Clearly, I need to spend more time with the combinate modules. Can you give me an example of how you use them? Or any factory patch that uses them well? I guess I just need to start patching stuff and see what happens...The combinators are pretty much doing what it says in the name. Their main function is to combine modulation sources and process them accord to the function you've selected. Multiply, sum, divide, crossfade etc. You can see the exact order and operation of the function when you hover your mouse cursor over the 'Amount' knob (in all the ones that combine two signals).Agree wholeheartedlyIt's funny because so many people praise Pigments for being intuitive and easy to use. And it should be, but i just don't have that experience. Its not complicated and makes sense but I find myself having to constantly relearn it after stepping away for a few months. I've also never really been able to wrap my head around the combinate things. I get they are modulation remapping (I think) but it's never felt as easy to use as Vitals or Phase Plants remap functions.
Current otoh is just a breeze. Granted, I've spent more hours with Current but even when I was new to it, it just flowed. But still, both Serum and Vital are something of a gold standard for usability in my books...
Combinators can also do remapping but that's just one function of many. I do hope that in Pigments 7 remapping is done at the modulation level. It's such a useful function for pretty much all modulation sources when fine tuning things. This is one area where Vital, Avenger, Falcon etc is far more powerful.
But yes indeed. I think Vital probably implements modulation remapping the best- it's just always an option with every mod source. Phase Plant is also great but it's just a few more clicks away. If you don't assign a remap initially, it can be annoying to have to go back and reroute stuff. It would be great if there was an option to always create a remap with every modulation course creation.
But anyway, gonna head upstairs to the workstation and start putting Pigments through its paces.
Statistics: Posted by swilow11 — Fri Jan 31, 2025 12:33 am