Arturia Pigments 6 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.

Experience the evolution of sound design with Pigments 6, featuring the innovative modal engine, advanced filters, a cutting-edge vocoder, and expanded granular capabilities. Let Lena guide you through intuitive workflows, expressive modulators, and powerful new features that elevate your music production.

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 6

Here’s what’s new in Pigments 6:

• New Modal Engine – Create physically-inspired tones using collisions or friction, from plucked strings to resonant pads.
• New Filters – New options include the “analog-infused” Multimode V2, the stacked Cluster filter for swirling textures, and LoFi for crunchy, lo-fi style coloration.
• New Vocoder Effect – Create classic vocal textures to avant-garde color-bass sound design, blending external input or Pigments’ engines.
• New Modulators – Elevate expression by assigning different modulation values per voice, adding deeper randomness, triggering audio-driven envelope followers, and sculpting curves with the revamped Function V2.
• Granular Improvements – Scan through samples mid-playback for time-stretching atmospheres, randomize grain playback for each note, and continuously adjust grain size for fluid, evolving textures.
• UX & UI Enhancements – Updates include Quick Edit V2’s drag-and-drop workflow, an improved file browser, and a refreshed layout.

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