"Ocean Swift announces a big NKS compatibility update and a 50% Off sale on updated preset packs and preset bundles for Roland JV1080, Roland Juno 60, Plugin Alliance DS Thorn, D16 Lush 2 and more! Discount offer is available until September 10, celebrating their newest NKS update.
The developer quotes:
"We’ve just shipped a major update: every pack below is now fully NKS-compatible - even though these synths aren’t NKS-native, we went through all our packs converting the presets, creating parameter mappings, tagging and inserting audio previews. To mark the occasion, all of them are 50% off right now!"
"Something special for owners of the wonderful Expressive-E Osmose synthesizer: A free collection of ACE, Bazille, Diva and Hive 2 presets that respond to Osmose playing techniques.
Download the free presets here: https://dl.u-he.com/extras/common/osm...
Instructions on how to set up communications between your Osmose and the plugins are included in the zip file.
Music by Seb (Hyboid)
00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Diva MPE Presets for Osmose
04:43 - Hive MPE Presets for Osmose
11:13 - ACE MPE Presets for Osmose
14:56 - Bazille MPE Presets for Osmose"
"🌌 Dark Cycles is a collection of 60 arpeggio presets for the U-He Diva virtual synthesizer. The soundset is built around the idea of combining a hard, mechanical sound with a more atmospheric vibe due to FM synthesis, modulations, delay, reverb, and other synthesizer capabilities.
📻 The bank is inspired by analog sounds, but the goal was to make a more aggressive sound, but still atmospheric. 💽 The bank covers a wide range of timbral colors: lo-fi, atmospheric, hard, detuned, bright, massive, dirty, analog. Perfect for a variety of genres such as techno, breakbeat, EDM, IDM, industrial, and more.
🎛 Each preset is performance-ready, with velocity sensitivity and ModWheel assignments mapped for expressive control. The ModWheel introduces additional modulations - such as brightness or tonal shifts - offering creative flexibility for both studio production and live performance.
👤 The author of the soundset is skendi (Arseniy Pushkov).
💡 Technical Info – How to Import Presets Open the Diva plugin. Go to the Presets tab. On the left panel, find the User folder. Drag and drop the folder Anton Anru Presets – Dark Cycles from your computer into the User folder inside Diva. Restart the plugin or refresh the presets list if needed. The presets should now appear under User in the Diva browser.
Make sure you are using the latest vst-plugin version."
"🎆 Obscure Atmos is a collection of 50 presets for the U-He Hive 2 virtual synthesizer. It features 5 drones, 17 pads, 11 strings, and 17 textures. The soundset is inspired by dark sci-fi soundtracks, dystopian films, thrillers, games, and dystopian novels.
🧿 Each sound in this collection has a cohesive style, blending noise, distortion, and vintage tape emulation, striking a balance between experimental elements and playable, accessible sounds. The pack includes atonal sounds, drones, and textures perfect for creating tension and suspense. The core of the collection consists of atmospheric sounds, ranging from soft, expansive, and lush to bright, shimmering, distorted, orchestral, vintage, and more.
🎛 All patches are performance-ready, with velocity sensitivity and ModWheel assignments mapped for expressive control. The ModWheel introduces additional modulations — such as brightness, tonal shifts, or dynamic movement — offering creative flexibility for both studio production and live performance.
🎆 The bank covers a wide range of timbral colors: dark, noisy, lo-fi, retro, romantic, melancholic, nostalgic, soundscapes, atmospheric, detuned, cold, distant, dull, massive, epic, bright, orchestral, distorted, metallic, tense, atonal, non-harmonic, FX-like, evolving, and sweeping.
🧬 These presets are versatile and can be used in any genre where a dark atmosphere is essential, such as techno, ambient, IDM, industrial, drum and bass, and others. This collection is also an invaluable resource for soundtrack composers, game developers, audiobook producers, video creators, advertisers, and social media content creators.
"Exploring the Weird, the Plucky and the unpredictable.
Ocean Swift's Triple Cheese Pizza delivers 50 fresh presets for U‑He’s uniquely quirky comb-filter synth. Focused on the instrument’s plucky and resonant character, this soundbank explores experimental textures, subtle randomness, and curious tonal behavior.
You’ll find a range of plucky keys, splattering leads, strange basses, swirly pads and a handful of odd sound effects - each tapping into Triple Cheese’s unpredictable charm. It’s a light but flavorful collection that embraces the weird and wonderful nature of this fun creative synth.
Exploring rich textures and dynamic timbres that will enhance your productions and mixes, spark new ideas and musical directions.
