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Arksun - Sun May 06, 2012 7:47 am

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Arksun-Sound is proud to present



The Diva Arksun Soundbank


It's been quite a journey for me. After developing a nasty ear infection back in 2010 and wondering if I was ever going to work again cause things got soo bad last year, I'm happy to report that I'm back in the saddle and back with a brand new soundbank!.

You'll find the usual diverse collection of contemporary electronic sounds, everything from agressive leads to lush soft tones, all with the usual Arksun signature sound running through them. 128 sounds in total.

There will also be a 20% price reduction until the end of May 2012! (normal sale price €25, this introductory sale price €20).

Here are some audio demos:

http://www.arksun-sound.com/music/Arksun_-_Diva_Ice_Cool_Demo.mp3
http://www.arksun-sound.com/music/Arksun_-_Diva_Club_Red_Demo.mp3
http://www.arksun-sound.com/music/diva_arksun_soundbank.mp3

For more information, to purchase the soundbank, mp3 download links and a 16-preset demobank to try, please visit:

http://www.arksun-sound.com

I hope you enjoy this release as much as the previous ones, thank you

*EDIT* As an additional side note. I was able to play both the Ice Cool and Club Red demos in realtime without cpu overload on my 3 year old core i7 920 (stock 2.8ghz) using all the Diva's in 'Fast' quality setting. Didn't have to resort to draft mode, so wasn't quite as cpu hungry as I thought!.

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zvenx - Sun May 06, 2012 8:07 am

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Arksun, nice to have you back.

not sure if it is obviously there and I am just can't see it.
how many patches are in this bank?
thanks
rsp

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Arksun - Sun May 06, 2012 8:09 am

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Oops sorry, forgot that bit!. It's the same as the other commercial soundbanks I sell, 128 sounds in total

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tehlord - Sun May 06, 2012 8:10 am

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Welcome back sir

I'm SO getting this once I have a machine capable of Teh Diva

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zvenx - Sun May 06, 2012 8:12 am

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that's ok.
thanks
rsp

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zvenx - Sun May 06, 2012 8:16 am

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bought.......this sounds really good....thank you.

rsp

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bmrzycki - Sun May 06, 2012 8:37 am

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Arksun, well done one those sounds! I was especially impressed with the Ice Cool demo. It's very relaxing and ambient yet there's a very real presence to the sounds. This set is as much a testament to your ability to make sounds as it is to Diva itself. Good luck on the sale! (u-he patchlib updated with your commercial and freebie sets).

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Cyforce - Sun May 06, 2012 8:38 am

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Welcome back and congrats to the new soundbank, sounds superb!

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K-Slash - Sun May 06, 2012 8:57 am

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Hey man,

Sounds cool .

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EvilDragon - Sun May 06, 2012 10:36 am

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Who wants to live forever sound. Nice! *_*

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leggie - Sun May 06, 2012 11:10 am

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Amazing demos, sounds better than anything i have mashed up !

Anyway, purchased and thanks.

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Bronto Scorpio - Sun May 06, 2012 11:50 am

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Wow! The audio demos sound really nice!
Great work!

Cheers
Dennis

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Gonga - Sun May 06, 2012 12:04 pm

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Wow, gorgeous demos. Well done! Going to check out your site...

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pdxindy - Sun May 06, 2012 12:21 pm

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Gorgeous sounds!! Welcome back!

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zvenx - Sun May 06, 2012 1:06 pm

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spent a few hours with my purchase......
I like the bank.....
for me the standouts are the pads.. i loveeeeee the pads... I made all except one ( the organish one as I am not really an organ kind of person) favourites......some of the best pads for diva are here for my tastes.... second for me were the seq stuff......can't wait to hear what diva will sound like with an built in arp.....

my two criticisms however and I guess it really does depend on taste... but I really don't bass sounds with delays on them...and a lot of them do have not only delay but imho too much delay, but I guess some genres require that and it is easy enough to turn down or off delays on those that I do like except for the delays, and second criticism is similar to the first...whilst I do add delays to some leads, imho there is just too much delay on several of the patches......... but other than those two concerns I am very happy with my purchase.....

if you made a bank of pads only for Diva I know at least I would be eternally grateful... ....hopefully others feel the same way.

my two cents
congrats and good luck.
rsp

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billcarroll - Sun May 06, 2012 1:33 pm

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Love your work. Bought it.

