Hello, it's Patrick here from the GarageBandguide.com
it was the number one synth app on iOS for years before being converted and so
one of the very best features and GarageBand for iOS and logic pro 10 so why
all,
why do GarageBand for Mac users not have full access to the alchemy synth?
While a disappointing shortcoming of Apple's desktop,
D.A.W You can still squeeze a surprising amount of sweet synthy goodness from
what features. We do have.
In this video I'll show you how you can make the most of GarageBand from Mac's
stripped down version of alchemy
To access the alchemy patches available and GarageBand from Mac.
You'll need to be working with a software instrument track and it's bad news
from the very start here as there is no Alchemy instrument as such that you can
select.
Whereas with other software instruments sounds like save the acoustic guitar
here where you load up the instrument sound and then can adjust your various
settings and whatnot. In smart controls,
there is no option to directly select the Alchemy synth from GarageBand's
library Pane. Instead,
you'll need to cycle through the available synth presets with your smart
controls window open. Mind you until this set of controls pops up.
Now with the transform pad and the controls on the next tab,
you can only affect the sound of the synth presets selected.
There isn't a way to create your own Sounds from scratch here.
Having said that,
the level of control you do have over these sense sounds is excellent.
For example, if I select this preset,
here's what the default sound sounds like.
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I can click on any of these eight named boxes.
Apple calls them snapshots inside the transform pad to drastically change the
presets sound
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It's almost like presets inside of presets here, presetception,
if you will. What's more,
if I click and drag on the cursor,
I can blend several of these snapshots sounds together for even more Sonic
options.
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you also have a couple of knobs to the rights of the transform pad.
The function of these knobs will change depending on what patch you have
selected though.
So in this detuned ghost bass patch,
I have distortion and reverb controls.
Whereas in the 80s sync lead patch I can control the delay and delay time.
The controls tab is where things get really interesting.
You have six control knobs on the left here,
two X Y pads in the middle and four more knobs on the right.
Just like the previous two controls,
everything here is patch specific,
the 80's sync lead has the controls you see here while the bright punchy synth
patch has this selection of controls.
You also have access to garagebands, brilliant channel EQ here as well.
Using these controls is how you can really fine tune the patch and snapshot
you've selected and the sheer breadth of variations available from even one
single patch is quite astonishing.
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once you've settled on a sound that you really like,
the last step here is to save it as a custom patch.
Head over to the save button and the bottom of GarageBands library pane.
Click it, then name your new patch, hit save,
and you'll now be able to access your custom Alchemy patch from the user patches
menu in the library pane whenever you want.
So there you have it.
That's how to get the most from GarageBand for maxc's version of alchemy.
If you're just getting started with GarageBand for Mac,
or just want a refresh on the basics,
you can download my quick start guide absolutely free.
I'll put a link to that in the description below.
How do you think GarageBands stripped back version of Alchemy compares to some
of the more robust third party synths out there?
I'd love for you to leave a comment below and let me know.
I've been Patrick from the GarageBandGuide.com and I'll see you next time.
Bye for now.
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