It offers a comfortable way to ‘gamify’ rhythm creation. The Shape Sequencer is where you can create complex modulations and/or rhythmic patterns. If you’re interested in writing your own scripts, grab this document (also included in the Hive 2 installer)… Want to go even deeper? Many of Hive’s factory wavetables are not samples, but “.uhm” files containing scripts written in a proprietary wavetable generation and manipulation language. This feature opens up a second dimension of wavetable scanning, such as velocity crossfade or multisample support. The lower Position knob will crossfade between those 3. For instance, a wavetable with 30 frames can be split into 3 x 10 frames by setting Tables to 3. Wavetables can be split into multiple parts (up to 16), effectively creating a 2-dimensional oscillator. You can manually select wavetables, modulate the wave position via the matrix, or even scan through them automatically using the envelope and loop options (which let you animate wavetables without the need for an extra modulation source).

Hive 2 includes Wavetables! These appear as multiple waveforms, and are controlled in the central hexagon. 2000+ NKS-ready factory presets by some of our favourite sound designers, many more available online.Scope to view the audio output or any modulation signal, with freeze option and zoom controls.Solo buttons allow auditioning individual oscillator or filter signals.

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