Arturia Pigments 7

[Download SOphist]

Pigments is taking about 1.4GB of RAM per instance here. But after leaving the project open for a while the RAM use drops significantly.

in my case the Ram never drops. In one case it even I creased, apparently. Mac OSX Sequoia, both standalone and VST3 in Bitiwig Studio 5.

[bjm4tt]

Got this today from support: "Unfortunately this issue is not fixed yet, but it's logged on our side for further investigation. Our responsible teams are working on it."

[Igro]

Got this today from support: "Unfortunately this issue is not fixed yet, but it's logged on our side for further investigation. Our responsible teams are working on it."

In Arturia terms this usually means that nobody cares and nobody is aware of anything and nobody is working on it.

[sqigls]

i haven't had the chance to use v7 yet, i hope they make it some kind of priority.
on my machines, the GUI of v7 loads way too slow to integrate into a workflow. The whole GUI area needs an overhaul, codewise i think. Maybe lose the nipple macros in the process?

[Download SOphist]

Got this today from support: "Unfortunately this issue is not fixed yet, but it's logged on our side for further investigation. Our responsible teams are working on it."

In Arturia terms this usually means that nobody cares and nobody is aware of anything and nobody is working on it.

hehe, maybe true but being a free upgrade for users since forever shouldn't give them the proper incentive

[sqigls]

sooooo...

installed v7, pretty good, but the GUI takes forever to load at least first time each session. I can't believe it's been this long with no update. Is this usual for Pigments/Arturia? they're obviously on the Augmented trip right now, but I'm hoping they might fix this slow load thing. I'm a bit far gone now to roll back to v6.

[Arcvidean]

sooooo...

installed v7, pretty good, but the GUI takes forever to load at least first time each session. I can't believe it's been this long with no update. Is this usual for Pigments/Arturia? they're obviously on the Augmented trip right now, but I'm hoping they might fix this slow load thing. I'm a bit far gone now to roll back to v6.

Same problem in Cubase 14 on Windows 10.

Arcvidean.

[chk071]

sooooo...

installed v7, pretty good, but the GUI takes forever to load at least first time each session. I can't believe it's been this long with no update. Is this usual for Pigments/Arturia? they're obviously on the Augmented trip right now, but I'm hoping they might fix this slow load thing. I'm a bit far gone now to roll back to v6.

It's a bit misunderstandable. Since version 1, Pigments has only received free major updates. So, instead of taking them for yearly major updates, it's better to view them as updates for the initial version of Pigments. And, there were loads of them. And, there were loads of new features as well. Basically, Pigments has grown from a well featured synth to a complete feature monster. All for free for original owners, even of version 1.

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Pigments



V 7.0.0



New Features



Play View Revamp: Focused on sound visualization, playing the sound and quick editing it



Rage Filter: Original filter integrating a distortion within its feedback loop achieving unique raw aggressive sounds



Ripple Filter: Combining successive Allpass filters at the same frequency, it creates intense phase shifts to achieve new timbre, ringing or laser sounds



Reverb Filter: A reverb that is so short that it mostly induces timbre modification rather than time modification, great for metallic textured sounds



Corroder Effect: Using audio rate short delay modulation, this effect applies controlled degradation without removing the core of the dry signal



New Content





15 User Centric Sound Design Tutorials 

150 Factory Presets 

50 Wavetables 

30 Samples 

20 Noises 




Improvements



Audio Improvements





Sharper Amplitude Envelope for better precision 

Added FM Input on the Classic Filter 




GUI Improvements





Light Theme Rework providing better contrast for accessibility requirements 

Reworked The "Quick Edit Blue" color in Light Theme 

Improved Modulations visibility in Light Theme 




UX





CPU improvements - Modulation handling, MultiCore in On by default, Default granular state improvements 

Quick Edit modulation V3 : displaying the modulation range on the target parameters 

Audio device selection is now automatically tracking your current OS setting unless you specifically choose a manual device 




Store





Audio preview for each soundbank 




Bugfixes





Sequencer Page : Missing Tooltip for the Swing parameter has been restored 

FX: Visualizer is now correctly updated when Delay and Feedback parameters are modulated (Flanger BL20/Flanger/Chorus/Chorus Jun6) 

