Arturia Pigments is a software synthesizer that blends six forms of synthesis: modal, granular, wavetable, sample, harmonic and virtual analog, plus a Utility engine. Two engines play in parallel, and the color-coded interface lets you assign modulation by dragging. Talk to us about sounds and music software in our Warsaw showroom.
A synthesizer that does not end at one engine
A typical plugin offers one architecture, and changing the character of the sound means opening another. In Pigments you combine two engines at once: a modal physical-modeling engine, a wavetable engine, a sample and granular engine, a harmonic oscillator engine and a three-oscillator virtual analog engine, with engine cross-modulation. The Utility engine adds a 5-shape VA oscillator, two noise engines and an external audio input. Two filters (19 types and 68 modes, including classics from the V Collection) are routed in series or parallel.
Modulation, sequencer and library
You assign modulation by dragging, and the sources are envelopes, Morphing LFOs, function and random generators and combinators, with 4 dynamic macros. The effects section has two insert buses and one send bus with 3 slots each, and 20 algorithms include Shimmer Reverb, MultiBand Compressor, Distortion and Vocoder. The generative sequencer and arpeggiator create polymetric, evolving sequences. The library holds more than 1,700 presets. The instrument runs as Standalone, VST3, VST, AAX, Audio Unit and NKS, and you manage the license in the Arturia Software Center.
KEY FEATURES
- 6 forms of synthesis: modal, granular, wavetable, sample, harmonic, virtual analog
- Two engines in parallel, a Utility engine with noise and an external input
- Two filters: 19 types and 68 modes, series or parallel routing
- 20 effect algorithms on two insert buses and a send bus
- Generative sequencer and arpeggiator, 4 macros, drag-and-drop modulation
- More than 1,700 presets, MPE, NKS and MTS-ESP compatible
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Type: software synthesizer
- Formats: Standalone, VST3, VST, AAX, Audio Unit, NKS
- OS: Windows 10 or later (64-bit, no ARM processors), macOS 11 or later
- Windows requirements: 4 GB RAM, 4-core 3.4 GHz CPU, 3 GB free disk space, OpenGL 2.0 GPU
- Mac requirements: 4 GB RAM, 4-core 3.4 GHz CPU or M1, 3 GB free disk space, OpenGL 2.0 GPU
- License: Arturia Software Center
- Presets: more than 1,700


