Let's Play Arturia Pigments: Part 04 - Sample Engine, Granular, and the Sequencer

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Arturia Pigments has slowly and sneakily become my go-to VST synthesizer. It's also the one I reach for when I want to explain synthesis to people in my lessons. In this series, I'll show you how it works, and why I think it's dope.
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Part 01 - The analog engine and filters
• Let's Play Arturia Pig...
Part 02 - Modulation (Envelopes, LFOs, and more)
• Let's Play Arturia Pig...
Part 03 - The Wavetable Engine (and FSU section)
• Let's Play Arturia Pig...
Part 04 - Sample Engine, Granular, and the Sequencer
• Let's Play Arturia Pig...
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@shadowhenge7118 3 жыл бұрын

Once you get into this thing you realize how much the bar has been raised. All it needs is more of the emulations from thier other v collection filters and oscillators and it'd destroy almost every other soft synth in the industry.

@chr1sdanger 3 жыл бұрын

You may have fun with the Synthesizers section in the Wavetables and there are a decent amount of emulated filters included!

@musicplaylistize 2 жыл бұрын

I'm replying more for newcomers, but this in combination with fabfilters new volcano3 (a crayy filter engine) can litteraly do anything. tools hlof this quality have never been so cheap.

@Skiddoo42 Жыл бұрын

There are a couple of functions on the seq/arp that could be improved. I wish I could switch out presets after setting up my sequences, for example, and I wish there was a way to automate randomizations to apply automatically each bar. Maybe I'm overlooking a button somewhere?

@joshuamorganmusic 3 жыл бұрын

More pigments vids yes please!!! Maybe like a ‘how to neuro bass” or “how to cosmic zipper” or something similar. These are some seriously inspiring vids, thanks for all ya do🤘

@markfwarren1 3 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to thank you for doing this series. I had been getting into synthesis more and more in recent years and at the beginning of 2020 I wanted to kinda commit to one vst to be the synth that I learned inside and out. After doing a trial of Pigments, I loved the sound and something clicked with the workflow. This whole year I've been really exploring different kinds of synthesis from Granular to generative and just learning every knob and feature of Pigments. There did, however, come a point where I started to doubt my instincts and give into the narrative that all digital is bad and everything must be analog. Then I pulled back from that to see the benefits of both and how it's really about how that particular synth sounds and your particular connection with it. As I was falling back in love with Pigments recently, you started this series. And to see you, a KZfaqr who does a lot of videos with hardware and modular, and someone whose ear and taste in music I respect, it was very affirming to see you love Pigments the same way I do. Plus it was a nice detailed, refresher overview of the synth. Anyway, thanks so much! And I'd love to see more Pigments videos, maybe some specific patch walkthroughs!

@citizenofearth 3 жыл бұрын

I paid 60 dollars for this amazing synth and I think it's worth way way more. I need to rewatch your videos a bunch more of times though to learn how to use it properly, by the way your tutorials on Pigments are the best that I could find. Thanks a million!

@andrewbrehaut 3 жыл бұрын

This whole series has been great, but this episode is fully 🤯🤯🤯

@RedMeansRecording 3 жыл бұрын

It's my favorite of the bunch too. Resynthesizing samples is my favorite

@andrewbrehaut 3 жыл бұрын

@@RedMeansRecording do you have any recommendations on sources for the sorts of long samples you are using with the granular?

@RedMeansRecording 3 жыл бұрын

Check out the morphagene reels on freesound.org

@muitosabao 3 жыл бұрын

indeed! this is amazing!!!

@austinbru 3 жыл бұрын

You're a treasurer man. THANK you. I bought pigments as soon as it came out, and then was completely overwhelmed by it. I feel reinvigorated to take a deep dive

@johnfowlertrailrunning 22 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for such an informative series of videos! I’m not only learning so much more about Pigments, but I’m also realising all the new possibilities with my hardware synths that have sat around gathering dust for the last year or so! 🤓

@Nightmoore 3 жыл бұрын

I'm way late to the party here, but I wanted to thank you for doing this series. This is the only tut I've found on youtube that goes over the whole synth since the big update when Arturia added the samples and granular stuff. I don't even think Groove3 covers Pigments since they upgraded to this version. This was very comprehensive and made me realize there's WAY more under the hood than I realized. You certainly earned a new subscriber here. Can't wait to check out your other videos!

