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 V | u-he Hive 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $199 | €149 |
| Dubspot Score | — | — |
| Formats | VST, VST3, Audio Units (AU), AAX, NKS, Standalone | CLAP, VST3, AUv2 (macOS), AAX (64-bit) |
| Presets | 2000+ curated sounds from the V Collection instruments | 2400+ NKS-ready factory presets |
| Plugin formats | VST, VST3, AU, AAX, NKS (64-bit DAWs only) | — |
| Price (USD) | US$199 (Analog Lab Pro) | — |
| Windows requirements | Windows 10+ (64-bit), 4GB RAM, 4-core CPU at 3.4GHz, 4GB free disk, OpenGL 2.0 GPU | — |
| Mac requirements | macOS 11+, 4GB RAM, 4-core CPU at 3.4GHz or M1 chip, 4GB free disk, OpenGL 2.0 GPU | — |
| Oscillators | — | 2 pairs of stereo oscillators, 9 waveforms each, plus wavetable option (140 wavetables included), up to 16x unison per oscillator, tunable sub-oscillators |
| Filters | — | 2 multimode filters (lowpass, highpass, bandpass, bandreject, peaking, comb, reverb, dissonant, sideband) |
| Polyphony | — | Up to 16 voices; mono, legato and duophonic modes |
| Modulation | — | 2 LFOs, 2 pairs of ADSR envelopes, 12x2 modulation matrix slots with modifiers, shape sequencer, function generators |
| Effects | — | 7 onboard effects (distortion, chorus, delay, phaser, EQ, reverb, compressor) |
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