My Favorite "Do It All" Synth Plugin?

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Arturia Pigments is one of many do it all synthesizer plugins. Omnisphere, Phaseplant, Serum, Vital, Reaktor, Massive, all make an attempt to be an all inclusive solution for sound design and synthesis. Each of these plugins are incredible tools but for me Pigments is a step above the rest due to a number of reasons. Its incredible user interface, is hyper logical and quick to use. The educational potential is huge due to to its amazing "Sound Design Tips" feature within each preset. The modulation system scratches that modular synth itch with its random and generative modulation sources. The sequencer is amazing and the midi program change feature is killer for live musicians.

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@crowkangi 4 ай бұрын

Pigments 5 is now part of my arsenal. It's so nice to have different tools for different purposes and colors. different synths can take you to different timbral expressions and tones. what a time to be alive.

@DarkTrapStudio Жыл бұрын

5 second in = Answer RESPECT MAN ! Im gonna play this video on background for you retention time

@Alej_915 Жыл бұрын

My dude here is the best asset for Ableton on KZfaq. No one does it better in my opinion

@autofocus4556 8 күн бұрын

Besides Mr. Bill, he is the best. He’s definitely better at presentation.

@jonaudio Жыл бұрын

Thank you for bringing more attention to Pigments!! It is one of the best synths out there and really deserves more recognition that it has been getting!! Much appreciated!

@tq2769 Жыл бұрын

You are so great at what you do. Gets me excited about all the possibilities.

@robbiep742 Жыл бұрын

Funny when you listed the synths in the beginning and DIDN'T say pigments... I was like, uh oh... ol' trustworthy Anthony is falling behind the times. Turns out he's still at the forefront of the game. Looking forward to this!

@RandomNoiseMusic Жыл бұрын

Another big reason to love this amazing soft synth - major updates are regularly coming from Arturia free of charge and more often than any other vst that I can think of

@user-iz9sg9oo1w Жыл бұрын

kilohearts updates are charge free too, even the major ones (kilohearts 2.0), just to mention

@basgoossen Жыл бұрын

@@user-iz9sg9oo1w so are pigments updates, all the way from the first version to v4 on which we are now.

@MrTwistedTail Жыл бұрын

This video comes just at the right time. I was considering both Pigments and Serum. But with Anthony's testimony and additional content, I might reconsider. Great stuff - as always!

@Italliving 19 күн бұрын

I do agree it is a massive Synth and arp seq out !!! always handy Same for Falcon UVI, Love both

@rupertspencer6382 Жыл бұрын

I got a great deal on Pigments when it was on sale since I owned an Arturia keyboard. It was an impulse buy since it was so cheap but it quickly became my favorite all in one synth. I will definitely be interested in the course when it becomes available.

@Peampiin Жыл бұрын

I own Serum, PIgments and Phaseplant. Phaseplant has a really great environment but its a bit of a learning curve which I am still learning. With that said, Pigment is a monster for its price and what it comes with. Arturia have it up to 4.0 now which has tons of presets and options. It has a ARP and a seq. built in too. It does take a lot of CPU. I'd pick Phase plant if it wasnt for the support by Arturia. You cant go wrong with Serum, but it feels outdated compared to both I've mentioned. Best bang for your buck is Pigments.

@312dasbkilla 6 ай бұрын

Dope will definitely be signing up after the holidays

@unused0011 Жыл бұрын

This channel and firewalk (he is fl studio) are the two best, straight to the point and well explained production channels on youtube. I work 15 hour security shifts (15 hours of spare time) so i have watched them all!

@BigMTBrain 3 ай бұрын

You're a very impressive and effective communicator. I really appreciate your skill and effort. That's why I'm looking into your course now. I'm SURE it's AT LEAST as great as this video.

@adamswierczynski Жыл бұрын

Been using pigments since its launch. Every update they've released has been nearly worth the price of entry each time. Everything I learned about sound design in pigments has helped me understand how to use nearly every other synthesizer I own, including my modular.

@SeedtoStage Жыл бұрын

It’s simply genius.

