Arturia Pigments 5 Polychrome Synthesizer

Pigments is a software VST with the power to create any sound, from the best mix-ready modern presets to deep custom sound design. Explore every shade of synthesis and make your wildest sonic fantasy a full-color reality, whatever your style.

Bridging the gap between mind and matter
A revolution in modern synthesis, Pigments’ approach to sound design is as intricate as it is accessible. Craft epic, high-resolution, surgically-precise and hard-hitting sounds with an all-encompassing interface, tailor-made for forward-thinking producers.

Limitless sound design
A powerful end-to-end software synthesizer, Pigments makes it easier than ever to explore an infinite spectrum of sound. Four forms of synthesis, 1500 + sounds, one-click modulation & sequencing, immediately expressive macros & FX – all instantly gratifying to use.

Vibrant and intuitive workflow
Visualize and refine your sound in style with an interface that matches your creative flow. Whether honing a composition in the Play View, tuning a color-coded modulation or seeing a patch or preset come alive with dynamic visualization – Pigments invites play and supports process.

On the pulse
Pigments’ sonic powers truly shine at the forefront of contemporary music production. Its vast and clear-cut sounds are no stranger to world’s leading electronic genres – from trap, bass music and EDM to house, electro, lo-fi, electronica, cinematic sounds and beyond.

Make it your own
Personalize Pigments to suit your setup and create your own sounds with custom appearance, play modes, audio routing, preset playlists, external sound sources and more.

New in 5

Reduced CPU consumption
Pigments now utilizes multi-core processing for greater CPU efficiency, allowing more users to explore this powerful softsynth with ease.

Melodize any sound in 1 click
Explore the new generative sequencer, featuring one-click sequence generation and new play modes, as well as saveable presets and sequence browsing. Make use of the sequencer lock to apply your sequence settings to any sound.

Process any audio with Pigments
You can now process external audio in Pigments from the Utility engine, by routing the sound to the instrument through the track sidechain input. Additional FX routing options have also been integrated.

Greater synthesis
Discover a selection of new wavetables and samples in Pigments 5, offering more ways than ever to craft your sound

Compose in style
Pigment’s refreshed interface includes an improved play view, with new visualisers and other UX enhancements.

New Factory Library and Expansions
Enjoy a selection of 100 new factory presets alongside 3 new preset expansions, showcasing a range of bold, colorful and expansive sounds that Pigments is renowned for.

Advanced synthesis made easy
Discover uncharted depths and melodic heights with more ways than ever to design, sculpt, modulate and arpeggiate your sound. With an intuitive, color-coded design, Pigments takes the intricate details of sound creation and makes them instantly accessible, enjoyable, and yours to explore.

Multiple synthesis types
Pigments puts you in control of 4 powerful sound engine types: Sample & Granular, Wavetable, Harmonic and Virtual analog. Combine any pairing of these engines with an additional Utility oscillator, sampled noise and your own sounds for a near-infinite synthesis palette.

Color-coded design
Never lose track of your changes and modulation with Pigments’ intelligent color-coding – designed to support your workflow and make patch alteration both memorable and effortless.

Generative sequencing & arpeggiator
Pigments doesn’t just make amazing synth sounds – it makes music. Weave beautiful melodies, create evolving stepped modulations, and animate your whole sound with a simple yet powerful sequencing and arpeggiation engine that keeps your sound moving.

Advanced effect processing
Add the finishing touches or send your patches into sonic orbit with a vast yet accessible array of filtering and FX options. Combine or collide dual filters with a selection of classic & modern modes, and sprinkle endless color into any sound with studio-grade FX, from shimmering reverbs to wild distortions.

Drag & drop modulation
Unleash, mutate, and elevate your sound until it’s entirely your own with instant drag-and-drop modulation. Create novel pathways between engines, filters and FX for uniquely experimental audio manipulation.

Midi Polyphonic Expression
Pigments’ pairs seamlessly with MPE controllers that allow for more expressive and nuanced control over multiple parameters as you play. Discover new realms of expressivity with Pigments MPE-compatible library.

Main Features

Two engines in parallel

• Virtual Analog triple-osc engine
• Complex Wavetable engine
• Sample and Granular engine
• Harmonic Oscillator additive engine
• Includes Engine Crossmod

Utility Engine

• 5-shape Virtual Analog Oscillator
• 2 Sample-based Noise Engines
• External audio input

Two filters

• Classic filter types from V Collection instruments
• Modern filter types
• Continuous series/parallel routing

Powerful FX section

• 2 Insert buses, 1 Send bus, 3 FX per bus
• Modulable parameters
• 18 algorithms including Shimmer Reverb, MultiBand Compressor, Chorus JUN-6, and more.

Advanced modulation system

• Color-coded workflow
• Drag-and-drop assign, hover-over adjustment
• Envelopes, LFOs, Function generators, Random src, and more
• 4 dynamic, assignable Macro controls

Visual interface

• Graphical representation of the most important modules
• Simplified Play Mode
• Dark or Light themes

Polyrhythmic Sequencer and Arpeggiator

• Create complex, custom and evolving sequences/arps
• Advanced random sequence generator
• Sequencer lock & browser

Extensive library of 1500 presets

MTS-ESP microtuning compatibility

MPE compatibility

NKS controller compatible