It’s difficult to think that Artruria has anything delegated contribute to Pigments at this moment, however here we are. NAMM 2024 is almost prepared to start, and Arturia is presenting variation 5 of its home-grown very synth. In the grand plan of Pigments updatesthis is a fairly small one. That’s not to state there aren’t brand-new functions worth getting ecstatic about.
Possibly the most essential brand-new function is likewise the most unnoticeable. Pigments lastly supports multi-core processing, significantly enhancing efficiency. It was never ever the greatest resource hog in the virtual synth area (the existing champ in my experience is Moog’s Marianahowever it might be requiring depending upon the spot. Now CPU use in the standalone variation sits at about 4 percent when idle on my M1 MacBook Pro. And I seldom see it climb up above 20 percent.
There are likewise modifications to the disrobed Play viewIt’s more constant and a bit prettier now, with a brand-new spectral visualizer. It does not truly alter things in any useful method, and while I’ll confess that the primary UI can appear a little hectic to a newbie, I never ever discovered it especially hard to browse. Play view may be a welcome enhancement for those who utilize Pigments in efficiency settings and hardly ever do deep sound style, however its not something I ever discover myself switching to.
If you’re not one for sound style and rely more on presets you’ll most likely value the 150 brand-new ones that are consisted of, not to discuss the 3 brand-new sound banks of 150 spots each, all of which are developed with MPE in mind. Pigments is among a handful of prominent soft synths out there with comprehensive MPE assistancehowever its presets typically do not take complete benefit. Now that MPE controllers are ending up being more typical, Arturia is making an effort to treat that. Heck, perhaps Arturia will reveal an MPE controller of its own in the not too long run.
Among the more amazing upgrades is a brand-new alternative in the energy engine (just on the 2nd source) for audio input. That implies you can process other instruments, and even your voice utilizing Pigments’ results. Opportunities are you currently have access to an abundant suite of impacts in your DAW, however having the ability to flawlessly integrate external audio with Pigments’ synth engines and process them through the exact same results to assist them combine together more effortlessly is a great brand-new source of tones. I checked it out by running an Elektron Digitone through Pigments and was quite pleased with the outcomes, however I certainly have a lot more checking out to do. If you ‘d rather stick to the integrated engines, there’s a choice of brand-new samples and wavetables for you to check out.
The sequencer has actually likewise gotten some quite considerable upgrades. There’s a brand-new dice icon for creating a random series which can be locked to a particular scale. And series can now be conserved individually as their own presets, which you can lock to attempt the exact same series with several various noise presets. You can even feed the MIDI from the Pigments’ sequencer to other instruments. If your DAW or synth of option does not have generative functions you can now simply let Pigments do the work.
As typical, Pigments 5 is readily available as a totally free upgrade for existing owners. If you have not started yet, this is a respectable time to do so. For a minimal time you can get Pigments, plus the 3 brand-new sound banks for $99. That’s rather a take because Pigments is generally $199, and each of the sound banks (Beats Exploration Meaningful Explorations and Liquid Explorationswill be $30 at complete cost.