Yes, there certainly is. This is provable. It seems to me that you may be responding to the sample-based nature of Trilian, particularly when you reference Human League, as they have always been known for their amazing analog sounds. DIVA's MS-20 bits will probably get you closer to Human League's Korg 700 sounds than any other softsynth will. If you're ever looking at hardware, you may want to try the Korg Volca Bass, which has the 700 filter.alligatorlizard wrote:However I still say there's something I'm hearing in Diva that I'm not getting from Trilian in certain situations.
It's not just you. I don't know why there's this backlash against DIVA lately. For anyone who's a fan of great analog synth sounds, there are only a handful of softsynths that do it convincingly and DIVA is one of them.I know this sounds vague, and if no-one knows what I mean, then maybe it is just my ears!
My understanding is that any sound available in DIVA is or will be available in Zebra. However, according to Urs in regard to Zebra having the same filters as DIVA:I'm going to keep demoing it for a while though and keep doing my best to get the sounds I want out of Trilian and Zebra first - if I still keep coming back to the Diva demo, then I guess I will have to buy it.
"Zebra's filters etc. are designed to withstand a broad range of input signals. Diva otoh is highly specialised. This specialisation can be somewhat recreated in Zebra, but it's not always quick and intuitive."
Personally, I had both at one point and eventually sold Zebra. I do believe that the sounds I get out of DIVA can be coaxed out of Zebra but I didn't find their CPU usage to be dramatically different and that's the only reason I'd want an alternative. I would literally have DIVA be my only synth if not for the CPU usage.
I've been programming synths for almost 30 years but I don't know them literally inside out, at least not the way Urs does. I think you'd have to be on his level to be facile at getting DIVA sounds out of Zebra. When you see some of his explanations of how to do it, I think you'll know what I mean.Thing is, while I do know how to program a synth fairly competently (especially Zebra where I've spent a lot of time working thru tutorial vids), I'm far from being an expert in this, so am not confident I'm going to program a better bass patch than someone who knows synths inside out.