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U-he Hive 2 €149

When we reviewed the original Hive ( 221, 10/10) we described it as a potential Sylenth1 killer – a slick, easy-to-use virtual analogue synth that struck a great balance between depth and accessibility. Four years later, much has changed. LennarDigital’s softsynth is no longer the ‘must-have VST’ benchmark it once was and, with the recent addition of a wavetable oscillator, Hive isn’t just a virtual analogue synth anymore.

The wavetable oscillators aren’t actually a new addition for version 2, however, as they were added to Hive 1.2 at the tail end of 2018. Because of this,

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