Pigments
Sounddesign-Synthesizer
Pigments ist ein All-in-One-Software-Synthesizer für moderne Produzenten. Er kombiniert 6 hochmoderne Synthese-Engines, eine farbcodierte Benutzeroberfläche, mühelose Drag-and-Drop-Modulation, hochwertige Effekte und generative Sequenzierung. Gestalten Sie Ihre klangliche Vision mit bahnbrechendem Sounddesign.
Forme deine Klangvisionen
Entdecke detailreiches Sounddesign für jede Synthese-Art, die du jemals brauchen wirst und eine schnell anwendbare, farbkodierte Bedienung, die Experimente belohnt – von verspielten Klangforschungen bis hin zu komplexen Modulationen und Patch-Erstellung.
Vielseitige Mulit-Engine
Entdecke alle Klangformungsmöglichkeiten mit sechs Synthese-Arten: Modal, Granular, Wavetable, Sample, Harmonic und virtuell-analog, sowie zusätzlich eine Utility-Engine.
Visuelles Sounddesign
Beschleunige deinen Kreativ-Prozess mit dem klaren, farbcodierten Bedien-Interface von Pigments und Drag & Drop-Modulationen – jeder Arbeitsschritt ist für schnelles, flüssiges Sounddesign optimiert, ohne dabei deinen Workflow zu bremsen.
Moderne Sound-Ästhetik
Pigments zeichnet sich sich durch einen Sound aus, der neue Maßstäbe setzt und ist ausgestattet mit über 1600 sofort nutzbaren Presets – von hybrid-akustischen Klängen bis hin zu bewegenden granularen Texturen. Erweiterbar über den Sound Store.
Alle Nuancen der Klangsynthese
Erstelle umfangreiche, zusammengesetzte Klanglandschaften wie mit keinem anderen Synth. Mit sechs Engine-Typen, zwei Morphing-Filtern, 19 hochwertigen Effekten, erweiterter Modulation und kreativem Sequencing – die tiefgreifende Klangarchitektur von Pigments setzt deiner Fantasie keine Grenzen.
Engines
Wähle zwischen drei Engine-Slots und sechs Klangerzeugungs-Optionen. Entdecke die die Kombinations-Power der modalen, granularen, Wavetable-, Sample-, Harmonic- und virtuell-analogen Synthese. Zusätzlich mit einer Utility-Engine, die weitere Oszillatoren und gesampeltes Rauschen liefert. Und nicht vergessen: Du kannst auch ein externes Audiosignal verarbeiten!
Schließ die Lücke zwischen Inspiration und Resultat
Setz deine Ideen in reale Sounds um – mit dem visuellen Workflow von Pigments. Egal, ob du nur experimentieren oder komplexe Patches bauen willst, du siehst immer, was gerade passiert. Richte Modulationen ein und schau zu wie deine Kreativität zum Leben erweckt wird.
Klares, farbcodiertes Design
Das übersichtliche und intuitive Layout und die farbcodierten Modulationsquellen von Pigments machen es dir auf einen Blick leicht zu erkennen, wo du dich gerade befindest und was miteinander verbunden ist –damit du immer alles im Fokus hast.
Problemloser Workflow
Von Drag & Drop-Modulationen, Quick Edit-Werkzeugen und optimiertem Signalrouting – jedes Bedienelement wurde entwickelt, um das Sounddesign flüssig und angenehm zu gestalten.
Sichtbare Animation
Von Engine-Wellenformen bis hin zu Transienten-Hüllkurven und Modulationsdynamik – das in Echtzeit animierte Feedback von Pigments bietet eine sofortige visuelle Klarheit und Lebendigkeit.
Ein Synth der nächsten Generation für innovative elektronische Musikgenres
Pigments bildet die Speerspitze modernen Sounddesigns und verkörpert eine innovative Ästhetik, die der weltweit extravagantesten Musik zugrunde liegt – von phosphoreszierenden Klängen über donnernde Bässe bis hin zu massiven Sweep-Granular-Flächen.
Moderne Sound-Ästhetik
Entdecke einen präzisen, leistungsstarken und qualitativ hochwertigen Sound, der mit führenden elektronischen Musikgenres Hand in Hand geht – von Trap über EDM, House, cinematisch und alles darüber hinaus.
Umfangreiche Factory-Library
Erlebe über 1500 sorgfältig zusammengestellte Presets, welche die unverwechselbare Klangidentität von Pigments definieren und die Leistungsfähigkeit bis an die Grenzen ausreizen – Bässe, Leads, Pads, Sequenzen und vieles mehr.
Trendige Expansions
Stay on the cutting edge with contemporary presets and genre-focused packs that capture today’s most innovative musical trends.
Die vollständige Lösung
für moderne Synthese
Von Brain Dance bis zu Future Bass-Experimenten – erlebe das Klangrepertoire von Pigments in Aktion.
Code Bloom
Popbot
Soundtrack
Victor Morello
Voltage Alley
Gisaza
Coberlon
Victor Morello
Liquid
Visages
Quest
Victor Morello
Artist
Corner
Robert Dudzic
Sound Designer (Bad Boys: Ride or Die, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Carry-On)
"I directly clicked with Pigments, and while playing around with it I was able to make sounds that will fit perfectly into my work for movie trailers. The powerful sound engine, the clean interface, and the powerful tools, which are available to transform your own waveforms, are great. I’m able to import my own waveforms, and turn Pigments into my own instrument, allowing me to create my own unique sounds."
Robert Dudzic
Sound Designer (Bad Boys: Ride or Die, The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Carry-On)
"I don’t have a specific way of doing my sound design, to me it’s all a journey. I let my imagination run free, and let the natural flow take over."
Starcadian
"Pigments led me down this wonderful rabbit hole of new exciting ways of manipulating the sounds and made me rethink what I was doing. I’ve always said that music should never be fully retrospective, or never fully futuristic. The real beauty lies in the middle. No one writes a new language for their next book. You take the existing language and use it in new interesting ways that touch real people. The best way you can do that is by using the right pen, like Pigments."
Starcadian
"It’s funny how sound design works. You never know what the trigger will be. A “standard” way of starting out would be to try and emulate your favorite sounds build off that. With the right plug-in, you start with those intentions and veer wildly off-course. That’s when the real magic happens. Not only does that entire song structure change, but the meaning and vibe. That’s really lightning in a bottle and you can’t account for when and how that happens, other than making sure you use the right tool that lets you do that and accommodates your trip."
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! "
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."
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."
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. "
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."
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. "
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. "
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."
Daisuke Tanabe
Producer
"Love Pigments 4. It brings a cinematic layer to the production with a very delicate and present sound."
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!"
Kmru
Producer
"The immense possibilities of pigments is mind boggling - in love with the modulation possibilities."
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."
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."
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."
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."
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."
Press
Clippings
Magnetic Mag
On Pigments
"Something about Pigments unlocked a childlike joy inside of me that I have never felt before (...) I’ve genuinely never felt that way while sound designing."
MusicTech
On Pigments
"Pigments is a veritable chameleon of an instrument – it’s an analogue monster, a digital dream, a sampling powerhouse, and now a physical modelling marvel."
WeRaveYou
On Pigments
"Pigment 6’s versatility and ease of use make it a no-brainer when choosing which new software synth to try out."
Hispasonic
On Pigments
"It is a synthesizer in which Arturia has wanted to concentrate a large number of resources and get out of the most established areas. It is not a synthesizer that intimidates its use, but in spite of offering a very recognizable global structure, it floods with details in each element that go out of the most traveled and allow to accumulate many simultaneous actions."
Future Music
On Pigments
"Pigments is a powerful synth unifying the best of virtual synthesis, it has an amazing sound and modulation options are a delight to design dynamic sounds. An excellent and flexible ally for the creation of new sounds."
Strong Mocha
On Pigments
"Arturia keeps the promises that Pigments can sound like other synths; no other synth can sound like Pigments. New vibes and tones are always helpful to stay unique with the sound you deliver. (...) Pigments is because of its layout and approach an outstanding way to learn how to use a Synth."
Gearspace
On Pigments
"Excellent sound quality, with two powerful oscillators and a diverse set of filters."
KRHome Studio
On Pigments
"Pigments is a success. The interest of this instrument is double: a powerful synthesizer and a real learning tool (...) Pigments reconciles the look and listening."
Gearjunkies
On Pigments
"Fairly easy to use softsynth that uses the best of Arturia has to offer when it comes to softsynths. (...) Very usable for laying down sequence basslines if you combine it with additional FX plugins that can make it sound dirtier."
Ask Audio
On Pigments
"Incredible sounding oscillators and filters, beautifully designed, amazing modulators, powerful and flexible effects, great sequencer and arpeggiator section."
Sonic State
On Pigments
"At the heart of Pigments is the deep, deep modulation routing system, with a highly visual approach each source can have multiple destinations and can also be modified by the same sources. Its deeply powerful and results in some highly complex and compelling sounds."
Estrada Studio
On Pigments
"Pigments sounds excellent. It is because of both perfectly built synth engines and great filters, as well as the availability of a wide range of perfectly designed wavetables (...) In terms of sound, Pigments represents the highest league, while workflow, GUI, and unbelievable possibilities of modulation and effects section can appeal to many musicians."
Music Radar
On Pigments
"5/5 Pigments easily earns a place at the top table of synthesis. (...) the whole thing impresses from end to end. It’s hard to imagine how Arturia could have made it any easier to use - the work it has done in that regard is hugely commendable. With its voluminous, expressive sound and inspiring interface and architecture, Arturia’s first homegrown synth is a marvel."
Sound Bytes Mag
On Pigments
"Pigments is yet another winner in their lineup of synth plugins. I really can’t think of anything I’d like added to it. (...) It is very easy to use, the layout of controls in the display seem well thought out, and best of all it just sounds great."
Electronic Musician
On Pigments
"There's a lot going on in this latest synth powerhouse. (...) a surprisingly adept emulation machine (...) excellent controllable randomization tools."
Recording
On Pigments
"It’s an entirely original virtual synthesizer with an unusual and compelling sound, a wonderful slate of great features, and a user interface that’s as easy to navigate as it is, well, colorful"
Tape Op
On Pigments
"Pigments is a great synth for complex evolving sounds (...) And, this is a very fun instrument to play (...) If you’re into synths, you’ll really want to check this one out for sure. Hats off to Arturia for successfully expanding into a new instrument category (...) Pigments takes Wavetable synths to a new, more refined and mature level than any other implementation I’ve seen to date."
Interface
On Pigments
"Impressive capabilities!"
DJMag
On Pigments
"Pigments is a very powerful and unique soft synth created by Arturia who, we have to say, are masters of their game."
Audio Technology
On Pigments
"This instrument is paradise for those who love geeking out in the process of crafting unique sound."
MusicTech
On Pigments
"Pigments 4 update enhances nearly every aspect of the soft synth"
RouteNote
On Pigments
"Pigments is one of the most versatile software syntheiszers out there"
Happy Mag
On Pigments
"A highly creative and intuitive polychrome software synthesizer"
DJMag
On Pigments
"Pigments has established itself as a must-have plugin in the audio world."
Matrixsynth
On Pigments
"Pigments 4 is going to change the way you make music."
Gallery
Main Features
Two engines in parallel
Modal physcial-modeling engine
Complex Wavetable engine
Sample and Granular engine
Harmonic Oscillator additive engine
Virtual Analog triple-osc engine
Includes Engine Cross-modulation
Utility Engine
5-shape Virtual Analog Oscillator
2 Sample-based Noise Engines
External audio input
Two filters
13 modern filter types and 49 filter modes
Classic filter types from V Collection instruments
Continuous series/parallel routing
Powerful FX section
2 Insert buses, 1 Send bus, 3 FX per bus
Modulable parameters
18 algorithms including Shimmer Reverb, MultiBand Compressor, Chorus JUN-6, and more.
Advanced modulation system
Color-coded workflow
Drag-and-drop assignation
Hover quick-edit adjustment
Modulation side-chain
Envelopes, Morphing LFOs, Function generators, Random generators, Combinators and more
4 dynamic, assignable Macro controls
Generative Sequencer and Arpeggiator
Create complex, evolving and polymetric sequences/arps
Advanced random sequence generator
Sequencer lock & browser
Visual interface
4k resizeable interface
Interactive animated interface
Simplified Play View
Dark or Light themes
Extensive library of 1600 presets
MPE compatibility
NKS controller compatible
MTS-ESP microtuning compatibility
Platform Specifications
Windows
Win 10+ (64bit)
4 GB RAM
4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost)
3GB free hard disk space
OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
ARM processors not supported on Windows
Required configuration
Works in Standalone, VST, AAX, Audio Unit, NKS.
Apple
Mac OS 11+
4 GB RAM
4 cores CPU, 3.4 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo-boost) or M1 CPU
3GB free hard disk space
OpenGL 2.0 compatible GPU
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