Arturia Pigments vs Sylenth1
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which synth to buy.
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Specs compared
| Arturia Pigments | Sylenth1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $199 | €139 |
| Dubspot Score | — | — |
| Formats | Standalone, VST, VST3, AAX, Audio Unit (AU), NKS | VST, VST3, AU, AAX |
| Synthesis engines | Six engines: Modal, Granular, Wavetable, Sample, Harmonic, and Virtual Analog (plus a Utility engine) | — |
| Filters | 19 filter types and 68 filter modes | 2 filter sections, each with 4 filter stages and nonlinear saturation |
| Effects | 20 effects, with 3 FX slots per bus across two insert buses and one send/return bus | Arpeggiator, distortion, phaser, chorus/flanger, EQ, delay, reverb, compressor |
| Presets | Over 1,700 presets | Over 2,500 presets included |
| Current version | Pigments 7 | — |
| Platforms | Windows 10+ (64-bit) and macOS 11+ (incl. Apple M1); 4 GB RAM, 3 GB disk space | — |
| Synth engine | — | Virtual analog (subtractive) |
| Oscillators | — | 4 alias-free unison oscillators; up to 8 unison voices each (32 voices per note) |
| Polyphony | — | 16 notes (up to 512 voices simultaneously) |
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