Search Hive presets by sound
Search u-he Hive presets by sound. Record into the mic, drop a sample, or pick a preset, and Presetti finds similar Hive patches, offline.
Windows now · macOS coming soon
Hive is quick to program, so libraries pile up quickly: factory banks, genre packs, and your own sketches. The patch browser can filter by tag, but it can't tell you which lead sounds closest to the one in your reference track.
Presetti listens to your Hive patches and lets you search them by sound. Record, drop a sample, or pick a Hive patch and get the closest matches.
What Presetti reads from Hive
- Tested with
- Hive by u-he, VST3 plugin
- u-he presets (.h2p)
- Hive's factory and user patches, plus third-party .h2p soundsets.
Where Presetti finds your Hive presets
You don't need to know where Hive keeps its presets. Presetti looks for them on its own, and you can point it at any other folder.
- The standard preset folders for Hive on your computer
- Built-in presets, when Hive makes them available
- Any extra folders you add, such as packs on another drive
How it works with Hive
Presetti finds your synths
It scans your computer for supported instruments and their presets.
You choose what to add
Pick which synths join your search library. You stay in control of the set.
Search by sound
Record into the mic, drop a sample, or pick a preset to find more like it.
Hive questions
- Do third-party Hive soundsets work?
- Yes. Soundsets installed as .h2p patches in Hive's preset folders are searched like the factory ones.
- Does Presetti upload my presets?
- No. Everything runs on your computer. No account, no upload.
Other supported synths
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Find the supported synth plugins on your computer and choose which preset libraries to add to Presetti.
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