FX: The default loaded preset is now consistent with the Default preset in the preset menu 

Theme: No more crashes when switching between Dark and Light Interface Themes 

Display: Fixed the screen offset text when the Macros field is empty 

Wavetable: The 2D visualizer now displays the correct waveform, even when morphing is off 

Engine: Modulations now correctly re-trigger the polyphonic Gate 

Audio: Removed oscillator clicks on the Wavetable on attack phase 

Audio: Eliminated "zipper" noise on the Harmonic Engine's Output Volume 




V 6.0.4



Bugfixes & Improvements





Adding a Hard Drive as a sample folder no longer crashes 

No more crashes in Studio One when removing a plugin 

No more issues with Pigments top preset bar when duplicating tracks in Logic X 

Browsing with the keyboard arrows inside the Quick Preset browser now filters Types correctly 

MIDI config is now correctly recalled in your DAW 

No more MIDI port error pop-up on Protools and Digital Performer when using a controller 

Fixed a random issue where Factory presets were not installed properly 

Windows installers are now working as expected 




V 6.0.3



New Features





Improved popups look. 




Bugfixes & Improvements





Fixes several bugs with Lab controller screen feedback on windows. 

Protools: armed tracks are no longer desynchronized from the project tempo. 

Fixed project recall issues on Reaper 

No more clicks with the FX Super Unison retrig mode. 

Distortion effect Dry/Wet no longer creates notches in high frequencies. 

FX Overdrive tone is now bipolar with correct tooltip. 

Factory samples can no longer be imported as user samples. 

Fixed advanced modulators unwanted retrigs in legato mode. 

Seq Modulator GUI now updates correctly when auto-random is active. 

Fixed bugs with the modulators copy/paste function 

Undo now supports MIDI controller actions. 

Enhanced accessibility for initial plugin launch experience. 

No more display issues with side panel settings. 

Fixed arpeggiator up & down behavior. 

Preset selection from quick browser no longer resets filters/sorting. 

Effects Insert/send state is preserved when changing FX preset. 

GUI rendering has been improved on AMD GPUs. 

Fixed a bug where preset browser styles were lost when editing presets. 

The preset count is no longer cropped, when having over 1000 presets in a playlist. 

Computer keyboard input now works properly when the quick browser is open. 

MPE Pitch Slide now properly works after repeated slides. 

MPE slide CC changes now apply immediately after re-enabling MPE. 




V 6.0.2



Bugfixes





Unwanted resources are no longer installed in the application folder 

Coarse Mod Quantize is back to its normal behaviour 




V 6.0.1



New Features



New Modal Engine: Featuring two resonators algorithms and two multimode exciters



Sample Engine New features:





New Granular Scan 

New Grain Size Continuous Ratio 

New Round Robin & Random sample assignation per Key or per gain 

BitCrush Decimate mode now allows to choose between 2 downsampling colors 

Sync All has been added to Density rate type 




New Cluster Filter: From classic formant filtering to modern bass sound design



New LoFi Filter: Per voice downsampler coupled with pre and post filter



New revision of the Multifilter:





Renamed Classic Filter 

Added Input Drive 

Added three All-pass filter modes 

New Analog resonance mode, which distorts the signal when resonance is high while preserving the low end 




New Vocoder Effect: For color-bass sound design and hollow vocal sounds



Effects improvements:





Multimode filter: Added All-pass filter type and analog resonance mode 

Distortion: Added All-pass filter type and analog resonance mode 

More parameters are now modulable 

StereoPan has been renamed "Panner" and a "Pan" parameter has been added 




New Random modulator: Simple yet powerful and versatile random source



New Voice Modulator: A controlled source of randomness providing different modulation values per voice in the spirit of vintage synths



New Envelope follower: Tracks the amplitude of any point inside the signal path and turns it into a modulation



New Function V2:





New preset browser 

New S-curve 

New Smooth parameter 

New grid mode 

Rework of the operation and retrig modes UX 




New Browser for Samples, Wavetables and Noises:





Factory samples and wavetables are now sorted into new categories 

User samples and wavetables are now separated from the factory content, under the Folders tab 




Quick Edit V2: The quick edit workflow now supports the assignation and edition of sidechains using drag & drop and the Quick Edit pop-up



