Arturia Analog Lab V vs u-he Hive 2

Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which synth to buy.

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Specs compared

Arturia Analog Lab Vu-he Hive 2
Price$199€149
Dubspot Score
FormatsVST, VST3, Audio Units (AU), AAX, NKS, StandaloneCLAP, VST3, AUv2 (macOS), AAX (64-bit)
Presets2000+ curated sounds from the V Collection instruments2400+ NKS-ready factory presets
Plugin formatsVST, VST3, AU, AAX, NKS (64-bit DAWs only)
Price (USD)US$199 (Analog Lab Pro)
Windows requirementsWindows 10+ (64-bit), 4GB RAM, 4-core CPU at 3.4GHz, 4GB free disk, OpenGL 2.0 GPU
Mac requirementsmacOS 11+, 4GB RAM, 4-core CPU at 3.4GHz or M1 chip, 4GB free disk, OpenGL 2.0 GPU
Oscillators2 pairs of stereo oscillators, 9 waveforms each, plus wavetable option (140 wavetables included), up to 16x unison per oscillator, tunable sub-oscillators
Filters2 multimode filters (lowpass, highpass, bandpass, bandreject, peaking, comb, reverb, dissonant, sideband)
PolyphonyUp to 16 voices; mono, legato and duophonic modes
Modulation2 LFOs, 2 pairs of ADSR envelopes, 12x2 modulation matrix slots with modifiers, shape sequencer, function generators
Effects7 onboard effects (distortion, chorus, delay, phaser, EQ, reverb, compressor)

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