PIGMENTS ALTERNATIVE · VST3 / AU
A Pigments alternative for producers who want the sound now.
Arturia Pigments 6 ($199) is a sound-design playground: wavetable, virtual analog, granular, modal and more, with colour-coded modulation everywhere. If you like building patches, it's brilliant. If you mostly want a finished 808, keys stack or arp fast, MUTANT. is the quicker road: 300+ sounds, four-layer stacks, your own one-shots as synths, and a cube for FX.
Hear it.
Straight from the MUTANT. library, nothing added. Tap a sound.
More sounds, the stacks and the cube on the MUTANT. page.
Pigments vs MUTANT.
| PIGMENTS | MUTANT. | |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple synthesis engines (wavetable, granular, modal...) | ✓ | – |
| Deep modulation | ✓ | Basic |
| Ready-made 4-layer stacks | – | ✓ |
| Played arps + phrases | ✓ sequencer | ✓ |
| Drag in your own one-shot, play it as a synth | Sample engine (pitched sample) | ✓ rebuilt as a synth, up to 4 |
| Rubik's cube FX (43 quintillion chains) | – | ✓ |
| Price | $199 | $39 pre-order · $69 after Dec 15 |
Pigments is a trademark of Arturia. SCRAMBLE isn't made by or affiliated with Arturia. Price is its list price, Nov 2026. MUTANT. facts are for the Dec 15 release.
Big sounds, fewer menus.
Stacks
Four sounds per patch, each with level, tune, low and high.
Your one-shots
Drag in a sample and play it as a synth.
Bass that hits
808s, heavy bass, Reese, growl and glide.
Cube FX
43 quintillion FX chains, one twist away.
When Pigments is the better pick
- You love sound design and want several synthesis engines and deep modulation.
- You make experimental, cinematic or electronic music where custom patches are the point.
- You need AAX.
We'd rather you buy the right synth. If that's Pigments, go for it.
No two stacks the same.
43,252,003,274,489,856,000
Built on a real Rubik's cube, MUTANT.'s FX engine has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 positions, and each one is a different FX chain. To get through just 1% of them you'd have to make 10,000 presets a day for 118 billion years. That's over 8 times the age of the universe.
MUTANT. is out December 15. Pre-order it for $39.
$69 after launch. Own the SCRAMBLE. Bundle? Yours is $29. One-time payment, key and download emailed on launch day.
Questions
Is MUTANT. as deep as Pigments?
No. Pigments is a much deeper sound-design synth. MUTANT. is built for speed: stack, play, mutate.
Can I use both?
Yes. MUTANT. is a normal VST3 / AU instrument.
When does MUTANT. come out?
Tuesday, December 15. Pre-order now for $39 (it goes to $69 at launch) and you get your key and download by email that day. Bundle owners pay $29.
What does it run on?
VST3 and AU on Mac, VST3 on Windows, in any DAW that loads them: FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Studio One, Reaper and the rest. It plays from MIDI like any synth.