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4. Click the XFade XY, XFade Lin, and Morph Lin buttons to hear the impact each type of
crossfade or morph has on the sound. Experiment with the All, Elements, X and Y, A-B,
C-D, and A-B-C-D parameters available in each morph or crossfade mode.
5. In the performance section, drag the Transform pad framing box to the “Bold Pluck,”
“Glassy,” and other snapshots, repeating step 3 and playing as you audition each
variation. You’ll see movements in the Transform pad update the other performance
section controls.
6. Click the Show Target button at the right of the modulation section and hover the
pointer over the Perform menu item. Take a look at the number of, and the choice of,
parameters assigned to each performance control.
As you can see, the preset is far more complex than it appears on the surface. The
morphing controls are not simply used to crossfade between sources, but between
modulators, filter and effect parameters, mix settings, harmonic levels, and much more.
Morphing can be viewed and used to blend the sounds of each element as well as
aspects of each synthesis type into a hybrid of synthesis methods.
Crossfade all four sources using an X/Y pad performance control in
Alchemy
Follow these steps to use the left X/Y pad in the performance controls section instead of
the X/Y pad in the morph section. This allows you to control crossfades between sources in
simple view and also allows you to include these modulations in Transform pad snapshots.
1. In Logic Pro, from the Name bar, click the File button and choose Initialize Preset from
the pop-up menu to reset all Alchemy parameters to default settings.