thanks for this tutorial, I'm overlapping a track with Key Switches and that works fine but doesn't show MIDI activity just blank track no trace either on Piano Roll, could you suggest a remedy, best regards, Steve
These tutorials are awesome, thank you. Have you done one on how to control Alchemy with an external keyboard? I cannot get it to work at all. Seems like it should be simple but no dice. Thanks.
Great videos bro. Thank you for the knowledge.
Do you know a way to play a single note on a pad and have it sustain indefinitely until the next single note played? Like the Latch function of an arpeggiator, but for a single droning note. Amazing tutorial, thanks man!
Thanks for making these videos man. Very clutch.
Chris, this sounds great, but what and how, if I use different instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and vocals? How do I keep colors when I use these instruments?
Who is Chris? I think you're commenting on the wrong video.
@@MusicTechHelpGuy, please forgive me. I don’t know why I named you Z Chris. My bad. But can you answer the question about what I asked in using strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion and vocals and how do I Lao colored when I use these instrumentations? Thanks and apologies!!!
Great tutorial, I had no idea that latch automation was a thing!
Thanks for tutorial! Have not been able to find the "MIDI overlap" on version 10.7.5 - do you by any chance where it was moved too within menu? Thank you!
I'm having the same issue - I cannot record the key changes with Alchemy like he's doing in the video
Hey man love your videos, just discovered this. Amazing. I have a question...
In regards to the control modulation, what is the different between just moving them and using the control 1-8???
Can't get my head around that...
Thanks for teaching ! - really useful for a rookie ... :) Very Good teaching skills
Hi mate, love these tutorials.
I have a question though. I can't get certain synths to be just a smooth sustained sound. Take the ''dance chord'' preset for example. When a note is played, it has a clicking noise and the tone of it changes whenever you first play the note or chord. I like the sound, but I want it as a smooth sound, sounding the same throughout the chord. At the moment it sounds different at the start to at the end of the sustained chord.
Hope that makes sense and some help would be amazing.
Thanks pal.
Ross , you should watch the tutorials on the synth you are using, when you sound what's going on on the synth you will know how to manipulate the sounds. What you are talking about sounds like you need to mess with either the envelope or the lfo on the synth you are using . And play with the attack decay sustain release switches. Peace
babymadstyles and
God I constantly have the feeling I owe this guy money or something... such quality teaching for free, this shit should be illegal.
Do you know if all the sound banks Camel Audio used to offer on their website for Alchemy are still available somewhere for sale? There were some amazing contributions by different sound designers.
+Ernest Grouns have you found this
hello my friend. we meet again. just watched to whole Logic Pro series. now I'm gonna watch this series. #MusicTechHelpGuy4President!
Thankyou for your tutorial. I was just wondering, can I use my keyboard on my laptop to work Alchemy or would I need to purchase a Midi Keyboard?
You can use your keyboard as the midi controller
I need some more presets for my alchemy and could someone please tell me how to install them please.
Great tutorial. But tell me; how do you keep from going into a transcendental state while playing with the Alchemy parameters so much that you don’t get any real music made?
The intro is amazing , should be a complete song
Hi You do a great job of explaining things and a good logical teaching flow . Do you do like say hourly live tutoring ? Im a sound engineer who works on old analog studios and while I know how to record and basically use Logic I find there are many things which come up I do not know why Logic is doing what it is doing . Im too impatient to try and go through all your stuff to find the 30 second explanations lol .. LIke why when I record a part like you do in this video is it not playing unless I hit a note on keyboard? Seems like some parts will not start until say a second into the recording....thnx
Sounds like your midi notes are starting before the teach and so the note sound isn't starting to play until the next note. Double click the green window containing the midi notes and go the the very start and check the midi note start points
Great videos. :) I truly appreciate what you do. Quick question. If you set the snap shots to start say at C1, are those seven snapshots always assigned to those keys? Or only with alchemy window open. So if you record a progression, you'll still have the option of using the C1 and up keys, as long as the alchemy window is closed. Hoped that made sense. Lol.l
I'm sure I don't have to tell you how amazing you are at explaining and even for putting this up. Thank you so much it's really been a great help. I just have a question, I'm actually using main stage 3 and when I use alchemy or even some of the other plugins, I have that messed up popping noise and it interferes treacherously in my live performances and I was wondering what are the risks of running my buffer size high or even too high? Also, what kind of Mac are you using like the specs, maybe I need to have a better one? I'm using a pro with retina display 13 inch. Processor 2.6 memory 8 gb graphics Intel iris 1526 my...would any of that affect it to? My goal is just to reduce that stupid popping/crackling noise.
