HOW TO MODIFY ALCHEMY PRESETS
Removal of user data is a simple process, the .acp presets are simple text files. Using JunkieXL's
Analuck as an example, when opened with notepad you will see the first few lines:
<alchemypreset>
Version = 46
Name = Analuck
Product = AlchemyJunkieXL
Author = Junkie XL
UserData = AlchemyJunkieXL|CA|(your name)|01234567890|
name@domain.com|street|city|0123456|US|01234567890|01-01-2014|01:23
You just need to change the UserData line to:
UserData = AlchemyTasteOfCamel||||||||||||
This will work for all soundbank presets, not just those included within TasteOfCamel.
Since modifying these individually will be time consuming, you should use a bulk text editor.
On Windows, UltraEdit will do the job:
Follow these instructions and it will be done in seconds.
In the tab menu Search, choose "Replace in Files..." (or press ctrl+shift+p).
Then make a few changes like below:
1. Insert the "Find" string: (UserData \= .*)
And the "Replace With" string: UserData \= AlchemyTasteOfCamel\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|
2. Type "*.acp" in the "In files\types" box (not really necessary just makes the process a whole lot quicker)
3. Select the Alchemy Presets folder in the "Directory" box
4. Tick off "Search subdirectories" and "Regular expressions" and choose "Perl" in the dropdown menu.
5. Hit Start or Replace All (Start will do them one by one allowing you to abort mission if
something wasn't done correctly)
Although this community collection is focussed on collecting v1.50 soundbanks, the older v1.00 presets
can be modified in a similar manner. In this case there is no UserData line, this needs to be added in
the appropriate place, to do this:
Search for: (Author \= .*)
And replace with: $1\rUserData \= AlchemyTasteOfCamel\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\r
Alchemy will no longer search for the keyfile in v1.00 preset banks. These presets will not have the
browser tag functionality of 1.50 presets.
By sharing these along with this information, we hope others will do the same. Please follow the
instructions above and share, if enough people do this we should be able to collect
most or all official soundbanks.
Please note: you will need the samples along with the presets, there may also be other Libraries data
associated with each patch. It is best to include the original samples installer file
(eg: Alchemy-JunkieXL-Samples-1.50.camelsounds) along with the contents of the modified presets folder
for that bank. Please incude this guide with any banks you share so that others may do the same.
There will be no personal data if you follow the procedure above, your details will be safe.
This is not a scene release, this has been a community effort.
Full respect and appreciation to everyone involved.