KVR Audio

exmatproton · Post by **exmatproton** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:42 am

Great 'free' update. Especially the m.core support is lovely

skyscape · Post by **skyscape** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:47 am

Awesome update. Pigments just keeps getting better. Nothing but love for this synth.

Stan Navi · Post by **Stan Navi** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:52 am

Nice update from Arturia. I wish Falcon could have audio in module as Pigments.

cliftonshum · Post by **cliftonshum** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:53 am

AdvancedFollower wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 8:03 am
BassMasterK wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:23 am As an owner since Pigments first came out, I have to say I am so impressed with how Arturia has continued to add functionality and features to this synth and provided all of it for free to those who already own the synth. A lot of companies would have split this off to a new paid version at some point, but they just keep ramping up the improvements for us for free. Great product, great company.
It's pretty amazing what owners of the original Pigments 1 have gotten for free over the years. Compare that to other developers who charge $75 or more for a minor update.

Agree. And thats why I would get their new expansion bundle on each version updates in order to support them.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:59 am

cliftonshum wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:53 am ....

Agree. And thats why I would get their new expansion bundle on each version updates in order to support them.

As do I for the very same reason.
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swilow11 · Post by **swilow11** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:08 pm

Great update. The sequencer is much improved from what I can see. Made a nice randomised FM patch today, great fun. Definitely noticing an improvement in CPU usage- I have a heretofore unusable bunch of granular vocal presets that showed a good 20% less usage. I've really struggled to use Pigments due to its heaviness, especially with Phase Plant in the arsenal but I'm pleased to think Pigments may finally get some usage. Haven't tried the audio in thing yet, but will do.

Also played with the Arturia Vocder today, using Vital to make some words and throwing them into the Sampler. Excellent stuff from Arturia...

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:07 pm

zvenx wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:59 am
cliftonshum wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:53 am ....

Agree. And thats why I would get their new expansion bundle on each version updates in order to support them.
As do I for the very same reason.
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Ditto (and it helps when you get 3 packs for 20 bucks!). That said, they don't seem to have appeared yet!

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:29 pm

It is strange..They aren't in the store, but they are in your account on their website and there are installers there.. so I manually installed them that way.
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buzzlegs · Post by **buzzlegs** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:37 pm

What are the new packs like?… can’t find any info on them.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:40 pm

Haven't really gone thru them yet.. sorry.
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zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:45 pm

Seems they are on the website now.

With audio examples etc.

https://www.arturia.com/sounds

Ou_Tis · Post by **Ou_Tis** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:59 pm

Fannon wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:14 am I'm aware that most people would not care about this problem, but I have serious troubles really using Pigments in MPE Mode with LinnStrument. The issue is that if you enable MPE, it will assign the Timbre/Slide axis to the first macro knob.

In most presets the change of the first macro knob is quite drastic. With the LinnStrument there's not a lot of space on the Y axis so it's basically impossible to play it completely controlled. It would be so much nicer, if Timbre/Slide were a proper modulation source (like ATouch) and I could assign it myself the way I need it for my instrument and playing style. Or maybe choose how strongly it would affect the Macro knobs.

Demoing it with the Seaboard Rise 2, I love the fact that it's now assigned to M1 (which is already mapped to parameters in the presets I've tested) by default. The Slide (Y axis) playability was good in all the presets I tested, even though I had Slide set around 50% (so I was only using half of the available Y axis space). But if you're correct about it not being available as distinct from M1 then yes it would be better to have the option to change that.

I noticed that Pigments also has settings for different Arturia midi controllers, perhaps it would make sense for them to have settings for some of the most popular MPE controllers. The Rise 2 does have much more Y axis space than the Linnstrument.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:52 pm

zvenx wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 1:45 pm Seems they are on the website now.

With audio examples etc.

https://www.arturia.com/sounds

You can also preview a playable selection of patches through the store built into Analog Lab

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 3:53 pm

Interestingly, it still doesn't show up (for me anyway) on the built in store in pigments.
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Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:34 pm

Ou_Tis wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 2:59 pm
Fannon wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:14 am I'm aware that most people would not care about this problem, but I have serious troubles really using Pigments in MPE Mode with LinnStrument. The issue is that if you enable MPE, it will assign the Timbre/Slide axis to the first macro knob.

In most presets the change of the first macro knob is quite drastic. With the LinnStrument there's not a lot of space on the Y axis so it's basically impossible to play it completely controlled. It would be so much nicer, if Timbre/Slide were a proper modulation source (like ATouch) and I could assign it myself the way I need it for my instrument and playing style. Or maybe choose how strongly it would affect the Macro knobs.
Demoing it with the Seaboard Rise 2, I love the fact that it's now assigned to M1 (which is already mapped to parameters in the presets I've tested) by default. The Slide (Y axis) playability was good in all the presets I tested, even though I had Slide set around 50% (so I was only using half of the available Y axis space). But if you're correct about it not being available as distinct from M1 then yes it would be better to have the option to change that.

I noticed that Pigments also has settings for different Arturia midi controllers, perhaps it would make sense for them to have settings for some of the most popular MPE controllers. The Rise 2 does have much more Y axis space than the Linnstrument.

Yes I like the automatic M1 assignment as well. And it makes sense when moving to polyphonic expression, as basically the mod wheel becomes per key. Also, they now have slide settings for unipolar or bipolar which is great. I don't think these settings were here in V4?

For the linnstrument, I'd suggest one of two things:
1) Reduce modulation amounts when using it in bipolar mode, otherwise it's too hard to control so you would probably only want subtle y axis modulation.
2) Set the linnstrument to unipolar mode, with only upwards modulation. This allows you to favor the lower section of pads for no modulation, and modulate only upwards for more drastic modulation. It's easy to control and keep to no modulation, as opposed to having to play exactly in the middle of the cell. So you can set Pigments to relative unipolar for this. If you have linnstrument set to bipolar, you can set pigments to relative bipolar with the macro all the way down and get similar behavior.

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