Pigments

Pigments 6 - Sound design synthesizer

Discover intricate sound design for every synthesis type you’ll ever need, paired with a fast, color-coded interface that rewards experimentation. Experience collision-based textures with the new Modal Engine, a versatile vocoder effect, enhanced filters, updated modulators, a revamped granular workflow, and much more. Shape your sonic vision like never before!

Multi-Engine

Discover pure sonic possibilities with 6 synthesis types: Modal, Granular, Wavetable, Sample, Harmonic, and Virtual Analog, plus the Utility Engine.

Visual sound design

Optimize your creative process with Pigments' clear, color-coded interface and drag-and-drop modulation – every step is designed for fast, seamless sound design, keeping your flow uninterrupted.

Modern-sounding aesthetics

Pigments stands out with boundary-pushing sound and over 1600 presets – from hybrid acoustic sounds to captivating granular textures. Expandable with the Sound Store.

New in Pigments 6

Discover the next chapter in Pigments' evolution, where a powerful new Modal Engine meets enhanced filters, modulators, and creative tools to unlock unprecedented freedom in sound design.

• Modal Engine - Experience physically modeled sounds with bar or string resonators, from delicately plucked strings to richly resonating surfaces. A bold new dimension of hybrid synthesis.

• Filters - Expand your palette with the analog-inspired Multimode V2, the stacked Cluster Filter for swirling textures, and the LoFi Filter for crunchy vintage-style tones.

• Vocoder Effect - Give your patches everything from classic robot timbres to avant-garde vocal textures. Modulate it with external audio or select an engine or filter.

• Modulators - Amplify expressiveness with new per-voice modulation assignment, audio-triggered envelope activation, and create new curves with revamped features.

• Granular Enhancements - Scan through samples during playback to create time-stretched 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 with a polished design!

Key Features

• Two main engines with analog, wavetable, granular, additive, and modal synthesis, plus crossmodulation

• Utility engine with virtual-analog oscillator, noise generators, and audio input

• Dual filters with classic and modern filter types, plus continuous serial/parallel routing

• Modulation with color-coded drag-and-drop workflow, envelopes, LFOs, macros, and random generators

• Effects with two insert buses and one send bus, 18 algorithms like Shimmer Reverb and Vocoder, modulatable parameters, and an intuitive interface

• Sequencer & arpeggiator with polyrhythms, random generators, and lock function

• 1500 presets, compatible with MTS-ESP, MPE, and NKS

Mac:

• macOS 10.13 or higher
• 64 bit
• 2.5 GHz CPU
• Apple M1 compatible
• RAM: 4GB
• 3GB free hard disk space

Windows:

• Windows 10 or higher
• 64 bit
• 2.5 GHz CPU
• RAM: 4GB
• 3GB free hard disk space