@srcero5192 3 жыл бұрын

Pigments is my favourite since I bought it. The posibility to send each filter to a diferent FX bus is the only thing I miss in this synth. Really beautiful sounds, man. More of this videos, please!!!

@stevemeyer868 3 жыл бұрын

That's the one feature I really miss. I loved this option back in Massive and Massive X somehow didn't work for me. So glad, I stumbled over Pigments. Still my fav synth.

@krazywabbit 5 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm three years from the future of this recording. This was super helpful as I am jumping into the pigments pool. Thank you.

@NicChap 3 жыл бұрын

U R a Master! Just purchased Pigments during their black friday promo (what a steal). Soooo many things in this Synth!

@IntheVastForest 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this series! Every component you cover has blown it apart and opened up a new world of sound design for me, and I've been a user since day one.

@karanfadnavis 3 жыл бұрын

This has by far been the most exhaustive explanation of Pigments. I've gone through all the 4 parts and now it's time to make some Ambient (cheat codes on 😂). Thanks so much for the effort you've put into this!

@nkozi 3 жыл бұрын

I've owned Pigments for a while but this is really shining new light on it for me, especially now that I use modular synths and processes often. Thanks as always for great videos, dude! Very inspiring to me as I get into video production.

@RedMeansRecording 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah modular actually made me appreciate pigments more.

@docamanero 3 жыл бұрын

thank you dude, this series of videos about Pigments is amazing! I learned a lot and your tips opened my mind to find new sounds in this amazing synth!

@bluDii Жыл бұрын

Just wanted to say thank you for these videos. I watch them every now and then to get inspired, and just following your curious mind get lost in Pigments is super helpful. Really hoping for more videos!

@phillix1 2 жыл бұрын

Best Pigments videos I have seen so far! Very useful!

@johnpaulpatton9786 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making this series of videos! Arturia did a great job of making a very complicated synth easy to understand and navigate with a brilliant workflow, and you have done a fantastic job of breaking down each section and describing what is possible. Thanks again!

@crysthianchavez2588 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this series. If you did more pigments based videos that would be great!

@robertmason8416 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir.... you have convinced me to get this ! Great job on going through the usage of the sample engine. I am sold!

@kilianernst375 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for this nice series! it was so much fun to watch and I learned many new things! I Bought Pigments myself but never really startet designing my own sounds because I got kinda overwhelmed. :D 'd love to see more Pigments content! It doesn´t even have to be a particular tutorial or breakdown, just watching you doing sweet patches on Pigments is so satisfying and inspiring! :)

@craigturb 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video. Thanks Jeremy. I have only scratched the surface of Pigments so far...this has certainly inspired me to experiment. There is so much you can do with it!

@jonmackenzie 3 жыл бұрын

this series has really made me love my fav soft synth even more, lots of cool ideas i've never even though about, lots of really tasteful ideas here, and my god i didn't realise the sequencer was that cool! thanks for making this series :) one of my fav tricks with the granular engine that i don't think you mentioned is that you can turn on the quantizer and then the pitch randomization will be quantized to those pitches so if you turn off all notes except the root you can basically just randomize the octave (or can add fifths in there too or whatever else)

@fincorrigan7139 2 жыл бұрын

Every time I sit down to start watching this wonderful series on Pigments I jump up and rush to my PC to spark it it up and let my imagination go wild.......One day I will finish watchi................

@stevemeyer868 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this series! Pigments is my favorite synth and it's great to see your approach to it. I got myself a Subharmonicon because of you (and I'm loving it). I'm just concerned, that I might fall into the modular rabbit hole after watching all your videos about it. Keep on rocking and thanks for the music!

@robertobreve8623 3 жыл бұрын

Another amazing video, please more :) This is so awesome

@hisroyalillness Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing all this knowledge. We owe you bigtime!

@muitosabao 3 жыл бұрын

Please make more of these sound design on pigments. A pleasure to watch! Thanks for making them.

@duncansmith6318 2 жыл бұрын

Some of those sounds are straight out of an Ozric Tentacles set! Sublime.

