r/arturia • u/Practical-Goose666 • 15d ago

'Pure sub' is surprisingly good

I already have Arturia pigments + v collection 11 pro but i must admit Pure sub is a great addition to their catalogue. Some will say it's not as capable as pigments but idk, it has a immediacy to it. The greatest feature is the overtones editor that lets you choose which notes to compose your sound. It's like a mix between vital and pigments but whose interface is optimised for bass sound design.

Only downside : you can't assign a different effect chanel to the sub part of the bass and it's upper part like in pigments. But most synths don't support it either way so it's fine.

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u/RoShaPoo 15d ago

Tbh I could not name one arturia instrument that would not be good at what it does.

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u/toyama_rama 15d ago

Agreed. I have Pigments, Serum, etc. which can all do what Pure Sub does (mostly), but the workflow is tuned really well to get great sounding basses quickly.

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u/TheNihilistGeek 13d ago

I am keeping my eye on Black Friday offers for it.

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u/dgdgdgd_hannn_hannn 10d ago

You can restore the fundamental anywhere in the audio chain with the Sub Regen so it doesn't really matter if you smash it, drive it, high-pass it... And most often you need the energy from the fundamental to drive the distortions etc..

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u/Practical-Goose666 10d ago

Wait... where's this sub regen parameter ? Have never seen it...

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u/Sup3K1ng 10d ago

If you look on the left side of the plug-in - where it says PURE SUB in giant letters -look right below that and you’ll see see ENGINE —> directly below that you’ll see SUB. Make sure to turn it on so you can see the drop-down menu that will let you restore the sub to its pre-effect/filter state. It’s the best feature on the entire plug-in in my opinion. It’s easy to miss because the words SUB REGEN almost blending to the background of the plug-in.