@danielgreen2348 Жыл бұрын

I did a silly thing when I started taking production more seriously in the last 2 years and got a ton softsynths all at once before really learning synthesis basics; Sylenth1, Massive, Massive X, Serum, Vital, Dune 3 and Pigments. Dune 3 and Pigments have been the most inspiring to me. While Dune 3 certainly isn't the best do it all, it sounds simply amazing! Pigments still intimidates me but I know how capable it is. It does seem a bit more CPU hungry than a lot of the other softsynths though. I'm really looking forward to your course on it!

@mihovil5806 Жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff

@poorlittlemonkey Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I think I love ableton too much and then I hear Anthony say things like "it's the best synthesis system in existence bar none" and I remember that I'm right to love it. I also think it's the best sampling system that exists or has ever existed and it's not even close.

@KordTaylor Ай бұрын

Nice review here thank you. 👏🏻

@moontan91 Ай бұрын

great synth and review, tnx! : )

@loicvalenti Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna be writing ( i did this with pigments) in all my tracks descriptions now

@SeedtoStage Жыл бұрын

Legit

@heddshot87 Жыл бұрын

the colors of all the mapped out LFOs and stuff looks great. Massive X did something like that.

@drbrownmusic Жыл бұрын

I pretty much only use the stock Ableton instruments and Pigments even though I probably have 20 other synths. The interface of Pigments is so nice and it actually has features (step sequencer, granular synthesis) that aren’t as easily done in Ableton.

@SeedtoStage Жыл бұрын

This is the way

@robsutton6469 Жыл бұрын

@@SeedtoStage This is the way...

@robsutton6469 Жыл бұрын

Do you find pigments is pretty cpu heavy though?

@drbrownmusic Жыл бұрын

@@robsutton6469 It can use a lot of cpu in some cases (like granular synthesis or unison with lots of voices) but I haven’t found it to be problematic yet.

@leonadrian7257 5 ай бұрын

Ive had Serum for around 8 years, and am just now learning how to make my own sounds instead of just buying using presets. I’ve been wondering about pigments, and if it might be easier to learn than serum. This video, while a bit over my head on some of the vocabulary, makes this a clearer choice. I use Ableton also. I have Bitwig, fl studio and Ableton, but the first two don’t come remotely close to Ableton. So I really believe u when you say pi is better. Thanks for the video!

@viktoronopko1853 Жыл бұрын

Hi, have you ever tried the image line harmor? This one is pretty old but still good and unique in its filter and effects behaviour.

@kenroy916 Жыл бұрын

Dude, I sincerely hope the utmost of success finds you if it hasn't already!

@stereopsis Жыл бұрын

Thanks for giving Arturia some attention! Whether it's a software instrument or hardware instrument, it seems pretty obvious that design choices done by Arturia come from people who both love music and make music themselves.

@StephanieSante Жыл бұрын

Falcon. All the way. But Pigments does have a wonderful UI. That's huge. Admittedly I use Falcon mostly for presets due to complexity of UI. Same with Omni. Pigments is definitely a great UI. I love your channel. So much wonderful information. Thank you.

@ptstorm56 Жыл бұрын

How processor intensive is Pigments? I haven't tried the program, but your description sure peeked my interest

@absyntho73 Жыл бұрын

44 Samples (1ms)

@HelicopterRidesForCommunists Жыл бұрын

Man it’s funny you say Pigments because that’s exactly what I was going to say when you were naming a bunch of other VSTs. It’s definitely pigments for me + shoutout to Fors Opal

@Maradnus 6 ай бұрын

The gust of wind I got hit with right at the start I was convinced that this was a sponcered vid. and then half way through there it was.. selling to class. I have no issue with this as its true no other synth can do those things and it makes for an amazing experience. Becasue you never mentioned anything about the sound quality and to be honest we are at eh end of the vid and I am still waiting to hear that its your fave because it sounds so good! you like how there are no flat spots with filters or the effects.. so sadly I feel like this was just a "blow smoke up Pigmens ass while selling my wears" :( sadl

@coopwerks Жыл бұрын

How does pigments run on an m1 mac? How is the CPU when running as a plugin in Ableton?

