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Getting granular with Pigments V4

01 > The Sample Engine was added to Pigments in V2 and immediately greatly increased the timbral possibilities inherent to Pigments. Unlike most sample playback synth engines, Pigments also allows users to play back samples granularly. For this Walkthrough, let’s load up the Granular Pad preset and begin to explore.

02 > Even before getting into the Granular engine, Pigments is already an incredibly powerful sample-based synthesiser. Each sample engine can play back up six samples. In order to edit how these samples play, click on the Edit tab right above

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