New Global Transpose section in Keyboard panel (octave and fine tune)



New Preset recommendation system allowing to suggest similar sounds from the library to the selected preset



Revamped filter selection pop-up



New Content:





100 Presets 

53 Wavetables 

97 Samples 

60 Noises and Transients 

New tutorials 




Improvements



Sound Engine:





Filters clicks have been reduced, particularly on digital filters 

Comb Filters algorithm is now smoother when tweaked and holds a better tuning in the high frequencies 




GUI:





The interface style and layout have been refreshed and improved 

The interface and interactions of the keyboard panel has been improved 

The interface and interaction of the filters has been updated 

The UI and UX of the engine Tune and Output sections have been improved 

The sample engine playback visual feedback is now polyphonic 

The Distortion effect layout has been improved 

The LFO layout has been improved 

Improved parameters tooltips and descriptions 




UX:





The modulation assign mode now features a toggle on the sidechains 

Some default values have been changed 




Bugfixes





Comb filter: no more clicks when changing modes 

Filters: no more clicks when swapping filters 

Amplitude Envelope's parameters no longer produce noise when modulated 

FX Distortion no longer acts as a notch filter when doing parallel distortion 

Formant filter's Q Factor has now cleaner modulations 

Glide no longer jumps when Microtuning is enabled 

Sequencer / Arpeggiator : First step now plays correctly each time 

Fixed a bug where the interface was lagging with AMD GPUs 

Tooltips and descriptions: Typos and various fixes 

Various other GUI fixes 




V 5.0.4



Bugfixes





Controllers: No more endless preset changes when browsing with Arturia controllers in Studio One 

Recall: parameters such as master volume are now correctly recalled in Bitwig and Cubase 

Playlists: No more crashes when deleting songs or transferring presets 

Sequencer/Arpeggiator: First note is now played correctly 




V 5.0.3



New Features





KeyLab mk3 Integration 

Improved MIDI configurations allowing the user to save his own default settings per controller 

Created new default MIDI mappings for MiniLab 3 and KeyLabs, ensuring consistent assignments for all instruments 

Added NKS 2 compatibility 




Bugfixes





No more issues on audio midi settings where input channels could not be selected after changing the audio device 

Fixed cropped MIDI parameter names in the MIDI menu 

Modifying a parameter in MIDI now works properly on Reaper and Reason in VST3 

Parameters assigned to MIDI learn now works properly in Studio One 

No more preset loading issues in NKS applications when a VST2 plugin is loaded 

Importing presets no longer creates a separate preset bank in the library 

No more flickering issues in the help/description bar when changing MIDI configurations 

MIDI configurations are now well recalled in DAWs 




V 5.0.2



Bug fixes:





Fixed GUI freezes when used with single screen on AMD Graphics cards 




V 5.0.1



New Features - Audio Engine:





New multicore CPU optimization 

New generative sequencer featuring one-click sequence generation 

New Sequencer sequence browser & saveable presets 

New Sequencer playback modes 

Various Sequencer UX improvements 

New Utility Engine Audio Input mode 

New auxiliary effect bus routing 

New Wavetable Engine phase parameter 




New Features - GUI / Workflow:





New Play view visualiser 

Various visualisers improvements 

Sequencer interface and workflow redesign 

Keyboard, Pitch and Mod wheels redesign 

Various UX improvements 

Pop-up windows redesign 




New Content:





New Factory Library & Expansions banks 

New Factory wavetables 

New Factory samples 

New Sequencer patterns 

New Sequencer classic and generative scales 




Bug fixes:





Various bugfixes 




V 4.1.1



Bug fixes:





Quick edit amount icons are now properly displayed 

Sample is no more played after saving as a preset 




V 4.1.0



New features and improvements:





Window can now be resized by dragging the bottom right corner 

Added audio protection on plugin output (Limiter at +12dB) 

AAX is now compatible with Mac M1 

NKS is now compatible with Mac M1 and VST3 

Graphic performance improvements 

Store can now be browsed by Music Genres 




Bug fixes:





Fixed crash in preset browser on Windows 

Fixed crash when dragging & dropping a MIDI Clip in Ableton Live 

Fixed potential install issues with .pkg files on macOS 13 Ventura 

Fixed automation from controller in FL Studio 

Fixed UX issues in preset store 




V 4.0.3



Improvements:





