Logic’s Alchemy Synth Tutorial and song

Over the course of the last two weeks I have been making efforts to gain an understanding of the digital synths included with Logic to be able to both explain them in a tutorial format and also craft a song with them using their various settings and my own modification and tweaking of them to craft my own sounds and make a song with them.

I started with Alchemy which is Logic’s main digital synth that just about makes up most of their presets. It is a very intuitive synth that allows you to dip your foot in simply but also provides a lot of depth for those willing to really give it their time and attention.

I hate to be a broken record but I guess I wear my tastes on my sleeve because I made another heavily atmospheric almost creepy track with a bit of isolation and sadness at its forefront. This time, however, I wanted to add perhaps a bit of whimsy and adventurous air to it. Imagine you’re alone in the woods in some rural overgrown area. You don’t feel afraid just curious. you hear the birds in the not so far distance and you feel you may discover something. Take a listen here: