Pigments

What happens when you give Arturia’s most adventurous sound designers free reign to create synth voice sounds? This sound bank, of course, and it’s something magical.

Containing 64 presets that cover the whole spectrum of synthetic voice and choir sounds, from simple vocal-filtered leads and key sounds to downright disturbing, shamanistic drones. If you’re looking for a touch of the weird and wonderful, this is the sound bank for you. Thanks to the power of Pigments’ superb modulation network and awesome filters, you can watch the sound evolve and unravel within the interface. You’re essentially watching the robot speak! Need some sci-fi foley for a scene in a cyborg nightclub? Check. Want a quirky robotic sequence as the hook of your new track? No problem. Want to terrify your neighbors with unholy android choirs in the middle of the night? We know what you like, and you’ll find it in Synth Voices.

Some of Arturia’s finest sound designers have joined forces to bring you a superb collection of contemporary, dynamic, and exciting mallet and bell sounds.

Using Pigments’ sound shaping abilities to the full, the 64 presets in Tactile Strike are a superb mix of glassy, bright bells, clanking mallets, and strangely organic synth percussion. From perfectly playable one-shots to flowing sequences, these expressive bells and mallets will become your go-to choices when you need some unique percussive, melodic bite in your tracks. The best thing about Tactile Strike is that, if you own Pigments, you can dive into any of the presets and truly make them your own. Apply some dreamy reverb, turn them into huge leads with some distortion, the sky’s the limit.

Making full use of the evolving, textural nature of Pigments’ sound engine, Marc Houle has created 16 unique, interesting, and very usable sounds for Arturia’s cutting edge synth.

Focusing on ambient textures, quirky hits, droning sirens, and dark effects, these presets are a great addition to any synth fan’s collection, and a great way to get insight into how Houle programs his synths, develops his patches, and creates his own brand of electronic music. Within Pigments itself, you are free to use them as they are, or to deconstruct these presets to see what makes them tick. Each sound has guidance and notes from Marc, including suggested parameter tweaks, as well as fully assigned macros to help bring each sound to life in various interesting ways.

If you’re after textural, mighty drums, percussion, and beat sequences, Percussive Drive is the Pigments sound pack for you.

Thanks to the unique mix of wavetable and virtual analog, you can get all the gorgeous transient detail, as well as that lush analog fatness for drums you’ll want to use on all of your tracks. Percussive Drive features 64 varied Pigments presets from the masterful hands of Maxime Audfray, Gustavo Bravetti, New Loops, and Twolegs Toneworks, all with a really interesting unique character, but all of them packing some serious punch. Inside the pack, you’ll find crashing one-hit sounds, new exciting percussive instruments, awesome patterns, tight sequences, as well as one-button grooves that are good enough to be standalone tracks! If you want to add an element of “what’s that sound?” to your tracks, Percussive Drive is a great place to start. A superb collection of attitude-packed drum and perc sounds that will inspire you to create, form the backbone of your new music, and keep your audience on their toes. Crisp wavetable, massive analog, all with expert notes on sound design and tweaking tips, so you can bring them to life thanks to the smart-assigned macros. Feel the beat!

When you need lead sound to cut through your track like a hot knife through butter, you need the Razor Lead preset pack for Pigments.

Crisp, strong, and biting, each preset sound has its own distinct character, and has been expertly designed to be all muscle, no fat. Razor Lead contains 64 zingy main-line patches that have been designed to add some serious meat to your tracks, created by hugely talented sound designers Maxime Audfray, Gustavo Bravetti, New Loops, and Twolegs Toneworks, Razor Lead will add dozens of powerful new sounds to your sonic arsenal. No soothing pads or quirky sequences here, just devastating, nasty leads to belt out your hooks, riffs, and melodies. Obviously the perfect choice for musicians looking to add an aggressive edge to their electronic music, the patches in Razor Lead are universally useful for everything from pop to rock, metal and industrial. Maybe not jazz though, unless you’re really adventurous. Smart-mapped macro controls and sound designer notes on every patch help you really understand what’s going on in the sound, and give you the confidence to tweak it on the fly to suit your track.

Thanks to the power of Pigments’ wavetable hybrid synthesis, you can hear a totally fresh take on classic keyboard sounds with a gritty, reliced feel. Imaginary instruments and audio curios guaranteed to inspire your creativity.

Rusted Keys contains 64 incredibly usable decayed keyboard sounds, perfect for adding that fragile touch, a faded feel, or a spooky vibe to any of your tracks. Masterfully made by New Loops, Jeremiah Savage, and Gustavo Bravetti, this collection of polyphonic keyboard sounds will add that rusted charm to your music. Some sounds are short and percussive, others are long and lingering, some are dramatic and bombastic, while others are soft and subtle, but all of the presets have been designed to be highly usable, with nicely assigned macros to help you bring them to life with hands-on tweaking or automation in your DAW. Rusted Keys is compatible with Pigments, and Analog Lab, so you can enjoy this fantastic collection of gritty keyboard sounds with whichever software title you prefer.

Mixing the sublime with the terrifying, the unnerving with the mysterious, Plutonic Fields is a powerful collection of preset sounds for Pigments and Analog Lab that will set the scene of your music and soundtracks, and put your listeners on edge.

64 experimental preset sounds from the talented minds of New Loops, Maxime Dangles, Gustavo Bravetti, and Maxime Audfray, Plutonic Fields offers up a new, exciting side to Pigments that only the brave dare explore. Inside this pack, you’ll find lost messages from the depths of space, mysterious churnings from the darkest oceans, garbled technology, mechanical monstrosities, and more. The perfect go-to synth pack for creating sound effects and otherworldly foley for film, TV, and games, as well as never-heard hits and textures for more experimental music. Thanks to the power of Pigments wavetable hybrid synth engine, the sound designers have also assigned the integrated macro controls so you can quickly tweak and manipulate these sounds on the fly, personalizing them and helping them fit into the on-screen action or the music as it evolves.

Set the scene with a fantastic selection of inspiring atmospheric pads for Pigments.

The right pad sound can really help ground your music, and place your listeners exactly where you want them. They can be emotive, calming, or downright terrifying. Frozen Atmosphere gives you 64 evocative, evolving pad sounds for you to explore, along with your audience. With Pigments’ amazing modulations and deep controls, these sounds truly come alive at your fingertips. Smart-assigned mod-wheel and macro controls let you take the sounds on twists and turns, adding movement, sweeping filters, and introducing experimental effects. If you’re interested in scoring soundtracks, game sound design, or ambient music, this collection is an absolute “must-have”. Download now, and start exploring straight away.

Crank the bass with an “all killer, no filler” preset collection for Pigments.

The dedicated Razor Bass sound bank gives you instant access to an additional 64 awe-inspiring, super sharp bass sounds that are guaranteed to fill the floor, and annoy your neighbors. Taking full advantage of the myriad unique features Pigments offers, every one of these sounds has a distinct personality and unique sound. No copycats here, just awesome, original bass patches for you to use in your tracks. Many feature easy performance controls, with mod-wheel and macros controlling filters, sync’d LFOs for big step and trap wobbles, or mind-blowing effects that totally transform the sound entirely. Use them as they are, or customize them to suit your music. Sharpen up Pigments with the Razor Bass now!