u-he Hive 2 Synthesizer Plug-in Reviews
With its sleek, single-screen interface, the u-he Hive synthesizer plug-in makes sound design easy. Hive's streamlined workflow welcomes you to tweak until your sound is perfect. Hive is light on your CPU, too, and won't bog you down while you're engaged in the creative process. In spite of being a lightweight synth, Hive is loaded with the heavyweight features, controls, and flexibility you need to forge amazing soundscapes. Whether you're into EDM, ambient, fusion, progressive rock, R&B - or any other music genre - take it from Sweetwater: u-he Hive delivers.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Amazing synth!
I'm in awe by how good Uhe Hive is. Excellent presets, and very easy to use. Still trying to learn the UI, but getting more familiar everyday. Stunning sound quality.
GREAT PRODUCT AND INTERFACE!
Love this synth VST one of my faves I own! , Great Presets, plus theres tons of aftermarket presets to find for all generes of electronic music, and the sound design stuff is not too bad either, plus there are tons of tutorials on youtube!
every Synth has its beauty Hive is outstanding
Whatever I create in Hive is very easily found and tweaked and is beautiful to work with and to enjoy the sound quality ... I have all major synths in my arsenal ... to go to Hive always open my heart and the joy to work with
Hive
Great product. Easy edits.
Best WYSIWYG User interface out there...
I love not only the Hive 2 synth sounds and ARP patterns that come stock with this synth plugin, but also how easy it is to create / modify sounds to make a dozen recording quality synth sounds / patterns from one preset. The user interface is all basically on one screen (What You See Is What You Get). I used this synth on 2 original songs i have created so far with great results, and feel quite sure i will use it many more times. I also have Omnisphere 2.5, Halion 6 / Halion Sonic 3, Rob Papen Predator 2 and Blue 2, as well as Arturia Pigments and AAS VA3....lots of great synths to compare with so this recommendation was not made lightly.
Hive 2 is my favorite
I got all the most poupluar synths... Massive, Serum, Sylenth 1,etc and Hive 2 is easily my favorite. Awesome features not found on the others. Incredible sounds. Easy to use. Worth every penny.
Get Your Money Worth
I needed to add a software synth to my arsenal and this has turned out to be a great choice. The factory presets are very useable. It is laid out in a straight forward manner for those who like to do a lot of tweaking. Just make sure your sample rate in your DAW (I use Pro Tools) is at least 512 as you may experience clicks and pops (I had this same problem with Waves Electric 88 piano and setting the sample rate higher alleviated the problem as well).
Hive
Hive is just sensational, got one tone for every my ideas, great job u-he!
Classy VA
It can be a little daunting at first. The interface is laid out to be intuitive but to the beginner can seem bloated and confusing. I personally like the GUI but it's crammed. There is a lot going on under the hood but the end results are astonishing. Using it live and it sounds great.
Awesome
Its an awesome plug in for its price, has alot of great sounds that will think of some melodies quick.
This may be the best u-he vsti
I've been a fan of u-he since trying their free synths. Sounds are usable right out of the "box" and a large solid variety to choose from. Pleasant to navigate and easy to save and mark your favorite sounds. I didn't give it a full 5 star because I like huge moving pads or sounds. Hive has them but it wasn't mind blow and didn't give me the chills. So I took off half a star but that just a preference thing. I may end up getting ACE as well. I tried the demo a while back and had to uninstall because every time I loaded it up I kept making songs but couldn't continue because it was only a demo. Anyway...Hive is worth the investment no doubt.
Hive
Excellent virtual synth, I strongly recommend it. Great tones in just the presets.
quality sound great
the quality sound and the evolution of a synth vst that together with a few vst synths make the virtual world almost analogical.
Uhe Hive
Hive is a very user friendly plug in that has an amazing preset library and awesome sounds alike. Hive is great for ppl who are just getting into synthesis because the layout is simple; simple is good! That means you can spend more time producing and less time asking questions and reading how too' s
