It does have drag and drop for some parameters at least._leras wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 10:09 pm I've been looking for something to replace expansion Strobe, as it is buggy in Bitwig and end of life with no updates.
I just picked up Spire (a vid in the arturia jp 8000 was the trigger) and kinda wish I had done so sooner. I knew it sounded pretty good, but actually playing with it it sounds better.
Im fine with the general simplicity of the synth, but I do hope they are planning a version 2 or some ui updates. It's seems more a UI for preset users than sound creators.
it could do with a drag and drop modulation system, and some other UI tweaks as it definitely feels a bit clunky. it's so simple they could probably squeeze all 4 oscs, and the FX etc onto the front page.
I'm not going to hold my breath though, seems there haven't been many feature updates for some time. I'll just use it as something to grab when I want some particular simple sound types as the sound does still hold up very well.
I've found the mod matrix sort of annoying to use because you can't really see mod sources when in the matrix. Can't remember if Spire does this or not (I think not) but I really like how Hive2 displays the last touched parameter in the matrix. So handy.
Anyway, not sure I would call Spire simple but easy enough to use, yes indeed. I do prefer Hive2 though, easier to navigate and the use of custom wavetables is a winner to me. Possibly Spire sounds a bit warmer. But Hive is also less of a resource hog (although both are at the lower end of the scale).