@Skiddoo42 Жыл бұрын

Ethereal cereal, man

@JoelMartinez 3 жыл бұрын

Pigments is by far my favorite software synth

@benoftroy 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video series! Enjoyed them all and learned a lot. Would love to see another vid on the FX section. I know you can do some pretty complex routing with effects and I'd love to see how you use it.

@signaltouch7413 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Sir , you are one of the best instructors!! liked and subscribed and shared to friends

@neilingle794 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this video. I'm familiar with Pigments and have used the sequencer with randomisation to create some pretty wacky generative effects. Videos like this help to validate my approach, and remind me just how much fun Pigments can be, especially with its intuitive GUI and powerful modulation capabilities. My main takout from this vid is your clever use of samples (round robin etc) with the sequencer, never really tried that...

@raffaelesantabarbara1449 Жыл бұрын

This thing is sooo good! Awesome is an understatement. I had it for a while now and I’m still amazed at the things one can do with it. Not to mention the price tag! Easily a (perhaps) thousand dollar plugin for a fraction of the price ❤

@laosrtz Жыл бұрын

Such an amazing tutorial, thank you so much! I love pigments

@jamessusbilla 2 жыл бұрын

WOW. thank *YOU* i've been using pigments wrong all along. this is life changing. =)

@ob1quixote 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I too normally just don't even look at included sequencers, but this one seems like something special. Also, please say, "HI," to Cat for me.

@issiewizzie Жыл бұрын

Wave sequencing in a different form fantastic😊

@badaegis 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, an excellent use for my field recordings, thank you.

@marillion335 3 жыл бұрын

I love my Pigments. I have a 24" Dell touch screen attached to the PC and it is so much more fun using Pigments without the mouse. Some of the interactions with touch screen are a bit awkward - like clicking on the + to assign modulation but most dials and controls work flawlessly.

@macronencer 3 жыл бұрын

The custom scale with note probability (in the sequencer) is awesome! I need to start using Pigments again... it's the only music software I have on my laptop as well as my Mac Pro, so that I can play with it when I'm on trips (not that I've been on many of those in 2020...)

@greatadventures4579 2 жыл бұрын

I said this on a previous video. You presentation style is very well done and articulate. I really like Pigments. Anything you do with it would be of great interest to me. Maybe making patches with multiple modulation additions.

@michaelsmullen9891 3 жыл бұрын

Arturia are great. I am going to have a lot of fun with Pigments over the coming year/years!

@PrimaudiaRecord Жыл бұрын

9:48 Absolutely made my day, excellent stuff :)

@TheOneTrueAnswer 2 жыл бұрын

23:45 It really sounds like a youtuber intro, but from the 5th dimension; to be played over Battlefield 8 footage.

@miahorg 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool, now I know who to blame when I fall into a cave this weekend trying to make 303 noises with the Pigments sequencer.

@Oyasoom 3 жыл бұрын

My only regret about the sequencer is the fact that we can't modulate probability dice. But this is minor. That said, I think Pigments is near perfection. As someone who wants to get into (semi-)modular, but can't spend that much, Pigments was perfect to quench my modular needs.

@francescoNemesi 3 жыл бұрын

Great! More pigment please! :)

@robaire.b 3 жыл бұрын

Great video

@Rebellalliansen 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You are awesome 😘

@jszack 3 жыл бұрын

So good.

@ToyKeeper 3 жыл бұрын

The bit at 18:55 is particularly fantastic.

@TerenceKearns 2 жыл бұрын

That polyrythm thing with settable realisgnment intervals has so many possibilities. Super cool. I agree, I normally don't care about sequences built into synths but this one is super dope. Hey if you ever get a chance to review Blue Arp, that would be cool. Check it out. It's been around since forever and it's free. The interface looks horrific at first, but then when you learn it, you realise it's actually pretty sweet.

@wallendiaz 8 ай бұрын

15:35 Wow, Are you playing your Midi Keyboard to create this sound while you explain everything, or this sound is generated by the Sample that you are using in Pigments? 😮 Incredible, thanks!

@samglass2004 3 жыл бұрын

Love to hear a whole piece of music done with pigments plus are most people hobbiest just having fun at home and not really really into Music I sometimes feel like thier is really no one who takes all this software and gear seriously but maybe iam wrong?

@amb13nt59 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! Really looks like a great VST. Can I ask, does anyone have both this and Omnisphere? If so, any preferences? Is this a good addition to Omnisphere?

