Berlin-based audio software company u-he was founded in 2001 by Urs Heckmann. Originally a one-man show, the company recently evolved into a tightly-knit team of employees, active associates and 3rd-party contractors – with ambitious plans.

Especially well known for the Zebra2 software synthesizer, u-he has developed several other successful products over the last decade, and regularly contributes freeware to popular magazines (available as download or on cover discs).

Despite their underlying complexity, u-he synthesizers and effects are widely acclaimed for their ease of use. This is often attributed to Urs Heckmann's background as industrial designer. Heckmann sees the seemingly unconventional decision to start an audio software company as a direct result of his equal love for industrial design and for synthesizers.

Most recently, u-he has been exploring concepts for analogue synthesizers, and the first results can be heard in the software synths ACE (audio-rate modulation paths) and Diva (highly accurate simulation of electronic circuitry).

NOTE: prices are MSRPs / RRPs / SRPs.

Diva 1.1 Bug Collection
by KBSoundSmith at 23 May 2012, 02:10

Diva voice-per-MIDI-channel support
by NothanUmber at 22 May 2012, 20:41

Divine or Satanic?
by Teksonik at 22 May 2012, 19:20

Stuck notes with Zebra
by Urs at 22 May 2012, 15:10

Zebra installation - 32bit & 64bit versions ?
by Urs at 22 May 2012, 07:25

DIVA goes 1.1
by snigelx at 21 May 2012, 22:37

What I've done with Diva so far...
by ho66it at 21 May 2012, 20:45

Berlin Modular - Bazille 0.5
by justin3am at 21 May 2012, 16:00

Anyone using Diva with Maschine?
by kevvvvv at 21 May 2012, 14:51

Diva Arksun Soundbank Released
by Synth Buddha at 21 May 2012, 12:47

Zebrify cutoffs snap to 0 after first playback
by mcnoone at 21 May 2012, 08:53

Diva-CPU saving tips.
by mcnoone at 20 May 2012, 22:39

Demo with the 40% CPU boost optimization?
by markyboard at 20 May 2012, 21:58

Zebra Waveform Format?
by Sendy at 20 May 2012, 20:54

wow, bouncing down Diva in 192khz
by xh3rv at 20 May 2012, 00:18

Zebra modulation range
by bmrzycki at 19 May 2012, 18:38

Any theremin patches for Diva?
by mcnoone at 19 May 2012, 16:15

Mystery new team member
by medienhexer at 19 May 2012, 06:02

Help recreating a patch
by mcnoone at 19 May 2012, 03:09

Freezing Divas With Sidechain Compression
by xh3rv at 18 May 2012, 17:25