If you could only pick one, Spire or Hive?

[solvni_music]

You should try them , spire and hive are not the same .spire have a special sound you cant use for everything, hive is a lot more neutral.

[Gamma-UT]

If the OP hasn't decided in 11 years, they're probably never going to.

But it looks like Spire was the choice: viewtopic.php?p=6703184#p6703184

[Examigan]

I have both.

[cobaia]

I have both.

But which one do you use more often?

[audiojunkie]

This is an easy one for me. U-he supports Linux. I use Hive.

[Examigan]

I have both.

But which one do you use more often?

Hive.

[Seafire Mk2]

Fish

[cryophonik]

I owned both. I sold Spire because of its CPU use and occasional instability, but not because I owned Hive, or Sylenth, etc. That said, I use Hive in almost every project since buying it.

Funny how things change over 11 years and I guess this is one benefit of thread necros - some of us get to realize that we're not all closed-minded. I re-bought Spire a few years ago and it has become one of my go-to soft synths ever since. I'm guessing there's a combination of my much faster computer these days and optimization of Spire's code, but its performance has been rock solid and I don't even notice how much it hits the CPU.

[nusound mind]

Zebra3, Diva & Bazille are 3 of my top synths however I give the nod to Spire on this one. It's not a hill I'd die on, both are fine choices.

[Gam456]

100% Spire
Hive I'm not a fan, sound too digital to me

[Examigan]

Some great OSC tracks created with Hive v1.

https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2015/osc-71-hive

[audiojunkie]

I've always liked the sound of Spire, and the interface looked good too. I have nothing against it as a typical bread and butter VA synth. It it worked on Linux natively, I would probably own it.

[exmatproton]

100% Spire
Hive I'm not a fan, sound too digital to me

[jtsterays]

Hive has the better workflow, but I enjoy Spire sound more. I hope it gets a workflow revamp.