Introducing Song Athletics x BORO - Alchemia

Alchemia is a Kontakt virtual instrument sourced from extended string, wind, and vocal techniques, modular synthesis, and esoteric sound objects.

Alchemia is a sample library for Kontakt Player, exploring the tension between form and disintegration through layered, unstable textures that evolve across electroacoustic realms. Extended techniques for cello, saxophone, voice, guitars, and synthesizers dissolve and transform through experimental processing techniques, creating a constantly shifting soundscape.

Recorded to tape at Tiohtià:ke / Montréal’s renowned Hotel2Tango—home to landmark works by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Arcade Fire, Colin Stetson, Fly Pan Am, SUUNS, and Big Brave—the sessions were captured using a curated selection of characterful microphones. Synths and guitar textures were then re-amped into the space, flowing through a wall of vintage amplifiers, a grand piano soundboard, and resonant percussion, grounding them in the same tactile sonic environment as the acoustic performances.

Each raw material was then transfigured through its own bespoke processing chain—eroded by degraded tape loops and analog circuits, filtered, fractured, and fed through tangled pedal arrays, reactive modular systems, and layers of esoteric DSP. The goal was not merely transformation, but transmutation: to dissolve the familiar, extract essence, and coax each sound toward a new, liminal state. These processes act as crucibles—disassembling and reconstituting the material until it reveals something elemental, volatile, and alive: textures that flicker at the threshold of stability, rich with motion, memory, and unresolved resonance.

This instrument invites immediate interaction. A central animated macro moves fluidly between the raw and transmuted states, weaving a seamless continuum where sound unfolds and transforms. The single-page interface offers intuitive control, designed to enhance performability, dynamism, and expressive fluidity.

Key Features

62 Articulations
(11 Strings, 12 Reeds, 6 Voices, 15 Coils, 17 Circuits)
Transmutation control - main macro moving from raw to alchemically processed signal
Multiple global controls and effects
Kontakt Player library (Version 8 or higher required)
NKS compatible
~27.5GB [uncompressed]

Price: £75

For more information please visit: https://songathletics.com/products/alchemia









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