Running a blog like Rekkerd comes with the perk of having a huge arsenal of plugins at my disposal. And, once again this update is completely free for existing Pigments users! So what do I think? So, perhaps not as big an update as previous versions (at least sound-wise), but Arturia keeps finding useful additions to bring more value to this powerful synth.
The synth now sports a total of 18 effects, with some of them having been updated with improvements for Pigments 4. A Shimmer pitch-shift delay/reverb effect will have you design ambient sounds in no time, and there’s also a new Super Unison module that can double your signal up to 8 times, and detune, modulate and stereo-spread the sound. The considerable collection of filter types sees the addition of a resonant MS-20 filter, great for making sounds scream. The factory library has been expanded with more presets (now at a total of 1,400), wavetables, samples and noises, and the synth comes with an updated wavetable engine (ring modulation and pulse width phase transformation) and harmonic engine (phase modulation and partial randomization), as well as a few new effects. I’ve just upgraded to V2.The advanced color-coded modulation system now lets you drag and drop modulation sources directly to destinations, and other workflow improvements include compatibility with ODDSound’s MTS-ESP microtuning, new LFO waveform presets, and bypass buttons for the FX and sequencer in the top toolbar. I won’t put a link to examples because the demos will have reaching for a sick bag.įinally, if you are into pads, pointed me in the direction of Luftrum’s Lunaris. The main sounds designer is Kevin Schroeder, who has some pretty amazing credits Kevin Schroeder - IMDb. PS: Given the sort of trashy old fashioned electronic / trance stuff I tend to, my goto is DUNE 3. Acoustic guitar sounds have now been centred on the ‘Nylon Sky’ add on to Omnisphere. So, I’d tick your box for Pigments, but maybe put 'best in class '.Īlso, of course, Spectrasonics essentially focussed all keyboard sounds in Keyscape, and bass sounds in Trilian.
You can almost do a track from some Pigments patches. Pigments is much more ‘edgy’ (‘modern’?), whereas if you look at the user list for Omnisphere is largely about film scoring. I think Pigments is a great synth to have - I love it -, and not all that much overlaps the massive range of sound in Omnisphere. I don’t think there is a ‘best’, as most synths try and target at a niche. Omnisphre, so I’m bad at saying the best.
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