Introduction to u-he HIVE Overview Tutorial Videos

Published on Jun 1, 2015 uheplugins

"In this 10 part series, Ronan Macdonald introduces the basic features and functions in Hive."

Playlist:
Introduction to u-he HIVE - 1 Control Bar + Presets
Introduction to u-he HIVE - 2 Oscillators
Introduction to u-he HIVE - 3 Filters
Introduction to u-he HIVE - 4 Glide
Introduction to u-he HIVE - 5 Modulation Matrix
Introduction to u-he HIVE - 6 LFOs
Introduction to u-he HIVE - 7 Envelopes
Introduction to u-he HIVE - 8 Arpeggiator
Introduction to u-he HIVE - 9 Sequencer
Introduction to u-he HIVE - 10 Effects

Presets/Soundsets/Banks Previews by Anton Anru

Published on Feb 20, 2019 Anton Anru

The above is a playlist of Presets/Soundsets/Banks Previews by new supporting MATRIXSYNTH member, Anton Anru. Note some of these have been posted before. You can use the player controls to skip around to what interests you. Many of these are available at https://sellfy.com/lfo/. Be sure to browse the site for what's available.

Playlist as of this post:
New Presets for ROLI Equator: Impression Vol. 1 - Full Walkthrough
U-He Repro 5 Soundset - 100 Universal Presets
Presets for SoundToys Effect Rack - One-Shot Extension (Walkthrough)
Xfer Serum - Analog Dreams Vol.2 Modern. Bank of presets walkthrough
U-He Repro 5 Soundset - Cosmic Pads And Drones (20 presets)
U-He Repro 5 EDM DANCE
U-He Repoo 5 Ambient Electronica
U-he Repro 5 Breaks D'n'B
U-He Repro 5 Breakbeat Trip-Hop
U-He Repro 1 on 13 tracks makes a tune
U-He Repro 5 DUB TECHNO DEEP
U-he Repro 5 Retro Electronica Sci-Fi
U-He Rrepro-5 Scetch
Xfer Serum Ambient Pulsing Pad Preset
A track using SoundToys Effect Rack presets
Presets for SoundToys Effect Rack - Pad Stop (Walkthrough)
U-He Repro-5 Vintage Electronica

U-he Diva Oberheim & Roland Comparison Demos

U-he Diva - Oberheim style voice spread
U-he Diva - Oberheim style voice spread by CoolColJ
"Excuse the bad playing :)

Emulating Oberheim and SE Omega/Code voice spread in U-He Diva
Used the state variable filters - which I guess are modelled after the Oberheim SEM"

Roland Jupiter 8 vs U-He Diva - Filter wide open
Roland Jupiter 8 vs U-He Diva - Filter wide open by CoolColJ

Hollywood Movie Scores With U-HE HIVE 2

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Demo and review of U-HE HIVE 2 VST plugin software synthesizer.
Playing the presets created by the legendary sound designer Howard Scarr who works with Hans Zimmer to create the soundtracks for many Hollywood blockbuster movies.
You'll hear bass, pad, sequencer sounds plus all the effects that the synth has to offer.

All presets and sounds demonstrated here are from the factory library included with Hive."

Interview: Urs Heckmann, Howard Scarr and Viktor Weimer - Crack u-he sound designers

video upload by sonicstate

"We were able to chat with the sound designer behind many of u-he's patches across their instrument range. Howard Scarr is well known for his sound design and patch work being hired by Hans Zimmer for The Dark Knight. Viktor Weimer has been creating patches for the u-he range for some years, and Urs Heckmann of course is where the company takes its name and is the chief architect of their range.

The patches were created in Hive 2.1 -the .1 being after Urs added some extra features to Hive to allow for more creative sound design. Specifically in the filter types plus a few other features.

Metaphorium is available for download now priced at €39:
https://u-he.com/products/soundsets/h...