GUI: Performances improvements 

GUI: Minor UX/UI improvements 




Bug fixes:





Fixed stuck notes when using a sustain pedal in Legato mode 

Fixed playlist import issue 

Fixed crash when browsing samples with keyboard arrows 




V 4.0.2



Improvements:





Pigments 4 is now NKS compatible 




Bug fixes:





Fixed issue causing the text-to-speech to read messages while disabled 




V 4.0.1



Bug fixes:





The Bitcrusher Smooth parameter is now correctly recalled when loading presets from previous versions 

The Slope of the Distortion Filter is now correctly recalled in 12dB/oct when loading presets from previous versions 

The Voicing Mode is now correctly recalled in Reassign for presets made before V3 




V 4.0.0



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 




Bug fixes and improvements:





Various audio engine improvements to reduce CPU consumption 

Noise samples are no longer exported with presets 

Improved VCA & VCA envelope to reduce clicks 




V 3.7.1



Bug fixes:





No more crashes with the tagging system in the preset browser 

No more issues with the functions trigger modes 

No more issues with the browser sort feature 

No more issues with the Macro knob modulation amount 

Sound engine waveforms don't cover banks in sound store anymore 

No more issues with the pitch quantization 




V 3.7.0



New features:





New preset tagging system (right click to open tag menu) 

New Preset browser, toolbars and menus design 

New sound bank view 

New instruments icons 




Improvements:





Project opening time improvements 

Preset loading time improvements 

Preset store performance improvements 

Enhanced preset drag & drop to playlists 

Moved user preset category in Explore 

Playlist menu improvements 

Playlists can now be edited simultaneously on plugin instances 

Preset info menu improvements 

Improved home page pop-up behavior 

Edits made in playlists are now automatically saved 

Added multiple preset selection count 




Bug fixes:





MPE no longer conflicts with standard pitch bend messages 

No more freezes when displaying two instances of the same instrument with AMD GPU 

No more missing presets when importing large banks 

Playlists can now be selected with program changes messages (MSB) 

No more pop-up display issues 

Installers no longer proposes Rosetta install on non-Rosetta systems 

No more missing presets when using several Analog Lab instances 




V 3.5.1



Bug fixes:





No more issue when renaming a bank 

No more macro issue in FL Studio 

MIDI channels are now available in global settings in DAW 

Macro 1 state is now properly recalled in Bitwig 4 

FM is no longer available for Multimode Filter 




V 3.5.0



New Features:





Engine Cross modulation: Engine 1 and 2 can now modulate each other 

Filter Engine modulation: Engine 1 and 2 can now modulate the filters 

New Distortion module with 13 additional algorithms 

New Comb Filter featuring 3 new modes (LP6, BP6, HP6) 

Samples can now be previewed directly in the Sample Browser 

Sample Browser now support custom folders and subfolder browsing 

Parametric EQ bands can now be modulated 

Pigments 3.5 Factory Library (150 new presets) 

Pigments 3.5 Wavetables (59 new wavetables) 




Improvements:





Various UI and UX improvements 

Improved Analog Engine layout 

Improved FX bus gain management 

New defaults values for the Comb Filter parameters 

Parameters name and description improvements 




Bugfixes:





Various GUI fixes 

Noise Waveforms are now correctly shown in the Utility Engine 

4/1 and 8/1 delay times are now correct 




V 3.2.0



New features:





Apple M1 support 

Added a condensed list view to the browser to view the preset list and filters at the same time 




Bug fixes:





Fixed UI issues in FL studio 

No more issues when opening V Collection stand-alone from 'Macs recent items' 

Updated Synclavier and Emulator Timers 

All V Collection works on Big Sur 

Imported and old playlists loading times have been vastly improved 

No More issues when using Luna running Big Sur with V Collection and FX collection instruments/effects 

Standalones are now all working with ASIO4ALL & Realtek ASIO 




V 3.1.0



New features:





Macro workflow improvement, indlucing a new look, Learn button & easier mapping format 

MIDI workflow improvements, including Learn on/off and access to more detailed MIDI parameters 

All tutorials in V Collection 8 instrument have now been updated in our new format 