@barrycole5930 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome series thanks for these vids, will you be doing a Pigments 3 update for the new features?

@RedMeansRecording 3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Check out loopops video on additive synthesizes now for a great look into that engine

@romanmenarguezblanc9571 3 жыл бұрын

MORE!!! MOOOREEE!!

@Taylor-op8tv 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to ask for moar while you deliver us greatness, but do you think you could do the same kind of series for Vital synth? Love you Jeremy.

@RedMeansRecording 3 жыл бұрын

I'll give it a spin

@TerenceKearns 2 жыл бұрын

24:00 I think that is a whole new genre of goofy dance music with the twitchy slide called "goof"

@Konk_Ambient 2 жыл бұрын

U the best man.

@Konk_Ambient 2 жыл бұрын

Musical instinct lv99

@TommyLoaded Жыл бұрын

HOLLO KNIGHT SAMPLE - I SAW THAT

@jonlewis3838 6 ай бұрын

I don’t know if you mention it anywhere but where did you get the flute sample?

@robbybobbyhobbies 3 жыл бұрын

24:35 Jean Michel-Jarre buys a copy of Pigments, plans Oxygene ultimate, final director's cut edition.

@louismartin8840 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jeremy ! Thanks for sharing your experience and skill :) I have a question about the soud material used for granular synth : around 15min20s and 16min30 you explain that some material are more "granular friendly" than others. for example you say that the composer was very smart when he recorded chords and notes in the material you used. is it possible to have more details about this ? which criteria are smart from you perspective ? do you have some examples ?

@RedMeansRecording 2 жыл бұрын

granular smears pitches when pitched samples are used. some intervals sound better smeared than others. watch my "safe notes" video for more information. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNGhd66erNTRlqs.html

@louismartin8840 2 жыл бұрын

@@RedMeansRecording : wonderful thank you !

@Brucelectricmoose Жыл бұрын

Think it sounds cool

@faviooviedo2740 3 жыл бұрын

how do i use a .wav sample with engine without affecting the tempo when i change the pitch?

@ben_burnes 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing your sample folders on the left, you're gonna make me put those Hollow Knight sound effects in the granulizer myself then huh?

@RedMeansRecording 2 жыл бұрын

DO IT

@ben_burnes 2 жыл бұрын

@@RedMeansRecording I'm really thankful for this series though. I love pigments and I know I'm only scratching the surface. Plus always glad to watch more of your videos 🥰

@blindianajones 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate you doing these Pigments videos. Hmmm... $200 for Pigments vs 5k to 10k for modular... And I can actually understand what the hell is going on with the software. Btw, has anyone done midi mapping to a controller for Pigments. I have a novation launchkey and wondering how best to map controls for the engines, filter, envelopes, sequencer, fx, etc. Or is that all too much for a controller to map?

@unc1589 Жыл бұрын

This thing is a beast. Can I drop any wav samples into it?

@RedMeansRecording Жыл бұрын

Yes

@tazkiller01 3 жыл бұрын

hello, more pigments video of curse :D

@TerenceKearns 2 жыл бұрын

9:50 very Nine Inch Nails... all you need is some low-down chug distortion guitar rhythms and a progressive rock drum improv.

@chrisccc503 2 жыл бұрын

this plug in does not recognize my midi under settings at all and will not play it....how do you do this?

@avatr7109 3 жыл бұрын

Can we play different Keys while in Granular mode ?

@RedMeansRecording 3 жыл бұрын

yup!!

@boozledropmusicproduction2242 Ай бұрын

Is the sample engine limited to 5 samples across the whole keyboard…? Or am i missing something..?

@xamxamxamxa 3 жыл бұрын

🌚🖤🎶🎶

@Nomo_Popo 3 жыл бұрын

Red everything pls thx

@traumadiffuser3705 3 жыл бұрын

Why did you made Part 05 of this series privat?

@RedMeansRecording 3 жыл бұрын

There is no part 5?

@traumadiffuser3705 3 жыл бұрын

@@RedMeansRecording Then it must be a glitch in your Playlist. Thanks!

@Mancheguache 2 жыл бұрын

Well - I paid for the synth...but Arturia haven't sent me a verification code to activate my product and their servers can't be connected so I can't activate it that way. A load of money down the god-damned drain.