00:00 How did Metaphorium start?
09:00 What new features did you add to Hive?
13:38 What is your process for creating patches?
17:20 Designing for performance
22:40 is the a final mastering process?
24:50 Is it important to be able to play to create patches?
32:20 Quiz: Who's patch is this?
35:55 Do you get inspired by your own patches?
38:37 When is patch finished?
43:00 How do you come up with names?
50:40 Controlling
55:30 Any of your patches recognised in the movie"

u-he features with Martin Eyerer

Published on Apr 26, 2016 uheplugins

"Thirty years into his career and Martin Eyerer is not content to sit still. When talking with him, one gets the sense of the passion for his music and work that still drives him. This passion for electronic music ignited during the late 80s on a trip to Ibiza where he heard UK house for the first time. After that he didn't look back.

Now with over two hundred releases, an international DJ career, a successful record label and co-owner of Riverside Studios, Martin looks for what is next.

We talked to Martin (in between his busy schedule) at his riverside studio in Berlin about his work, synthesizers, studio and life.

To An End is available soon on Kling Klong Records
Turn Turn Turn is available now on Kling Klong Records


Links:
u-he - http://www.u-he.com
Diva - http://www.u-he.com/diva
ACE - http://www.u-he.com/ace
Martin Eyerer - http://www.martineyerer.com
Kling Klong Records - http://www.klingklong.net
Riverside Studios - http://www.riversidestudios.de"

Tangible Patching of U-HE ACE with Percussa AudioCubes and MidiBridge v3

Tangible Patching of U-HE ACE with Percussa AudioCubes and MidiBridge v3 from Mark Mosher on Vimeo.

"by synthesist Mark Mosher, Boulder, CO. http://www.MarkMosherMusic.com

In this video I'm using Percussa's wireless AudioCubes change the cable patching of the U-HE ACE virtual analog synthesizer on-the-fly with no mouse. The U-HE ACE synthesizer allows you to use MIDI CCs to map the source for any cable. Percussa MIDIBridge 3 for Wireless AudioCubes has a new "Topology" mode that allows you to send MIDI note trigger information as well as distance data (MIDI CCs) at the same time for up to 16 cubes simultaneously! This video shows some of my early tests and ideas for leveraging these features by pairing AudioCubes with ACE. Of course these are baby steps for what is possible and these same techniques could be applied to other instruments - and even hardware instruments via MIDI or MIDI-to-CV.

Links:
- http://www.percussa.com
- http://www.u-he.com/cms/ace"

u-he Filterscape 1.5 – The Creative Multi-Talent

video upload by u-he

"Available here: https://u-he.com/products/filterscape/

Version 1.5 of our classic Filterscape plugin bundle has received a major overhaul: a sleek new look, better sounding EQs and new analogue filter models, among other things. Filterscape FX gives you a set of powerful 4-band EQs and multi-mode filters to shape your sounds in unprecedented ways. Filterscape Q6 has a slightly reduced feature set but sports 6 EQ bands and is more focussed on dynamic tasks. Filterscape VA is a complete virtual analogue synthesizer with a polyphonic morphing EQ.u-he,synthesizer,synths,VST,AU,plugin,synth,analogue,analog"

Filterscape FX/Q6 – Preset Walkthrough

video upload by u-he

"Here is a selection of presets from Filterscape FX/Q6 (version 1.5). We used a broad range of audio material, and tweaked some of the controls while recording.

Music by Seb (Hyboid)

00:00 - Intro
00:07 - Diva Pad
03:07 - Hive Sequence
05:31 - Beats
09:10 - Electric Piano
11:46 - Clean Electric Guitar
14:54 - Distorted Electric Guitar
17:44 - Orchestra
20:20 - Drummachine
23:19 - Acoustic Drums (Filterscape Q6 presets)"

NAMM 2023 U-he Filterscape Bundle First Look

video upload by sonicstate

"At NAMM 2023, Sonic State caught up with Urs Heckmann, founder of U-he, to discuss the new FilterScape plugin. Although an older plugin, U-he has updated it to give it a whole new breath of life. FilterScape is a form band EQ with eight snapshots where each snapshot can have a different EQ setting, making it useful for different song sections. There are also modulations for the frequency, queue, and gain for each band separately and separately for each snapshot. The EQ section also has filters and parallel bandpass filters and can be dependent on the stereo field. The plugin has a mixer section with two mixers, allowing for different configurations, and modulation for envelope followers and filters. The plugin also includes step sequences, LFOs, and a delay that can sit in various parts of the mix.

