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DuX · Post by **DuX** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:50 pm

mutantdog wrote:I quite like the new dark skin although i'd prefer it with less shadows and a bit more contrast.

Absolutely! I love the new dark skin, too, but the font is too dark. Font should be white and then it would be perfect!

Also, lower CPU consumption and better stability are absolutely welcome!

TheKid · Post by **TheKid** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:10 pm

I bought spire almost three years ago as a very promising synth. I'm really glad I did.

Congratulations for another great update.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:12 pm

A screenshot of the black skin for those who don't own it, or haven't installed it yet:

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:13 pm

Wow, that skin looks great! Thanks for posting, chk071!

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 7:21 pm

You're welcome.

I must admit that i like the white skin better though. As has been mentioned, the dark skin could use a bit more contrast. It will probably look good though in Cubase.

Edit: Actually looks better when you use it, as usual.

Blends in nicely with Cubase's colour scheme.

db3 · Post by **db3** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:30 pm

Really liking the new dark skin

knowix · Post by **knowix** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 8:49 pm

I'm probably going to buy this next time it goes on sale. Which is quite often.

core · Post by **core** » Fri Feb 12, 2016 9:27 pm

knowix wrote:I'm probably going to buy this next time it goes on sale. Which is quite often.

Usually Black Friday and Christmas/Winter sales http://rekkerd.org/tag/reveal-sound+sale/

Maybe the amount of sales promotions will increase this year, just like everywhere else...

recursive one · Post by **recursive one** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 1:11 pm

I completely missed everything that happened after 1.0.20.

Is the new version stable? Does it rewrite 1.0.20 or is it installed alongside?

The new skin looks dope, but it seems that the fonts are not legible enough.

ere2learn · Post by **ere2learn** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 1:17 pm

There pretty legible at one hundred & fifty percent

Seems solid enough so far too

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 1:24 pm

recursive one wrote:I completely missed everything that happened after 1.0.20.

Is the new version stable? Does it rewrite 1.0.20 or is it installed alongside?

The new skin looks dope, but it seems that the fonts are not legible enough.

For me, it is stable. It doesn't overwrite the 1.0.20, but by all means, install it in another folder in your plugins folder. The versions 1.1 plus are a rewrite, to make the DSP engine more efficient, and it's supposed to have 1/3 CPU consumption of the former versions. I can confirm that it takes much less CPU for the same patches. There might the one or the other bug still, but since 1.1, versions 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 were released, and obviously, they fixed a lot of bugs users had. I have yet to try it out, so i can't tell really, but version 1.1.1 already worked fine here.

Orbit-50 · Post by **Orbit-50** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 1:45 pm

I use it as my default now and mind you, I prefer light skins. This one is awesome. Reveal Sound has got to be developer of the millenium. They do everything right. Another thing is their presets. I'm talking about the Reveal Sound ones. These are the best presets hands down. I own all of them. There's nothing out there as cool as these. Well maybe Nexus expansions, but that's another story.

DuX · Post by **DuX** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:30 pm

Yes, the dark skin is great but it would be really great if it didn't hold all 2x3sizes skins in RAM all the time. That makes it a behemoth of a plugin and load more slowly. Reaper - the whole DAW, is less than 7MB big and Spire has grown to 54MBs! It would be great if it held skins in a separate folder and just loaded the one you work with. Like u-he synths, for instance. It would start faster and consume much less RAM. I'm pretty sure that about 90% of the DLL is just bitmaps.

It does contain a few MB of samples, too. Programming practices today are simply appalling.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:35 pm

Loads in a second here. Changing the skin works instantly.

fisherKing · Post by **fisherKing** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:24 pm

good to see this one moving forward, and the new skin is DOPE. will play with it today, but, since the last update, been running well here in logic X 10.2.1...

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