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solvni_music · Post by **solvni_music** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 7:43 am

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 · Post by **Gamma-UT** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 8:21 am

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 · Post by **Examigan** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 1:26 pm

I have both.

cobaia · Post by **cobaia** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 8:08 pm

Examigan wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 1:26 pm I have both.

But which one do you use more often?

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 8:24 pm

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

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 8:36 pm

cobaia wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 8:08 pm
Examigan wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 1:26 pm I have both.
But which one do you use more often?

Hive.

Seafire Mk2 · Post by **Seafire Mk2** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 8:40 pm

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 8:51 pm

cryophonik wrote: Sun Nov 15, 2015 3:16 am 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 · Post by **nusound mind** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 9:31 pm

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 · Post by **Gam456** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 10:10 pm

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

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 10:23 pm

Some great OSC tracks created with Hive v1.

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

audiojunkie · Post by **audiojunkie** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 11:14 pm

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 · Post by **exmatproton** » Mon Jul 06, 2026 11:36 pm

Gam456 wrote: Mon Jul 06, 2026 10:10 pm 100% Spire
Hive I'm not a fan, sound too digital to me

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If you could only pick one, Spire or Hive?

Hive or Spire?