U-HE Hive

[ddeez]

urs can u describe the general sound of Hive compared to the other general sound of the uhe synths? Is it going to be brighter in general? more top end? still not alias obviously? let us know

[Kriminal]

More top end, more bottom end, more saws, more pwm, more quality.

[ddeez]

Is the above true urs?

[zvenx]

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[Urs]

It'll sound similar to Zebra with the "crisp" mode on for oscillators. We use a technique that will have some aliasing, but not in the audible spectrum. I.e. aliasing stops above 18+ kHz. There might (might!) be a mode that introduces more aliasing as a feature (!), but not of the metallic low dumbing type.

Filters open okay. Not fully, but higher than, say, the other synth. Aliasing in the current model is barely audible when resonance is cranked up fully. Less than other synths, but still a tad more so than, say, Bazille or ACE. I reckon. Haven't really made that comparison yet.

All in all I think Hive will have very competitive objective sonic properties. The filters won't have Diva's character, but they will be in Bazille's league (i.e. less "analogue" but very "musical").

[paterpeter]

It'll sound similar to Zebra with the "crisp" mode on for oscillators. We use a technique that will have some aliasing, but not in the audible spectrum. I.e. aliasing stops above 18+ kHz.

My pet bat is not amused!


I'm looking forward to some audio examples.

[XorXisT]

More top end, more bottom end, more saws, more pwm, more quality.

And less price

[chk071]

All in all I think Hive will have very competitive objective sonic properties. The filters won't have Diva's character, but they will be in Bazille's league (i.e. less "analogue" but very "musical").

I'm not really familiar with Bazille. Would you say that the character of the filter is similar to that of other plugins like Synthmaster, Dune, Spire, Sylenth? I know they all have different character, but they're all pretty digital i would say, in the sense of not exactly mimicing analog filters. I like that digital characer, that's why i'm asking. As long as it's not too digital, metallic, harsh and cold.

[Urs]

Would you say that the character of the filter is similar to that of other plugins like Synthmaster, Dune, Spire, Sylenth?

No, I don't think so. But then I haven't really spent much/any time with these.

[Kriminal]

All in all I think Hive will have very competitive objective sonic properties. The filters won't have Diva's character, but they will be in Bazille's league (i.e. less "analogue" but very "musical").

I'm not really familiar with Bazille. Would you say that the character of the filter is similar to that of other plugins like Synthmaster, Dune, Spire, Sylenth? I know they all have different character, but they're all pretty digital i would say, in the sense of not exactly mimicing analog filters. I like that digital characer, that's why i'm asking. As long as it's not too digital, metallic, harsh and cold.

Dune2 has several diff filters. Most of which i believe are modelled on analogue filters. I couldnt tell you how close they are as i dont have the hardware to compare.

[chk071]

Ok, maybe i didn't express it correctly. As far as i understand, most digital filters mimic analog behavior anyway. What i mean is, say, the difference between the filters of, as we talk of u-he synths, Tyrell N6, and Zebra or ZebraCM. While the filter in Tyrell is clearly behaving like an analog filter, the filters in Zebra are more on the digital side, not so resonant and more "behaved" (don't know how to express it differently). An extreme example for digital would be Z3ta, where it's really no fun to play around with the filter on high resonance settings, and it totally screams, and there's not much of a gain reduction either. There are many example of well sounding (typical) digital filters though, like in Spire, Sylenth, and Dune 2 also.

[Urs]

Ok, maybe i didn't express it correctly. As far as i understand, most digital filters mimic analog behavior anyway. What i mean is, say, the difference between the filters of, as we talk of u-he synths, Tyrell N6, and Zebra or ZebraCM. While the filter in Tyrell is clearly behaving like an analog filter, the filters in Zebra are more on the digital side, not so resonant and more "behaved" (don't know how to express it differently). An extreme example for digital would be Z3ta, where it's really no fun to play around with the filter on high resonance settings, and it totally screams, and there's not much of a gain reduction either. There are many example of well sounding (typical) digital filters though, like in Spire, Sylenth, and Dune 2 also.

You'll love Hive's resonance.

[chk071]

That's a word.

[tehlord]

Not sure if it's been asked, but can the LFO's be bipolar?

I miss that from some of the other ones.

[Urs]

Not sure if it's been asked, but can the LFO's be bipolar?

I miss that from some of the other ones.

Our LFOs are always bipolar. We're going to add a unipolar switch though. One day. Maybe next year.