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.
