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Mogular · Post by **Mogular** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:26 pm

just saw this now, off to buy the ipad edition so I can read the review.
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep12/a ... e-diva.htm

kontakt1968 · Post by **kontakt1968** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:46 pm

Yes a 4 page reviews big for a softsynth in SOS.
Very positive as you would expect "Diva is startlingly good"

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 8:52 pm

woah, gotta buy this!!!

Gonga · Post by **Gonga** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:28 pm

SOS don't pull punches. They tend to be pretty tough / conservative in their reviews imo. So this is a real good review, not surprising.

BDeep · Post by **BDeep** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:28 pm

Urs wrote:woah, gotta buy this!!!

I have exactly the same thought every time I read Diva.

Yesterday I figured, what the heck, I'll just trade my alpha Juno 1 for Diva. Then decided to plug it in for fun. Quite amazing how good it sounds actually, almost forgot that. What I also forgot is how good these presets are. I mean, they're your run of the mill flutes, violins, hobos etc. but they're quite convincing considering that there's only one osc, one env and one filter.
Before anyone asks, nope, didn't compare it to Diva.

Might get soundonsound this month though.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:30 pm

Yep, won't trade my aJuno for anything

BDeep · Post by **BDeep** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:36 pm

When you incorporate the multistage env you will

Anyone any idea what alpha Juno 1s go for in Europe these days? 250-300?

I'm going way OT. Congratulations with such a review in a mag that is conservative in its covering of independent software.

Aiynzahev · Post by **Aiynzahev** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 9:40 pm

Wow! Very cool. I wondered if SOS would review Diva.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:14 pm

Gonga wrote:SOS don't pull punches. They tend to be pretty tough / conservative in their reviews imo. So this is a real good review, not surprising.

Spot on. SOS can be relied upon for impartial synth reviews. It's been like this since I remember (since about 1989 in fact, still have some issues from that time hehe).

I haven't read it yet as I'm away on (working) holiday so I can't buy this issue yet...

I see Paul Nagle did this review. Paul is a very experienced musician with lots of live concerts under his belt, and he knows his stuff. Check him out on YT doing some very cool live electronic music.

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:17 pm

Congrats to Clemens, Urs and the rest of the U-he team.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:22 pm

kontakt1968 wrote:Yes a 4 page reviews big for a softsynth in SOS.

{trivia mode}
They used to split reviews across 2 issues.

I remember the Yamaha SY77 review which was that long and specific..those were the days...no internet, but SOS with reviews that would be read over and over and over (at least by me

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aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:17 pm

Good review, reviewer makes some good points

Mogular · Post by **Mogular** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:26 pm

Its a great review. The user-experience he describes completely reflects the way it is for anyone who delves deeply into Diva - the satisfying filters, the joy of the modularity, the CPU use, and so on.

I am pretty sure this review will help push sales of Diva even further than before.

Big congrats to the u-he team.

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:55 pm

Congrats and well deserved! I hope this brings in more sales than ever before

KBSoundSmith · Post by **KBSoundSmith** » Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:58 am

Haven't read the review yet, too busy using Diva...

u-he

KVR Audio

Diva review in sound on sound