All instruments in V Collection 8 are now NKS compatible 

New 128 preset sound bank for VC8.1 exploring new sound territories 




Bug fixes:





Allowed access to the three tuning options "Relative", "Absolute", "Hertz" in the modulator during the tutorial 

Sustain pedal action now works in low buffer sizes 

Allow saving a preset with space after the word 

Controller template namings are now consistent across all VC instruments 

Preset comments now remain, when presets are added to a playlist 




V 3.0.0



New features:



New Engines





Harmonic Engine 

Utility Engine 




Filters





New Jup-8 Low-Pass Filter 

Improved frequency modulation range on filters 

Improved filters initialization 




New Effects:





BL-20 Flanger 

Jun-6 Chorus 

Multiband 

Pitch-Shift Delay 




New content:





200 New presets 

84 New wavetables 

97 New samples 

71 New noise samples 

New effects presets 

New tutorials 




User interface improvements:





New GUI 

Improved organization of effects selection 

Optimized user workflow 

New default setting 

Changed default tuning behavior to lock when changing engine type 

Added on/off to Unison for Analog and Wavetable engines 

New copy/paste effects settings 

Improved MPE performance 

Improved the interaction to edit modulators 




Updated features:





Enhanced filter and effects routing 

Improved envelopes performance 

Added new filter routing options, to allow more possibilities for splitting individual filter outputs to insert effects A & B 

Added sample engine snap to zero crossing points 

Added sample playback recall to parameters in the edit tab 

Added Mono bass and Natural modes to the stereo pan effect 

Added new fine tuning mode "Offset" to oscillators 2 and 3 in the analog engine 

Added the option to import custom samples in AIFF 

Added Release button to activate or deactivate sample in release mode 

Added Scale control to invert the functions polarity 




Bug fixes:





When MPE is enabled, Macro 1 is now disabled 

No more window resizing issue when using the preset browser 

No more errors on filters and envelopes when using automations with Logic pro in Big Sur 

Sample and hold rise and fall values are now working perfectly when trigger is set to Poly KBD 

No more display bugs on Macros in the preset browser when resizing the window 

Wavefolding modulation now works perfectly when deactivating unison chord 

Fixed an issue that was causing the sidechain amounts to 50 on other modulation sources 




V 2.2.1



Bug fixes:





No more issues with playlists 

Tutorials are now properly working 

Checkout now properly works in the Sound Store 

No more font issues on case-sensitive operating systems 

VST3 MIDI learn now properly maps to CC in Live (Windows) 

VST toolbar is now properly displayed in Reason 10 instruments 

No more conflicts between the side panel and the resize function 




Improvements:





Type icons size have been reduced to avoid scrolling when browsing presets 




V 2.2.0



New features:





New Browser 

New Preset Library 

New side panel with: 

New Global & Preset Settings menu 

New Brightness, Timbre, Time and Movement Macro controls 

New MIDI Controller and Config menu 

New built in Tutorials 




Bug fixes:





Welcome tutorials no longer opens after checking "don't show again" 

"Clear all" function now works properly with Keylab Essentials and KeyLab MKII 

Banks can no longer be cropped when resizing the interface 




V 2.1.3



Bug fixes:





Instruments state is now properly recalled when reloading an FL Studio project 

Reduced projects loading time and size optimisation 

No more missing samples when browsing sound banks in the Store 




V 2.1.2



Bug fixes:





First notes are no longer missed when starting the DAW playback 

No more CPU overload when opening Cubase projects 

Program changes are no longer crashing Live when rendering audio 

Opening a standalone no longer resets the sample rate to 44,1Khz 

Preset name is now properly displayed when browsing presets from KeyLabs 

Audio Unit state is now properly recalled when reopening a project 

Drag & Drop samples in the engine now works in Studio One 

No more corrupted delay FX preset 




V 2.1.1



Improvements:





Faster preset loading time, especially in AU, VST3 and AAX 

Interface loading is now faster 

Animations are now smoother 

Animations CPU consumption is now reduced 

New convolution reverb engine 

VST3 presets now supported 

A pop-up is now shown when instruments vst/au/aax and system files are mismatching 




Bug fixes:





Remove / replace an instrument no longer crashes Logic 10.5.1 

Midi Learn now works after clicking on Delete Current Config 

Resize the user interface is not fluid and doesn't lead to a blank screen anymore 

No more animation glitches when opening the advanced panel 

Control + click is now supported on all Mac models. 

