

Spire is also scalable 100%, 150% and 200% and looks great on retina devices.īelieve me, it is not a cliché when I say that what I have presented here is only a small part of what Spire has to offer. Let’s not forget about multiband compression and a handy 3-band equalizer, which make Spire one of the most complete softsynth on the market. Moving on to the FX section, Spire offers a wave shaper, phaser/vowel, chorus/flanger, delay and reverb. An easy-to-use arpeggiator with swing and gate is also integrated.

The advanced step sequencer comes with a flexible waveform editor, and for each step, you can assign an unique waveform, which lets you achieve patterns that range from simple to intricate. The modulation section consists of 4 envelopes, 4 LFO’s, 2 steppers, macro control, matrix, pitch wheel and mod wheel. Spire offers 5 filters for use: ‘Perfecto’, combining the best of analog and digital filter types, with LP4, BP4, HP4 and Peak modes, ‘Acido’, good at simulating TB-303 sounds, with LP1, LP2, LP3, LP4 modes, ‘Infecto’ which simulates the filter sound of a Virus TI synthesizer (LP2, BP2, HP2 and Notch modes), ‘Scorpio’ with RedLP2, RedLP4, BlackLP2, BlackLP4, BlackHP and BlackBP modes, and finally ‘Combo’ with Mono +, Mono -, Stereo + and Stereo modes. Next, there is a dual resonant filters section, with filters which can be set to work in series or parallel. Every oscillator can have its own unison with up to 9 voices, and several voice modes, from regular spread throughout an octave, to intervals such as minor/major chords etc. Sound is further processed through a powerful unison.

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