the sound design on Diva presets to me were really really nice, in particular for me was Michael's stuff..old vintage funk circa 70-80's.. right up my alley...
rsp
The long DIVA thread
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- KVRAF
- 11162 posts since 16 Mar, 2003 from Porto - Portugal
Very funky indeed. Good choice of sounds, and really groovy.Markus808 wrote:Thank you Urs & u-he team for your wonderful DIVA plugin!
To me DIVA is quite the best sounding vst plugin I've used until now (besides Zebra2 and impOSCar2), and with it it's easy to create sounds that are as pleasing to my ear as sounds from my Roland JX-8P; plus DIVA fits into the mix equally well.
Roland synths from the first half of the 1980s really have a special sound, very rich and warm. I think it's not at least that sound that made 1980s tracks by producers like Trevor Horn and Thomas Dolby so good sounding (not to forget albums like Michael Jackson's "Thriller" or Donald Fagen's "The Nightfly").
I've made a short demo track with 4 instances of DIVA plus a rhythm track (sampled drums). It's quite 1980s style, and sounds a bit like Paul Hardcastle, Midnight Star etc.
If you like to listen:
www.mediafire.com/?ww7hlxy05lz0co3
Enjoy!
Markus808
Fernando (FMR)
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- KVRAF
- 2874 posts since 22 Oct, 2002 from "somewhere between digital and analog"
So, just no presets in the demo, but lots in the "sale" version, right? 
I'm too busy to program this thing... Ha! 
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- KVRAF
- 4141 posts since 11 Aug, 2006 from Texas
Same presets found in both. The demo is the full version, just not registered.DHR53 wrote:So, just no presets in the demo, but lots in the "sale" version, right?
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- KVRAF
- 2874 posts since 22 Oct, 2002 from "somewhere between digital and analog"
Hmmm... my demo has no presets? 
Er, I must still have the beta in there or something???
Er, I must still have the beta in there or something???-
- KVRAF
- 4141 posts since 11 Aug, 2006 from Texas
Just download from the u-he site: http://www.u-he.com/cms/DHR53 wrote:Hmmm... my demo has no presets?
First article has the download links.
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- KVRist
- 98 posts since 26 May, 2004
Because Diva's oscillator tuning pots are 5-turn and cover the entire pitch range, tuning via MIDI presents problems.
In the Triple VCO, when Osc 1 and Osc 2 are set to the same octave range you cannot tune the oscillators to zero-beat unison unless both ranges are 8'.
For example, if Osc 1 and 2 are both 8', you can MIDI tune Osc 2 to zero-beat unison with Osc 1. However, if Osc 1 is 8' and Osc 2 is any range other than 8', they cannot be zero-beat in tune via MIDI. The 128 MIDI steps do not correspond exactly to the -24.00, -12.00, 0.00, 12.00, 24.00 values that Diva uses to represent octave spacing.
It's the same when you try to tune the oscillators a fourth or a fifth apart. You can't do it exactly via MIDI.
Perhaps if the Range was separate from Detune, so that all 128 MIDI steps could be spread out over a single octave, for each octave Range setting.
In the Triple VCO, when Osc 1 and Osc 2 are set to the same octave range you cannot tune the oscillators to zero-beat unison unless both ranges are 8'.
For example, if Osc 1 and 2 are both 8', you can MIDI tune Osc 2 to zero-beat unison with Osc 1. However, if Osc 1 is 8' and Osc 2 is any range other than 8', they cannot be zero-beat in tune via MIDI. The 128 MIDI steps do not correspond exactly to the -24.00, -12.00, 0.00, 12.00, 24.00 values that Diva uses to represent octave spacing.
It's the same when you try to tune the oscillators a fourth or a fifth apart. You can't do it exactly via MIDI.
Perhaps if the Range was separate from Detune, so that all 128 MIDI steps could be spread out over a single octave, for each octave Range setting.
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- KVRer
- 15 posts since 4 Dec, 2010 from Queens, New York
Got my DIVA last night. Sounds great, however lot of bugs and problems with Win Vista 64 bit and Cubase 6.0.5 x64. Some sounds are cracking and crashing. Hope for the soon update.
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- KVRer
- 7 posts since 14 Oct, 2004
Very nice! I especially like the synth-brass that comes in around 0:49.Markus808 wrote:
I've made a short demo track with 4 instances of DIVA plus a rhythm track (sampled drums). It's quite 1980s style, and sounds a bit like Paul Hardcastle, Midnight Star etc.
If you like to listen:
www.mediafire.com/?ww7hlxy05lz0co3
Enjoy!
Markus808
Len
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- u-he
- Topic Starter
- 30188 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
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- u-he
- Topic Starter
- 30188 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
What do you mean by crashing? - We don't have any reports of Diva crashing.Solic wrote:Got my DIVA last night. Sounds great, however lot of bugs and problems with Win Vista 64 bit and Cubase 6.0.5 x64. Some sounds are cracking and crashing. Hope for the soon update.
Crackles btw. could be the copy protection. When you open a new instance, does the edit display on teh top say "registrered to [yourname]"?
Regarding the volume spikes perceived mostly on Win64, we're onto it. Update hopefully early next week.
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- KVRer
- 15 posts since 4 Dec, 2010 from Queens, New York
UrsUrs wrote:What do you mean by crashing? - We don't have any reports of Diva crashing.Solic wrote:Got my DIVA last night. Sounds great, however lot of bugs and problems with Win Vista 64 bit and Cubase 6.0.5 x64. Some sounds are cracking and crashing. Hope for the soon update.
Crackles btw. could be the copy protection. When you open a new instance, does the edit display on teh top say "registrered to [yourname]"?
Regarding the volume spikes perceived mostly on Win64, we're onto it. Update hopefully early next week.
Thanks for reply,
I thought the same, it sounded like demo version, but there is my name as registered user. Did not have to much time to play with but will spend some time this weekend and will let you know about details.
Thanks G, it's Friday
Best
Solic
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- KVRist
- 137 posts since 2 Feb, 2005 from Netherlands
My apologies if this has been asked/answered before, but is a 64-bit VST version for OS X in the works and if so, when will it be available? It is working fine with the 32-64 bit bridge in Cubase 6.0.5, but I would prefer using Diva without the bridge (since I am playing with Diva, I have become very CPU-cycle-aware. 
). Cheers, Jack
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- KVRAF
- 2874 posts since 22 Oct, 2002 from "somewhere between digital and analog"
Finally got the presets in there... Er, this is really all "warm and cuddly." I started thinking Soft Machine after playing some of the presets. Need a new computer though...
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- KVRian
- 1216 posts since 6 Jul, 2005
IIRC, Urs was talking about 64bit VST3 format rather than plain old VST.Funkasizer wrote:My apologies if this has been asked/answered before, but is a 64-bit VST version for OS X in the works and if so, when will it be available? It is working fine with the 32-64 bit bridge in Cubase 6.0.5, but I would prefer using Diva without the bridge (since I am playing with Diva, I have become very CPU-cycle-aware.