
For it to become a viable product, the soundset would have to be for one particular synthesizer: It was decided on Hive.Īutumn 2019: Viktor, Howie and Urs start programming new Hive presets. He describes the kind of sounds he is looking for, and asks Urs whether he knows of any u-he sound banks that would fit the bill - or failing that, the names of sound designers who would be capable of creating such presets.Īfter some thought, Urs recognizes the sonic gap in u-he's portfolio… u-he could make those presets themselves, to be released as a soundset after Johnny's project hits the cinemas. Summer 2019: Composer Johnny Klimek approaches Urs about Zebra2 presets for a secret film music project. However, meticulous XY pad programming in Metaphorium makes many of the presets defy categorization: You can create radically different versions with ease, bending presets so they become suitable for any genre of music. The soundset includes a wide variety of rhythms, chugging basses, melodic loops, atonal and tonal pads, dreamy soundscapes, dramatic and ambient effects.


Metaphorium for Hive 2 contains 220+ presets programmed in-house by u-he team members Howard, Viktor (TUC) and Urs himself.