For ease of use, we’ve organized Quantum Spaces presets into folders and subfolders. Each effect is thoughtfully named, tagged, and categorized, allowing you the flexibility to either utilize the tagging system or simply explore the folders at your leisure.
The included banks also offer NKS support for Maschine and Komplete Kontrol."
"Ocean Swift has announced the release of Zebra Motions Bundle, a bundled sound set made for Zebra 2 software synthesizer. The developer quotes:
A comprehensive set of 337 presets that are highly intricate, full of life, movement, motion and emotion. A Journey of sound that's a blast to play and explore.
Expect full NKS support, audio previews for Maschine & Komplete Kontrol, Aftertouch & modwheel support and full use of the Zebra Macro system ('Performance' mode) making it both easy and fun to control the best sonic aspects of each preset.
Featuring:
2 Soundbanks: Zebra Motions Vol I and Zebra Motions Vol II
337 Presets delivered in .h2p and .nksf.
Compatible with ZebraHZ
Basslines, Monophonic and Polyphonic Leads, Sequences, Arps, Pads, Drums and Sound Effects.
NKS support, including audio previews when hosted in Maschine or Komplete Kontrol.
Full use of Zebra macro system - performance friendly and easy tweaking.
Compatible with ZebraHZ
Price: 30€ for bundle with (reg. 44€). 18€ for singular sound banks (reg. 22€). Intro offers available until 12th August."
"🌌 Bleak Matter is a collection of 60 presets for the U-He Diva virtual synthesizer. It features 7 drones, 18 pads, 17 strings, and 18 textures. The soundset is built around the idea of imperfection—gritty, lo-fi textures shaped by evolving modulation, resulting in timbres that are expressive, alive, and full of character. These sounds bring a strong atmospheric identity to any track, performance, or visual project.
📻 A major focus of this collection was to explore Diva’s ability to emulate vintage tone. To achieve this, extensive use was made of the Trimmers section in each preset, introducing subtle randomness and instability. Combined with modulation techniques that evoke analog circuitry and retro coloration, the result is a soundset with warmth, depth, and an organic, nostalgic feel.
🎛 Each preset is performance-ready, with velocity sensitivity and ModWheel assignments mapped for expressive control. The ModWheel introduces additional modulations — such as brightness, tonal shifts, or dynamic movement — offering creative flexibility for both studio production and live performance.
🎆 The bank covers a wide range of timbral colors: dark, noisy, lo-fi, retro, romantic, melancholic, nostalgic, soundscapes, atmospheric, detuned, cold, distant, dull, massive, epic, bright, orchestral, distorted, metallic, tense, atonal, non-harmonic, FX-like, evolving, and sweeping. Whether you're producing ambient, techno, cinematic, IDM, industrial, drum and bass, retrowave, or any genre that embraces dark atmospheres and emotional textures, this soundset provides sonic depth and a distinct aesthetics.
Technical Info – How to Import Presets Open the Diva plugin. Go to the Presets tab. On the left panel, find the User folder. Drag and drop the folder Anton Anru – Bleak Matter from your computer into the User folder inside Diva. Restart the plugin or refresh the presets list if needed. The presets should now appear under User in the Diva browser.
Make sure you are using the latest vst-plugin version."
"Very quick play around with the new Superlative SB01 (last minute thing, apologies for the lack of lighting and shaky iphone). SB01 sequenced by the Intellijel Metropolix, SB01 keyboard (running on internal battery) controlling external SH-101.
u-he uhbik 2 beta on delay duties.
Not the best quality lighting, nor does it (not intended) show the breadth of what this can do (I only had one hand free), but wanted share an initial take how this looks and sounds in a style I'm familiar with.
I'm a fan."
"Metropolix sending gate, cv and additional cv into the mod CV input of the SB01. Gives any baseline more movement and life - a really nice addition that takes it beyond the standard sh-101. Playing around with the filter and resonance for effect."
"Ocean Diva preset bundle offers a wide range of high-quality Diva presets. The collection spans across 4 distinct banks featuring 600 presets, each filled with a wide variety of unique sounding melodies, effects, immersive ambiences, lush pads, basslines, sequences and arps.
From the avant-garde sounds and melodies of 'Continuum Wave' to the mind bending 'Diva Stellar', to the trance and psychedelic sounds of 'Trance Diva' and the underground house, EDM and techno tones of “Nightly Tones”. Ocean Diva preset bundle is a must-have for anyone who owns u-He Diva and wants to explore it further, with a unique and vast collection of new sounds.
