2 January 09 — added Supported SFZ opcodes

4 January 09 — added section bookmarks at the top of each longer page

4 January 09 — added Tips and tricks (index)

4 January 09 — added Manual History

8 January 09 — added details about warp markers and time-alignment to the description of morph modes on the Morph page

10 January 09 — added LFO shapes illustrated

11 January 09 — Camel Audio now maintains a PDF version of the User Manual, and a link to it has been added to the Welcome page

4 February 09 — updated installation instructions to accompany the version 1.07 RC (release candidate)

7 February 09 — added Advanced: Creating your own randomization templates and a corresponding item in Tips and tricks (index)

9 March 09 — added Sound Designer Guidelines page, and moved Performance Control assignment recommendations to it from another page

27 March 09 — corrected details (concerning single-button mouse usage on Mac) on the Additive Editor and MSEG pages

2 April 09 — updated information on the Sound Designer Guidelines page

1 June 09 — added details about setting the Arpeggiator to act on only one source (Arp page)

12 June 09 — added A Limit on the Size of Sample Folders

22 June 09 — added A Limit on the Size of Imported Sample Data

3 October 09 — numerous additions and revisions reflecting changes to Alchemy in update versions 1.10 and 1.11.

8 February 10 — numerous additions and revisions reflecting changes to Alchemy in update version 1.12. Major changes: new page Custom Oscillator and LFO waveforms: RAW files; more accurate description of MSEG TRIGGER settings;  revised description of Additive image import to reflect new behavior in version 1.12; more detailed description of the amplitude scaling used in the additive CSV format (and cautionary remarks on pitch scaling); more accurate depiction of the Par/Ser knob in the main Filter signal-flow diagram; additional details on support for SFZ files.

26 April 10 — new page From Cameleon to Alchemy…; corrected description of FILE > Clear in Perform section; minor corrections elsewhere.

17 May 2010 — detailed guidelines for sample content added to Sound Designer Guidelines.

7 August 2010 — additional details about the Spectral Import Image command.

1 October 2010 — additional Sound Designer Guidelines.

7 December 2010 – videos added to Performance controls, Overview, AHDSR, LFO, Effects, Sequencer, Arp, Virtual Analog and Import pages; small additional revisions to Arp and Import pages.

15 February 2011 – Removed outdated installation instructions.

31 May 2011 – manual updated for Alchemy v1.20
Welcome to Alchemy
- updated images to use v1.20.1 GUI
- changed 2nd paragraph references to library size and number of presets
- added “Manual Conventions” sub-section
Overview
- updated image to use v1.20.1 GUI
Installation and Requirements
- complete rewrite
- Step by Step Installation Instructions: Mac, Windows
Title Bar
- File, Save and Save As buttons
- added new page links at top of page
- updated both images to use v1.20.1 GUI
- updated section Bank, Category, and Preset selection fields
- modified ‘Save Consolidated’ bullet point
- updated section File, Save and Saveas buttons
- updated section Display options
- updated Additional Options
Performance Controls
- updated images to use v1.20.1
- added Auto-assign and Invert Knob descriptions in the first section
- added blockquote about Invert Knob
- added section “Creating new variations from existing presets”
- created link at top of page to new section
Source
- updated images to v1.20.1
- added paragraph to “Global page controls” about the VU meters
Filter
- updated image to v1.20.1, added VU meter images
- added section “Filter VU meters”
Source Edit
- added “Warp markers” internal page link
- updated images to v1.20.1
- updated low / high key and low / high velocity blockquote
- added information about the “Snap X” menu
- “What do warp markers do?” is now a section header
- updated point list
Importing Audio
- added Tip about using shortcuts / aliases / sym links
- added multi-file import section and link from top of page
- modified 3rd paragraph explaining Load vs. Import
- modified Support SFZ Codes section
- updated opcode list
- modified blockquote about using note numbers vs. note names
- modified “A Limit on the Size of Imported Sample Data”
MSEG
- updated 3rd paragraph to remove reference to v1.12
- updated MSEG editing list to include adjusting and resetting curves
- added double-click to reset in next paragraph
Loop Markers
- updated block quote to mention that loop markers remain visible when loop mode is ‘None’
MSEG
- updated the TRIGGER section to be more specific about when an MSEG is retriggered
Note Property – Modulation Source
- added ChanAftertouchBipolar and PolyAftertouchBipolar
- added blockquote to explain what bipolar means
Sound Designer Guidelines
- modified Save section so “Save Consolidated” no longer saving Factory samples
Sound Designer Guidelines
- modified Preset Name section to allow short lower case words and to prohibit both company and brand names, and modified Sample Content Guidelines to prohibit company names in filenames