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Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:11 pm

I picked it up the other day, finally. Been concentrating on my effects section recently, as I tend to normally focus on synths. The ambience plugin seems to excell at adding sweet sounding "walls" to a mix, which compliments V-Room nicely with it's endless enveloping space. I'm also in love with the pitch shifter and granular thingy, they're great for adding lushness to synths. Flanger and phaser are also standout.

Runciter for some reason I'm not liking the sound of. It seems to lack subtlety and warmth, and is the filter equivalent of smashing something with a mallet

. I'm probably be using it more for distortion duties, but then it does say "distorting filter" on the tin

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:58 pm

Sendy - are you setting the level of whatever you're feeding into Runciter, as well as the Drive parameter, carefully enough?

alexfalcao · Post by **alexfalcao** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:30 pm

Actually I think Rucinter is so good that sometimes I use it for Mastering.

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:44 pm

I think at least some of it has to do with mistakes I'm making with it, to be fair. The filters in Zebrify give me this instant emotional feeling where I sense distortion and "warmth" (pleasant-ness, musicality, "grr"*, whatever, lol) and just want to whale on the knob (that sounds so wrong!)... I haven't really got that with Runciter so far, though I'm having much more luck feeding it synth waves, than anything like a drum loop.

I'll keep at it, early days yet

. Will try adjusting the levels more, and any more tips and experiences are very welcome!

* first and last time ever I've used the term "grr"

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:54 pm

G

If only I knew how to use it properly

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:10 pm

Runciter is my most used Uhbik, so I guess it's my favorite.

I partially agree with Sendy, as you can tweak it for some subtle saturation... but it still feels stronger than that subtle "grr" ..nice term btw

In other words, driving the plugin a bit (for saturation) just doesn't really feel like it, it feel a bit more powerful, more like distortion but it's not. Interesting effect non of the less

... but the magical switch button is missing.

Maybe this is what makes Runciter unique ..the "hyped saturation" and believe me... sometimes that's exactly what's needed!

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 6:25 pm

tehlord wrote:G

If only I knew how to use it properly

pff... using anything "properly" is overrated, imo.
Runciter is definitely my favorite. Using the transient envelope mode with a fast envelope rate can obliterate sounds in the wrongest ways.

I also really like the frequency shifter, I only wish i could put it in the feedback path of Uhbik D without the need for external routing.

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:11 pm

G is my favourite followed by A and Runzitttterrrrrr ... oh, i love them all Uhbiks

Bronto Scorpio · Post by **Bronto Scorpio** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:19 pm

I love 'em all! But I guess I use Uhbik-D the most

I prefer to use Zebrify instead of Runciter for filtering and distortion too by the way.

Cheers
Dennis

ariston · Post by **ariston** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:26 pm

Runciter here, precisely because it's so bad-tempered!

I never got my head around T, the interface is extremely perplexing to me.

Uhbik-A is an unsung hero.

Love P, too. It opens up so many textures and design possibilities.

bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:29 pm

I'm a big sucker for UHBIK-P. I love it on drums and pads.

xh3rv · Post by **xh3rv** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:07 pm

I think I use Uhbik-D the most ... I have so much better timing with a delay on

They are all top quality, as always Urs provides a really great, distinct, and fundamentally good-sounding implementation of the stuff.

Some presets: http://www.box.com/s/1z61s7isipjio28qjuvr

Saw Belew / Levin / Mastelotto of King Crimson + side projects thing several weeks ago, really amazing gig. Trying to put together a set of Uhbik presets with some kind of sonic inspiration from that (hence 'thrakasaurus' after THRAK) - these are the delays, which I think are closest to finished. (I wouldn't put this up unless I had to, and I have to because I've nearly forgotten about this with the Diva beta

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Esgalachoir · Post by **Esgalachoir** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 1:38 am

S is amazing for your guitar...even just a dry electric guitar...

Gonga · Post by **Gonga** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:51 am

I was experimenting with them all when I first got them a couple months ago, but now I'm learning to use them one at a time. I'm using A as my primary reverb now and it's amazing. I'm also using Q for tracking and have to say it's the sweetest, most transparent Q I've ever used, to my ears.

It's going to take me a long time before I really put all of them through their paces at the rate I move...

xybre · Post by **xybre** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:49 am

Runciter and F, then P.

Runciter is great, clean or dirty, you decide. F and P are just straight forward and sound great.

A is my standard reverb, but its uhm, too high quality or something (!?) so I'll use KarmaFX reverb when I want to add a little decay to drums (anyone know what I mean?).

D is my standard delay but honestly I should read the manual because I usually just hit things at random until it sounds good to me.

I use T, but I do not even pretend to understand it.

I don't use S or G much, and I'm sure Q is lovely, I just suck at knob-EQs.

u-he

KVR Audio

What's your favourite uhbik?