FilterScape is part of a plugin bundle consisting of three plugins, which includes the U-he MFM2. Although the concept behind FilterScape is simple, the new design and layout make it more accessible and user-friendly. For more information on the FilterScape plugin and U-he's other products, visit their website."

Note Filterscape was mentioned back in 2013 here.

Filterscape sculpts your audio with style and ease. A tool for all occasions—transform and reconstruct audio into crazy soundscapes, or make surgical cuts to remove unwanted frequencies. Advanced options and high-quality results make Filterscape an adventurous choice for rhythmic filtering and audio processing.

Filterscape comes with two companion plug-ins: the FilterscapeVA synthesizer and the FilterscapeQ6 6-band dynamic EQ.

Modulation options for each EQ band
2 host-syncable LFOs with 8 waveforms
4 envelope followers
Scalable UI from 70% to 200%
Skinnable UI
Easy MIDI learn for remote control
Over 100 presets

u-he Introduces MFM2.5 - More Feedback Machine Update

Playlist:

1. MFM2.5 Tutorial (Pt.1): Overview / Routing / Feedback

00:00 - Intro / Overview 00:52 - Presets tab 01:05 - Setting up a new patch 01:42 - Delay lines 02:55 - Master feedback knob 03:24 - Feedback configuration 05:50 - User matrix / custom routing

2. MFM2.5 Tutorial (Pt.2): Filter / LFO / Effects

00:00 - Filter section 00:48 - LFO Modulation 02:03 - Effects 03:17 - Compressors 04:10 - Clipper

3. MFM2.5 Tutorial (Pt.3): Resonators / Musical Pitch / MSEG

00:00 - Resonators 01:38 - Musical pitch 02:31 - LFO pitch modulation 03:58 - MSEG feedback modulation 04:31 - User matrix

4. MFM2.5 Tutorial (Pt.4): "Fun with LFOs"

00:00 - Introduction to LFOs 00:28 - Setting up new patch
01:28 - LFO modulating cutoff
02:38 - LFO modulating panorama
03:28 - LFO restart
04:34 - FX: Diffusor
05:37 - Tweaks

5. MFM2.5 Tutorial (Pt.5): "Transient Balance & Diffusor FX"

00:00 - Introduction
00:24 - Setting up the patch
01:34 - Transient balance
02:41 - Adding delay 3+4
03:16 - Diffusor FX
03:45 - LFO modulating diffusor size
04:56 - LFO modulating master feedback
05:30 - LFO restart

6. MFM2.5 Tutorial (Pt.6): "Granular FX"

Concluding our tutorial series, here's our new Granular effect! We'll add in some LFO modulation to create a u-he,synthesizer,synths,VST,AU,plugin,synth,delay,granular,diffusion,clapspacey Granular Delay.
MFM2.5 is available here: https://u-he.com/products/mfm2/

00:00 - Introduction
00:15 - Setting up the patch
01:13 - Granular FX
02:34 - LFO modulating granular transposition
04:01 - Bandpass filtering the feedback

u-he More Feedback Machine 2.5 Patch Flip - Sonic LAB

video upload by sonicstate

MFM2: More Feedback Machine

MFM2 is our over-the-top digital delay plug-in. You can create anything from subtle textured echos to huge spacey reverbs, from wild tonal steps on a pad to rhythmic deconstruction of a drum track. As a regular delay MFM2 already offers as much control and inspiration as possible, while the advanced features in version 2.5 open up wider horizons. More feedback, more control, more inspiration!

New in version 2.5:
input section with gain, filter and transient balance
4 delay lines with independent absolute time or tempo-synced modes
Each delay line has its own multimode filter: 2x lowpass, bandpass, 2x highpass, bandreject or allpass
6 default delay configurations or user matrix (freely route signals between all 4 delay lines)
4 syncable LFOs with 8 waveform options or user definable shapes
2 syncable and loopable multi-stage envelope generator (MSEG) modulation sources
4-slot modulation matrix with depth modulation from a second source
2 channel-pair effects: soft clipper, bit crusher, phaser, frequency shifter, filter...
New in version 2.5: granular (pitch shift, reverse delays) and diffusor (reverb)
2 channel-pair compressor/limiters, with peak or maximize modes
New in version 2.5: output shield (soft clipper) with strength and threshold options
Scalable UI from 70% to 200%
400+ factory presets

https://u-he.com/products/mfm2/

U-he Diva Tutorials

Diva tutorial 01 - Distortion

YouTube Published on Jul 5, 2012 by uheplugins

"This is the first of a series of bite-sized tutorials aimed at users of u-he's latest synthesizer, Diva. Let's get straight to the nitty-gritty i.e. the fascinating subject of distortion.