Factory presets can now be saved in playlists 

Releasing sustain pedal no longer kills notes that are still held on the keyboard 

Sequencer now sends MIDI in VST2, VST3, AU and AAX 

Playing 6 notes at the same time when MPE is enabled, leads to Freeze 




V 2.0.1



New Features:





Pigments 2.0 presets are now NKS compatible 

No more time limit on user samples 

Add non-voice-stealing poly mode 

Sample engine crossfade has been improved 

MPE support has been improved 

Micro tuning support has been improved 

Minor GUI improvements 




Bugs fixes:





Sample loop points are now correctly saved 

No more crashes with Ableton Live during preset scan 

Parameter smoothing has been improved 

Samples too quiet are no longer normalized 

Poly aftertouch is working again 

Minor bugixes for the function in loop mode 

Free run sources are now reset by the sequencer on each start 




V 2.0.0



New features:



Engines





Added a new sample engine 

Added a granular section within the sample engine 

Unison available within all the engines 

Unison voice count is now a continuous parameter 

Added a FM toggle switch for oscs #1 and #2 of the Virtual Analog engine 




Filters:





Added a new west coast low pass gate 

Added the ability to copy one filter to the other 




Effects:





Added a new tape echo delay 

Improved Compressor ballistics 

Added a fine delay control to the Delay 

Added the ability to toggle buses on/off 

Drag & drop and swap improvements 




Modulators:





Added the ability to bypass / remove / reassign modulations 

Functions can now be used as loopable multi-segments envelopes 

Each random modulation source can now be Sample & Hold, Binary or Turing 




Sequencer:





Plugin can output MIDI data 

Reworked random, it is now a deviation around "regular" values 

Reworked scale quantization, including user scales 

New transpose knob (modulable) before scale quantization 




Other:





Added MPE support 

Added a Vu-meter in the toolbar 

GUI has been revamped 

Added undo/redo, with keyboard shortcuts available in standalone 




Bug fix:





Various minor bugfixes 




V 1.2.1



New feature:





Browser and Store GUI improvement 




Bug fixes:





Filter FM Source is now properly loaded when switching to the multimode filter 

Highlighted parameter remains now after swapping filters 

Various NKS improvements 

StereoPan FX Rate and phaser rate can now be be sync'ed to the DAW clock 

Microtuning mapping now references A note, instead of C 

LFO visualizer now shows the right position when modulating the phase 

Wavetable visualizer now displays properly with all graphic cards 




V 1.2.0



New features:





NKS compatibilty 

53 new presets - type 1.2 in search bar to find them 

Added preset store - some packs already available 

Sharper envelope attack times now accessible 

Added Supersaw unison mode for a classic trance feel 

Added aftertouch response curve 

Microtuning (.scl and .tun) support 

Added a third Combinate slot 

Added Remap mode in Combinate - transform a modulator with a remapping function 

Independent clock divisor for each sequencer lane (Pitch, Octave, Velocity, ...) 

Reworked Sequencer graphics 

Modulation bar now highlights which modulator is being edited when hovering 

New tutorial about filters - accessible from the toolbar drop-down menu 

LFO Phase tool tip now shown in degrees 

Minor graphical improvements 




Bug fixes:





Wavetable oscillator 3D viewer now shows the right wave when morph is OFF 

Some sound designer images and bio were missing, now properly displayed 

"+" button for styles can't be added as a style anymore 

Panic now properly received from external controllers 

Sidechain modulation now appears when side chain value is set to -1 

Graphical refinements and typos in tutorials and tooltips 

With some graphic cards, wavetable 3D display would not show up properly, now fixed 

Factory wavetables are not exported anymore when exporting a bank 




V 1.1.2



Bug fixes:





FX sends are now properly bounced when a Macro is assigned as a modulation source on send level using VST3 

No more crash when selecting ASIO DirectX Full Duplex Driver in standalone app 




V 1.1.1



Bug fixes:





Sequencer/Arpeggiator modulation value is now properly processed for the first step played 

No more note-off events are received when loosing window focus in standalone 




V 1.1.0



New features:





