Let's Play Arturia Pigments: Part 01 - Analog Engine and Filters

[@pmratpoison]

when your favourite music teaching youtuber makes a tutorial about the VST you just bought

[@iamjamessmith]

Same boat ⛵

[@Thomatentv]

Same yacht 🛥

[@DarrellVermilion]

i'm poor 🛶

[@G8tr1522]

mood

[@damypoup]

Same ! I played with the demo since it's out, and it was finally 50% off during this black friday, I jumped on it.

[@heavyharris5580]

13:55 Been using Pigments for nearly a year now and never thought to do this. Brilliant

[@johnfowlertrailrunning]

Thanks so much for these! I’m now using Pigments 5 but only just found the time to really get beyond using slightly modified presets. But these videos are opening a whole Pandora’s box of possibilities and weird sound design sessions for me! Thank you!

[@augustisraelsson2250]

Hope Arturia pays you coz I'm buying it today. The grandmaster of inspirational tutorials!

[@skylinedivetribe2638]

OMG - this video is incredible. I'm using all the tutorials to learn this synth and use it for everything as I'm a beginner - to keep my mind from going mad. Thank you thank you thank you!!

[@Oyasoom]

I had the chance to buy Pigments at a very slashed price one year ago and it became my main synth ever since ; before that I was using almost uniquely Massive but Pigments versatility won me over. Best buy I made so far. Thanks for your videos !

[@RababaInc]

how much did it cost?

[@Oyasoom]

@@RababaInc Got it for 70€ if I remember correctly,. When Pigments 2 was released.

[@jasonversatile9807]

Man Arturia have smashed it with pigments I don't think any other vst synth comes close to this .eye candy and ear candy...I closed my eyes and that string patch you put together gave me goosebumps and tears in my eyes. Absolutely beautiful sound. Thank you for this video Jeremy even though I was late to view this. Thank you kind sir. Just subscribed.

[@RedMeansRecording]

No doubt!

[@Tronaldump7]

I love the disasterpeace shoutout . Great video man!!

[@ImSquished]

I don't know much about synthesis, but recently got Pigments to teach myself on and this has been super helpful! Can't wait for more

[@BevisFriend2010]

Such a great tutorial this. I get really easily baffled by the sheer amount of options Re: 'modern synthesis'. I started out with Alchemy. I'm now using version 3 of PIGMENTS. (Freely upgradable if you bought version 1!) I also Love the visuals, it's so easy & quick to edit with a touchscreen & a good midi controller. (I recently bought an Arturia Keylab49 Essentials, which at about £160ish is a great buy for somebody interested in a nice solid hands on machine with a decent quality keybed & plenty of assignables & some decent software) I like using this as a standalone. It's so easy to get perfectly & blissfully lost in it. These guides are fantastically helpful, although it should be pointed out to beginners (like myself) that Arturia built in really helpful tips & walk-throughs to allow you to learn how to use the whole synth, so don't be put off if it seems overwhelming. The interface is exceptionally user friendly and contains a few hidden surprises too. (if you click the right button on certain parameters, you can set more fields). It really is an incredibly powerful multi-synth, capable of such a huge array of sounds. More experienced soft-synth users will no doubt become immediately addicted to this beautiful beast. Thanks again for such helpful tutorials on this & many other quality musical softwares & hardwares. All the best & Kindest regards, Simon.

[@AlexNes]

I was duly surprised after hearing the tone at 8:33, hey thats Hyper Light Drifter

[@ben_burnes]

Speaking of Disasterpeace, 6:10 is basically part of the Fez soundtrack. Another fun fact, he used Massive for 90% of Fez's soundtrack, which is why that raw saw sound is so iconic to his work :)

[@static-san]

Pigments became my favourite VST months ago solely on the strength of the amazing presets. I've fiddled a bit with it since, but this video came at exactly the right time - I understood everything you spoke about and you gave me some great new ideas for this wonderful plugin!

[@KozmykJ]

Great Tutorial/Review Got me Pigment'ing and trying for ages to get that sound @ 20:36. Me - close but no cigar ...