CLICK FOR MORE »

SoundsDivine 'Essential Mix' - U-he Hive Soundset

SoundsDivine111

"This is a demo of the presets from the 'Essential Mix' soundset for U-he Hive.
For more information, please follow the link below:
https://soundsdivine.com/product/hive...

00:00 Intro
00:10 Super Sawtooth
00:34 String Machine
01:07 Echo Reflections
01:41 Cosmic Funk
02:00 Trance Invasion
02:18 Harmony Jives
02:38 Symphonic Strings
03:03 Retro Glide
03:25 Tape Delays
04:00 Liquid Waves

#u-he #hive #presets"

"‘Essential Mix’ contains 100 sounds for U-he’s Hive synth.

This soundset is inspired by a handful of classic digital synthesizers of the 80s & 90s , including the Korg Prophecy, Novation Supernova, Roland JD800 & JP-8000 & Access Virus.

‘Essential Mix’ features a diverse & musical collection of sounds, including super saws, classic synth plucks, mellow moogy basses, analogue strings, ambient synthscapes, hypnotic phaser pads, string machine emulations, DX pianos, crystal keys, vintage analogue brass and much more.

All patches include modwheel & aftertouch assignments."

SoundsDivine's 'Essential Mix' & 'Supersonic FM' for U-he's Hive

Published on May 27, 2019 SoundsDivine111

via SoundsDivine

‘Essential Mix’ contains 100 sounds for U-he’s Hive synth.

This soundset is inspired by a handful of classic digital synthesizers of the 80s & 90s , including the Korg Prophecy, Novation Supernova, Roland JD800 & JP-8000 & Access Virus.

‘Essential Mix’ features a diverse & musical collection of sounds, including super saws, classic synth plucks, mellow moogy basses, analogue strings, ambient synthscapes, hypnotic phaser pads, string machine emulations, DX pianos, crystal keys, vintage analogue brass and much more.

All patches include modwheel & aftertouch assignments.

SoundsDivine's 'Supersonic FM' - U-he Hive

Published on May 27, 2019 SoundsDivine111

via SoundsDivine

‘Supersonic FM’ contains 100 presets for U-he Hive

This soundset uses Hive’s new wavetable oscillators to create a diverse range of new sounds and features plucky FM basses, huge unison stack sounds, prophet VS style pads, distorted bass sounds, twisted arpeggios, super FM plucks and much more.

JP8 vs U-He DIVA beta - ResoDualSAW - Echomania

JP8 vs U-He DIVA beta - ResoDualSAW - Echomania by CoolColJ
"Another little comparison between JP8 and U-He Diva beta

Running both through the freeware Echomania echo VST in real time in Reaper, recording it into Wavelab. U-He with max "divine" quality and using the modelled JP8 components

Diva does sound like it in a general way, but to does seem a bit more "plastic", lacking the extra richness and upper harmonics, brightness

Plus the Roland pitch stick is ace for filter tweaking, not quite the same with the Andromeda's mod wheel controlling Diva!"

Single Synth Demos - KarmaFX Modular, Xils-Lab Oxium & PolyKB, U-He Diva

Single Synth Demo - KarmaFX Modular

YouTube Published on Aug 27, 2012 by synthdemo

"All sounds including drums and vocal are from KarmaFX. No external FX used except light limiting on the master.
Like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/synthdemo

More demos coming soon, both hardware and software. If you have a particular synth you'd like to see demoed please just ask in the comments.

Thanks for watching. More demos and music at:
http://soundcloud.com/synthdemo
http://soundcloud.com/octopusempire"

http://karmafx.net/

Xils-Lab Oxium Single-Synth Demo

Published on Aug 5, 2012 by synthdemo

"Single-synth demo of the Xils-Lab Virtual Analog synth Oxium. All sounds except drums/vocal sample are from Oxium.

