Rather than re-write the book on modern synthesis, each of Hive's two core oscillators provide a range of familiar analog waveforms: sine, sawtooth, triangle, pulse, square, half, and narrow, along with white and pink noise. The bottom left contains pitch controls such as vibrato and glide, while the larger bottom right area shows the either keyboard or a modulation matrix with up to 24 routings. Along top is a basic control bar with handy undo and redo buttons, as well as the standard polyphony, transposition, and master volume settings. The hexagon provides access to a rather deep sequencer and arpeggiator, as well as a bank of seven effect modules including distortion, chorus, reverb, delay, EQ, compressor, and phaser. Hive's futuristic GUI is divided into eight sections: two oscillators, two filters, two LFOs, and four envelopes, all arranged symmetrically around the hexagonal central display.