[@xraydash7609]

“Oh wait, we don’t have to imagine. *sinister laugh*” Love it! Thanks for the breakdown. Really looking forward to the next installment.

[@orphanfrequencyyeah1742]

I have it for about a year and I spend more and more time with it. There's always more to be found in this synth and it sounds just fantastic. Looking forward to a Pigments 3 update.

[@andrewbrehaut]

Thanks for making this video Jeremy. I picked up Pigments a few weeks back and while I've found it super easy to just explore, I’ve still made a page of notes from your breakdown here. Your explanations of particular applications of features, and combinations of features, in terms of sounds, styles, and genre is really valuable. Looking forward to future episodes

[@turtlemouth]

The walkthrough I've been waiting for. Thank you!

[@watchandproduce]

This is a great video on Pigments. Hope you create more. Especially since Pigments got new features with all those updates.

[@Wafflethorpe]

Man 11:58 just gives me such a Twin Peaks vibe.

[@mateocordova9553]

exactly! what a beautiful sound

[@0VRLNDR]

Your timing is impeccable, been looking at Arturia's VSTs all morning. Thus far I only have their hardware.

[@karelhoogendoorn]

Wow, what a beautiful piece of software!

[@l.romain6447]

2:10 perfect chord to start a rage beat. Thank you for the video too!!

[@mark35mi]

Bro... this was absolutely brilliant. Late to the party but cannot wait to go thru all the parts. BRILLIANT THANKS!

[@rrtramel]

Jeremy, you taught me how to use the OP-1, the OP-Z, and by the end of tonight, Pigments, thank you!

[@alban6101]

Cool cool cool, nice nice nice ! ..., as u said ! I've juste start my 'work' on Pigments. Thanks for Ur good feelings into Ur video. Alban, from France.

[@eduardobuscariolli6152]

Great video. I got Pigment couple of months ago and it is a well spent money. Lots of fun with that.

[@Keroser1983]

Just purchased Pigments 2 and come across your channel. Thank you man!!!!

[@Val_Cla]

Pigments and Analog lab are my only paid plugins, love em both so much ! These 2 plus some freebies is all i need

[@patchnovae]

Amazing guide Jeremy, thanks for putting it together!

[@JamesRamboPearce]

Got Pigments a few months ago and not had the chance to get stuck into it, so this is going to be a handy series!

[@jj4404]

Thanks

[@peacefulpigeon7254]

Thank you so much this is brilliantly helpful Pigments seems less daunting and might actually start making my own patches for a change!

[@danielpirone8028]

Great video- learned a lot. Look forward to the rest!

[@wojciechjastrzebski5572]

I have 3 versions of Analog Lab and the Analog Lab 4 version is the Pigments sound bank . Interesting sounds and combined effects.

[@MarnixMohrmannPiano]

I was about to make the same video with the same synth (because it's awesome!), but then came along RMR. I'll just direct people to this video,quality content!

[@tomatte127]

Yess was waiting on you to release this video series. :D

[@dartist1176]

In fact, I think what you say about get Vital as a free option to very nice synthesis; actually it's a must-have as complement since unfortunately you cannot make your own wavetables in Pigments. Really great synth, but is the only thing I miss, although you can import into it. Thank you for the tutorial.

[@Hummelsbusch]

Pigments is a really great sounding plug-in. One of my all-time-favourites along with Massive, Serum, Diva and TAL-U-No-LX.

[@mikeexits]

2:29 "Pulse... *Nick Baaaaaatt"* I love how much of a meme that man is, lmao. I really like it when he calls things "chunky"

[@BackspinZX]

P I G M E N T S Totally completely keep forgetting that you can pan filters, honestly. Also until now I had *severely* overlooked the SEM filter.

[@joshuamorganmusic]

Pigments is def my FAV vst too!!

[@Borissinclairr]

Thank you very much for this series

[@jasonpaden8641]

This was insanely helpful. Thank you!

[@slick8086]

I've been wanting Pigments since it came out.... still saving up.

[@RedMeansRecording]

It's on sale!

[@slick8086]

@@RedMeansRecording Woohoo!!! gettting it NOW!