Better quality audio at http://soundcloud.com/synthdemo
Check out more of my music at http://soundcloud.com/octopusempire"

http://www.xils-lab.com/

Single-synth demo Xils-Lab PolyKB ii watch in HD.

ublished on Aug 23, 2012 by synthdemo

"All sounds including drums are from PolyKB ii." SoundCloud posted here.

U-He Diva Demo 720p

Published on Jul 8, 2012 by synthdemo

"720p recommended!
Made with the beta of the superb Diva virtual analog synth from U-He.
Grab the demo at http://www.u-he.com/cms/113-diva-news

All sounds other than drums/vocals are from Diva. As usual, all patches are original, no presets used.

Audio only SYNTHDemo at http://soundcloud.com/synthdemo
Check out more of my music at http://octopusempire.com

Thanks for listening."

u-he's Pedolski VA Soft Synth Updated and Released for Free

u-he or Urs Heckmann is the man behind the recently released and acclaimed Diva virtual analog synth.

"Podolski is a simple, CPU-efficient virtual analogue synthesizer. Basically a cut down version of FilterscapeVA with just one oscillator, one filter, one envelope and two LFOs, it also features a Zebra-style arpeggiator/sequencer plus chorus and delay effects.

Podolski's specialities are the Click parameter (emphasizes the filter attack) and its ability to seamlessly morph between three waveforms (WaveWarp).

Version 1.0 was released as a free gift for visitors to the u-he booth during Musikmesse 2005. Right after Musikmesse it went on the cover mount CD of the German KEYBOARDS magazine (later Sound & Recording). Podolski was u-he's first 'magware' offering, and was distributed with every issue until about 2009.

"Podolski has been refurbished with some new presets by Howard Scarr, has undergone a GUI makeover (two new skins) and supports a wider range of plug-in formats. A new English language manual is also included. Download Podolski for free from here (top right of this page)!"

New Loops Releases Eternal Hive Presets and Hive Presets Bundle

"New Loops has released Eternal Hive Presets and Hive Presets Bundle, 2 new sound packs for U-he Hive.

Eternal Hive Presets - a new sound bank for U-he Hive featuring a collection of beautifully crafted Hive presets inspired by recent soundtracks including Mr Robot, Tenet, Ghost In The Shell, Blade Runner 2049, The Division 2, Apex Legends, and Cyberpunk 2077.

Hive Presets Bundle - the new soundset bundle for U-he Hive. Featuring 330 inspirational presets including a huge range of pads, strings, leads, sound effects, keys, basses, sequences, and more. Hive Presets Bundle combines 4 high-quality sound banks for U-he Hive and includes: Eternal, Ultimate Power, Wavetable Hive presets, and Enter The Hive.

Eternal Hive Presets Intro Price: £12.99 until January 31, 2022 (Reg. £14.99). Free demo presets are available to download from Eternal Hive Presets - https://newloops.com/products/eternal-hive- presets

Hive Presets Bundle Intro Price: 55% OFF! £29.23 until January 31, 2022 (Reg. £64.96). Free demo presets are available to download from Hive Presets Bundle - https://newloops.com/products/hive- presets-bundle"

Musikmesse: U-he Goes Modular in Software, Satin & Diva Updates

http://www.u-he.com/cms/
via KVR:

- we'll showcase Bazille 1.0 (to be released in June/July)
- we'll showcase Satin (tape machine emulation, due in May)
- we might showcase Presswerk, a massive compressor (ui pending)
- we'll have a Digital oscillator module for Diva
- we'll have a new "Uhbie" filter module for Diva and ZebraHZ
- we'll have a sequencer/arpeggiator combo for Diva (all coming in June)
- we'll have Caffè corretto to pick you up

And also, wish us luck for Diva's second nomination for the MIPA award. It took Zebra twice to get it, so we're in good spirits.

More screenshots will be posted as they come...

Some notes from Urs in response to comments:

"Well, hehe, it won't look as 3D as the render of course.

But the new layout with those "channels" that show the signal flow within each module has become really great.

