Arturia has updated Pigments to version 3.5. The new version includes significant enhancements. Here's what they say:
The free update launches Pigments into a new era of sound, exploring the intricate colors, textures, and energies at the frontiers of electronic music production, from trap to grime to future bass.
What's new:
- 3.5 introduces cross modulation between engines 1 and 2. Either engine can be used as a modulation source, with a number of parameters to customize for wild harmonics, unusual waveforms, and extreme sonic results.
- Pigments 3.5's new Distortion Module combines 16 modes of distortion with built-in filtering, for everything from bubbling germanium fuzz to jagged wavefolding, soft saturation or pure filth.
- Expanded Comb Filter.
- Pigments' comb filter now comes with 3 new damped modes; LP6, BP6, and HP6. These filter out certain frequencies in the feedback loop for unique sounds like ambient plucks, shimmering bowed leads, and much more.
- Apple M1 compatibility for Apple's next-generation M1 processors, ensuring flawless Pigments performance on the latest macOS machines.
- Pigments 3.5 features dozens of new wavetables inspired by molecular structures, mineral textures, and aggressive modern timbres.
- The enhanced Sample Engine Browser now features subfolders and one-click sample preview.
- A number of subtle menu redesigns and workflow improvements designed to streamline sound design process.
- Pigments 3.5 introduces 150 new patches exploring the massive potential of new features like CrossMod, Comb Filter, and more.
To mark the release of Pigments 3.5, Arturia has designed 3 exclusive sound banks, each containing 150 presets, dedicated to the pure, exhilarating energy of today's modern electronic music elite: capture the huge sounds of trap, grime, future bass, house, and more:
- Bass Thermal:
- Superheated sounds of grime, drum & bass, and dubstep.
- Heavy, bass, distorted, rhythmic.
- Trap Chemical:
- Mesmerizing shades of trap, cloud rap, and drill.
- Atmospheric, emotive, pumping, metallic.
- EDM Kinetic:
- The energetic & vibrant momentum of house and future bass.
- Happy, deep, ambient, melodic.
Pricing: For existing Pigments users, this update is free of charge. You'll also be able to get the exclusive. The Energy Triad sound banks will be available with 3 new Sound Banks for 29,99€/$ until January 6th 2022.
For new Pigments users, the latest version is available to buy at 99€/$ (worth 199€/$), with the Energy Triad Pack included at no additional cost.