Intricate, emotive sounds - Full of movement: Every sound is bursting with life, movement and energy, featuring intricate details and subtle modulations that make these presets not only high-quality but also uniquely captivating. Whether you’re creating ambient soundscapes, pulsating EDM tracks, or intricate cinematic compositions, this bundle has everything you need to bring your musical ideas to life.
Featuring: ✅ 4 distinct soundbanks for u-he Diva: Continuum Wave, Nightly Tones, Trance Diva, Diva Stellar ✅ 600 Presets delivered in .h2p and .nksf formats ✅ Full NKS support, including audio previews when hosted in Maschine or Komplete Kontrol. ✅ Mod Wheel and After-touch support ✅ Presets are categorized, tagged and include small description for Mod Wheel and AT features
Price: 73% Off for only 25€, Limited time offer available until 6th July (92€ reg.)"
"📟 Analog Mechanics is a collection of 64 sounds with sequences for U-He Repro-1. The collection focuses on a more metallic and electric character, blending it with the analog warmth of the synthesizer. The synth’s rich distortion and warm delay bring bright color and depth to the atmosphere. Expect heavy detuning, rhythmic motion, drive, FX textures, and also more restrained yet dark tones throughout the bank. 👤 The author of the soundset is skendi (Arseniy Pushkov).
🎼 All patches are in sequence mode, offering not just timbres but melodic patterns that bring immediate musical ideas to life. Simply hold a key or use the keyboard to transpose the sequence, and you'll have a synth part ready to integrate into your tracks. Whether you use the sequences as-is or tweak them to create your own unique melodies, all presets are royalty-free and ready for production.
🎚 ModWheel adds expressiveness—brightening the sound, shifting tone, or adding extra movement for dynamic performance.
🧿 The soundset spans a wide range of tones, from warm, distorted and detuned textures to soft, clean, punchy, dark, bright, deep, and airy timbres. 🧬 The soundset is suitable for many genres: ambient, electronica, darkwave, gothwave, IDM, EBM, deep, progressive, techno, breaks, jungle, drum and bass, and others.
💡 Ensure that you are using the latest software version. Installation: You should put the «Anton Anru Presets - Analog Mechanics (by skendi)» folder in the Repro 1 presets folder. By default its path is: Mac: /Users/(user name)/Library/Audio/Presets/u-he/Repro-1 Windows: /ProgramData/U-he/Repro-1.data/Presets/Repro-1/ Another easy way to find the folder with Repro 1 presets is the following: run the plugin, go to the presets section, right-click on any folder or preset, in the pop-up menu choose «Reveal in Finder» (mac) or Open in Explorer (win)"
"Wiretap is a 2-channel slope detector, or motion detector, which is a pretty rare type of utility in Eurorack. The basic idea is that you feed in a control voltage, like a pitch CV sequence or an LFO, and Wiretap will generate various triggers or gates based on whether that signal is changing, and which direction it’s moving in. It’s quite a simple concept, but it opens up a world of patching that’s quite hard to achieve otherwise without using fairly complex combinations of slew, comparators and logic. In this video, I walk through various patch ideas."
It's been a few years since I made Patches with REPRO, which I think is one of the best Software Synths out there to create 'Analog' style Sounds and beyond. As you can see, I have a Prophet 10 and I can get the sounds so close, it's really quite astounding.
I'm back with another 100 Patches, covering Pads & Motion, Bass & Lead, Strings & Keys and a whole lot more. As usual, all 100 Patches are demonstrated over 4 Videos - This the 2nd Video.
Requires - Repro 1.1.3 (revision 16797) and will only work on u-he REPRO 5 and not the Sequential Prophet 5/10.
This is the 4th and final Video demonstrating Patches 76 to 100"
"Vol 2 Out March 1st 2025
It's been a few years since I made Patches with REPRO, which I think is one of the best Software Synths out there to create 'Analog' style Sounds and beyond. As you can see, I have a Prophet 10 and I can get the sounds so close, it's really quite astounding.
I'm back with another 100 Patches, covering Pads & Motion, Bass & Lead, Strings & Keys and a whole lot more. As usual, all 100 Patches are demonstrated over 4 Videos - This the 2nd Video.
Requires - Repro 1.1.3 (revision 16797) and will only work on u-he REPRO 5 and not the Sequential Prophet 5/10.
This is the 3rd Video demonstrating Patches 51 to 75"
"Vol 2 Out March 1st 2025 It's been a few years since I made Patches with REPRO, which I think is one of the best Software Synths out there to create "Analog" style Sounds and beyond. As you can see, I have a Prophet 10 and I can get the sounds so close, it's really quite astounding.
I'm back with another 100 Patches, covering Pads & Motion, Bass & Lead, Strings & Keys and a whole lot more. As usual, all 100 Patches are demonstrated over 4 Videos - This the 2nd Video.
Requires - Repro 1.1.3 (revision 16797) and will only work on u-he REPRO 5 and not the Sequential Prophet 5/10.
This is the 1st Video demonstrating Patches 26 to 50.
"Vol 2 Out March 1st 2025 It's been a few years since I made Patches with REPRO, which I think is one of the best Software Synths out there to create "Analog" style Sounds and beyond. As you can see, I have a Prophet 10 and I can get the sounds so close, it's really quite astounding.
I'm back with another 100 Patches, covering Pads & Motion, Bass & Lead, Strings & Keys and a whole lot more. As usual, all 100 Patches are demonstrated over 4 Videos.
Requires - Repro 1.1.3 (revision 16797) and will only work on u-he REPRO 5 and not the Sequential Prophet 5/10.
This is the 1st Video demonstrating Patches 1 to 25."
00:00 - 1. Aluna GEO 01:57 - 2. Deep End GEO 02:39 - 3. At Night GEO 03:14 - 4. At Dave's Pad GEO 04:36 - 5. Stringer Things GEO
"For this cinematic sound set I've teamed up with @minkokalsbeek from @hikimorimusic (hkmr.sdg). This cinematic sound set for @uheplugins Diva contains 127 expertly crafted presets, showcasing the remarkable versatility and analog warmth that #Diva is celebrated for.
These patches are crafted with inspiration from some of our favorite science fiction films and scores. This collection of patches offers a compelling foundation for creating atmospheric science fiction and thriller cues. Each patch has been meticulously designed to deliver unique and inspiring sounds, perfect for production music, game soundtracks and film scoring. Whether you are building immersive layers or seeking fresh ideas, Razer Blade provides the tools to elevate your compositions.
Diva excels at delivering rich, authentic tones by emulating legendary synth components inspired by icons like the Moog Minimoog, Roland Alpha Juno, Jupiter-8(000), Korg MS-20, and Oberheim synths. With two LFOs, an arpeggiator and a suite of sound-shaping tools, it’s a playground for sound designers.
Each preset is equipped with velocity, mod wheel, pitch bend and aftertouch controls. We've also configured Control A and B - mapped to CC #2 (breath) and CC #11 (expression) - to provide even more expressive movement.
While these sounds are optimized for ambient and cinematic genres, they are equally suited for synthwave and various electronic dance music styles. Designed with Diva v1.4.8, these presets are ready to bring your music to life.
Explore this diverse palette of sounds and unlock new creative possibilities with Razer Blade for #uhe Diva.
Intro Offer: Use coupon RBINTRO at checkout to get 10% discount at until the end of March 2025
"Nick had a chat with Urs Heckmann from U-he, who was showing a sneak peek of the current Zebra 3 alpha version.
While it's still quite a long way from the final product, it's clear that Zebra 3 comes with a host of new and innovative features.
Urs highlighted that the inclusion of vector synthesis and a refined UI aims to push boundaries beyond what Zebra 2 offered. Zebra 3 allows you to mix four lanes into one, includes novel modules like the modal resonator, and features workflow improvements such as group selections and an integrated modulation matrix.
Zebra 3 also introduced new filter responses and pitch sources, offering flexibility to emulate various sound architectures. Urs explained that despite its alpha status, their focus is on refining sound design tools before rolling out other features, like an arpeggiator."
"I've been playing this synth a lot lately, so I said to myself: why not do a version of kaini industries with it?
Even though I already did a version with the Prophet REV2 [below]
Which one do you prefer between the two? 😉
(I made this patch from scratch)
Gear used:
Roland SH-01A
Valhalla Vintageverb"
BOARDS OF CANADA - Kaini Industries (Prophet REV2 Synth Cover)
video upload by nicola neeco
"I re-created one of my favorite BOC tunes, from the album Music Has the Right to Children (1998, Warp Records & Skam records)
"Strobos showcases Bazille's talent for creating complex movements. We asked six top sound designers (including our own Viktor and Howard) to contribute different flavours of ‘motion’: Bass riffs, layered melodies, swirling effects, percussion loops – even a classic analogue drum machine clone or two! All patches are ready to be tweaked, played, recorded, and then sliced and diced as you see fit.
Available here: https://u-he.com/products/soundsets/b...
00:00 - 1: Percussion
05:10 - 2: Low End
10:23 - 3: High End
18:00 - 4: Layered
24:27 - 5: Effects
30:26: - 6: Chords & Pads"
