Pigments

Pigments 4 - Polychrome Software Synthesizer

Pigments gives you the finest elements ever found in a software instrument, letting you create pioneering, exciting, and deeply personal sounds. Laying everything out before you, Pigments lets you fully express your creativity in a way that’s never been seen before in a software instrument.

A software synthesizer unlike any other, Pigments gives you all the tools you need to fully realize your creativity. Striking the perfect balance between depth and simplicity, all the power of Pigments can be found within 3.5 easy-to-follow pages. This neat layout keeps your workflow natural and fast, while encouraging your creativity.

Pigments Version 4 Overview

The success story of the polychromatic software synthesizer Pigments continues with an extensive update. Pigments 4 offers numerous new possibilities for sound design and a new user interface with a Light Theme as well as a simplified Play Mode, which makes it easier for beginners and new users in particular to enter the world of sound design.

• User interface with Light Theme and Play mode
• Drag-and-drop modulation editing
• MS-20 filter
• Shimmer Reverb effect
• Super Unison effect
• Revised Bitcrusher, Jup-8 V Filter, Multi Filter and Distortion
• New factory presets, wavetables, samples and noise sources
• New LFO waveforms and sync options for modulators
• ODDSound MTS-ESP microtuning compatibility
• Ring mod and additional pulse width parameter for the wavetable engine
• Phase modulation and random control for the Harmonic engine

• Infinite sonic potential - Pigments was designed to be intuitive and easy to use, but can go deep when needed. Four different sound engines, which can be combined with a flexible utility oscillator and numerous modulation sources and destinations with just one click, allow you to create a custom sound that's completely up to your ideas - completely detached from any style.

• Color your sound - Want to shape your wavetable patches with the Jup-8 V's pulsating low-pass filter, for example? Or additive partials with an infinitely shimmering reverb? Pigments' filters, effects, and flexible audio routing give you unprecedented vibrancy and variety in sound design.

• Simple, lightning-fast workflow - Unleash your creativity with an intuitive, easy-to-use, and engaging interface. Explore new sounds without restriction with instantly accessible controls and parameters, a customizable interface, simplified play mode, and real-time visual feedback.

• Designed for modern music production - With Pigments' extensive preset library, you'll find the hottest sounds for hip-hop, trap, bass, EDM, lo-fi, film scores, and more. From interstellar soundscapes to futuristic glitch percussion, all sounds were created by world-class sound designers.

Highlights

Two main engine slots with:

• Analog engine with 3 virtual analog oscillators
• Wavetable engine
• Sample/Granular engine
• Harmonic engine with additive synthesis
• Utility engine with additional oscillator and noise generators

Dual filters with seamless switching between serial and parallel routing:

• Classic filter types from the ARTURIA V Collection instruments.
• Modern filter types
• Fast color-coded modulation:
• Modulation assignment via drag-and-drop
• Envelopes, LFOs, function and random generators

Powerful effects:

• 2 insert buses, 1 send bus with up to 3 effects each
• Modulable effect parameters
• 18 effect algorithms, from classic to cutting-edge

Polyrythmic sequencer and arpeggiator:

• Create complex and continuously changing sequences and arpeggios

Extensive library with 14,000 presets:

• Play mode, light/dark theme, bypass of FX and Seq modules
• MTS-ESP microtuning compatibility
• MPE compatibility
• NKS compatibility