Pigments Play from Arturia: simple and free synth launches

With very little noise, Arturia has released a “Play” version of its Arturia software synth, and it’s available as a free download.

Pigments Play is powered by Pigments but is a much cut-down and simplified synth, offering 100 presets which can be played and tweaked in an intuitive interface.

It’s very much aimed at those who are used to presets but want something easy to begin working with sound design, or those who want another source of fast sound ideas which can be altered enough to distance themselves from stock sounds.

It’s unlikely to be a secret that Arturia likely hopes users will take the upgrade path to full-blown Pigments.

Features

• 100 Presets created by expert sound designers from Pigments – including keys, pads, basses, animated sequences and leads – from a variety of genres
• 6 types of synthesis: modal, granular, wavetable, sample, harmonic, and virtual analog
• One simple interface with 4 macros: brightness, timbre, time, movement and 4 effects: 2 mod effects, delay, reverb
• Updated browser to find sounds quickly: filter by type and instrument
• Sound Store: 200+ Artist & Genre based sound banks
• New paid and Free content added regularly
• Automatic mapping of parameters for Arturia keyboards
• Parameters can be mapped easily to other MIDI controllers

Pigments Comparison

Arturia has helpfully provided a quick comparison table (ready to upgrade yet?) so users can see what extras they’ll get in Pigments.

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