[@EmThePenguin]

@@slick8086 idk why but this made me so happy

[@yonatantan]

Thanks for this amazing tutorial series :) so well explained and great tips!

[@E_-_-]

Great tutorial!

[@c137medina]

Yayyy! A f**king Pigments Jeremy video! (I get that sounds really sarcastic now but I’m actually genuinely really excited.)

[@lamstof01]

this RMR x Chainsmokers beef is getting HEATED

[@erikfischer2443]

Amazing tutorial. Haven’t used it so much yes, but realise that I might replace my Streichfett. I’ll keep me Novation Peak though…

[@ChrisCorrado]

cool you mention disasterpeace. a hell of a composer. besides: brilliant video on pigments!!

[@2mbst1]

Have used Pigments a ton, but mostly its presets - which are REALLY nice and useful. Haven't even looked much into creating my own yet, this might change this evening. :D

[@SoundsLikeSandy]

I'm starting to wonder if I subconsciously copy the gear that Jeremy uses or if we just have similar taste... I often find myself getting really excited about a piece off gear, buying it, and then within a few weeks RMR comes out with a video featuring it haha

[@kidfooyt]

Just as I was thinking of getting it

[@morgan0]

not sure if anyone else mentioned this but i’m pretty sure the matrix 12 is using pole mixing filters, basically you have the separate outputs of 4 or more lowpass poles and they’re added together in various ratios to produce other filters, like bandpasses, highpasses, and weird stuff. i’m not super familiar with the original but i know there are several eurorack modules at least that have 15 different modes using the same concept

[@morgan0]

most of the way thru this is a section on pole mixing filters, as well as it is a great resource on filter circuits www.soundsemiconductor.com/downloads/AN701.pdf another resource that also explains it well electricdruid.net/multimode-filters-part-2-pole-mixing-filters/

[@jr6786]

Awesome tutorial. Could you do one on Msoundfactory? I have tried to understand it..but after all the hair pulling there isn’t much hair left to give.

[@bitspacemusic]

That coarse tuning quantize is really nice for little fx. Modulate with a square, add a touch of delay and you're off into Mario World.

[@chemicalangel5227]

I love you, Jeremy!

[@Wilkins77]

Can you do a video solely about hard-sync? I love your content.

[@TerenceKearns]

5:10 Now v 3.5 has another engine called "utility engine" which can be used for sub if you need that and still want to keep 2 engines. There are no "learn pigments 3.5 from scratch" videos. There are only "what's new in 3.5" videos so I'm here having to learn 3.0.

[@musicplaylistize]

I love my pigments even tho im still a noob after a year of using it. I would TOTALLY buy a specific midi controller specialy made for pigments only.

[@-zoave-]

Yeah.... Personnaly I use Maschine, Pigments is NKS ready. Also works with Komplete Kontrol. But for this tutorial, unfurtunately I don't understand english very well....I can understand words separately, but not the whole thing... :(

[@JamesLavinTheOnly]

@@-zoave- I found the arturia NKS mappings lacking in what you could control from Maschine though! I ended up re-mapping to include much more control of oscillator engine, filters and modulation, then re-exporting based on that template with PresetMagician

[@-zoave-]

Cool !

[@miragee477]

thanks for the video killer vst

[@VictorSteiner]

We need this for iOS SO HARD!

[@akira20ish]

I own this beast of a synth

[@subfifth]

That Nick Batt pulse width shoutout! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Erickhetfield]

How do I recreate the bass from Take My Breath Away, by Berlin? I would like to make it from scratch, but some direction would be nice, since I'm a complete beginner.

[@fabianhenzler7557]

Finally!!! 🥰

[@cURLybOi]

sweet man :) if i can make one suggestion, your synth sound is fairly quiet in the video which makes me turn up the volume higher but then your voice is a little too loud. a good solution to this is to sidechain the pc sound with the mic so you can turn keep it at 100% vol and the compressor will duck the synth everytime you speak. even pure obs can do this stock, and when i discovered this, it helped my videos a lot :)

[@RedMeansRecording]

There is no easy and good way to sidechain in premiere

[@cURLybOi]

wow, that's a serious lack of features for premiere there

[@michelnassarofficial]

Pigments 😍😍

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yeah man!!! Finally giving it some love

[@zelfzack9432]

1:21 I don't get how's called

[@sharttank5999]

love pigments and I barely got past just the presets... It could take 2 years to learn

[@martinneal5240]

When Red chooses Template at 1 minute 41 ..the list is about 20 deep...when I do this my list is only ten deep ...and does not include the Triple VCO template he mentions. Does anyone understand whats going on here. ?

