Arturia Pigments 6

[Guy Rowland]

New Modal Engine
Experience physically-modeled tones using beam or string resonators, from collision-based decaying tones to friction-based textures. A bold new dimension in hybrid synthesis.

New Filters
Broaden your palette with an analog-infused Multimode V2, the stacked Cluster filter for swirling textures, and LoFi for crunchy, vintage-style coloration.

New vocoder effect
Inject everything from classic robotic timbres to avant-garde vocal textures into your patches. Modulate it with external audio, with any engine or filter output, or with itself.

New modulators
Elevate expression with new per-voice modulation assignment, audio-driven envelope triggering, and generate new curves with revamped Functions.

Granular improvements
Scan through samples mid-playback for time-stretching atmospheres, randomize grain playback for each note, and adjust grain size for fluid, evolving textures.

UX & UI enhancements
Refine modulations with an updated drag-and-drop workflow, explore an improved file browser, and enjoy a refreshed layout including a polished light theme!

Free update for existing users, intro offer €99.

https://www.arturia.com/products/softwa ... s/overview

[GR Baumann]

I love it!

[Guy Rowland]

I love it!

Good stuff! Is that all factory patches or are you rolling your own?

[GR Baumann]

It's out since a few hours here, all factory with one instance of Myth, Simon Stockhausen's "Cello Lead" from Hacked Mythology.

[Thomas Mavian]

Love Pigments! And it's a free update for v5 users makes like Arturia even more

[wst3]

I get it, the various demos and tracks sound awesome,, and the feature list approaches the insanity that was Alchemy - so yeah, it is a cool and capable plugin. What am I missing? Or what am I missing out on?

I can get it for $49, which seems like it could be a no-brainer.. Then the devil on my other shoulder says "you have enough plugins" (my devil is a little confused!)

Anyone want to point me in one direction or the other?

[Guy Rowland]

I get it, the various demos and tracks sound awesome,, and the feature list approaches the insanity that was Alchemy - so yeah, it is a cool and capable plugin. What am I missing? Or what am I missing out on?

I can get it for $49, which seems like it could be a no-brainer.. Then the devil on my other shoulder says "you have enough plugins" (my devil is a little confused!)

Anyone want to point me in one direction or the other?

Bill, you DO have enough plugins.

But there is always the free demo...

[wst3]

Bill, you DO have enough plugins.

my hero!!

But there is always the free demo...

And then there's that....

[Thomas Mavian]

And...

If you want to retire a few synth plugins, get Pigments.

If you want to keep using what you have, don't get Pigments, not even the demo.

I find it has replaced quite a few of my synth-VSTs, it's UI/UX is great and works like a charm on my touch screen.

And finally, it's deeeep...

[Erik]

I have a 99€ upgrade so unsure at the moment.
Since I gave my hands a telecaster 4 yearsago and a strat (H.E.R signature) last week , I’m less inclined to update my synths - though I’m a synth and keys guy.
And when I compare Pigment to any U-HE offer I find it weak, unbodied.

Bill, you DO have enough plugins.

my hero!!

But there is always the free demo...

And then there's that....

[GR Baumann]

Anyone want to point me in one direction or the other?

Bill, this is six years old, but well worth watching.

[wst3]

I've been watching! This and some of their tutorials. I think I shall download the demo, and may someone have mercy on my wallet!

It won't, I don't think, replace Alchemy, but it may get close, especially since I have access to the waveforms that Camel Audio provided.

I don't think it replaces the u-He plugins, and I doubt it replaces any of the emulations - let me put it another way - it would be way too much work to reproduce an emulation that already exists...

I think?

More later...