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. 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. But existing owners will get the update for free.I'll keep this one short - if you need more detail or thoughts, everything from my Pigments 2 review carries over to this, 100%. Pigment 2 is on a special of €99 or €69 if you already own Arturia products. I enjoyed Pigment very much and this upgrade looks like it brings in some interesting possibilities without ruining everything that made it good in the first place. Otherwise, the modulation engine and joyfully animated interface are the same, and that’s a really good thing! Oh, and they’ve added support for MPE control. They’ve added the Buchla Easel low pass gate and a space-age tape delay which will give it a nicely organic and wobbly edge. The sequencer has also had a rethink and now has non-destructive randomness so that you can dial in some chaos and then dial it back again if you start losing the plot. And when in doubt just hit the Random button. Or you can push them through the granular engine to find beauty in the smallest grains of your samples.
You can import your own samples and load them into 6 slots and have them playback in all sorts of exciting ways. But what is new is the sample and granular engine. On first glance it looks largely the same so there’s no radical departure in workflow. The original Pigment was excellent and so I am very much looking forward to what version 2 may offer.
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