Collection setup / software
Install the complete collection inHive 2.
Install a complete Fractal Sounds wavetable collection in Hive 2's user library and preserve its named subfolders.
- Source
- Fractal Sounds collection
- Install target
- Complete WAV collection
- Setup time
- About 5 minutes
One install / the full bank
Install the complete collection.
- 01
Keep the collection together
Unzip the collection and keep its named Fractal Sounds subfolders intact.
- 02
Open Hive's wavetable location
On macOS, copy the complete collection under /Library/Application Support/u-he/Hive/Wavetables/Fractal Sounds/. On Windows, use Documents/u-he/Hive.data/Wavetables/Fractal Sounds/.
- 03
Refresh Wavetables
Open Hive 2, use a wavetable file selector and choose Refresh Wavetables so the new folder appears.
- 04
Confirm and preserve the bank
Open the Fractal Sounds subfolder and load several tables. Avoid moving or renaming the installed collection after saving presets that depend on it.
Before the effects chain
Confirm the whole pack is available.
- Use the upper selector to confirm the full Fractal Sounds folder tree appears.
- Load a few files with the lower selector and try Auto Mode for an immediate scan.
- Save and reopen a test preset before reorganizing the installed collection.