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werp · Post by **werp** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 8:50 am

Yes it is. I upgraded this afternoon. It's ridiculously easy to tweak.

Ryan99 · Post by **Ryan99** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:17 pm

TheoM wrote:
Ryan99 wrote:Hi,
All these synths are on sale until the end of the year. I can upgrade to Dune 2 at 30% off the upgrade price. I have Dune 1 and I like it, and Dune 2 got really good reviews. I tried the beta version of U-He newest synth Hive, and it sounds amazing! With the survey voucher, I can buy it at 75$.

On the other hand, Best Service has it's annual 2 for 1 sale, including on Tone2 synths. I listened to demos and found Gladiator Expanded and Nemesis to sound really really good. It's the only time they are on sale for the year. The reviews are really positive.

Since I don't think I will buy them all, I was thinking of getting U-He Hive and Dune 2 or get the 2 for 1 sale to get Tone2 Gladiator Expanded and Nemesis.

Anyone can share their comments on these synths? Thanks!

hey what is your ug price for dune2? i see $79, is that really the 30% off price?

It's 30% off 79$ with the code

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 12:50 pm

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Ryan99 · Post by **Ryan99** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:02 pm

Code is dune2xmas

jsp1979 · Post by **jsp1979** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:11 pm

Ryan99 wrote:Code is dune2xmas

Thanks for putting that here.

I'm on the email list and visit the forum occasionally at Synapse and if it weren't for KVR, I'd have never seen this code.

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:31 pm

Urs wrote:Uhm, didn't Tone2 pull their products from Best Service?

No, they're still on there.
http://www.bestservice.de/en/gladiator_2_expanded.html

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 1:41 pm

Sylenth1 is €83,4 until Friday.

So pricewise it is not so much different:

Sylenth1 + Hive or Gladiator Ex + Nemesis ?

JonSolo · Post by **JonSolo** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 3:40 pm

I noticed that the new Ultraspace is not at either JRR or Best Service. That would be worth snagging in a 2f1.

Jon

Synthetic Wav · Post by **Synthetic Wav** » Tue Dec 23, 2014 4:03 pm

Ryan99 wrote:I finally bought Dune 2 upgrade, Hive and Sylenth1 (on sale at 40% off)

haha nice, enjoy ! now you can spend the whole winter locked in the studio

dannyhawaii · Post by **dannyhawaii** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:32 pm

Ryan99 wrote:Code is dune2xmas

I don't see anywhere to put a discount code in the Synapse Audio store.

EDIT: Just realised this is for the upgrade only. Damn.

dwozzle · Post by **dwozzle** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 2:53 pm

Make sure to test actual usage scenarios on your own machine. I checked out both Dune 2 and Hive, and sadly, passed on both due to CPU usage. They both sound great, and are on sale, but I thought they'd just be frustrating in real life. My laptop is an 8 Gig i7 BTW, not a completely ancient clunker.

EDIT: Comment about Hive is wrong, bad memory, my apologies, see my post below.

dentnile · Post by **dentnile** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 3:38 pm

dwozzle wrote:Make sure to test actual usage scenarios on your own machine. I checked out both Dune 2 and Hive, and sadly, passed on both due to CPU usage. They both sound great, and are on sale, but I thought they'd just be frustrating in real life. My laptop is an 8 Gig i7 BTW, not a completely ancient clunker.

Strange, you must have tried very demanding presets. What VSTi are you comparing to and what kind of preset?

dwozzle · Post by **dwozzle** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:15 pm

Actually, scratch that report about Hive, not true, haven't demo'd it (yet). Tried a bunch of things over the holidays, remembered wrong, my bad. The ones I tried and put aside for CPU reasons were actually Spectral, LuSH-101, Dune 2, Kaivo, and maybe, reluctantly, Zebra 2.

dwozzle · Post by **dwozzle** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:41 pm

...and on that note, can anyone tell me if the 3284 link on the first page of the Hive Preview thread is still the current beta?

Thanks.

jsp1979 · Post by **jsp1979** » Mon Dec 29, 2014 4:54 pm

I'm surprised to hear that Dune 2 was eliminated due to CPU use. I've found Dune 1 and Dune 2 to be remarkably CPU efficient especially given all the voices and layers that go into most presets.

But, as I've consistently found on KVR, there are so many different computer setups and variables that it's difficult to translate my experience with others.

U-He Hive and Dune 2 or Tone2 Gladiator Expanded and Nemesis?