“We put a lot of effort into making sound design easy and visual. And year after year, we try to emphasise this even more”: The story of Arturia’s Pigments synth, from early challenges to the “huge milestone” of version 6

Arturia Pigments 6.

While designing a new soft synth is no small feat, it doesn’t carry the same complexity or risk as bringing a hardware instrument to market. As a result, hundreds are released every year, but only a select few get to be considered classics.

Arturia’s Pigments is one of those few; launched in 2018, it’s become a go-to software instrument for sound designers, producers and composers. Having been continually updated since then we are now at version 6, which includes six types of synthesis, a deep modulation system, and innovative features such as the new Modal Engine and vocoder effect.