Can! Not! Re! Sist!

[mn]

Nice. Thanks for the pre-presale / loyalty discount, Urs . Just ordered, codes received. Haven't tried to apply, I haven't even downloaded the plugs.

[wrench45us]

ordered got the e-mail with reg codes and download page

I may be an idiot or my browser my be blocking some link or control on the page, but I can't find anything to initiate a download on that page.

What to do now?

well I found these, so I'm likely in business

http://www.u-he.com/UhbikMacInstall_081208.zip (VST + AU)
http://www.u-he.com/UhbikWinstaller_091208.zip (VST)

[MitchK1989]

I just bought it.

I was going to put it off at least until my next paycheck, if not next month, but after a bit of tweaking I realized I had to have them RIGHT NOW.

[alexfalcao]

Uhbik sounds really really good, I made a very short DEMO of just Uhbik-S Uhbik-T.

http://www.soundclick.com/util/download ... id=7143277

First 27 Seconds dry, then Uhbik-S Uhbik-T applied.

[Howard]

Reading the manual it sounded like the knob had full "A" in the center, and then A-B and A+B were both on opposite ends of the knob rather than indicating the whole range

Yes, Urs' original German is clearer here - I guess I was trying to cut too many corners: I could change it to something like this (which is closer to the original):

The Mix knob controls the relative volumes of the virtual tape machines. At 12 o'clock ('Tape A'), the output is practically dry i.e. you should hear no effect. Moving the knob either to the left or right mixes in tape B (the delayed signal) while fading out tape A (the dry signal). The two small dots mean 50% i.e. an equal mixture of both.

Note that the negative half of the Mix range inverts tape B, i.e. the delayed signal is subtracted instead of added. Negative (A-B) Mix values may give you a more pronounced jet effect, or even a complete signal cancellation (-50% mix only), especially whenever both signals are perfectly aligned i.e. the delay reaches zero.

Clearer?


FYI: Here's my original "translation" that confused Mitch:

The Mix knob controls the relative volume between the virtual tape machines. At 12 o'clock ('Tape A') the output is practically dry i.e. you should hear no effect. The A+B position is a 50% mixture of both, and the A-B position is the same but with the phase of the B signal inverted. Hands-on experimentation is recommended to suit the particular audio material you are using, but you may find that negative (A-B) values give you a more pronounced jet effect, including a complete signal cancellation (-50% mix only!) whenever both signals meet at 'zero'.

[MitchK1989]

uhbik S will even replace logic's ringshifter for more subtle applications (setting the max shift to 1 or 10 hrtz is just genius urs... Makes it a lot easier to use a frequency shifter for things OTHER than "CLANK-CZZZ-CLAAAAAANK-WEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeooooooooooo" sounds. First frequency shifter other than ringshifter I've found any use for whatsoever.

The flanger is pure class, and as soon as I figure out how feedback works between the taps in the delay (basically as soon as there's a manual) I'm sure I'll love that one too... Though at the moment it seems you actually cannot get feedback near the point of oscillation on it? Not that I have a problem with the delay being mild mannered of course.

The Reverb and EQ both just plain sound good and are easy to use.

The tremelo makes me wish that I was working in surround sound now that I know how the pattern Y and pattern X stuff works...

Haven't tested the filter or phaser much yet...

[sockofgold]

Wow, Urs. Seriously good stuff here. Runciter is just stupid awesome, and I really like the reverb as well. I was just going to buy Zebra tonight, but I guess I'm getting this too. Thanks for the intro deal!

[justin3am]

Will you be in LA for NAMM? If so, could I convince you to stop by our booth and say hello? It's pretty big... you can't really miss it if your in the main hall.

I'm gonna pick up a prestigeous award I'm not allowed to talk about yet and then maybe join for the first day. It will take a *lot* to convince Grrrl to go a second day. Maybe if I send her over to Disney... hmmm...

Sure, she can hang out with my wife... and I'm sure, many other music industry widows.

[tboulette]

The Mix knob controls the relative volumes of the virtual tape machines. At 12 o'clock ('Tape A'), the output is practically dry i.e. you should hear no effect. Moving the knob either to the left or right mixes in tape B (the delayed signal) while fading out tape A (the dry signal). The two small dots mean 50% i.e. an equal mixture of both.

Note that the negative half of the Mix range inverts tape B, i.e. the delayed signal is subtracted instead of added. Negative (A-B) Mix values may give you a more pronounced jet effect, or even a complete signal cancellation (-50% mix only), especially whenever both signals are perfectly aligned i.e. the delay reaches zero.