Great help sir, thank you very much 🙏
Just what i need. thanks so much.
I don't recall you addressing the official function of the Decay Knob.
you are the real teacher
Logic Pro X, best 2 bills I ever spent on music production.
I just have a blank screen when I open mine!!!!
The sounds are there, but the interface is not there at all.
Hit 'file' and then 'initialize preset' to get the basic patch up
Thanks for your vids!
If I may ask, which mac are you using and what are your specs? Alchemy is killing my 2011 MBP, looking to get a new mac but now happy with the new releases.
thank you mate went through most of your videos appreciate it, but i am having problem with my logic pro plugging i can't successfully download the plugging for example i can't find batter4 plugging pls help thank you
Great video! You could also have set the MIDI recording to "merge"!
Very good BUT one thing: 720p instead of 1080p :( Given that it is interface tutorials, including smaller fonts & other details, the choice of resolution is strange.
All of my tutorials are now in 1080p. At time my display was only 1600 by 1050, a weird size, so when I uploaded the tutorials UA-cam defaulted DOWN to 720p, instead of upsizing to 1080p. I've purchased two samsung 1080p displays now so all of my newer tutorials are 1080p.
+MusicTechHelpGuy Thanks a lot for what you do!
Im trying to switch between sounds & I cant hear anything when I set the octave to C1 nothing plays on those notes.. just silence.. :/ I don't understand why... any ideas?
Same issue here.
A little help please: When I designate C1 as the octave to control the snapshots 1-8, none of the keys in that octave play. But every key outside of the octave above and below plays fine. The octave I set does control the snapshots but there is no input to the track when I play the key. I set the octave to Off and every key plays again. Why is that? Thanks in advance.
great series/videos! Where is the [Donate] button????
Hallo from germany, i need your advice! Iam thinking of buying native instruments massive, but is it neccessary if you already have alchemy? Does massive have something that alchemy has not? thanks a lot!
Nevermind I had a copy of a 4 bar region on track 1 and had that track strip open instead of track 2. That's why I couldn't automate. Thanks...
Are you familiar with ElectraX I was thinking of buying it. However if Alchemy is just as powerful I may not need it thx.
In the mid part of this video you were switching from zone to zone how are you doing that ?
You can put your own samples in, you are not limited to the content provided.
I don’t think I ever said that in the video? In fact later on in this alchemy series, you’ll see that I do several tutorials on sampling and alchemy
MusicTechHelpGuy Hey man, love the channel - just replying to this to say that it is a little confusing around the 1:20-1:40 mark because you say the reason you download such a large sound library for Alchemy is because you won’t be dropping in your own sounds. You might have meant something different, but I took it the same way Price Westerburg did. Anyway, great content as always! Take it easy.
Thanks for this! You made my day
on alchemy I've have dowloaded all of the sound library but no library of sounds is shown, used to work but not anymore please help
Hey, MusicTechHelpGuy! i appreciate your lessons I learned so much! Unfortunately, I installed the 14gb worth in the logicX tab. I also restarted my computer and everything, BUT the Browse section won't render me with presets. CAN U PLEASE REPLY AND HELP ME?
+Hextik Williams hit "file" > "refresh library". the file button is located about the area where the presets should go. this worked for me
+Rm Wreckurd thanks that helped alot!!
Great job - really, really clear!