Plugin comparison
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which synth to buy.
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Contenders
Tilichu is a Mac-only wavetable synth with granular and spectral sources, a 32-slot matrix, and a sentence-to-patch generator. $99, 14-day trial, 400+ presets.
Arturia Pigments is a software synthesizer combining six synthesis engines, drag-and-drop modulation, filters, effects, and sequencing.
Technical matrix
| Signal | Butterlamp Tilichu | Arturia Pigments |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99 | $199 |
| Dubspot Score | — | 9.1 |
| Formats | VST3, AU, Standalone | Standalone, VST, VST3, AAX, Audio Unit (AU), NKS |
| Synthesis engines | — | Six engines: Modal, Granular, Wavetable, Sample, Harmonic, and Virtual Analog (plus a Utility engine) |
| Filters | — | 19 filter types and 68 filter modes |
| Effects | — | 20 effects, with 3 FX slots per bus across two insert buses and one send/return bus |
| Presets | — | Over 1,700 presets |
| Current version | — | Pigments 7 |
| Platforms | — | Windows 10+ (64-bit) and macOS 11+ (incl. Apple M1); 4 GB RAM, 3 GB disk space |
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