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Arksun - Sun May 06, 2012 1:51 pm

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zvenx, thanks for the review. Fair comments all round that I'll definitely take on board for the future, so thank you

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zvenx - Sun May 06, 2012 2:03 pm

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you are most welcome......
thanks for taking it as constructive comments.
rsp

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snigelx - Sun May 06, 2012 3:26 pm

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Lovely - Ice cold demo sold me, without question...my left brain did not have time to ask my right brain for permission. It was just a knee-jerk double-click decision I'm sure my wallet won't regret. Congratulations!

PS I had to dl that first demo to put in my iTunes...fantastic

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himalaya - Sun May 06, 2012 3:49 pm

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Excellent sounds there, Arkusn. I loved the leads especially, very lush, solid and playable. We need more soloing in music!

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digitalboytn - Sun May 06, 2012 4:50 pm

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The "Ice Cool" demo sounds really wonderful...

You can really hear the depth of the soundstage....

Ear candy from the Queen of the next generation soft synths

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djshire - Sun May 06, 2012 7:59 pm

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Was the full soundbank demo organ-sounding preset that starts at 2:40 meant to sound like Queens "Who Wants to Live Forever"?

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quantum7 - Sun May 06, 2012 9:12 pm

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Awesome demos- Bought it....waiting impatiently for an e-mail with a link or something to download the soundbank.

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davebattista - Mon May 07, 2012 2:21 am

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Great I'll wait the link

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Arksun - Mon May 07, 2012 3:48 am

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Sorry for the little wait, all orders are processed manually so may take a little while, was asleep during the night. Just woke up, you should all have them by now

If not check your spam folder in case it accidently got flagged as spam because of the attachment.

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Fritze - Mon May 07, 2012 6:21 am

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Totally unacceptable!

Sorry, poor joke.

Listening to your audio demos right now and I'm blown away. I always loved your audio demos over the years. Call me a fan of your music and your sound design. Off to your page to buy this sound set...

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pocvecem - Mon May 07, 2012 11:05 am

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These sounds are amazing. Very good playability.
Just a few weeks ago i purchased your Zebra bank and i must say that these two soundsets complement each other very well.

Keep up your great work!

Cheers,
Gerald

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tshear23 - Mon May 07, 2012 10:49 pm

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Very nice sounds and really well done demos! Congrats!

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Arksun - Wed May 09, 2012 3:14 pm

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Great to hear they're both working well together, ty

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HMage - Tue May 15, 2012 4:55 am

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Bought this bank few days ago, loaded in diva and checked it only now.

Love it!

A lot.

Love how your signature ARK sound evolved, I have your Sylenth soundbank as well and I love playing with it during idle time, it fires my synapses and helps me to come up with melodies.

And I haven't explored all presets yet.

Thank you!

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TheoM - Thu May 17, 2012 5:21 pm

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I am completely speechless arksun, the leads coarse right through my body and give me shivers (in the best possible way)

will be purchasing this without a second thought

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mcnoone - Fri May 18, 2012 4:37 pm

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Just bought this yesterday.
Great set, and really enjoyed the demo tracks too.
Amazing skills as a musician/composer, and sound designer.

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TheoM - Sat May 19, 2012 1:22 pm

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Yes that's the thing Ark is not just a great designer, but an amazing musician to showcase his talents with his demo mp3's also.

Will be grabbing this this week for sure

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Sendy - Sun May 20, 2012 12:59 pm

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I love how a lot of these sounds make me think of coldness and winter, despite Diva being a basically "warm" synth. That's some pretty epic duality going on right there

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Synth Buddha - Mon May 21, 2012 4:47 am

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Sounds like another total winner, which doesn't surprise me, as I bought the Arksun Zebra soundset a few months ago, and it's an absolutely fantastic collection of sounds. Arksun is a truly gifted sound designer, and when you couple that with insane in the membrane quality instruments like the U-He stuff, you really should expect something pretty darn awesome to come out of it!

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hogo - Wed May 23, 2012 5:09 am

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Just bought this as well! Sounds great, can't wait to get it

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Arksun - Thu May 31, 2012 6:52 am

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31 May.

Today is the last day of the introductory price offer on the Diva Arksun Soundbank, 20% off the normal price until midnight tonight BST (GMT+1)

Thanks again for all the support and the kind words.

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bmrzycki - Thu May 31, 2012 7:24 am

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Hrm....Last day for the sale and Urs announces his new team member tomorrow....

If only I were as smart as Colombo or Monk.

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Arksun - Mon Jun 11, 2012 12:08 pm

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lol, thankfully the actual new team member turned out to be someone who's a coding genius Can't wait to hear what he comes up with for U-He.

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