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Gino Cortesi · Post by **Gino Cortesi** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:29 pm

Fantastic synth! Purchased straight away because I really want to see where this gem goes.

On the latest version (0.9.10), I'm having trouble getting an envelope or LFO to detune OSC 2. I can modulate lots of other things, just not detune/fine.

Best regards,

Gino

aquar · Post by **aquar** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 6:55 pm

Gino Cortesi wrote:
On the latest version (0.9.10), I'm having trouble getting an envelope or LFO to detune OSC 2. I can modulate lots of other things, just not detune/fine.

Best regards,

Gino

Haven't had any problems with modulating the detune on OSC2 via the envelopes.

I can't see any assignment for the fine tune though.
There's a few assignments missing from Spire.

vega555 · Post by **vega555** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:43 pm

Please note for new demo
https://soundcloud.com/reveal-sound/zod ... nstruction
only Spire
no other plugins
original track by band Zodiac
Disco Alliance LP (1980)
demo track and project for Logic Audio and Cubase
http://reveal-sound.com/demo/projects/zodiac_demo.zip

aquar · Post by **aquar** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:03 pm

Cool demo

The original tune sounds like something made in an Amiga Soundtracker. (not a bad thing at all) but I guess Amiga's weren't even invented in 1980.

Good to see you still got time to enjoy your own Synth and make some tunes and stuff.

Gino Cortesi · Post by **Gino Cortesi** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 9:30 pm

aquar wrote:
Gino Cortesi wrote:
On the latest version (0.9.10), I'm having trouble getting an envelope or LFO to detune OSC 2. I can modulate lots of other things, just not detune/fine.

Best regards,

Gino
Haven't had any problems with modulating the detune on OSC2 via the envelopes.

I can't see any assignment for the fine tune though.
There's a few assignments missing from Spire.

That's odd, doesn't work at all for me.

Steps from Init...

1> Map LFO1 to Osc1_Detune
2> Set amt all the way up
3> Play a note

If it worked, you should hear the note go between +/-50 cents

Best regards,

Gino

aquar · Post by **aquar** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:10 pm

Gino Cortesi wrote:
That's odd, doesn't work at all for me.

Steps from Init...

1> Map LFO1 to Osc1_Detune
2> Set amt all the way up
3> Play a note

If it worked, you should hear the note go between +/-50 cents

Best regards,

Gino

Gino,
The detune parameter handles the unison properties of the Spire Synth and doesn't have much to do with the Oscillator pitch

As I said above the Oscillator fine pitch assignment seems to be missing from Spire
I suppose or hope that at some point it'll be added.?
In the meanwhile fine pitch control could be handled via automation.?

Gino Cortesi · Post by **Gino Cortesi** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 11:11 pm

Thanks aquar!

I see what you're saying. I use other plug-ins that use detune as fine pitch, and that was confusing me.

Best regards,

Gino

Markus808 · Post by **Markus808** » Thu Jun 20, 2013 6:53 am

Spire's the first soft synth I purchased without trying it before (after listening to the demos and reading the comments here). I didn't regret it.

Spire can sound very rich and warm, very musical (comparable to DIVA, Zebra2, ImpOSCar2 and Sylenth1 to my ears). It's great fun to play!

2 wishes/suggestions to make it even better:

- an arpeggiator (it's on its way as I've understood)

- 1000+ factory presets

I've made a short ambience piece featuring two instances of Spire (factory preset "PD Forester"), plus a bit of compression

Markus808 - Spire Emerald Forest

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/rjg3sgn ... Forest.mp3

Enjoy!

Markus808

werx1983s · Post by **werx1983s** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:55 pm

Nothing trendy. Everything created in Spire. Except the drums.

https://soundcloud.com/werx1983s/werx-t ... ful-robots

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:11 pm

SPIRE gets a two page review in the latest issue of Computer Music (August 2013), they awarded it a CM Performance award and give it 9/10 rating:

"With terrific waveshaping and a monster mod matrix this hybrid subtractive synth is an impressive debut for Reveal Sound"

http://www.musicradar.com/computermusic ... als-578887

DHR53 · Post by **DHR53** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:02 pm

I guess I'm late to the party but... just tried the Mac version of this and it's pretty great! CPU slamnation though. Is the PC version heavy on the cpu? I'm assuming polyphony and voices are the cause of some of it but just checking...

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 3:20 pm

After testing it multiple times i finally decided that i don't need Spire. It's a nice synth but i have to dig deeper into the many other great synths i already own including e.g. ElectraX, Synthmaster 2.6 and Diversion. Maybe i'll even sell a few that i rarely use.

Ingo

bailees7irish · Post by **bailees7irish** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 4:08 pm

Nielzie wrote:If I might give a little workaround tip on using synths with very heavy cpu consumption: Sample it with HighLife

Once you have the sound you want out of the heavy cpu synth, you can sample it with discoDSP HighLife (it can load vst's), save it as a (fxp) program in HighLife, unload the vst, and play it back with just a fraction of the cpu use

Damn good advice.

HcDoom · Post by **HcDoom** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 6:31 pm

Are there any free presets for this monster?

djanthonyw · Post by **djanthonyw** » Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:07 am

Wow, not sure how I'm just discovering this synth now...

Spire Synthesizer