#U he diva vs hive Patch#
Loading the default saw wave patch is a good way to get your head around Hive's signal flow. Anyone who's spent more than ten minutes with a subtractive synth will be comfortable creating and editing sounds.
Although there are many hidden features across subtle menus, every fundamental sound design control is visible within a single window. This synth draws more on the future-retro devices it emulates, with harsh corners, neon colours and multiple letterbox displays. Once a sound is loaded, the beauty of Hive is in its GUI. Moving beyond presets, the synth begins to show its strengths. Comparisons with Sylenth and NI's Massive are inevitable-it is unapologetically digital, with preset names like EDM Brass, BroStep Drop 3 and Modern Disco, which sounds a lot more like Giorgio Moroder's recent releases than the era in which he made his name. Fans Roland's JP-8000 will remember its Supersaw, the waveform that launched a thousand trance tracks with the detuned, bright and sometimes brash tone, and the same description works for Hive's sound. With two oscillators (and two subs), two filters, four envelopes and two LFOs, it's a classic setup, with a few additions to give it the famous U-he flexibility. Hive is a subtractive synthesizer plug-in with a focus on ease of use and fast workflow. Now they're back with a light-on-CPU soft synth that's aimed at dance music producers. Their venture into effects resulted in acclaimed plug-ins like Satin and Presswerk. Bazille took on the aesthetic of a Roland System-100m, while Diva's strengths are in its sound engine (despite its self-confessed CPU drain).
One thing that connects all of U-he's synths is modulation-they offer a vast and sometimes complex matrix allowing for near-infinite sound design possibilities.