Pigments is a vibrant, intense, and modern synth that’s inspiring, hugely powerful, and great fun.
This FREE update to version 1.2, features new sounds, new abilities.
The modern producer’s secret weapon
The best creative tool for aspiring producers looking for the latest sounds, Pigments is an insanely powerful software synth that makes complex patching and modulations easy, simple, and fun.
The visual feedback helps you really understand what’s going on in your patch at a glance, and the amazing mix of razor-sharp wavetable, fat virtual analog, legendary filters, and studio quality effects make it a must-have.
What’s new in Pigments 1.2
NKS Compatible

Do you use Maschine or Komplete Kontrol? Pigments is now ready to rock with Native Instruments NKS control format.
Introducing Sound Store

Find exciting new preset sound banks from within Pigments. New themed banks are being added all the time!
Super Mode

A new unison detune voice mode lets you beef any wave up with the style of the famous “JP” supersaw.
Sequencer revamp

A new visual layout, with the added ability to set different clock divisions for each lane in the sequencer or arpeggiator.
Updated envelope

We’ve reduced the minimum value for the attack times, letting you achieve even sharper envelope modulation for super-nasty sounds.
Microtuning

Want to be a bit more free with your tuning? Now you can select alternative keyboard scales, as well as import your own .scl and .tun files.
Extra Combinator

We’ve added a third combinator, giving you more sound-shaping potential. We’ve also introduced a new “Map” type that lets you remap any incoming modulation source.

New soundbanks
Razor Lead and Percussive Drive are two awesome new sound banks that you can own with update 1.2. 128 massive, vibrant drums, rhythmic sequences, and slicing melodic lead patches will be yours to explore!
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Percussive Drive
Feel the beatIf you’re after textural, mighty drums, percussion, and beat ...
Percussive Drive Feel the beat
If you’re after textural, mighty drums, percussion, and beat sequences, Percussive Drive is the Pigments sound pack for you.
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Razor Lead
Play the cutting edgeWhen you need lead sound to cut through your track like a hot ...
Razor Lead Play the cutting edge
When you need lead sound to cut through your track like a hot knife through butter, you need the Razor Lead preset pack for ...
lead
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Covert
Dark and moody arpeggio making use of the new ability to use different clock rates on each track of the sequencer.
Dotted Trance
Classic supersaw patch using our new superwave generator.
Evolution
Syncopated and everchanging arpeggiated chord making use of two functions to harmonize the different oscillators in real time.
Karplus Like Seq
A soft sequence using an microtuning african scale to create a sort of ethnic percussion.
Sharp tester
An atonal percussive sequence to show the enhanced sharpness of the envelope generator.
Time To Breath
Percussive bass, using the combinate remap mode to reshape a function.
Hear it from the experts
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One of the most intuitive and easy-to-program synthesizers I've tried, an incredibly well-designed architecture and a stunningly fast routing makes it easy to generate really complex patches.Ed Is Dead
( Producer / Songwriter / DJ )

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With Pigments you can do sound design without limitations. I’m able to quickly turn the ideas in my head into sounds, partly thanks to the friendly and intuitive interface. I directly felt a connection with Pigments; the filters sound great, and it has a lot of power in the low end, something that is signature to my personal sound.Robert Dudzic
( Composer / Sound Designer )

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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.Janus Rasmussen
( Bloodgroup )

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Been a long time since I got to know a soft-synth that feels so alive! Beautifully designed, original, and deep, and it sounds great.Marius de Vries
( Composer )

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The GUI on Pigment is particularly impressive, it’s so easy to navigate your way around, so despite its huge power, creating even the most complex sounds is quick and satisfying.Ade Fenton
( Producer / Gary Numan )

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It gives you the results pretty fast, it brings that quality of an analog synth to approachable, easy software, that everybody can use.Nicky Romero
( DJ / Producer )

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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.Andrew Huang
( Producer/YouTube Influencer )

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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.Plaid
( Producers )

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Pigments is a complete surprise and a revelation to me because I normally associate the team at Arturia with having successfully closed the gap between analog and digital emulation. But this is something completely new, an analog/wavetable hybrid beast with the craziest modulation capabilities I have ever seen.Mylo
( Producer )

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There’s a wealth of combinations to be had and the vast power under the hood could easily be overwhelming were it not for the rather ingenious and elegant interface. The routing matrix is a triumph. Effects are not token additions but are potent enough to make a sound all on their own. By the time the sound leaves the plugin it’s ready. No processing jacket required! It’s a chocolate box. It’s a paint box. Well done!Jamie Lidell
( Artist / Producer )

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From sparkling highs to rumbling lows, this has everything you need and then some.Emre Türkmen
( Years & Years )

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I can sometimes be quite lazy with my programming, 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.FEMME
( Artist / Performer )

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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.Nicky Romero
( DJ / Producer )

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I can very quickly get and create what I hear in my head. Sonically sound and visually a treat use.Howie B
( Producer / Pussyfoot Records )

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Inspired, programmed a patch and wrote a tune within minutes. I could easily lose many an afternoon, day and night with this one.Cian Ciaran
( Producer / Engineer )

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Deep… both gloriously old-fashioned and fashionably modern. It follows the MatrixBrute path of almost infinite modulation which is a very good thing. Can’t wait to start importing my own Waveforms.Mark Ayres
( Radiophonic Workshop )

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I love it. It sounds brilliant and really responds to what you want it to do. All the presets are super musical and a great starting point for either enhancing a part of a song or going in fresh.Lael Goldberg
( Producer / Songwriter )

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I LOVE this synth. Modern, clever, sophisticated, smart. Bravo Arturia.Guy Sigsworth
( Producer )

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For my soundtracks I'm always searching for new sounds. With Pigments I’ve found a synthesizer that expands my sound universe with granular and wavetable synthesis perfectly. Pigments has the most intuitive user interface that I have ever seen in a complex synth. With this interface it is really easy to make innovative and distinctive sounds.Cyril Boehler
( Composer / Producer )

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What I really like about Pigments is the depth of oscillator modulation that is available. Plenty of software synths can do wavetables, FM, Phase distortion, etc... but not all at once. I love that I can combine all these methods with the expansive modulation matrix to make new and ever changing sounds.Blush Response
( Artist / Producer )

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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!Camo & Krooked
( Producer )