There is a host of new factory presets which includes three new sound banks, all of which are curated into menus. With three LFOs, Envelopes, assignable shapes within the Function section, and Randomisation, you are unlikely to be left requiring further modulation options, particularly when you consider that these modulation sources may also be shared across destinations.Īrturia has included plenty of new content within version 4. This remains unchanged and as usable as ever. The modulation grid, which runs across the middle of the plugin, provides a beautiful drag-and-drop function, which seamlessly puts a modulation in place. The process of applying modulation remains blissfully simple. One of its exceptional strengths is its ability to modulate just about any aspect of a sound that you wish to Without doubt, one of the exceptional strengths of Pigments is its ability to easily modulate just about any aspect of a sound that you wish.

(Image credit: Arturia ) Old and new mod cons Pigments already sounded pretty fruity to us, but these enhancements provide added value to an already classy core. Wavetable now sports Ring Mod, while there have been significant improvements to the Unison operation across all sound engines. Some of the enhancements of Pigments v4 exist through a number of improvements within the sound engine department. You’ll also find a Utility engine, to add further colour, such as White noise. The Sample engine allows basic sample playback, alongside a plethora of granular controls, while Harmonics operates as a highly adaptable additive oscillator, also with plenty of control. Wavetable provides a superb source, with plenty of scope for modulation across several aspects of wavetable operation, from wave travel to morphing, and all with helpful graphics to guide your editing.

The next level up from our own ZebraCM provides complex wave structures and modulation routing options at an affordable price. A synthesizer that provides frequency modulation en masse.

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