Diva 1.1 Final (beta testing finished)

[3ee]

Installed few hours ago, so far so good!

[mcnoone]

We're closing in

http://www.u-he.com/downloads/Diva/Diva11b3Mac.zip
http://www.u-he.com/downloads/Diva/Diva11b3Win.zip

Rev. 655

- Better file error messages for windows
- Init-preset is correct in the presence of MIDI Banks
- No more crashes after long silence

Also, the manual has a "troubleshooting" section...

Just making this show on this next page, so no one misses it.

[macha]

Multicore support! nice Urs!
I have a mac pro 3.1 8 core 3ghz. I notice that the colours of the multithread light of diva changes when switching presets.
What do they mean ? blue red green.....hmmm
I checked logic 9 system performance meter but so far I only see the last meter showing activity. ( last core I suppose ? )
On os 10.6.8 .....
How can you check if all cores are adressed?

[3ee]

I notice that the colours of the multithread light of diva changes when switching presets.
What do they mean ? blue red green.....hmmm

See the "LED Colour" knob a bit to it's left?

[Ameyah Audio]

thought you are working on something different urs?
well ill make another demo for youtube to tease it once again!

[zvenx]

Some comments.
I have two older computers.
a macbook pro 2.16Ghz Duo 2 Core circa 2007
and a Intel QX6700 2.66 Quad Core circa 2006.... yes I will upgrade them at some point this year ,
but although I read Urs said multicore probably wont' help processors these old and may hurt, this hasn't been my experience....they do improve performance, maybe not as remarkably as newer processors, but I do see a difference, above and beyond the whole current beta 1.1 optimisation.. build 3, cause a problem to bring my cubase 6.5 on the mac to to the point of stopping the audio engine, and even if I removed Diva and used another plug in, it wouldn't recover... happened the first time but hasn't happened again.. didnt' happen with build 2....


I still can't believe how great Diva sounds....its the best sounding synth I have owned.....

rsp

edit: ok want to take back part of what I said above.... on some patches enabling multicore on the macbook pro does hurt........and others have asked but to me multicore, quality and especially rendering quality need to be global configured and always loaded in the state the user sets as their default.
rsp

[mcnoone]

but although I read Urs said multicore probably wont' help processors these old and may hurt, this hasn't been my experience....they do improve performance, maybe not as remarkably as newer processors, but I do see a difference, above and beyond the whole current beta 1.1 optimisation.. build 3...

I noticed that too, on my mbp coreduo2 2010 model.
Even without multicore turned on, there was a big reduction in cpu usage.
The memory usage complaining comments will also likely be reduced now as well.

I still can't believe how great Diva sounds....its the best sounding synth I have owned.....

Completely agree. It has amazing tonal range throughout the low, mids, and highs, that never falter. Solid comes to mind.
Now I gotta install this new beta and cross my fingers, that it does me better than the last one did.

[andow]

...to me multicore, quality and especially rendering quality need to be global configured and always loaded in the state the user sets as their default.
rsp

Please consider this in your update!! It is really annoying having to set this everytime I load an instance of Diva...

[ford442]

very good point - i find that i have to go back and check on each instance before i render..

[samplemania]

Does multicore only work on sandy bridge systems?

How about AMD CPUs and 775 quad cores?

[Urs]

Does multicore only work on sandy bridge systems?

How about AMD CPUs and 775 quad cores?

Sandy Bridge gave us very good results, but also whatever the current lineup of Xeons in Mac Pros are called (some strain of Nehalem I think)

We are planning to add some AMD machines to our lab, but we already hear good things from users. Seems that recent AMD multicores are absolutely suited for Diva's threading feature!

[pdxindy]

I still can't believe how great Diva sounds....its the best sounding synth I have owned.....

Completely agree. It has amazing tonal range throughout the low, mids, and highs, that never falter. Solid comes to mind.

+1

Diva is extraordinary sounding! Keeps surprising me... there continue to be moments where some sound comes out that startles me with its character and immediacy. Best sounding synth available!!

[Urs]

...to me multicore, quality and especially rendering quality need to be global configured and always loaded in the state the user sets as their default.
rsp

Please consider this in your update!! It is really annoying having to set this everytime I load an instance of Diva...

We can't do this right now, but we'll add a preference mechanism shortly. There's more updates in the pipeline relatively soon, but we want to get 1.1 out officially asap (there is a possible crash in 1.0.1, and fixing that outweighs pretty much anything else)

[aMUSEd]

...to me multicore, quality and especially rendering quality need to be global configured and always loaded in the state the user sets as their default.
rsp

Please consider this in your update!! It is really annoying having to set this everytime I load an instance of Diva...

We can't do this right now, but we'll add a preference mechanism shortly.

Simplest workaround in the meantime is the preference is already saveable in any host project (as is quality mode) so just make a host track template, project or even host based preset (eg as Live and Kore can do). eg my Kore AU KSD template has it set to on and loads that way every time.

[pdxindy]

Completely agree. It has amazing tonal range throughout the low, mids, and highs, that never falter. Solid comes to mind.

a single preset played with an arp covering a few octaves...

http://draigathar.org/sounds/Diva46.mp3