Arturia Pigments 5

[MrFigg]

What exactly is in the Explorations Bundle? Anyone know? €19.99 crossgrade here.

Also crossgrade to Pigments for €49.99...still not sure.

[Kirean]

3 minutes ago, MrFigg said:

Also crossgrade to Pigments for €49.99...still not sure.

Pigments at 49.99 is a nobrainer. Versatile and lots of depth + good track record for support, etc.

[Solidos]

@MrFigg It looks like the crossgrade to Pigments includes the Explorations Bundle so you would effectively be paying 30€ for Pigments which is pretty insane. I'm guessing you got Analog Lab V and that's what is giving you that crossgrade price, right?

[Nitrate Audio]

I am pretty sure its the presents listed at the bottom. 150 each pack.

 

https://www.arturia.com/products/software-instruments/pigments/overview

[MrFigg]

22 minutes ago, Solidos said:

@MrFigg It looks like the crossgrade to Pigments includes the Explorations Bundle so you would effectively be paying 30€ for Pigments which is pretty insane. I'm guessing you got Analog Lab V and that's what is giving you that crossgrade price, right?

Yeah. V collection9, FX4. 
Where did you see about the bundle being included?

[Solidos]

12 minutes ago, MrFigg said:

Yeah. V collection9, FX4. 
Where did you see about the bundle being included?

If you scroll down on the pigments page you'll find it: https://www.arturia.com/products/software-instruments/pigments/overview

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If you're a Pigments owner, you can update for free as well as access a reduced price on the Explorations preset bundle. New users can enjoy an introductory offer on Pigments starting at 50% off, including the new preset expansions for free.

Make sure to be logged in

Edited January 23, 2024 by Solidos

[Hillmy]

For those wanting to know how to use the new Pigments 5 as an effect, I made a topic about that here:

 

[MrFigg]

5 minutes ago, Solidos said:

If you scroll down on the pigments page you'll find it: https://www.arturia.com/products/software-instruments/pigments/overview

Make sure to be logged in

Thanks. Yeah. I found it. But there’s no way I need another synth so all good. 

[Solidos]

7 minutes ago, MrFigg said:

But there’s no way I need another synth so all good. 

You could just use it as a sequencer for everything else ?

[ALC]

Crossgraded to Pigments for $49.  I have Analog Lab 4/Pro, Augmented Strings, and V Collection 8 (+ five freebie effects).

It all started with a bundled Analog Lab Lite and I picked up the freebies and upgrades/crossgrades when they went on sale.

[Zo]

6 hours ago, Fleer said:

Multi-core!

And free upgrade, once again. 

Now were talking i pray for them to multicore all their stuff .....

UVI you re watching ?

[Toffo]

Bought!

 

Three things pushed me over the edge (in case Arturia is listening):

1. All the positive talk about them in this and other forums, I appreciate a company with a good reputation.

2. Free upgrade for previous owners of Pigments. I’m not a previous owner but I like the policy.

3. I do own other Arturia products and there was a message to login to check my price. So I did, and a sizable discount ($99 to $49) was already applied which made it an instabuy.

 

Nice work, Arturia. This is how you get people to part with their money in a crowded market.

[Zo]

Exited , installed : meh ... cpu hit still riduclous , i used 2analog engine , a chours and a reverb  , poly 8  , i can hit easy 35 % of cpu while other arturia even last one  are around 20 % 

[Solidos]

@Zo Did you actually activate Multicore in the settings? It's off by default

[Zo]

yep , just try rainforest in the new bank and see .... wtf 

It's an exemple not a patch i would use , make .

Just did another one using wavetable  + piano sample , zero fx , and the relase ,+ 8 poly the cpu hit was after chord playing more near 35 ...

[Promidi]

1 hour ago, Zo said:

yep , just try rainforest in the new bank and see .... wtf

With this preset, on my system, playing a 6 note chord, Pigments 5 reported an averaged of17% CPU (MultiCore on). 

Task-manger reported Pigments using 35% while playing 6 notes.

This is on a PC configured as per Signature.

[audioschmaudio]

Multicore mode reduced my CPU peak from 28% to 18% when playing a chord with 6 notes using the rainforest preset. When I just hit one key activating multicore goes down from 18% to 11%.

[BTP]

I get 1% usage if I hit 10+ keys using that preset.

I noticed that idle usage was high when I had Pigments open in several tabs in Reaper. Not sure if it was Pigments causing it or something else though.

[Zo]

Paly regular melody , not just hit 6 keyz .... if i hit keys it's ok , if i hits and play serval chords like usual it starts to stack ...

I did n otice better cpu but no way full multicore this should easily divide by 2 while here i feel more like 20 / 30 % gain at abest /

[BTP]

It's 1% no matter what I play. Even with the hold pedal on.