I have a cracked version of Arturia Pigments and Arturia Analog Lab:
- Analog Lab V v5.7.0 CE-V.R
- Arturia.Pigments.v4.0.1.CE-V.R
Which I both use on FL Studio 20 on Windows 10 without problems.
I also have been able to import a cracked bank in the past (Loom by Synth Blade) and it works on both VSTs.

Now I bought a legit plugin (IDM Grooves) from Arturia. After installing it (with an .exe installer), it didn't show up. So I deleted all the db files at C:\ProgramData\Arturia\Presets (db.db3, db.db3-shm and db.db3-wal) following the advice of an old post. I restarted FL as admin, and IDM Grooves showed up after Arturia re-created the db. But, the new presets don't work! If I click on any of them, Pigments/Analog Lab will keep using whatever preset I was using before - only the "selected preset" name changes, but the actual settings are kept the same from the previous selection.

I searched through old posts but they didn't help:
https://audiosex.pro/threads/question-about-using-legit-arturia-with-cracked.73966/
https://audiosex.pro/threads/will-arturia-legit-soundbanks-work-with-cracked-arturia-software.59946/

The installation created a .JSON file (called IDM Grooves) under ProgramData\Arturia\Presets, which contains the version: {"version": "1.0.0.962"}
Also, the actual IDM Grooves files (.file extension) have been created at:
C:\ProgramData\Arturia\Presets\Pigments\Factory\IDM Grooves

I cannot search banks from the store, as in the cracked VSTs the stores aren't being loaded.And even they did, I am not sure it would be safe to register the bank (using the legit serial I have been given) from a cracked VST.


Some banks are new and there are no cracked versions of them. I would really like to buy more legit plugins to understand if it is worth for me to buy legit Arturia.. Anyone able to help me?

 

Last edited: Mar 2, 2025

Either you only use cracked software or only purchased software.
So either only V.R and cracked presets or only Arturia, unfortunately you can't have both.

 

Ah, was convinced the two could work together. Well fml then, no legit more legit banks for now lol