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Scrubbing Monkeys · Post by **Scrubbing Monkeys** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:17 pm

Ana 2 is similar to Hive and slightly cheaper on sale.. A joy to work with. I liked Vital but due to my Win 7 system the gui eats too much cpu. My issue not Vital. Win 7 is no longer the standard.

MitchK1989 · Post by **MitchK1989** » Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:44 pm

Hive 2 is a great synth for quick work and has a surprising amount of flexibility added via the function and shape gens and a very flexible mod matrix.

the .uhm scripting to generate wavetables is also just an insane feature addition if you want to dig into that while not relying on a complicated "in plugin" wavetable editor cluttering up the interface.

Tj Shredder · Post by **Tj Shredder** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:05 am

I can’t say anything about Hive, I don’t own it. Vital is much easier to get along than Surge. I have Pigments which is a very powerful option as well, but in the end personally I stick with Bitwigs Grid...

Jorgeelalto · Post by **Jorgeelalto** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:03 am

Vital free for quicker sound design and Hive for presets and, when you get used to it, also nice sound design.

Double Tap · Post by **Double Tap** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:23 am

vurt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:38 pm
AnX wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:03 pm
dune_rave wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:54 pm Why not choose Dexed and Surge, they are free much longer
is dexed a WT synth?
can a synth be noble?

Yeah, if you had GAS.

SHall1000 · Post by **SHall1000** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:37 am

vurt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:37 pm whether tis nobler...

what?

Vital has slings and arrows but Hive costs an outrageous fortune.

WasteLand · Post by **WasteLand** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:55 am

SHall1000 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:37 am
vurt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 4:37 pm whether tis nobler...

what?
Vital has slings and arrows but Hive costs an outrageous fortune.

nice that the hamlet quotes are quite correct, the only lines i know by heart strange enough, the passage.. (and by the way i am reading it now..)

well, hive and vital, different beasts in my shake-his-spear opinion. different charactes. so.. great to have this difference, i only own (really own..) Vital, Hive i have demoed, but i had to choose, the NI sale.

digitalboytn · Post by **digitalboytn** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 12:36 pm

Fiends,Ronins and Country Bumpkins...

Lend me your soft synths

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 12:47 pm

digitalboytn wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 12:36 pm Fiends,Ronins and Country Bumpkins...

Lend me your soft synths

who you calling old man

love-contemporary · Post by **love-contemporary** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 1:44 pm

Two great synths. Both are available for Linux. What a wonderful world!

I use Vital. I own Zebra and would like to get deeper into it. I also love Bitwig grid.

killmaster · Post by **killmaster** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:16 pm

WasteLand wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:55 am Hive i have demoed, but i had to choose, the NI sale.

I'm hoping for a sale soon as well! Do they typically have any sales?

Super Piano Hater 64 · Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:20 pm

killmaster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:16 pm I'm hoping for a sale soon as well! Do they typically have any sales?

No, but they do permit license transfers, and Hive shows up a lot in the Buy & Sell forum.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:21 pm

killmaster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:16 pm
WasteLand wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:55 am Hive i have demoed, but i had to choose, the NI sale.
I'm hoping for a sale soon as well! Do they typically have any sales?

No. Only when they have one.

Well, IIRC, so far, they only had the Diva birthday sale, and 2 NI sales. And the introductionary price sales, of course. Which... is quite a lot, considering they don't do sales, if I think about it.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:36 pm

chk071 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:21 pm
killmaster wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 2:16 pm
WasteLand wrote: ↑Sat Apr 03, 2021 9:55 am Hive i have demoed, but i had to choose, the NI sale.
I'm hoping for a sale soon as well! Do they typically have any sales?
No. Only when they have one.

Well, IIRC, so far, they only had the Diva birthday sale, and 2 NI sales. And the introductionary price sales, of course. Which... is quite a lot, considering they don't do sales, if I think about it.

U-he didn't used to do sales... now they do... still not very frequently or on a schedule.

zzz00m · Post by **zzz00m** » Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:30 am

I picked up Repro on the last u-he/NI sale. I've now got the demos of Zebra 2, Hive 2, Diva, & Bazille, to consider for the next sale. Hmmm...

Curiously enough, Bazille did not appear on the last sale, or I would have snapped that up! Probably due to lack of NKS presets...

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Hive 2 or Vital?, that is the question.

Hive 2 or Vital?