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[Sindikhate]

Does anyone know if Reveal Sound Spire has resizable GUI? I downloaded the demo but not seeing any option to change GUI size, can only see themes.

It's in menu > gui options > 100/150/200% zoom options

Thanks, that's where I saw but don't see any resize options. Can it be a demo limitation? Ridiculous if that's the case.

Found the issue. Latest installer seems to have missed the resizable options all together. I downloaded the previous version from archive and can see the options.

Archive link?

[telecharge]

Archive link?

https://www.reveal-sound.com/plug-ins/s ... s-versions

[LoveEnigma18]

Archive link?

https://www.reveal-sound.com/plug-ins/s ... s-versions

Yup, just click "Download" button and then you will "Other versions" option on the popup window.

[LoveEnigma18]

Confused between Dune 3 and Spire.

Spire sounds great and is cheaper right now, $99. Dune 3 sounds darker and more clean and rich, which also suits my taste.

[Sindikhate]

They are both great and the most used ones for me this year alongside reaktor and the original massive (had a very enjoyable long revisit with it after spending the first 4-5 months of the year with massiveX exclusively.

They mix a bit differently. Spire is really easy to mix.

[LoveEnigma18]

They are both great and the most used ones for me this year alongside reaktor and the original massive (had a very enjoyable long revisit with it after spending the first 4-5 months of the year with massiveX exclusively.

They mix a bit differently. Spire is really easy to mix.

Thanks for the advice. I can afford only one of them right now. I will play with the demos for some more time.

Yeah, original Massive and Massive X are my favorites too. Wish they do a resizable GUI for Massive soon.

[LoveEnigma18]

Dune 3 is NKS compatible so that's an advantage for me over Spire. Just saying.

[Caine123]

Very tough decision, as i got both but am no sound design pro so dont take me 100% but for me dune3 with the latest update is awesome and even before it sounds just awesome and totally big (it can!) Maybe it is also because of the inbuilt effects. Spire has its own character both would complement each other well as dune 3 is big in nature spire can fill out e.g. smaller/thinner sounds and is kinda metallic. So if you want a u-he like synth get dune3 in my opinion. They stepped it up with 3.5, just one osc sounds awesome. I didnt research why so again im no pro. I just love the synth. Otherwise you could go with vital as a spire synth and add dune3.

[LoveEnigma18]

Very tough decision, as i got both but am no sound design pro so dont take me 100% but for me dune3 with the latest update is awesome and even before it sounds just awesome and totally big (it can!) Maybe it is also because of the inbuilt effects. Spire has its own character both would complement each other well as dune 3 is big in nature spire can fill out e.g. smaller/thinner sounds and is kinda metallic. So if you want a u-he like synth get dune3 in my opinion. They stepped it up with 3.5, just one osc sounds awesome. I didnt research why so again im no pro. I just love the synth. Otherwise you could go with vital as a spire synth and add dune3.

Thanks for the suggestion. Even I am not much into sound design. It's just that I am missing this kind of synth in my collection. I am leaning towards Dune 3 mainly for its sound, GUI, and NKS compatibility.

Could Pigments 3 or Massive (original) be considered closer to Spire in terms of sound? Not exactly, but just trying to do this comparison as I those plugins. Perhaps Dune 3 and Pigments 3 could together fill any gap and I could skip Spire then.

[chk071]

Dune 3 is NKS compatible so that's an advantage for me over Spire. Just saying.

There used to be an (unofficial) NKS pack for Spire, but, it has been removed. Probably couldn't keep up with the new sounds added with some updates.

[chk071]

Could Pigments 3 or Massive (original) be considered closer to Spire in terms of sound? Not exactly, but just trying to do this comparison as I those plugins. Perhaps Dune 3 and Pigments 3 could together fill any gap and I could skip Spire then.

IMO, they all sound different. The closes in the software world might be Sylenth1, even though it doesn't have the beef, and pristine highs that Spire has. I was successful with replicating some Sylenth1 sounds pretty closely in Spire though. They can be both quite punchy and aggressive, which is good. Pigments or Dune don't get nearly as aggressive, and, Massive, I don't know... I never was super excited about Massive's sound. It's a plugin I tried to love, but, never really got to. Massive X is much, much better in my opinion, while having some kind of similar character, I guess. Much more hi-fi, and up to date in terms of filters and overall sound though. Almost a bit too bright, and in your face.

[LoveEnigma18]

Dune 3 is NKS compatible so that's an advantage for me over Spire. Just saying.

There used to be an (unofficial) NKS pack for Spire, but, it has been removed. Probably couldn't keep up with the new sounds added with some updates.

I see. Yeah, it can be a pain to add preset banks.

[Caine123]

Very tough decision, as i got both but am no sound design pro so dont take me 100% but for me dune3 with the latest update is awesome and even before it sounds just awesome and totally big (it can!) Maybe it is also because of the inbuilt effects. Spire has its own character both would complement each other well as dune 3 is big in nature spire can fill out e.g. smaller/thinner sounds and is kinda metallic. So if you want a u-he like synth get dune3 in my opinion. They stepped it up with 3.5, just one osc sounds awesome. I didnt research why so again im no pro. I just love the synth. Otherwise you could go with vital as a spire synth and add dune3.

Thanks for the suggestion. Even I am not much into sound design. It's just that I am missing this kind of synth in my collection. I am leaning towards Dune 3 mainly for its sound, GUI, and NKS compatibility.

Could Pigments 3 or Massive (original) be considered closer to Spire in terms of sound? Not exactly, but just trying to do this comparison as I those plugins. Perhaps Dune 3 and Pigments 3 could together fill any gap and I could skip Spire then.

There i would recommend to demo those side by side i think cause pigments is really capable of a lot with its sampler, granular function etc. I like it for sound design but not for more bread and butter sounds. I think spire is faster? And easier on that. But again just my opinion. Pigments is on a good price with lots of capabilities but i think cpu wise is higher than spire? Can someone confirm?

Massive is old but still golden and has a lot of sounds available too. I dunno exactly from my head but massive needs more adjustments to sound fatter? Than spire? But i didnt use it long time. Maybe someone else can chime in . Oh i dont like massive x gui at all and would not recommend when you dont like it either.

[LoveEnigma18]

Could Pigments 3 or Massive (original) be considered closer to Spire in terms of sound? Not exactly, but just trying to do this comparison as I those plugins. Perhaps Dune 3 and Pigments 3 could together fill any gap and I could skip Spire then.

IMO, they all sound different. The closes in the software world might be Sylenth1, even though it doesn't have the beef, and pristine highs that Spire has. I was successful with replicating some Sylenth1 sounds pretty closely in Spire though. They can be both quite punchy and aggressive, which is good. Pigments or Dune don't get nearly as aggressive, and, Massive, I don't know... I never was super excited about Massive's sound. It's a plugin I tried to love, but, never really got to. Massive X is much, much better in my opinion, while having some kind of similar character, I guess. Much more hi-fi, and up to date in terms of filters and overall sound though. Almost a bit too bright, and in your face.

Thanks for the suggestion. Yeah, they do sound different, but I was thinking if Pigments could fill those gaps and I then don't need to bother with Spire. Just trying to keep it simple by going for only one between Dune 3 and Spire. FWIW, I am not looking for a very aggressive sound/hard hitting sound.

Massive X is definitely one of the best in terms of sound, love it.

[chk071]

For VA sounds, I think Spire is much better than Pigments. It doesn't do wavetable though, so, Pigments would be a good complement, especially as it sounds very good for wavetable stuff.