Last week, I made the assertion that as far as I was concerned, the closest you’ll come to actually getting Arturia’s Pigments in hardware form is the Arturia Astrolab. This works, at least for me (and a lot of other people), because I like to do my sound design in the box and transfer the preset to hardware when possible. I also commented that, realistically, you don’t need access to every control in a VST from the hardware instrument because in general, you’re only manipulating a few key controls or groups of controls. That’s where macros come in.
TIMELINE:
00:00 Begin transmission
00:00 The Opening Jam
09:00 Show open — turning off all the things and my Miss Sally impersonation
11:25 What’s in The Jam
25:30 Analog Lab effects vs instrument preset effects
30:40 Patches can sound like there’s a reverb even without a reverb
32:00 Buying presets
33:35 Tom Wolfe’s preset packs are NOT expensive
35:00 Pigments has grown to become my favorite “big” VST
36:45 What does “Pigments in a box” mean … Astrolab
39:35 What was the possible sticking point? Custom wavetables and samples?
40:20 Linux is everywhere
42:10 Ancient and obscure operating systems, anyone?
42:30 Astrolab caveats
44:25 How would I do it with Linux? I wouldn’t.
45:50 The idea is to carry ONE, simple thing to a jam
46:55 Weight does not necessarily equal quality and a bunch of other generally related topics
52:05 Back to the caveats. Perceived polyphony issues, does not have FX Collection
55:45 Montage M/MODX M
57:40 Are there “Forever” synths?
59:40 Collections of magazines — paper has become worthless
1:03:40 Standardizing macro assignments
1:13:15 Building a Pigments patch with macros in mind
1:21:40 (YouTube hates relatively still images on screen of any length of time during a live stream — does not seem to affect recorded version)
1:33:15 Plus 3 orientation; false ending
1:34:20 Leviasynth reverb and comparison to Hydrasynth
1:51:30 Wrap up and good night!
1:52:29 End transmission
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