Members ElectricPuppy Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Do you have this? Let's talk. I downloaded it about a week ago, and I have to say that I really like it. It's probably the first softie that hasn't made my eyes glaze over in confusion. It sounds sounds really good to my ears, and there's very definitely a difference in quality when you crank it up to "Devine" mode. Or, let's put this another way: Somebody tell me why I *shouldn't* shell out $179 for this and would be better served spending that on something else. (what?) DISCUSS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Citizen Klaus Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Or, let's put this another way: Somebody tell me why I *shouldn't* shell out $179 for this and would be better served spending that on something else. (what?)DISCUSS! If you like the sound of Diva, go for it. It's certainly more versatile than most soft-Minimoogs, what with the different oscillator and filter configurations. Personally, though, I didn't find enough of a difference (or improvement) over Minimoog-V to justify the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted August 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 I think it's more than just a Minimoog emulation, though. There's also some clearly Roland-inspired components in it, which I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Wu Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 i think its a total game changer in the world of VA. It does come at a price though in regards to CPU but i think its absolutely worth it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Wu Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 covers a lot of ground from moog to MS20 and Jupiters plus it comes with a ton of great patches by the like of Howard Scarr who is easily one of the best sound designers on this planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted August 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Yeah, there's a lot of usable patches in this this thing. I likey. It does put some hurt on my CPU, though, for sure. If I multitracked this thing, I'd be making heavy use of Sonar's freeze feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 13ghostsofscoobydoo Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 covers a lot of ground from moog to MS20 and Jupiters plus it comes with a ton of great patches by the like of Howard Scarr who is easily one of the best sound designers on this planet. It is a great soft synth. It does not however SCREAM like an MS20. People all the time say it has those characteristics, but I have yet to find them even if some of the MS20 elements are modeled. Well worth the buy though. If I had one complaint it would be that it lacks a lot of experimental characteristics. But being what it is, it is fantastic. If you want something more weird, there's always Aalto. Beyond those two synths, I'd also recommend looking into the XILS synths and Arturia's SEM V. Those are all top notch in my book to where I don't miss hardware. As far as Diva's extreme CPU hit, I just record it with midi in the lowest quality, change the setting to divine afterwards, then freeze the track and render it like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I gotta say i too downloaded the demo. I have to say I like it but I found most of the presets to be very bass heavy and over resonant in some places and I was frustrated because I couldn't hear anything other than "whhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooOOOOOOOOONNhhhhhh" half the time. is it just me? or is there something you can dial to turn that down a bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted August 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 Huh. I didn't notice that at all. Any patch in particular? Name one and I'll give a listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I put a bass compressor upon it and watched the volume and that seemed to help.. But I think I dont like the plate reverb that's on all the patches.. Other than that.. Its a frickkin monster I like.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted August 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 But it's the plate reverb that imparts that 80's feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 Just must be my ears then.. I like a bit more of a tighter sound. Adding the bass compressor and adjusting the volume a bit made it sound real nice.. Now if only we could get something as powerful as diva in an cem ssm style. Sigh.. Why can't we all have our flying cars right now....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr.Wu Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 here is a pretty cool tutorial that shows how to get a nice screaming tone out of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted August 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I pulled the trigger. I've been playing it for a while now, and I love it. I haven't been this pleased with a soft synth in a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 Diva is amazing. Enjoy it, Puppy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted August 12, 2012 Members Share Posted August 12, 2012 oh silly me, I was playing the bass in the 1 & 2 octaves. I transposed up one and the whhhhhhHHHHHHHHHonnnnnnnnn went away. that's what you get for being an ambient guy and going right for the lower registers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted August 12, 2012 Members Share Posted August 12, 2012 Diva is amazing. Enjoy it, Puppy! Diva is indeed a very nice soft synth. I've never been as wowed by Zebra as others, but I might even have to think about Zebra if that new "Dark Zebra" with the Diva filters is any good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metrosonus Posted August 12, 2012 Members Share Posted August 12, 2012 I don't think the presets really show off what it's capable of (in Diva). They're a bit polite and general in my opinion. I'd like to hear a nice soundset that was aimed at creating emulating vintage tones and stuff.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members evildragon Posted August 12, 2012 Members Share Posted August 12, 2012 Zebra is splendid really, a whole different ballgame than Diva of course, but it is incredibly flexible. Hans Zimmer swears by it I'd like to hear a nice soundset that was aimed at creating emulating vintage tones and stuff.. Check out Michael Kastrup's Oldschool and Afterschool banks. Link to official patch banks here: http://www.u-he.com/cms/zebra2-patch-banks Examples of sounds from Oldschool and Afterschool banks: http://www.xsynth.com/examples.html Also, Xenos has some 80s soundsets as well: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gregwar Posted August 12, 2012 Members Share Posted August 12, 2012 $179 is a medium-good night out on the town u can make it rain in the strip club but it would have to be $1 & $5 dollar bills I still have a beta version that works pretty good there's no presets and I'm ok with that it sounds amazing, I'm gonna get the full version soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cowby Posted August 14, 2012 Members Share Posted August 14, 2012 I agree that it is a very stunning synth. But the following make me a bit hesitate : DIVA is *extremely* demanding on CPUDespite exploiting all conceivable opportunities to make Diva run as fast as possible, the level of analogue simulation we put into her simply requires extraordinary CPU power. Even if the multicore/multi-threaded option works fine on your system, please consider "freezing" tracks to lower the burden she puts on your CPU. After all she's a Diva, and Divas have DEMANDS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted August 14, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 14, 2012 I'm able to play one instance of Diva live at Devine quality for nearly every patch except maybe two that I've found out of the hundreds. My machine's not new, it's a Core2 Quad @ 3GHz running Windows Vista and Sonar X1. I know I'll have to freeze any multitracking I do with it, but I'm OK with that. Me still likey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChristianRock Posted August 14, 2012 Members Share Posted August 14, 2012 The only reason I'm not downloading the demo is because I fear my dual core 2.3GHz Macbook Pro won't be able to handle it and I'll just be frustrated. If Puppy's 3GHz quad chokes... what hope do I have. And my MB Pro is a 2011 model... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aymat Posted August 14, 2012 Members Share Posted August 14, 2012 U-he was updated a few months back to v1.1 and is a bit more cpu efficient. I'm running on a pretty dated dual core 2.13 ghz system and I can run about 4 instances in draft mode, so its not terribly bad. Some patches do tax resources a bit more than others but if youre ok with running under anything less than devine mode, you should be fine. I can only run one instance in devine mode, with some patches struggling to work. To my ears, there is a difference in sound quality between modes but its not so huge that I would consider it unusable. Even in draft mode it sounds better than 90% of most soft synths. And once its in a mix, you'd be hard pressed to really tell the difference. Diva is definitely one of my favorites and a keeper for me. Extremely versatile and sounds great. But if youre someone who is even in the least bit concerned about "analog" sound quality, youre probably better off just buying yourself an analog synth. If not, then its well worth the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wwwjd Posted August 14, 2012 Members Share Posted August 14, 2012 The only reason I'm not downloading the demo is because I fear my dual core 2.3GHz Macbook Pro won't be able to handle it and I'll just be frustrated. If Puppy's 3GHz quad chokes... what hope do I have.And my MB Pro is a 2011 model... Try it. There are 4 levels of "quality" settings, with just slight differences to them. Just start on DRAFT or FAST whatever it was called. My 6 year old dual threading 2gig ram machine can run it - not 20 instances of it, of course - but it is worth trying. Just don't run in "DIVINE" mode much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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