While I would like to see more FX on this one, this seems really neat. A lot of modern plugin development is more about UI than new audio processing, and personally I never really liked the way obvious comparisons like Infiltrator or Shaperbox behaved. But I do usually like the way Arturia does things, so I'm rather excited to try this one out. I'd also like to say, I'm absolutely in love with that first patch and the piano melody, it's so beautifully haunting I could listen to it for ages
@@fatribz They are great plugins, it's just that their workflow isn't exactly aligned with how I like to do things, it's more abstract but sometimes stuff clicks and sometimes it doesn't.
DEMO should be downloaded through Arturia webpage directly. Can not be done within ASC. I just intalled and check it later how it works on my beats. Anyway thanks for this video. I wanted different walkthorough with different genre of music more that Arturia official channel.
it's a different plugin idk, I keep seeing lots of people call it shaperbox yeah it has msegs, lots of plugins do now, are there similarities? sure is it a clone of shaperbox? no not at all, there's a lot of things each can do that the other can't but I guess in the plugin world, we only look at superficial overlap, and just assume everything is a reskin
@@DataBroth Well, 5 out of the 6 tabs appear to be exact equivalents of Shaperbox main functionality, I don't think it's out of the way to notice. "A variety of custom motions and modulation" you say in the review, well that's Shaperbox exactly. No direct equivalent of TimeShaper here, but "Repeat" seems to serve a similar overall purpose. Nothing wrong with any of that, but it's pertinent for those like me who are fans of Arturia and also own Shaperbox.
@SongOfItself its fine to compare, but I see most people don't compare, they are implying that it is a ripoff the person I replied to said "did they change UI", they didn't address any of the differences. I don't mind people comparing, the issue is the implication that this is just a clone. I see this a lot with new plugins, "it's just this" or "it's just a reskin" or "doesn't do anything X doesn't do" when the reality is that there are differences alongside the similarities not a big deal to compare, I can see the relation, but it's important to compare differences alongside similaritie
Finding this a very useful tool. I dont understand why they wont allow you to assign modulation to the "repsat" sequencer rate. I love how Arturia keeps.movong.further and further into semi modular territory, so it bugs me when something that useful can't be routed. I mentioned it to them on IG and will continue to do so
yes, I understand, they seem to limit some modulation routings, I've found routings available on previous software that aren't available on the newer ones. as a preset designer it is an interesting limitation, but as a user of these tools it can feel arbitrary. I wonder where the future of arturia is headed, I had a dream recently where pigments would grow into something more similar to phaseplant. Who knows maybe at some point they will make these changes, but for now they offer more than what was previously available, which is interesting.
@@DataBroth love the dream! I haven't used phaseplant but I've taken a look at it, do you envision something like a) as many engines as you wish, or copies of engines, b) even more flexible routing? I'd be on board for that. Separately, and I realize there could be a better place to ask you this question - but are you aware of any other VSTs that include these kind of complex embedded polymetric sequencers (which allow lanes of varying lengths) that Pigments features, and that arturia just implemented in ACID V? Getting a lot of mileage out of both sequencers, and I am already routing midi out from them to other instruments but curious who else is in this space and not seeing a ton other than Reaktor's shift sequencer from Blocks Primes, which I love. edit: AFTER writing the above I found your website which is deep with reviews and includes a sequencer section, but still interested in your thoughts to both questions above if oyu have time
@@adamwetterhan I'll think about polymetric sequencing some more, maybe even write an article going over various options I'm aware of, but the first two that come to mind are HY-RPE2 and DrumComputer
Man this thing looks awesome! I love plugins like this, the multiband option is a nice addition. Does it have a dark mode? Ive noticed a bunch of their plugins lately have super bright interfaces. Lol
yeah no dark mode unfortunately I was a bit surprised to see they went with white again maybe with time there will be updates or new plugins with darker interfaces again
@DataBroth ahhh thats a bummer, one I'm willing to deal with tho. I felt the same way with the augmented series, all very white interfaces. Still looks fantastic, definitely not friendly for those who make music at night time. Lmao
@@inheavenandinhell sorry man, I get asked this a lot too I'd love to create a system just to test plugin cpu performance, but it can be tricky with how modular many of these new plugins can be
don't know... somehow i think this could have been more. I don't really see the innovation in this one. Somehow feels like they ripped the Synth engine out of Pigments and try to sell it as a new Multieffect.
check out my review: www.databroth.com/blog/efx-motions-review
developers hire this man for all the vst demos
3rd patch is amazing! Great video
love how in the augmented strings the slow 3/8th rhythm is layered with the fast 1/16th trance gate-y things
While I would like to see more FX on this one, this seems really neat. A lot of modern plugin development is more about UI than new audio processing, and personally I never really liked the way obvious comparisons like Infiltrator or Shaperbox behaved. But I do usually like the way Arturia does things, so I'm rather excited to try this one out.