@akira20ish Жыл бұрын

Surge XT is my other do it all synth

@Rokushiiki 10 ай бұрын

man pigments is more awesome than i thought. phaseplant is crazy too. i love the fx module approach (like in ableton itself) and the macro inception capabillity. multipass is such a beast. to have fx slot into fx slot into multiband fx slot into macro controls inception is mental. but yes it lacks sequenzerwise. but i think it has pros towards internal (and) external fx. everything is a module/plugin, so you can have your fav kilohearts fx on like any source you want. no even better. on any band you want, with multipass, which can be as well used as module/plugin. but pigments is sexy, the modulation looks very powerfull.

@OlafFinkbeiner Жыл бұрын

Pigments is also the best on my touchscreen

@unused0011 Жыл бұрын

One thing that stumps me with operator for example is a lack of depth in shaping its envelopes - does anybody have a stock solution to achieve a serum-like envelope and LFO shaping capability? Thanks in advance!

@BigFknRobots Жыл бұрын

Played with bitwig? While not as open ended as maxforlive , the way modulators are integrated is so fun, intuitive and inspiring..

@AGZTGAMING 5 ай бұрын

BITWIG is so sick

@push2talkbox370 Жыл бұрын

oK...Like...and what's your thoughts about Vps Avenger synth

@owenmarshall1623 Жыл бұрын

First synth I bought and had to put it on the back burner cos it’s not a first synth. Came back to it later and I think it is my fav. It has good sounds, FX and u can modulate more things than Serum and pigments

@adeniranbalthazar5700 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever tried SurgeXT? It's insane how capable this synth can be

@LFPXX Жыл бұрын

UVI Falcon

@sanan_fataliyev Жыл бұрын

are you planning any discount for the members of sound design course? 👀

@SeedtoStage Жыл бұрын

Yep stay tuned in the discord!

@static-san Жыл бұрын

Yep, the Pigments UI is amazing. First plugin I actually bought - installed the demo and within a few hours I stumped up the money for it. Wasn't the first I installed, either. But interesting comparison to Ableton Live, though. I had Standard for a couple of years before I purchased a Suite upgrade in a deal - and discovered how much I'd been missing out. Ableton does a really poor job of conveying to new users that buying Suite is far far better value than buying Standard and then gradually buying a dozen (or more) plugins. Of course, that said, I will wouldn't give up Pigments. :-)

@Zvrra Жыл бұрын

Omnisphere for me

@PieterLaroy Жыл бұрын

If your course on Pigments is as good as you other courses, I can only advise each and everyone to go and check it out! Amazing ;-) BTW I do love pigments myself...

@owenmarshall1623 Жыл бұрын

VPS Avenger can do some cool lthings too once u work it out

@Note_Creator Жыл бұрын

0:53 😂 that reminds me of 66Samus the drummer.

@frequency_sequencer 11 күн бұрын

Have u tried bitwig?

@antoineguilbeault8025 Жыл бұрын

Yeah pigments is in theory my fav soft synth. In practice i use ableton stock plugins 90% of the time

@szihu Жыл бұрын

The "problem" with stock Live devices is, that the majority of "how to make sound X like artist Y / song Z" tutorials revolve around most popular VST (let's say Serum), as it did with Massive/FM8 in the past. Unfortunately I tend to eat more "educational content" than I actually fool around and learn on my own, so in the end, the bridge to cross gets longer, especially that I try to reproduce those tutorials with already owned software (Vital, Surge etc), which is somewhat counterproductive, as mentioned stock devices lay untouched, and the incentive to grab and master them diminishes in favor of the hype and dopamine hit after I remake a single sound (that I probably won't use anyway) in a third-party software. Because it's faster to copy someone's settings and hope to remember even quarter of logic behind decisions the author have made.

@SeedtoStage Жыл бұрын

This is why I have an entire course in sound design and synthesis using only native ableton devices.

@PieterLaroy Жыл бұрын

I would argue, however, that for sound design, Reason may be the better buy. I started out with Reason. Today, I no longer use it as my main DAW, but as a plugin.

@nesofearth Жыл бұрын

🌱

@breitbanddesign Жыл бұрын

Agree. Pigments is the best.

