Plaid

Producers (Björk, Mara Carlyle)

"We love it, there is a real detail and depth in its sound, the modulation assignment and routing system is one of the best we’ve used, making complex structures clear. Its potential is exciting, we’ve still got lots to discover."

Henrich Mueller

Producer (Dopplereffekt)

"After careful scientific experimentation, evaluation and data collection the Pigments application has proven to be quite a powerful and extensive application for deep investigations into new dimensions and possibilities within the domain of sound synthesis. Just as the particle accelerator is essential to atomic physics, Pigments is essential to the physic of advanced synthesis."

Habstrakt

Producer

"This Pigment update adds so much it’s honestly impressive. The new filter engines sound incredible and add so much texture to everything, I’ve been abusing the RAGE engines and reverb modes. Being able to modulate your filter from your oscillators is straight out of modular playbook and opens up a new world of possibilities."

Cubic Spline

"Pigments is quite flexible, and quite frankly I'm really fond of the possibilities of the wavetable engine: exponential FM, linear FM, the multiple phase modulation modes, same for phase distortion and wavefolding. Combined with the countless modulation capabilities with the LFO, envelopes, functions and so on, it's perfect for what I like! I love the "Highlight" feature: it's perfect for beginners to see which parameters will have the biggest impact on the sound, but also when I design patches for a track, I add tips and reminders for myself… ‘remember to tweak that when you'll be arranging the track’. That way, a few weeks later, when you do the arrangement, you can still remember what you had in mind when designing the track."

Cubic Spline

"While I had some specific sounds in mind when creating my Pigments presets, I also let myself "float and follow" when discovering the wavetable engine, and sometimes it was more about finding a nice preset around a particular, unique feature"

Klaus Baetz

"I was super-surprised and happy about all the different ways that Pigments lets you shape and “destroy” a sound. Having all these parameters right at your fingertips is fantastic if you want to create sounds that really remind you of a plasma chainsaw on fire. The great thing is that the Arturia team also put in some of the most famous filters in synth history so that you have the chance to tame all the madness that you just created. It’s a great mixture."

Klaus Baetz

"As Pigments isn’t modeled after something else, I started the sound design process completely unbiased. At first, I created sounds that focused mainly on just one of the many strengths of the synthesizer like just the wavetable section or only the powerful modulators. But after a while everything kind of grew together and I constantly went back to what gave me the most fun and that was the different shaping possibilities."

Matt PIKE

"The feature sets of the wavetable and analog engines complement each other superbly, giving a very broad scope to the timbres that can be achieved. This, combined with the deep yet speedy modulation workflow, multiple filter models and extensive FX section really allow you to get mix-ready and expressive sounds. A personal favourite feature is the ability to quantize the OSC Engines and use modulators to create melodies and variation."

Matt PIKE

"As there is so much variation possible in Pigments I had a very open approach to the sound design process. A common underpinning principle was always trying to stretch the musical idea as far as possible within each preset. This often made use of the extensive modulation routing to try and create layered voicings within the sounds and, because Pigments is not truly bi-timbral, this was always a fun challenge that often found me in new creative territory."

Jeremiah Savage

"While learning Pigments and experimenting with various parameters, I quickly honed in on my favorite feature: the wave table editor. I always begin my synthesis work by crafting the wave unit first and work my way out from there. With Pigments, you can quickly get the tones and harmonics you need with it’s powerful features. I love using the different noise modulators in combination with simpler wave shapes to create realistic sounding instrument timbres."

Jeremiah Savage

"My approach usually involves deciding on a theme and building the sounds around it. On new synths I like to explore possibilities and experiment to find a certain niche. With my 32 Pigments presets, I created a broad range of challenging tonal and musical pallets, and felt Pigments did a great job of meeting those challenges."

Maxime Dangles

"For me, Pigments takes all my favorite Arturia features like Functions, filters, modulations, and macros, and puts them all in one place. It is a huge modular system, because all parameters are assignable to any modulator. In addition, it is very easy to learn, use, and master because the interface is very logical and well thought out."

Maxime Dangles

"When creating sounds for Pigments, I did not have a single mode of approach. For me, it's like I'm in front of my Eurorack setup. I always started with a very simple sound, and then explored my particular desire at the time. Sometimes I started with the sequencer, sometimes with the assignment of LFOs, or sometimes with a search in wavetables."

Mord Fustang

"The main strength of Pigments is the ease of mapping modulation sources to destinations. As a person who tends to be fairly lazy at times, Pigments has helped me get used to producing again regularly due to its user-friendliness. Getting started a new sound from scratch is just super easy. I also find the layout simple yet intuitive."