Master tuning added in Keyboard tab 

Added a 6dB LPF and HPF slope mode to the Multimode Filter 

Sidechains are now displayed as modulations in the modulation bar 

Dynamic graphical representation of effects 

Poly Aftertouch handling added in Keyboard tab 

Velocity and Keyboard curve editor in Keyboard tab 

Turing and Binary random sources now have reset trigger sources 

Computer keyboard can now be used as a MIDI input in Standalone 




Improvements:





Correct preset now loaded for First Look Tutorial 

Play mode (mono, legato, poly) now in Keyboard area 

The phase of sync'ed Functions is not changed when modulating the rate in One mode 




Bug fixes:





Naming of parameters in modulation bar now correspond to the parameter name 

Window zoom improvements 

No more freezes when importing wavetables then exiting the wavetable browser 

Various GUI improvements for icons, labels, ... 

No more crashes in VST in GigPerformer on Mac 

Tagging a preset as a favorite does not kill notes anymore 

Pan knob dead zone improved 

First note is now properly rendered when exporting in FL20 

Deleting a wavetable sample now clears it from the list 

Missing samples are now properly reimported in User folder 




V 1.0.0



First release of Pigments

[agharta]

sooooo... installed v7, pretty good, but the GUI takes forever to load at least first time each session. I can't believe it's been this long with no update. Is this usual for Pigments/Arturia? they're obviously on the Augmented trip right now, but I'm hoping they might fix this slow load thing. I'm a bit far gone now to roll back to v6.

It's a bit misunderstandable. Since version 1, Pigments has only received free major updates. So, instead of taking them for yearly major updates, it's better to view them as updates for the initial version of Pigments. And, there were loads of them. And, there were loads of new features as well. Basically, Pigments has grown from a well featured synth to a complete feature monster.

Aren't a lot of the complaints due to the massively increased memory usage compared to the last version?
Not sure if the GUI issue is also new in V7 too?
So if the major issues are all new in V7, I don't think it's relevant what has gone before V6.
People tend to compare to the immediately prior version.

It makes more sense to compare today's current versions of complex synths in terms of features and performance.
Some synths and even effects are getting more demanding GPU wise and can be unusable on say integrated graphics from say 6 or 7 years ago.
My i9-9900 is generally okay CPU wise but can struggle with some plugin GPU tasks.

Note:
Make sure to update your graphics driver if you have slow GUI issues.

[Examigan]

Yeah I don’t get why it takes so much RAM. Does it load any samples into memory to speed up the loading of presets or something else maybe? I can’t see the UI taking so much of that, since it uses over 1GB on my PC.

[sqigls]

the initial GUI load of v7 takes at least 20 seconds on my M1 macbook pro.
much slower than the final version of v6.
I think Ana 2 takes about 2-3 seconds and Ana 2 was formerly the longest loading synth GUI of all my VST3 plugins.
it's first world problems for sure, but it's a bit of a flow dampener.

[Teksonik]

I just ran a test here on Windows 11 and Pigments took under 4 seconds to load. I believe Arturia plugins do try to phone home or at least access the Arturia Software Center on first load.

The ASC runs as a process and keeps an open TCP connection at least on Win 11.

I know that when I first load an Arturia plugin it drops an empty folder in my downloads folder so it's doing something.

So all that stuff in the background could slow loading time on some systems under certain conditions.

It does use about 2.2 gigs of memory on load.

[concealed identity]

All Arturia plugins take forever (like 20-30 seconds or so) to load the GUI the first time on my PC (Windows 10, Cubase 15). As far as I know, this is an issue some people have had for years but Arturia's never been able to solve. I'm not sure how many are affected by it; I've found message board posts dating back many years ago, but at the same time I assume if this was a really widespread problem you'd be seeing angry posts about it every time Arturia is mentioned somewhere.

[chk071]

About 4 or 5 seconds to load the GUI here on Windows 11, Studio One 6. And, yes, it takes a sh** load of memory indeed.

[HcDoom]

Same here - there must be something seriously wrong with the Pigments' code - it loads 3 to 5 sec, each instance. I could survive that - but whats the biggest issue is that each instance takes like 1 to 1.5GB - I loaded 3x Pigments and it ate 6 GB of RAM easily. Ridiculous. Not sure how did this pass quality control and test phases.