@HighlandStudio91 3 ай бұрын

My favorite Do-It -All synth plugin is Analog Lab and always will be...why? The extremely intuitive GUI, the ease of accessing presets, the incorporation of all of Arturia's individual instruments that make up a massive conglomeration of sounds and the seamless & instant layering of any 2 presets from the massive library. It's so insanely easy to create amazing custom presets and no sound design knowledge is required. Personally...I didn't care for Ableton...as I don't like the layout(as I always loved the workflow of Propellerhead Reason.)

@muyang_url Жыл бұрын

I can't buy your ableton online course through paypal, could you help me?

@SeedtoStage Жыл бұрын

Shoot me an email at support@seedtostage.com

@normalregular Жыл бұрын

Whatever comes stock with Ableton

@jona8659 Жыл бұрын

My man tryna sell us a pigments course by saying "you this is kinda mid compared to ableton" haha, love you

@bobsmith12345 Жыл бұрын

pigments hurts my cpu, but yeah its great

@leftfeelsright1968 Жыл бұрын

I got pigments 4 recently.. Loved it, but only if arturia can reduce the load time and CPU consumption of pigments and analog lab I would say it be my number one too.

@schallfarben5614 Жыл бұрын

But serum 2 is about to drop..

@CyaniteProducer Ай бұрын

You feel dumb now, don’t you? “about to drop”

@CuriousPassenger Жыл бұрын

And you don't know about Bitwig yet. It's like 10x of Live capabilities in sound design.

@SeedtoStage Жыл бұрын

Bitwig is amazing no doubt but it does not have the deep integration of max for live with literally thousands of devices and solutions created over the last decade.

@hostnik777 2 ай бұрын

I do love Pigment's UI, although not crazy about the childish "crayon" color scheme. But in the end I just don't think it *sounds* that great... I think they had to sacrifice a bit of quality for flexibility and GUI power. So I don't end up using it. Meanwhile Largo is a much dumber synth, but it's just more inspiring, same as how the Blofeld is more inspiring than the Hydrasynth, even if the Hydra has a way better UI and is more "powerful" (for one timbre anyway).

@djerikfox Жыл бұрын

..to me Avenger is no1, use it on almost all the songs...

@budgetkeyboardist Жыл бұрын

I liked the video until the fart joke. Then I loved the video. :)

@jmcoffin1 Жыл бұрын

UVI Falcon is the best all-around for me, Especially WRT sound quality. Pigments sounds thin and weak compared to falcon. Pigments is clearly superior in the simplicity of its UI, but, once you’re used to it, falcon UI is just as capable.

@Novalarke Жыл бұрын

I prefer Vital. Why? It's as powerful and it's free.

@Chase_Crawford Жыл бұрын

You can get pigments on sale really cheap if you wait for sales

@purplism4857 Жыл бұрын

it is not as powerful but it definitely sounds great

@ChumpyDumps Жыл бұрын

Ableton is a modular platform. It’s not much different than eurorack even without Max.

@DaddaPsy Жыл бұрын

Phase Plant > Pigments

@DaddaPsy Жыл бұрын

@@peebrayen6564 Not when it's on sale, you can get it for 99 Euro. All their snapins are free of charge. So a lot of bang for the buck.

@MusicProducerrr 13 күн бұрын

Pigments is more efficient to use.

@jeremysmith9898 5 ай бұрын

Arturia makes great hardware and midi devices. But they will suck your pockets dry of your hard earned cash every update they get. Any business model that you have to keep paying for updates is crazy these days! for my 40 years in this game. Back in the days Propellerhead's Reason was a great way to get into the world of synths without hardware. These days I want to pay once and get free updates and even sell the software if I choose. U-He is by far the best sounding best bang for your buck out there. Zebra and Hive can do just about anything. Diva gives me the analog that puts my hardware in the closet. Find it hard at my age to trust anything a young guy with a man bun says. But to each its own. lol

@SeedtoStage 5 ай бұрын

Their latest update is free…

@nachomanrandysauvage8257 4 ай бұрын

I got to update for free