I'd also like to say, I'm absolutely in love with that first patch and the piano melody, it's so beautifully haunting I could listen to it for ages
what don't you like about the behavior of Infiltrator and Shaperbox?
@@fatribz They are great plugins, it's just that their workflow isn't exactly aligned with how I like to do things, it's more abstract but sometimes stuff clicks and sometimes it doesn't.
Preset number 2 very beautiful 😍
DEMO should be downloaded through Arturia webpage directly. Can not be done within ASC. I just intalled and check it later how it works on my beats. Anyway thanks for this video. I wanted different walkthorough with different genre of music more that Arturia official channel.
Did they change the UI of Shaperbox?
hahah exactly my thoughts
it's a different plugin
idk, I keep seeing lots of people call it shaperbox
yeah it has msegs, lots of plugins do now, are there similarities? sure
is it a clone of shaperbox? no not at all, there's a lot of things each can do that the other can't
but I guess in the plugin world, we only look at superficial overlap, and just assume everything is a reskin
Aah !
@@DataBroth Well, 5 out of the 6 tabs appear to be exact equivalents of Shaperbox main functionality, I don't think it's out of the way to notice. "A variety of custom motions and modulation" you say in the review, well that's Shaperbox exactly. No direct equivalent of TimeShaper here, but "Repeat" seems to serve a similar overall purpose. Nothing wrong with any of that, but it's pertinent for those like me who are fans of Arturia and also own Shaperbox.
@SongOfItself its fine to compare, but I see most people don't compare, they are implying that it is a ripoff
the person I replied to said "did they change UI", they didn't address any of the differences.
I don't mind people comparing, the issue is the implication that this is just a clone.
I see this a lot with new plugins, "it's just this" or "it's just a reskin" or "doesn't do anything X doesn't do"
when the reality is that there are differences alongside the similarities
not a big deal to compare, I can see the relation, but it's important to compare differences alongside similaritie
Any features that stood out to you that the competition doesn't have/do , or does better?
Finding this a very useful tool. I dont understand why they wont allow you to assign modulation to the "repsat" sequencer rate. I love how Arturia keeps.movong.further and further into semi modular territory, so it bugs me when something that useful can't be routed. I mentioned it to them on IG and will continue to do so
yes, I understand, they seem to limit some modulation routings, I've found routings available on previous software that aren't available on the newer ones. as a preset designer it is an interesting limitation, but as a user of these tools it can feel arbitrary.
I wonder where the future of arturia is headed, I had a dream recently where pigments would grow into something more similar to phaseplant. Who knows maybe at some point they will make these changes, but for now they offer more than what was previously available, which is interesting.
@@DataBroth love the dream! I haven't used phaseplant but I've taken a look at it, do you envision something like a) as many engines as you wish, or copies of engines, b) even more flexible routing? I'd be on board for that.
Separately, and I realize there could be a better place to ask you this question - but are you aware of any other VSTs that include these kind of complex embedded polymetric sequencers (which allow lanes of varying lengths) that Pigments features, and that arturia just implemented in ACID V? Getting a lot of mileage out of both sequencers, and I am already routing midi out from them to other instruments but curious who else is in this space and not seeing a ton other than Reaktor's shift sequencer from Blocks Primes, which I love.
edit: AFTER writing the above I found your website which is deep with reviews and includes a sequencer section, but still interested in your thoughts to both questions above if oyu have time
@@adamwetterhan I'll think about polymetric sequencing some more, maybe even write an article going over various options I'm aware of, but the first two that come to mind are HY-RPE2 and DrumComputer
Man this thing looks awesome! I love plugins like this, the multiband option is a nice addition. Does it have a dark mode? Ive noticed a bunch of their plugins lately have super bright interfaces. Lol
yeah no dark mode unfortunately
I was a bit surprised to see they went with white again
maybe with time there will be updates or new plugins with darker interfaces again
@DataBroth ahhh thats a bummer, one I'm willing to deal with tho. I felt the same way with the augmented series, all very white interfaces. Still looks fantastic, definitely not friendly for those who make music at night time. Lmao
I can’t find any info on this aside from this video atm. Not even the arturia website 🧐
check their site again, it's there
Hey, Data! Since you’ve owned all of them: which one is the easiest on CPU? Infiltrator, Motions, or Effectrix?
honestly I don't ever keep track of cpu stuff
and it depends which effects you're using anyways
@@DataBroth true true! thank u for responding anyways :)
@@inheavenandinhell sorry man, I get asked this a lot too
I'd love to create a system just to test plugin cpu performance, but it can be tricky with how modular many of these new plugins can be
don't know... somehow i think this could have been more.
I don't really see the innovation in this one.
Somehow feels like they ripped the Synth engine out of Pigments and try to sell it as a new Multieffect.