How to import wavetables into Pigments
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Pigments from Arturia imports wavetables like this: imports .wav wavetables as 2,048-sample positions, up to 256, via browser or drag-and-drop.
This guide gives the exact layout Pigments expects, the step-by-step load, the Hyperwave export settings that match, and plain fixes for the import failures the documentation warns about.
Everything here is verified against Arturia's own documentation or source code — sources at the end of the page, checked 2026-08-16.
What Pigments expects
Loads user wavetables from a single .wav parsed into consecutive 2,048-sample positions, up to 256 positions; only the first 524,288 samples are used. Bit depth and other frame sizes are not documented.
Step by step
- Export from Hyperwave as a packed mono WAV at 2,048 samples per frame, up to 256 frames (524,288 samples total).
- In the Wavetable browser choose Folders and click Add Folder to import the folder — it appears at the bottom of the bank list — or select a non-factory bank and click Load Wavetable for a single file.
- Alternatively drag and drop the file into the engine (it won't appear in the browser).
If something goes wrong
- Does Pigments accept frame sizes other than 2,048 samples?
- Only 2,048-sample positions are documented — exports at other frame sizes aren't covered by the manual. Stay at 2,048.
- The end of my table is missing.
- Tables longer than 256 positions are truncated — only the first 524,288 samples are used. Export at 256 frames or fewer.
Export settings for Pigments
Pigments has no dedicated export preset in Hyperwave — the default preset ("Default — 2048 × 256") writes 2,048 samples per frame, 256 frames, mono 32-bit float, and matches the layout documented above.
- Default — 2048 × 256
- 2,048 samples per frame × 256 frames · 32-bit float · 48 kHz
Sources
Verified 2026-08-16 against: