![]() ![]() Well, now, Pigments 4 offers easier modulation assignments and a number of new LFO presets. ![]() Still, it's a cool addition, and the new utility stuff means I don't need to sacrifice an oscillator to play a transient anymore, or waste it for analog to get a sub oscillator out, legit useful stuff whenever I'm designing a sound in Pigments. And compared to synths like Vital where assigning modulation is as easy as dragging and dropping modulators across its open interface and onto parameters, Pigments 3 simply added time where I feel it didn’t need to. Maybe it being free is also why I don't try too hard to learn the new engine, but I haven't really had much interest in harmonic mangling personally. I'm fairly sure it's a free update to anyone who owns it. The cherry on top of a well balanced cake - I got this for free, seeing as I was a Pigments owner already. It's kinda similar to NI's Prism if you're familiar with it. There's a lot of new presets that make use of it and I notice it's really nice for bell-type sounds, but of course it can be good for anything else. The harmonic engine is a very cool idea on paper, and it might be in execution too, but whenever I try to use it, it is admittedly hard to get a nice tone out of it. A virtually unlimited arsenal to the delight of sound designers and electronic music composers. This update basically adds a new engine - the harmonics engine, and also a new Utility tab, featuring two noise oscillators (they're playing back a sample so you can totally just use regular samples), as well as a simple sub oscillator. Polyhedral synthesizer and of exquisite workmanship, Pigments 3 implements a very powerful sound engine and a DSP chain capable of producing convincing, unusual and original sounds. I'll keep this one short - if you need more detail or thoughts, everything from my Pigments 2 review carries over to this, 100%. The best software polyphonic synthesizers at a glance: Native Instruments Massive X Arturia Pigments 3 Universal Audio Opal iZotope Iris 2 BLEASS Omega.
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