Clearer?

FWIW, I think so this is clearER, but it may be worth mentioning that at full left or right, you have only the "B" signal (either straight up or inverted).

When I first looked at this control, I thought the labels "A-B" and "A+B" were just indicating what happens generally when you turn it left or right from straight up (i.e., turn to the right you add B, and to the left you're subtracting B) -- didn't even notice the two small dots! Now that I understand how this dial works, it's a bit more apparent what's going on.

My 2 cents.

[Howard]

The Mix knob controls the relative volumes of the virtual tape machines. At 12 o'clock ('Tape A'), the output is practically dry i.e. you should hear no effect. Moving the knob either to the left or right mixes in tape B (the delayed signal) while fading out tape A (the dry signal). The two small dots mean 50% i.e. an equal mixture of both.

Note that the negative half of the Mix range inverts tape B, i.e. the delayed signal is subtracted instead of added. Negative (A-B) Mix values may give you a more pronounced jet effect, or even a complete signal cancellation (-50% mix only), especially whenever both signals are perfectly aligned i.e. the delay reaches zero.

Clearer?

FWIW, I think so this is clearER, but it may be worth mentioning that at full left or right, you have only the "B" signal (either straight up or inverted).

When I first looked at this control, I thought the labels "A-B" and "A+B" were just indicating what happens generally when you turn it left or right from straight up (i.e., turn to the right you add B, and to the left you're subtracting B) -- didn't even notice the two small dots! Now that I understand how this dial works, it's a bit more apparent what's going on.

The Mix knob controls the relative volumes of the virtual tape machines. At 12 o'clock ('Tape A'), the output is practically dry i.e. you should hear no effect. Moving the knob either to the left or right mixes in tape B (the delayed signal) while fading out tape A (the dry signal). The two small dots mean 50% i.e. an equal mixture of both. With Mix at either minimum or maximum, you will only hear tape B...

Note that the negative half of the Mix range inverts tape B, i.e. the delayed signal is subtracted instead of added. Negative (A-B) Mix values may give you a more pronounced jet effect, or even a complete signal cancellation (at -50% mix), especially whenever both signals are perfectly aligned i.e. the delay reaches zero.

Better?

[casiosk1]

I once zorched myself on a kettle.

Fucksocks.

[blortblort]

...Runciter is OMG good!

innit?

[elxsound]

I think I'm going to stop looking online... all these great deals is torture!

Who knows... maybe one day $199, will be pocket change? Anyways, this goes on the Christmas List, but of course misses a great deal now.

URS, it sounds like you hit a home run (again)... Congrats!

[cain]

hey urs i have a problem Uhbik, i installed it and all the dll appear in my u-he folder in cubase plugins folder but they dont appear in cubase vst 5.2. when i open up cubase. i go and look in my cubase vst folder and all the dll are there all the Uhbik along with the zebra2 , zebralette and zrev dll.
the zebra2 , zebralette and zrev work and show up in cubase normaly but its just that none of the Uhbik effects appear.
the info on my pc's are below, i checked them on both my pc in my studio and they dont show up on either? could you look into this please i bought it with out checking first but i thought there would be no problems since the other u-he products work good on my pc.

1 pc ----quad Q6600 2.4 ghz(oc to 3.0 ghz) - 4 gig of ram - 3x200 gig sata drives

2 pc -----dualcore e8500 3.1 ghz - 4 gigs of ram - 3x200 gig sata drives


both pc are running windows xp pro and are tuned for audio and are running -- cubase vst 5.2 ( i know old host but still works great in my studio)
could you please look into this please, thanks

oh i forgot my audio card on both pc is an m-audio 2496

[tboulette]

The Mix knob controls the relative volumes of the virtual tape machines. At 12 o'clock ('Tape A'), the output is practically dry i.e. you should hear no effect. Moving the knob either to the left or right mixes in tape B (the delayed signal) while fading out tape A (the dry signal). The two small dots mean 50% i.e. an equal mixture of both. With Mix at either minimum or maximum, you will only hear tape B...

Note that the negative half of the Mix range inverts tape B, i.e. the delayed signal is subtracted instead of added. Negative (A-B) Mix values may give you a more pronounced jet effect, or even a complete signal cancellation (at -50% mix), especially whenever both signals are perfectly aligned i.e. the delay reaches zero.

Better?

Perfect!