Spire Synthesizer
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- KVRAF
- 35267 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
You probably tried a version prior to Spire 1.1, which significantly improved the performance. Just download the latest version, and try it again, if you like to. I find it pretty moderate by today's standards. Not as inexpensive as Sylenth1, but, surely better than something like Diva.
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- Banned
- 102 posts since 3 Apr, 2018
Yeah, Sylenth1 is great in that regard.
Thanks for the info.
I noticed there are many commercial presets available for Spire, so it must be quite a popular synth.
Thanks for the info.
I noticed there are many commercial presets available for Spire, so it must be quite a popular synth.
- KVRAF
- 2288 posts since 21 Mar, 2012 from Nom..nom.. YOUR MOM
Need more info. Define the time period known as "once". Was it 2 years ago? A few months ago?musicartist wrote:I once installed an tried Spire.
It sounded great, but was very CPU hungry.
Can anyone tell me how it performs in that regard now ?
Win 10 | Ableton Live 11 Suite | Reason 12 | i7 3770 @ 3.5 Ghz | 16 GB RAM | RME Babyface Pro| Akai MPC Live II & Akai Force | Roland System 8 | Roland TR-8 with 7x7 Expansion | Roland TB-3 | Roland MX-1 | Dreadbox Typhon | Korg Minilogue XD
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- KVRAF
- 35267 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
For the respective genres, i think it has substituted Sylenth1 for many people. It's great for other genres as well, of course. E.g. i get the sweetest analog/supersaw pads i ever heard from any synth out of it. And, it has a big sweet spot, where other soft synths often rather seem like one-trick ponies, for me.musicartist wrote:Yeah, Sylenth1 is great in that regard.
Thanks for the info.
I noticed there are many commercial presets available for Spire, so it must be quite a popular synth.
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- KVRian
- 1058 posts since 27 Apr, 2016
Just a quicky.. Spire does not quite bite like Sylenth1, it is an interesting synth though every now and then I remember it and really enjoy the smooth knobs and I always wonder why I don't load it up more.
You have to work a bit to counter the clean thin-ness.
You have to work a bit to counter the clean thin-ness.
Last edited by Synthman2000 on Tue Jun 05, 2018 1:46 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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- Banned
- 102 posts since 3 Apr, 2018
I think it was about 1 or 2 years ago.EnochLight wrote:Need more info. Define the time period known as "once". Was it 2 years ago? A few months ago?musicartist wrote:I once installed an tried Spire.
It sounded great, but was very CPU hungry.
Can anyone tell me how it performs in that regard now ?
I can't remember exactly, because I try a lot of vst instruments and effects.
I just want to know how it is in the current version.
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- Banned
- 102 posts since 3 Apr, 2018
- KVRAF
- 2288 posts since 21 Mar, 2012 from Nom..nom.. YOUR MOM
Then I'd certainly try the latest. Not only have many features been added, but CPU/DSP use has been greatly improved.musicartist wrote:I think it was about 1 or 2 years ago.EnochLight wrote:Need more info. Define the time period known as "once". Was it 2 years ago? A few months ago?musicartist wrote:I once installed an tried Spire.
It sounded great, but was very CPU hungry.
Can anyone tell me how it performs in that regard now ?
I can't remember exactly, because I try a lot of vst instruments and effects.
I just want to know how it is in the current version.
Win 10 | Ableton Live 11 Suite | Reason 12 | i7 3770 @ 3.5 Ghz | 16 GB RAM | RME Babyface Pro| Akai MPC Live II & Akai Force | Roland System 8 | Roland TR-8 with 7x7 Expansion | Roland TB-3 | Roland MX-1 | Dreadbox Typhon | Korg Minilogue XD
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- KVRAF
- 35267 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
I don't know what you mean with "bite", but, i think Spire sounds vastly superior than Sylenth1. Sylenth1 neither has the beef in the lower registers, nor does it have the punch Spire can develop. And, last but not least, Sylenth1 has that horrible loss of volume, when you crank up the resonance. I know, some analog synths do have that as well, but, you don't have to model every displeasing character of analog synths.Synthman2000 wrote:Just a quicky.. Spire does not quite bite like Sylenth1, it is an interesting synth though every now and then I remember it and really enjoy the smooth knobs and I always wonder why I don't load it up more.
You have to work a bit to counter the clean thin-ness.
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- Banned
- 3889 posts since 3 Feb, 2010
I wonder does this synth has Multithread support? On FL Studio this option is greyed out.
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- KVRian
- 1058 posts since 27 Apr, 2016
I always found a basic saw wave sounds more edgy in Sylenth1. Spire sounds naturally more smooth to me. It wants to be a smooth synth to my ears, Sylenth1 wants to growl.
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fluffy_little_something fluffy_little_something https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=281847
- Banned
- 12880 posts since 5 Jun, 2012
Since high resonance can destroy speakers and ears, I actually prefer the volume drop.chk071 wrote:I don't know what you mean with "bite", but, i think Spire sounds vastly superior than Sylenth1. Sylenth1 neither has the beef in the lower registers, nor does it have the punch Spire can develop. And, last but not least, Sylenth1 has that horrible loss of volume, when you crank up the resonance. I know, some analog synths do have that as well, but, you don't have to model every displeasing character of analog synths.Synthman2000 wrote:Just a quicky.. Spire does not quite bite like Sylenth1, it is an interesting synth though every now and then I remember it and really enjoy the smooth knobs and I always wonder why I don't load it up more.
You have to work a bit to counter the clean thin-ness.
And I agree with Synthman, neither Hive nor Spire has the same bite as Sylenth1.
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- KVRAF
- 35267 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Anyone who doesn't have a brickwall limiter on the master, is seriously insane, because, bugs in soft synths can also cause extremely high volume spikes. Besides, most, if not all speakers have a built in limiter these days. So, with both of these things, you don't have to fear risking your hearing. AND, i think that a volume loss when you crank up the resonance is a very undesirable thing to have, because, you can only make up for that with automation, or a compressor, which is both kind of a PITA, when you simply can avoid that, when programming your synth's filter. I know, even the Minimoog loses volume with higher resonance, but, we're speaking about digital synths here, where you can easily avoid it (and most devs actually do that).fluffy_little_something wrote:Since high resonance can destroy speakers and ears, I actually prefer the volume drop.chk071 wrote:I don't know what you mean with "bite", but, i think Spire sounds vastly superior than Sylenth1. Sylenth1 neither has the beef in the lower registers, nor does it have the punch Spire can develop. And, last but not least, Sylenth1 has that horrible loss of volume, when you crank up the resonance. I know, some analog synths do have that as well, but, you don't have to model every displeasing character of analog synths.Synthman2000 wrote:Just a quicky.. Spire does not quite bite like Sylenth1, it is an interesting synth though every now and then I remember it and really enjoy the smooth knobs and I always wonder why I don't load it up more.
You have to work a bit to counter the clean thin-ness.
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- Banned
- 102 posts since 3 Apr, 2018
Thanks for the info guys, I think I'll try it and see how it fits into my music productions.