I'd post a screenshot, but alas... I'm still working on some shading algorithms (the gui currently gets rendered on the fly when the editor is opened or resized, not sure if we can keep that up because it takes 2-3 seconds)"

On the new digital oscillator for Diva:

"It's got two oscillators. Each with 8 waveforms. Each waveforms has two "Control" parameters that can be modulated.

Most notably:

- TriangleMod: Does a foldback-distorted triangle wave combined with a symmetry-warp function
- SuperSaw: Does a sawtooth with 6 additional sawtooth mixed in, ad variable detune
- Feedback: Does a sawtooth with distorted feedback at variable (tuned) delay and gain
- Noise: Does noise with adjustable bandpass filtering and cutoff
- PWM: Does PWM with an invented-by-u-he pseudo-resonance control
- plus another sawtooth and triangle waveform

Both oscillators can interact by Ringmodulation, Sync and Crossmodulation.

I guess you'll all easily guess where this is coming from"

on Satin:
"I'll be sitting down with Sascha today to prepare the final touches of the user interface. Maybe we can have a more or less accurate screenshot then.

Basically... Satin is not just a tape emulation. I'm thinking of it as "all of tape"

Without being modelled after specific gear like Diva, Satin still has a mix and match approach. There are various pre-equalisation and post-equalisation curves to choose from as well as various noise reduction techniques and a choice of tape speed, plus a few head/gain adjustments. The sound of tape ranges from subtle to drastic. The adjustable noise level is irresistable

On top of that we've added a choice of typical tape applications:

as a tape emulation it can glue a mix, and there's easy control for up to 8 groups of Satins that share the same settings

as a sound design tool it crunches, compresses, expands, "makes 3D"

in delay mode it does for a bloody damn fine tape delay (2 or 4 heads)

in flanger mode it lets you "fly in" flanging just like in the olden days

as a restauration tool it can "repair" recordings that were made with one machine and digitised from another

In tradition of u-he, Satin is to tape what MFM2 is to delay or what Filterscape is to equalisation. The CPU usage is on par with other tape emulations we've tried. While it doesn't sound exactly like any specific machine, we're confident that Satin behaves very much like those machines would.

Screenshot follows...

- Urs"

Tangible Patching of U-HE ACE with Percussa AudioCubes and MidiBridge v3

Published on Aug 23, 2015 Mark Mosher

"by synthesist Mark Mosher, Boulder, CO. http://MarkMosherMusic.com

In this video I'm using Percussa's wireless AudioCubes change the cable patching of the U-HE ACE virtual analog synthesizer on-the-fly with no mouse. The U-HE ACE synthesizer allows you to use MIDI CCs to map the source for any cable. Percussa MIDIBridge 3 for Wireless AudioCubes has a new "Topology" mode that allows you to send MIDI note trigger information as well as distance data (MIDI CCs) at the same time for up to 16 cubes simultaneously! This video shows some of my early tests and ideas for leveraging these features by pairing AudioCubes with ACE. Of course these are baby steps for what is possible and these same techniques could be applied to other instruments - and even hardware instruments via MIDI or MIDI-to-CV.
Links:

- http://percussa.com
- http://u-he.com/cms/ace"

u-he Presentation at Superbooth16 in Berlin

Published on Apr 19, 2016 uheplugins

"The u-he Gesprächskonzerte / presentation at Superbooth16 - March 31, 2016.

Sascha and Urs talk about the ideas, challenges and future of the current research projects at u-he: acoustic drum modelling and the RePro-1.

Sascha starts at 0:11
Urs starts at: 6:44

You can download the RePro-alpha to test the various filter models and gives us feedback here: http://www.u-he.com/cms/189-repro-alp..."

SoundsDivine 'Overflow' & 'Essential Mix V2' for U-he's Hive

Published on Jan 31, 2019 SoundsDivine111

"Preview of the presets from the 'Overflow' soundset for U-he's Hive synthesizer.

https://soundsdivine.com/product/hive..."

SoundsDivine 'Essential Mix V2' - U-he Hive

Published on Jan 31, 2019 SoundsDivine111

"Preview of the presets from the 'Essential Mix V2' soundset for U-he's Hive synthesizer.

https://soundsdivine.com/product/hive...

Drums - Korg Volca Beats"