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zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:07 pm

Hi Source for Lennar Digital major update?
All I have seen is the announcement that he is working the 64bit version for mac from scratch. I didn't see new features etc announced, can you post a link please.
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hyperconnectedspace · Post by **hyperconnectedspace** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:53 pm

sorry for offtopic urs:
it was something about, while we work on skinability and 64bit for MAC OS. just look in the LD forum, was in a topic posted by RubenLD i think.

i want to test an alpha version of HIVE

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 2:56 pm

hyperconnectedspace wrote:sorry for offtopic urs:
it was something about, while we work on skinability and 64bit for MAC OS. just look in the LD forum, was in a topic posted by RubenLD i think.

i want to test an alpha version of HIVE

thanks, will look for it, I thought I had read it as 'maybe one day we will' but will look for it as I may have misread.
rsp

GeorgeZ · Post by **GeorgeZ** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 7:45 pm

OT... seems the Serum buzz has already died down (seems that way to me anyway

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zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:02 pm

Fortunately I am still loving it.

Even if you don't like the sound (I do but I know some don't), the GUI is a work of art imho.
rsp

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 9:27 pm

chk071 wrote:
themachinelt wrote:People talking Hive should be Sylenth1 replacement. Wasnt Synapse Dune 2 supposed to be "SYLENTH1 Killer?" ? it has low CPU usage and gorgeus sound + 32 voices. I think there were some other synths "killers" who already killed Sylenth1 before Dune2 (Spire?)?
IMO, Dune 2, just like version 1, suffers a bit from the "close but no cigar" thing when it comes to typical EDM sounds. I did some typical supersaw and pluck sounds with the Dune 2 demo, but i wasn't impressed. Spire e.g. is not only better, but much better in that regard. Don't get me wrong, i'm sure Dune 2 is a good synth, and for pad sounds, it's probably one of the best, but for EDM specific stuff, it wouldn't be my first choice. But that was already the case with version 1, and it's fair enough for a version 2 to follow the line of the predecessor. All in all, it's more on the softer side of sound IMO, and sometimes you just need more raw- or brutalness.

Yes, Dune2 sounds softer/smoother than Spire or Sylenth. More like the trance sound of 2004 than 2014 (for me it's not a bad thing).

However the last demo on this page shows that Dune2 can be pretty brutal.

http://www.synapse-audio.com/dune2.html

eXode · Post by **eXode** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:38 am

recursive one wrote:
themachinelt wrote:People talking Hive should be Sylenth1 replacement. Wasnt Synapse Dune 2 supposed to be "SYLENTH1 Killer?" ? it has low CPU usage and gorgeus sound + 32 voices. I think there were some other synths "killers" who already killed Sylenth1 before Dune2 (Spire?)?
Despite its brutal CPU load, Spire is becoming very poplular, it is apparently close to get the status of "default EDM synth", which Sylenth has owned for years.

I wonder why this does not happen to Dune2. The first Dune has was big, there were many soundsets for it, but the second one doesn't have such attention. Maybe, due to its complexity it is harder to find sweet spots, I dunno. Or maybe because Dune2 tends to sound lush and soft, while modern dance music relies on angry distorted tones.

Fwiw, DUNE 2 was only released in May this year, so it's not even been out a full year.

Spire, for instance, was released almost exactly a year before that, so it's obviously had more chance to grow.

However, it is of course becoming more difficult to compete in a market that is always growing, not only in quantity, but also quality. Sylenth1 has really set a standard that way.

Cyforce · Post by **Cyforce** » Mon Nov 10, 2014 10:18 pm

eXode wrote:
recursive one wrote:
themachinelt wrote:People talking Hive should be Sylenth1 replacement. Wasnt Synapse Dune 2 supposed to be "SYLENTH1 Killer?" ? it has low CPU usage and gorgeus sound + 32 voices. I think there were some other synths "killers" who already killed Sylenth1 before Dune2 (Spire?)?
Despite its brutal CPU load, Spire is becoming very poplular, it is apparently close to get the status of "default EDM synth", which Sylenth has owned for years.

I wonder why this does not happen to Dune2. The first Dune has was big, there were many soundsets for it, but the second one doesn't have such attention. Maybe, due to its complexity it is harder to find sweet spots, I dunno. Or maybe because Dune2 tends to sound lush and soft, while modern dance music relies on angry distorted tones.
Fwiw, DUNE 2 was only released in May this year, so it's not even been out a full year.

Spire, for instance, was released almost exactly a year before that, so it's obviously had more chance to grow.

However, it is of course becoming more difficult to compete in a market that is always growing, not only in quantity, but also quality. Sylenth1 has really set a standard that way.

Well Spire fits just more to current needs, specially EDM related. And flexible too. Also the developer has made a great job with the factory sounds and followed in-house soundsets for it.

For Dune2 is not really much soundfood out there, which fits the current EDM trends so good, as Spire sets does.

knowix · Post by **knowix** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:30 pm

I initially thought that Urs should do an open beta for fine tuning the sound of Hive, but to hell with that, just send Aiyn Zahev, Tehlord and Rob Lee copies. If they think it competes well with Sylenth, Spire and the hypersaw in the TI, then that's all the opinions you should need.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:47 pm

zvenx wrote:Fortunately I am still loving it.

Even if you don't like the sound (I do but I know some don't), the GUI is a work of art imho.
rsp

I was initially one of those people but I found several tricks that really do wonders to warm up the sound.

ddeez · Post by **ddeez** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:59 pm

Nah urs should do a open beta!

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:11 pm

ddeez wrote:Nah urs should do a open beta!

Hm, i figure that would delay the release quite siginificantly, wouldn't it?

Oh, just saw that there will be a public beta: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic ... 3#p5934243 Nevermind then.

hyperconnectedspace · Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:55 am

ddeez wrote:Nah urs should do a open beta!

i 2nd that! i love beta testing!

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:10 am

hehe, we don't even have an internal beta with the full feature set. This might change within the next two weeks though.

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:20 am

Urs wrote:hehe, we don't even have an internal beta with the full feature set. This might change within the next two weeks though.

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