Pigments is pretty fixed in term of 'modulation freedom'. Unfortunately reading this thread has introduced me to Dune 3 which I've just listened to on Youtube and is now going to cost me money!!! They all sounds great but there are nuances in the sounds that make the difference. Massive sound palette from from the collection and highly usable, but when patch surfing I don't get stuck on a patch and lose an hour with it the way I might with u-he or Synapse (Antidote, Legend) or Korg synths. I find that with the whole Arturia collection - maybe with the exception of the very nice CZ-V and the CMI-V. That's probably a desirable thing for many artists but for me this would be good when I'm looking for a specific sound rather than as a source of inspiration. I think it's an excellent synth but it sounds very contemporary even when it's trying to sound vintage. Oh man, and I just LOVE that Surgeon notch type, it's very unique notch, one of the best I've encountered. Hmmm I think resonances In various lowpass types sound very creamy, smooth and organic.especially 'Mini', if I remember correctly.

I was sold on the amazing UI but the sound never inspired me. There are still great things about MassiveX, each has their strengths - but for modulation (I AM a modulation freak), I much prefer Pigments, though Massive was my former favorite…

Plus little things like key commands for zooming the interface, draggable envelopes, and now granular modes are icing on the cake! I also appreciate the visuals on Pigments, LFOs that show the shape and current position, filter that show the spectrum response, oscillators that show waveforms/wavetables/sample data, etc. Plus, not sure if this is a 'hard' limit, but you can only work with three sources for each destination at once in Massive, but Pigments allows you to assign and view ALL sources to any single destination. Or conversely, how you can see (and edit) ALL mod source for a single destination at once. I REALLY like how you can see all destinations and amounts for any mod source at once, which really helps to understand existing patches (or your own forgotten patches!).

I have a polar opposite opinion about modulation in Pigments vs MassiveX. It's not straightforward as in Massive X. Pigments is WONDERFUL sounding inspiring synth.I would call it 'synth with the spirit'.But the modulation workflow slows down my working with the synth.

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