Wavetable engineĪnimate, distort, or morph through over 160 wavetables, bringing a vast spectrum of breathy, glassy, and abrasive digital sounds. Forge curious & tangible timbres from scratch, from plastic tubular resonance to evolving vowel-like swells – in vivid harmonic detail. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see and hear a few demos of what Pigments is capable of.Ĭutting-edge additive synthesis with up to 512 harmonic partials. With its ability to blend sounds from multiple sound engines, a vast modulation section, amazing FX as well as a complex arpeggiator and step sequencer Pigments is an entire universe of sound creation.Īrturia have provided us with a breakdown of everything new and some key features that make up Pigments. With Version 3 Pigments has become a powerhouse of sound creation in its own right.

When Arturia released version 1 of Pigments about 3 years ago now, it was a step in a new direction for the company as it was the first time they’d developed an entirely original virtual software plugin.

The results are really complex and interesting and is another reason why Pigments is being used beyond electronic music production.Īrturia have made a name for themselves over the years for making exciting new electronic music products, however they’ve been most recognised for their detailed software emulations of classic synthesizer instruments. Additive synthesis is a synth technique that produces sounds by adding the output of multiple sine waves at different frequencies and amplitudes. The addition of the Harmonic sound engine is a super exciting one, which employs additive style synthesis to create rich glassy timbres. Also included are 64 new wavetable presets, 4 new FX including their Juno chorus emulation, Jup-8 V’s iconic resonant low pass filter as well as enhanced filter and FX routing. Pigments 3 introduces additive synthesis in a new Harmonic sound engine as well as a new 3 rd utility engine that acts as a sub-oscillator and noise generator. Have you ever wanted a synthesizer plugin that’s capable of producing sounds using every type of synthesis that’s ever existed? Well, I’m pretty sure that doesn’t exist just yet, however Arturia’s newest iteration of Pigments comes pretty darn close as they announce version 3 of their powerful software synthesizer plugin.

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