The main interface of the new Arturia Pigments 3

What about Pigments 3? Well, even the innovations introduced with this latest release are anything but of secondary importance: they range from the new additive synthesis engine “ Harmonic” to the Utility-Engine: a section that supports the two existing ones (Engine-1 and Engine-2) and which provides a sub-oscillator and two noise generators, the latter equipped with classic noise-profiles and various waveforms. The main interface of Pigments 2 THE EVOLUTION OF THE SPECIES And not only that: Pigments 2, in fact, also brings improvements and optimizations in the sequencer section and support for the MPE ( MIDI Polyphonic Expression), as well as a new soundbank with over 280 ready-to-use presets. In just three years, Pigments reaches its third generation, passing through a second edition that enhances the sound engine with the implementation of a process unit for granular synthesis ( Sample-Engine), a Buchla derivation filter and a Tape Echo effect unit.

Unusual and original, Pigments immediately reveals itself to be a champion: a hybrid synthesizer, one that offers unusual sonic possibilities, a synthesizer that appeals to musicians and sound designers constantly in the spasmodic search for new timbres. The year 2018 runs when Arturia releases the first version of Pigments, a virtual-synth of innovative conception that takes advantage of a know-how accumulated in over twenty years of frenetic and prolific activity, in which the French software house launches all a series of very successful software synthesizers, excellent and legendary hardware emulations among those that have made the history of electronic music in the last 70 years. A virtually unlimited arsenal to the delight of sound designers and electronic music composers.īy Luca Barbieri In 2018 Arturia makes its debut on the market with the first edition of Pigments Polyhedral synthesizer and of exquisite workmanship, Pigments 3 implements a very powerful sound engine and a DSP chain capable of producing convincing, unusual and original sounds.

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