Mord Fustang

"As far as my approach to my sound design work goes, sometimes I have a specific type of sound in mind I want to go for, be it an iconic sound from a 80s hit song, or a sound effect from a popular video game; other times I just go nuts on every knob I can until it sounds good to my ears."

Ludovic Hourdebaigt

"Pigments is the easiest advanced synth I have ever seen. It's really musically inspiring by design. The flexibility and the visualization of its modulations are what make Pigments unique. The new sample engine is well engineered, perfectly integrated with the other features."

Ludovic Hourdebaigt

"All of my presets were made from scratch using the "Default" one. Thanks to Pigments it's quite easy to work like this. I want my presets to be modern, wide, big and clean at the same time. Because it's what we are looking for in cinematic music branch today. For creating my presets, I've looked over recent Trailer music, and their specific sound design, to make my own sound."

Ksenija Ladić

"I find the instrument to be very intuitive and visually beautiful to work with. All the new features and sounds are just amazing. I mostly got hooked on the noise engines as the colors of the noises were so soothing to me and sounding organic and natural. Sub oscillator is a welcoming add, it has a routing choice too. I also loved to play with the formant section of the harmonic oscillator engines, it lets you mould the spectrum. Jup-8 filter adds class, the multi-band compressor performs amazing and the pitch shift delay adds an extra kick in the SFX territory. The attack is faster than the blink of an eye. Combining the three engines you really get a powerful sonic tool!"

Ksenija Ladić

"As this was the first time creating sound design with Pigments, I just dug in and learned all the features exploring their possibilities. I aimed to create sounds that were given in the brief and also go for my favorite styles. My sounds turned out as classic sounding evolving leads, lo-fi and retro leads, as well as cutting edge basses and sequences. My method was to include the new features, other than that I fully went with my creativity"

Ksenija Ladić

"It is hard to say what is my favorite preset, their styles vary so much! Most fun when making sounds to me is to think about a movie scene or a concrete situation where I would use a particular sound, and then I just shape it until I get the feeling it would be perfect for the scene or the mood. This experimental sound could accompany a cartoon character from the future or a motion graphic design. I named it after a past fav radio show - 'Fine Time'. I wanted to make a combination of the new featured Harmonic oscillator and the noise engines, checking the filter routing split option. I couldn't have imagined this versatile sound in the beginning, so it was an experimental approach. Fine Time preset is based on the new Pigments 3 features - two new Harmonic oscillator engines and two noise engines. One harmonic engine gives the warm melodic base, the second engine adds the bass sound, whilst the noise engines put in the rawness and the gritty texture, you can play with all the layers using macros, try out the mod wheel too. What is also cool with this sound is that it is versatile due to the arpeggio styles and speeds. All rounded up with a sliding cutoff touch of the new Jup-8 filter. Takes me to a sonic fantasy world!"

Virtual Riot

Producer, Dj

"Pigments excels at both having a great presets library as well as being a fantastic sound design playground."

Mylo

Producer

"This is something completely new, an analog/wavetable hybrid beast with the craziest modulation capabilities I have ever seen."

Nicky Romero

DJ / Producer (Britney Spears, David Guetta)

"I love how Pigments sounds so warm, and how easy it is to achieve the result you are looking for with your music. Great job on how the interface is done, all functions are easy to be found, even if you are new to this synthesizer. 5/5."

Kmru

Producer

"The immense possibilities of pigments is mind boggling - in love with the modulation possibilities."

Alix Perez

DJ / Producer

"Pigments is my go to when I'm producing on the road, away from my hardware setup. It offers so much versatility and depth in one. The granular function and modelling tables are awesome and I can cover all ground between beautiful pads to aggressive, analogue sounding bass."

Aho Ssan

Producer

"Pigments by Arturia is a true sonic canvas where granular synthesis takes on a unique dimension. Its ability to sculpt textures opens up an infinite range of creative possibilities, perfectly suited to the exploration of completely crazy landscapes."

Irène Drésel

"Pigments is really fun to use, being both intuitive and powerful! Its palette of rather “warm” and deep sounds lets you develop a lot of ideas for atmospheric sounds. I'm really using it a lot at the moment!"

Vel

Producer, Dj

"I used Pigments on every track of my ambient album. It’s the best plugin I can imagine for creating textures and soundscapes. I love the infinite possibilities it offers through the slightest tweak of its parameters. It’s a beautiful ally for creativity, full of surprises. I can spend hours exploring the interface, searching for new ways to craft melancholia and softness"

Eric Emery

Mixing engineer (Blink-182, Yellowcard, Alice Cooper, alkaline Trio)

"The sounds in Pigments are so inspiring, and the user experience is so intuitive it practically disappears; I stop thinking about the interface and slip straight into making music."

