I kind of understand why they chose it though.
As I typed the previous sentence, I have to say that the only thing I don’t like about it is the name. I think that there is a good deal new here in Pigments. If you like messing with generative music, then Pigments might be a worthy addition to your arsenal, especially given the ease of use and the fact that, unlike other generative software, it works inside your DAW without having to bridge MIDI with 3rd-party software.Nothing new? Who could have predicted that response?ġ- Hardware, but nothing new or innovative.ģ- Hardware, but not all knobby analog with 16 voices.Ĥ- Software, but nothing new or innovative.Ħ- Software, but not available with same features in a $5 iPad app. I still haven’t tested this, but if true, it opens a lot of possibilities. It’s also worth mentioning that, since Pigments output MIDI, it might be possible to use it to sequence hardware synthesizers. For example, if you use any chord-creating software, such as Scaler 2, it is possible to output Pigments into Scaler and the Scaler into the instrument of your choice. However, there might be workarounds for this. Sadly, it seems Pigments isn’t able to output chords, otherwise I would have loved to fill some space with a proper generative pad. If I rendered a 30-minute track, I believe there wouldn’t be any repeating pattern in it. Since the test tracks are already rendered, they will always sound the same, but inside my DAW, every time I hit “Play” a new melody is created. Pigments seems like a very capable tool to create generative music. Which, as I understand it, fits the description of generative music.
It’s important to note that there’s a lot of great sequencers out there, but what’s interesting about the Pigments one is the randomization feature, which can be locked to a scale and, basically, generate new notes at a predefined interval that can be randomly changed - along with some other parameters, such as velocity and gate - and regenerated into a new pattern every few bars. This can open up a lot of interesting options for sound design or to breathe life into old virtual instruments Pigments includes a MIDI Output so that any of the patterns generated by the Seq/Arp sections can be sent to control any other virtual instrument. Curious by what I saw, I went to the manual and there it was: I actually didn’t know too and discovered it by accident while watching Benn Jordan test Pigments 3 in a live stream some time ago. Not many people seem to know you can use it to output MIDIĭespite being considered a great all-around virtual synthesizer, Pigments has a secret weapon that I don’t see many people talking about: its arpeggiator/sequencer can output MIDI, which means it can control other MIDI instruments.
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