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Stan Navi · Post by **Stan Navi** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:06 pm

I wish Pigments (and other synths form V-Collection) could add solid low end as in Massive or Spire.
I can't get a good bass sound with it.

WasteLand · Post by **WasteLand** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:21 pm

Stan Navi wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:06 pm I wish Pigments (and other synths form V-Collection) could add solid low end as in Massive or Spire.
I can't get a good bass sound with it.

strange, i have quite some presets, from scratch, that deliver some bass, for several of the instruments. excellent, and deep, woofer-rrr killing presets, when mixed in too hard, sometimes...
quite a collection even...

sometimes, becomes this i read so many times, no high, no low, etc.. i ask myself; is it the genre in which you use the synths?? or other reasons.. i never eq arturia synths, don't need to (well i normally 'eq' the synth itself, without eq...), o well sometimes for, in very special cases, to serve a track. but that isn't the fault of the preset, me just lazy, to do in the synth...

misterpatrick · Post by **misterpatrick** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:26 pm

Arturia is killing it lately. The fact that they keep sending out free updates is wonderful and their tech support has been fantastic. I’ve had a couple minor issues and they have been really quick on getting back to me with fixes. I still have some crashes with Analog Lab in Logic Pro with an M1 Mac but hopefully that’ll be sorted soon, or possibly with the latest update that just came out.

As for basses in Pigments, check out the tutorial on Neural Basses that Arturia posted along with an accompanying preset set.

Hanz Meyzer · Post by **Hanz Meyzer** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:32 pm

What a pseudo release! Where are the actual new features?

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:37 pm

Hanz Meyzer wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:32 pm What a pseudo release! Where are the actual new features?

I think that a lot of new stuff for 'free'

New features - GUI and workflow:

Full GUI revamp
New Play view
New Light theme
New modulation Drag and Drop workflow
New modulation Quick Edit workflow
New FX and Sequencer Bypass buttons in top toolbar
New sync mode mixing all time divisions
New LFO presets
Various UX improvements

New features - Audio engine:

New MS-20 Filter
New Shimmer Reverb effect
New Super Unison effect
New notch mode in Multi Filter and Distortion effects
New Ring Modulation algorithm in Wavetable Engine
New Pulse Width algorithm in Wavetable Engine
New Unison Phase parameter in Wavetable and Sample Engines
New Phase randomisation mode in Harmonic Engine
New Ratio Key tracking mode in Modulation Oscillator
New pitch bend release mode
Reworked Bitcrusher effect
Added FM option on the Jup-8 Filter
MTS-ESP support

New Content:

New factory wavetables
New factory samples
New factory noises

Sinisterbr · Post by **Sinisterbr** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:37 pm

Korg Supporter wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:46 pm Does Pigments 4 sound any better than 3? I tried 3, and it sounds bland to me, just like the Hydrasynth.

I think the same thing. And I guess the problem is in Arturia filters, as I just heard a new preset based on the MS-20 filter and, finally, Pigments sounded interesting to me!
I hope they end up updating all Pigments filters. Until then, it's not my cup of tea.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:49 pm

Hanz Meyzer wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:32 pm What a pseudo release! Where are the actual new features?

This free 'pseudo-release' with actual actual new features is okay with me.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:54 pm

Hanz Meyzer wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:32 pm What a pseudo release! Where are the actual new features?

did you accidentally download 3 again instead of 4?
they're different symbols try the "4"

Stan Navi · Post by **Stan Navi** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:08 pm

Interesting, does it mean Arturia will release Shimmer Verb for FX Collection next?

petedako · Post by **petedako** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:12 pm

Bon OUI Love it

Does anybody have more info on what ARTURIA have given us in today's update for the Emulator II V, too? Pigments is getting all the attention but not the Emu sampler update?

Question to people who bought it: Does the promo discount soundset for the Wavelengths Bundle Sound Banks include new Wavetables and Samples, beyond the ones that already provided in the new 4.0 update's Factory settings?

Very cool light theme - surprised it's so slow to switch between them. Wonder are these new icons to help importing wave/WTs and samples? And for all the kvetching, for my 2¢ it is (as always) a joy to put together some sounds in Pigments. Really a powerful, yet simple intuitive pleasure to work with.
It would be nice to acces the factory loaded wav/WT/samps as easily as we can user defined assets. Where are they in OSX file directory please? S.V.P.quel'qu'un connais? Qu'est ce c'est? FA FA FA FA FA

Does anybody know?

SLiC wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:37 pm
Hanz Meyzer wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:32 pm <<like I did with Pigment 3 I will buy the add on sounds to show thank you.
<<I've done the same. It's nice to show a bit of gratitude
<<when you get a decent update for free.
lot of new stuff for 'free'

New features - GUI and workflow:

Full GUI revamp
New Play view
New Light theme
New modulation Drag and Drop workflow
New modulation Quick Edit workflow
New FX and Sequencer Bypass buttons in top toolbar
New sync mode mixing all time divisions
New LFO presets
Various UX improvements

New features - Audio engine:

New MS-20 Filter
New Shimmer Reverb effect
New Super Unison effect
New notch mode in Multi Filter and Distortion effects
New Ring Modulation algorithm in Wavetable Engine
New Pulse Width algorithm in Wavetable Engine
New Unison Phase parameter in Wavetable and Sample Engines
New Phase randomisation mode in Harmonic Engine
New Ratio Key tracking mode in Modulation Oscillator
New pitch bend release mode
Reworked Bitcrusher effect
Added FM option on the Jup-8 Filter
MTS-ESP support

New Content:

New factory wavetables
New factory samples
New factory noises

fisherKing · Post by **fisherKing** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:17 pm

i own pigments 3, but uninstalled it a long time ago, just never got into the sound of it. i may try this (it's free, after all!); curious to see if i'll feel differently about it now...

Neon Breath · Post by **Neon Breath** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:21 pm

Pigments was already a monster synth. Now it's truly turning into Godzilla

Thx alot Arturia for this crazy update. The Light theme is much welcome as well, during sunny days of synthesis. You guys are among the top right now.

martiu · Post by **martiu** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:28 pm

Stan Navi wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 6:06 pm I wish Pigments (and other synths form V-Collection) could add solid low end as in Massive or Spire.
I can't get a good bass sound with it.

add Output Thermal to them

martiu · Post by **martiu** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:29 pm

Neon Breath wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:21 pm Pigments was already a monster synth. Now it's truly turning into Godzilla

Thx alot Arturia for this crazy update. The Light theme is much welcome as well, during sunny days of synthesis. You guys are among the top right now.

Whole grains diet incoming

Azbest · Post by **Azbest** » Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:34 pm

Stan Navi wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:08 pm Interesting, does it mean Arturia will release Shimmer Verb for FX Collection next?

Christmas freebie maybe?

Arturia Pigments 4 has landed