[@RedMeansRecording]

They changed it in the most recent update sorry

[@oberdone]

Great! Thank you! Can we have your amazing wallpaper please?! :D

[@randyrrt3]

It’s currently on sale at Arturia 50% off! From $199 down to $99,,,

[@Morberis]

One question I do have, is it possible to route some of this through midi to control a hardware synth? Like route LFO1 out accomplishing through midi what you could do with semi modular or eurorack. Or out to a midi-CV interface.... If the hardware synth supports changing various parameters through midi that is. I'm sorry I did a google search but keep getting interrupted watching the video.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Check out my wavefront video

[@Morberis]

@@RedMeansRecording Will do, thanks! Edit: Ahh, I had seen that. The wavefront does look like a good way to control CV and you do highlight some good ways to do lfo out on midi. Thanks for the reminder, clearly I should have paid more attention.

[@Larjschoen1]

Can anyone give me an idea of the CPU Usage running Pigments 3? It feels to me like it would really be CPU heavy! Please let me know what you have experienced! Thanks

[@DarrellVermilion]

9:40 [äḷġöṛïẗḧṁ ẗüṛṅṡ ïṅ ÿöüṛ ḋïṛëċẗïöṅ]

[@MrRagnarxx]

Make a Vital vid Jeremy, it's insane how good that synth is for the price point (free)

[@RedMeansRecording]

I hope to!!

[@mushroomsounds]

Here are 30 FREE presets for Pigments (+ a beat contest!) : kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4eqoqVtad6BerM

[@robertsyrett1992]

Can you use an ES-8 to hook it up to a modular set up?

[@RedMeansRecording]

i can but i dont really want to. nor do i have the space or money for the es-8.

[@robertsyrett1992]

@@RedMeansRecording Ah, I just assumed you had one. I guess you have your bases covered at this point, but the audio interface modules have been a lot of fun for combining patching on the iPad with the modular.

[@kory443]

sold

[@redirishmanxlt]

@20:23 Holy Shit that was so Narly!

[@mrjailcake]

Nick Batt!

[@simonlegrec]

Ultratube

[@mattg3221]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiick Baaaaaaaaaaaaatttttt

[@shadowhenge7118]

O think this is the most robust synth on the market

[@RobertoVoidRizzi]

Serum is as much solid and a little more powerful in wavetables (including design) But I chose Pigment for the visual feedback. I used it 2 years ago to get back on track on sound design and it helped me a lot with my approach on my physical moog and novation synths

[@Charlieboy2680]

What midi keyboard do you use?

[@RedMeansRecording]

komplete kontrol 49, but you can use any really

[@robertobreve8623]

it's on sale 99$

[@randommcranderson5155]

if you have an arturia account with other products log in to their website - they're offering crossgrades for cheaper.

[@DannoBoston]

Niiick Baaaaaaaaaaat! LOL

[@imaflymydroneatit]

8:30 lmao. Splooge

[@rinner2801]

Twin peaks all the way...

[@RedMeansRecording]

ah you're right!

[@Wafflethorpe]

Beat me to it!

[@fully_privatized_mass_medium]

um i'm going to pretty much sell all of my hardware

[@jcBurton2094]

Dedicated sub-oscillator? Check.

[@indibiningingman6510]

Just one year too late

[@RedMeansRecording]

i dont think that's true!

[@indibiningingman6510]

@@RedMeansRecording well pigments 2.0 has been out for a year, and pigments 1 has been out a year longer than that

[@DarrellVermilion]

@@indibiningingman6510 Seems like it'd take around that long to figure everything out lol, so pretty much on schedule. ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