Mini Rant: Upgrade Pricing for Plugins You've Purchased

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  1. Radio

    Radio Banned

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    Correction:

    19 Dec 2008 --> Camel Audio - Alchemy releases
    08 Jan 2015 --> Camel Audio recommends backing up the installers
    07 July 2015 --> The website would no longer be accessible

    Just like in real life, if a product doesn't meet sufficient demand, it disappears from the market.
    Unfortunately, Apple hasn't continued to develop Alchemy or provided updates for Windows users.
     
  2. Will Kweks

    Will Kweks Audiosexual

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    I paid full price for all of Camel Audio's catalog, and man was I sour when Apple bought them out, especially when they were the ones who bought Emagic. Bastards.

    But it's business, and I have to admit that Apple has treated Alchemy and Logic good and proper, they're now even better pieces of software than what they were. A lot of great software companies get bought just for a small widget of theirs and the rest of the catalog buried. Or worse... ok, it's not audio software but see what happened with VMWare.

    I'm still happy that I can run Alchemy and CamelPhat, but it just reinforced my belief that I should buy the software as is now if I think it's worth my euros, and expect nothing further. And at least scope a different upgrade/transition path if necessary.

    And always render to .wav files. At least those will keep.
     
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    I also paid cash back then, and the beginning of Camel Audio Alchemy was great. Users said they wanted a different skin, so the gray one was replaced with the darker Nightshade skin. I still use Alchemy in Windows 11 today; it works perfectly. The size of the user interface is unfortunately a bit small, but it works and is still a valuable asset to me.

    I created 14 free Alchemy Soundbanks back then, so here are the links!

    Rainbow Spectrum - 54 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 01-2012 - 82 MB
    Mission Soundset - 32 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 02-2012 - 293 MB
    Circadian Rhythm - 32 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 05-2013 - 27 MB
    Electronic PC - 71 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 03-2012 - 13 MB
    Art of Wave - 66 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 01-2013 - 6,6 MB
    Chronometer - 52 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 07-2013 - 163 MB
    Radio Waves - 64 Presets - *. ACP, *.AAZ, *.WAV - 12-2013 - 51 MB
    Yanomami Drum - 64 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 12-2013 - 2,6 MB
    Ebb and Flow - 64 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 02-2014 - 9,67 MB
    Sound Waves - 69 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 08-2014 - 135 MB
    Abiogenesis - 27 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 12-2011 - 37 MB
    Tone Adventure - 100 Presets - *.ACP - *.AAZ -*.WAV - 04-2015 - 53 MB
    Digital Revolution - 64 Presets - *.ACP - *.AAZ -*.WAV - 08-2016 - 13 MB
    Orion-Nebula- 93 Presets - *:ACP - *.AAZ -*. WAV - 09-2013 - 4,9 MB.

    www.kvraudio.com/product/free-soundbank-bundle-for-alchemy-by-sonic-sirius

    Free Download --> http://ohlenbostelhelge.magix.net/public/alchemy.htm
     
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