u-he Software Uhbik 2

Sleek, intuitive and powerful

A collection of ten sophisticated effects with support for surround formats up to 7.1. Perfect for adding the finishing touches to your regular projects or for building wild, experimental quadraphonic effect chains… Whether you need subtle nuance or strong impact, Uhbik has you covered!

Ubhik Compressor

In the role of a generic compressor, Uhbik Compressor does a fine job bringing level fluctuations under control or delivering compact, dense, breathing compression. But there’s more: Uhbik Compressor actually combines two compressors in series—a standard downward compressor for controlling peaks plus a gentle upward compressor (Inflation) feature that carefully enhances low-level detail.

Uhbik Compressor also offers two different detection modes: feed-forward is for precise, modern control, while feed-back delivers vintage response with a natural character but limited compression range.

Uhbik Runciter : Distorting filter

Filters are THE classic tools for shaping sound-sculpting frequencies, adding resonance, and bringing tonal movement into your mix. But with its powerful distortion circuitry, Uhbik Runciter goes way beyond the standard state-variable filter. It packs some serious sonic character!

Control the cutoff frequency manually or automate it via the built-in envelope follower, or connect a MIDI foot pedal and perform expressive fuzz/wah effects.

The distortion section ranges from subtle saturation to audio mayhem. Experiment freely… but watch your speakers.

Uhbik EQ : Semi-parametric equalizer

Uhbik EQ takes a streamlined approach: Maximum flexibility with an absolute minimum of controls, maximum audio quality with low CPU usage, tweakability supported by smart automatic behaviour.

The two semi-parametric bands have switchable shelf and bell curves; change the frequency and the Q-factor is automatically adjusted for you. There are two additional filters for high and low cut, and a dedicated low-shelf filter for optimizing bass frequencies.

Shared features

Surround Processing

Uhbik can handle up to 8 channels surround, including e.g. quadraphony, 5.1 and 7.1. When applied to multichannel tracks, the channel offset parameter in the Flanger, Phaser, Grainshift and Tremolo spans all active channels—for dramatic effects that rotate around your head. Even the Delay’s panning controls are not simply stereophonic—they pan across all active channels.

Matrix

The 8-slot modulation matrix is used for adding motion by assigning modulation sources (MIDI, LFO, Envelope, Mapper) to any continuous controls on the panel. Modulation matrix assignments can be created very comfortably via drag & drop, then modified within the matrix slot in various ways.

Scope

Uhbik’s built-in oscilloscope is an essential visual aid for crafting rhythmic effects. You can view the audio output and/or up to four modulation signals at the same time—including the output of a modulation matrix slot—in any combination.

Mapper

The “Mapper” modulation source is a table that can hold up to 128 values between −100.00 and +100.00. How these values are interpreted depends on the selected Mode: MIDI notes, mapped modulation sources, triggered increments…

Envelope

Similar to the function generators seen in modern modular synthesizers, Uhbik’s envelope is a very flexible modulation source indeed. It can serve as an envelope follower, reacting to dynamics in the audio material, or can be triggered by audio signals or by any of the available modulation sources.

LFOs

A multi-waveform, general purpose low frequency oscillator you can use for any cyclic modulation, for Sample & Hold triggering, or as a source for the Mapper. The three cyclic effects (Flanger, Phaser and Tremolo) include another LFO hardwired to the main ‘character’ parameter of each effect.