"3:00 min demo video of Camel Audio's Alchemy Mobile FREE synth for iPad. All sounds from Alchemy Mobile. Sounds triggered internally or from external MIDI keyboard (via iRig MIDI interface)."
"Demo video of the Camel Audio Alchemy Mobile Free iPad App. All sounds from Alchemy. In some clips an external keyboard (with arpegiator) was used to trigger the App. Others were triggered internally or featured rhythmic patches. Some clips utilise the drum/beat player in the App for backing."
With the Neptune Mk2, the original Neptune has been even more improved and carries internal and general improvements. It has been changed:
Much better quality smooth potentiometer New graphics Soft touch knobs High efficiency 5mm leds 2.2mm travel push switches for optimal optical feedback Keyfollow switch has been added Freerun switch to have Osz3 free of the keyboard as the ProTone had Better Noise generator which is still a true noise generator with a spectrum now up to 100kHz Volume potentiometer has been added Power on Switch Several possibilities for additional manual changes
Also original Neptune already had: Pure DC Design means no capacitors in the signal flow Pure analog technique Low noise design High quality cascade filter True noise generator (NOT digital noise) MIDI Signal regeneration means the incoming MIDI signal is internal completely new generated to MIDI Thru, not only amplified The Neptune Mk2 still carry these advantages/features.
Complete Performance Features list:
Voltage Controlled Oscillator 1 and 2: Precise temperature stable Sawtooth and Rectangular Waves 4 Octave Range Switch for Osc2 Ring Modulation Sync for Osc 2 External Signal Input for Osc 2 White Noise Generator
Spectrum from 0 Hz (DC) to 100kHz True analog random noise, no digital shift register noise Slide
Slide Time from 0 sec to 10 sec Switch able by MIDI Controller 65 (Portamento) Voltage Controlled Oscillator 3 / LFO: Osc 3 can be switched between LFO (slow) and Oscillator Modus (fast) 5 Shapes Sawtooth, Triangular, Rectangular, Random and Noise. Osc 2 can also be a Modulation Source; through this also external Signals can be a Modulation Source. Freerun Button keeps Osc 3 free of the CV LFO MIDI Clock Sync 4 Modulation targets: Osc 1 and 2, Cutoff and Mixer Blue led Voltage Controlled Filter: 24 dB precision cascade Filter with Highpass and Lowpass Modes Self resonant Keyfollow switch 0% - 50% - 100% The two Filter and VCA Envelopes: Complete and very fast ADSR Envelopes with Attack, Decay and Release times in the Range of 5 millisec to 20 sec For the Filter with Positive or Negative Modulation Gate led
Effects: Distortion and Fuzzer Effect Switch Effect level potentiometer from no effect to max VCA and Volume: Volume potentiometer Low noise and low distortion VCA
Power: Power on switch Power on led
MIDI: 5 Octave Range precise MIDI to CV Converter MIDI controlled Cutoff (#2), Modulation (#1) and Portamento (#65) Receive Sustain (#64) and Pitch bend instruction Velocity Sensitive Filter dynamic operation Re-trigger function Filter TB303 Velocity mode Highest or last note priority CV and Gate In/Output (switch able)
General: Pure Analogue Technology 2 Unit Rack Mount Enclosure Anodized colored 3mm Front Panel
Additional manual change possibilities (described in the Service manual) : Having PW(M) on Square Wave on Osc1,2 or 3 Osc3 Sync with Osc1 or Osc2 Even faster Envelopes (yes some people wants that) Increase tune range for Osc1..Osc3 Additional signal inputs and outputs (i.e. to work with your modular system or to have a very good Distorter and Fuzzer for guitar i.e.) General in/outputs of Oscillators, Envelopes, Filter, power supply, ...
Comments About the Sounds:
its pre analog with a VERY strong filter, 3 oscilators, fuzz and distortion effects. there is no stepping heard in any knob movements either. its sounds like maybe an sh-101/ mc-202 with a little tb-303 mixed in.. its very early 80's monosynth sounding.. not weak like mid-80's polys were. very heavy sounding, with good quality. it's exelent for analog leads and bass's, but dont expect any real pianos or organs or whatever."
"A short video demonstrating a template I made for the Liine Lemur iOS App controlling Blamsoft's Viking synth for Reason 6.5. An IK iRig MIDI was used to hook up the iPad to the PC.
YouTube via Dogboy73 "oscillator 2's square wave with osciallator 1 being mixed in later. Filter & filter envelope are being tweaked. Neither of the Neptune 2's FX's were used."
"Testing out the new IK iRig MIDI interface. Here I'm using 'Little MIDI Machine', 'Genome MIDI' & 'Slide Control' on the iPad 2 to sequence/control a Neptune 2, DSI TETR4 & an MS2000. This all worked extremely well so my next test is to use 'Genome MIDI' to sequence several devices at once."
"A quick test controlling a couple of Apps on the iPad 2 via MIDI using IK's iRig MIDI interface. In the first test I used Sony Acid to send a simple MIDI arp pattern to Moog's Animoog App. In the second test I'm using an Akai MPK49 to control VirSyn's Addictive Synth App. Both worked very well as did most of the Apps I tried. Of course the Apps need to support CoreMIDI in order for them to be controlled via a MIDI source."
YouTube via Dogboy73. more "Another video with some more sounds from the Tetra factory sound bank. Some many inspirational sounds. It really makes me wish I could acyually play!! Time for some more keyboard lessons.
"Another quick test using an iPad 2 with the new IK iRig MIDI interface. Here I'm using Genome MIDI to sequencer the MS2000 & the MFB-522 drum machine together. With Genome MIDI you can sequence & control up to 16 MIDI devices simultaneously."
YouTube via Dogboy73 "Short video demonstrating the triangle wave on oscillator 3 (only oscillator 3 is being used). Filter frequency, resonance & the filter envelope mod depth are being tweaked. A bit of ring mod is added towards the end."
YouTube via Dogboy73 "A few sounds from the Dave Smith Instruments Tetra synthesizer. Sorry about the chops! I'm not a player. More videos of the Tetra to follow soon ......
YouTube via Dogboy73 "OSC 2 with OSC1 coming in later. Filter & filter envelope are being tweaked. The kick drum is a seperate track that was recorded earlier from the Neptune 2. It's very good at drum/percussive sounds thanks to the fast envelopes. More of that to come soon ...... "