Andrew Huang

Producer/YouTube Influencer

"Pigments is super deep and super flexible. The layout and visual feedback for modulation routing is the best I've ever seen in a softsynth. "

Forest Swords

Producer

"Pigments is incredible, I love it – it's so easy to use and it's also very easy to pull entirely new sounds together. I've already used it on a couple of songs, which I think are going to make the new album. "

Daisuke Tanabe

Producer

"Love Pigments 4. It brings a cinematic layer to the production with a very delicate and present sound."

Leon Vynehall

Producer

"Since I've had Pigments, it's made its way on to pretty much everything I've written. The maliable combination of sample and synth makes Pigments a perfect all rounder for me."

Sofie Birch

Producer

"I like how Arturias Pigments allow me to create high quality sounds that still have this noisy lo-fi vibe to them. The predesigned sounds have a lot of interesting layers and textures that connect with my taste in dusty woodwinds and rustling organic surfaces."

Kasper Bjørke

Producer

"The Pigments soft synth from Arturia is really great, especially for sound design projects, and the interface is very intuitive. It is easy to modulate and customise sounds and it really feels like you can create any sound on it - from big pads to powerful deep bass sounds and beyond. One of the most exciting soft synthesizers, one that I am using more and more."

Addison Groove

Producer

"It’s hard to imagine how Arturia could build on the previous Pigments, but the updates in V6 are spot on. The new Modal feature alone is giving me instant inspiration, especially if you’re into synthesising percussion. This is definitely the best-sounding soft synth I have, and it’s been my go-to ever since the original dropped."

SHERELLE

Producer, DJ

"Pigments is my Arturia safe space, so immediately I know I’m going to get good sounds. "

SebastiAn

"Pigments is one of the most impressing synth I tried about the textures it has, the unusual way it moves, the way you can be suddenly surprised of how spacious is the sound when you wander around the software, all the possibilities it can offer. It is really another level of sound. "

Marc Houle

DJ / Producer

"Pigments is my favourite software synth - the layout is phenomenal, letting you have an overview of everything that's going on with that great modulation bar. Seeing everything at once inspires new ideas with very unique sounds. The giant preset bank is great for inspiration."

Howie B

Mixing Engineer, Producer (Bjork, Brian Eno, U2, Siouxsie and the Banshees)

"I can very quickly get and create what I hear in my head. Sonically sound and visually a treat use. "

Dem Jointz

Producer (Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Janet Jackson)

"It's crazy, but since I got it, I’ll make like seven beats in a couple of days. So when I can get a hold of that and do something like that, that's definitely going to end up being the go-to. "

FEMME

Artist / Performer

"I'm impatient, work fast and like stuff to sound great quickly. I found Pigments does just that and I've had a ton of fun playing with the sequencer. It's powerful and hugely flexible, but the controls accessible, easily understood and manipulated. "

Camo & Krooked

Electronic Music Duo

"Pigments is a state of the art softsynth, which combines all classic and modern synthesis possibilities we wished for in one powerful package. The only limitation is your own mind! "

Christian Löffler

Producer

"Absolutely loving it. Great work! Love the gentle, atmospheric sounds. Very inspiring presets as well."

Zola Blood

Producer

"It feels like the possibilities are endless without being overwhelming, which opens up a welcomed door to some serious sonic creativity."

Janus Rasmussen

DJ / Producer / Band Member (KIASMOS)

"It's a very inviting synth. Before you know it, you'll be tweaking your own intricate and interesting presets. Pigments has a good balance between being simple and really deep, which is no small feat for this many features. "

Alex Lustig

Producer (Young Thug, Don Toliver, French Montana)

"I love the textures Pigments is able to create. The hybrid synth enables me to create some new different sounds that help me be creative. The layout of Pigments is also super user friendly. Great synth. "

Ttristana

Producer

"Pigments 4 is in the top three of my favourite virtual synthesizers. Its clear interface makes it easy to navigate. Pigments allows me to explore my creativity without limit."

Zaliva D

Producer / Composer

"Its my main weapon for sound design work and music production. I love the Granular synth part so much, it's perfect for my beloved apocalyptic sounds. Love it, Love it, Love it!"

Etch

Producer

"An absolute behemoth of a synth, the fact I was able to create a whole track using nothing but it is a testament to what a versatile powerhouse it is - recommend to ANYONE."

INVT

Producer

"Pigments is super versatile, has almost every type of sound from basses to fx to pads and drums. The built in sequencer is awesome. Really beautiful design as well."

NxxxxxS

Producer

"The strongest point of Pigments is its interface; everything is visible in a single window. The visual is modern and pleasant to look at, you understand quickly and easily each section and their functions."

Monty

Producer, DJ

"The combination of wavetable, virtual analog, and granular engines in Pigments is unmatched. It's incredibly versatile, allowing me to create everything from lush pads to aggressive basses with ease."