Apple has released its updated Logic Pro X 10.2 ($200) recording app, finally answering the question of what would happen to Camel Audio’s Alchemy music editing suite after Apple bought the company earlier this year. Apple has folded Alchemy into Logic Pro X and rebranded it as a powerful synthesizer that allows for the combination of four types of synthesis in the same plug-in. The updated Alchemy comes with a large library of sounds and the ability to search them by category, timbre, and articulation keywords to quickly locate useful sounds. Once they’re discovered, favorites can also be organized for later use with star ratings and custom keywords. Various synth engines can combine distinct elements from up to four sources to create entirely new sounds — blending the sound of a thunderclap with a snare hit or folding a handclap into the sound of a crashing wave, for example. Sounds can be dragged onto the Transform Pad for manipulation using eight sound variations,
