KVR Audio

mwalthius · Post by **mwalthius** » Sun May 18, 2014 4:31 pm

I know I am late to the party on this, but I only recently purchased a computer that has the horsepower to run this synth. It is not the most powerful in the world - a 27" quad core 3.2 GHz i5 iMac, but it does a pretty good job.

In any case, I downloaded the demo, and was immediately THRILLED to see that a whole bunch of the Diva presets were created by Howard Scarr. I have a Virus TI, and many of my favorite Virus presets were created by Howard. He creates very musical, usable sounds, IMHO.

I CANNOT WAIT to get down to composing and recording music with this synth. It sounds utterly fantastic - more organic and 'analog' than any other software instrument I have ever played. And Diva produces polysynth sounds that are more gorgeous, and can't even be touched by instruments like the Prophet 08.

Yes, it is rough on the CPU. While my iMac can easily handle any sound I've found so far, with full polyphony, it will be necessary to freeze most or all Diva tracks before moving on. But it's really no different than working with hardware analog synths, that aren't multi-timbral.

Anyone else making great music with Diva?

LimboLoves · Post by **LimboLoves** » Sun May 18, 2014 4:44 pm

I'm afraid to demo it, because I'll probably want it. I might soon block u-he from my browser to stop the gawking.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sun May 18, 2014 4:52 pm

LimboLoves wrote:I'm afraid to demo it, because I'll probably want it. I might soon block u-he from my browser to stop the gawking.

You're like me.

I stopped demoing Dune 2, and uninstalled it after 2 days, because i can't afford it anyway, and can't be arsed to spoil myself, because i have to go on working with Dune BE anyway... it's a good training in disciplining yourself, and strapping down to the essential things though, so no hard feelings really.

All fair enough, when you're on a budget.

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Sun May 18, 2014 4:56 pm

Don't forget about the multicore button. It dramatically reduces the CPU usage but is off by default.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sun May 18, 2014 4:58 pm

Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote:Don't forget about the multicore button. It dramatically reduces the CPU usage but is off by default.

Depends on the DAW. In Reaper it actually INCREASES the CPU usage. I guess it's clashing with Reaper's anticipative processing.

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Sun May 18, 2014 5:02 pm

Of course. I use most of the time the Jupiter 8/6 part of Diva for pads and stuff. Sometimes I prefer it over my Virus.
Yes, Howard made also some presets for Access which are IMO often more "oldschool" and sometimes also more usable. Together with Rob Papen some of the top preset designers.

aMUSEd · Post by **aMUSEd** » Sun May 18, 2014 5:05 pm

EvilDragon wrote:
Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote:Don't forget about the multicore button. It dramatically reduces the CPU usage but is off by default.
Depends on the DAW. In Reaper it actually INCREASES the CPU usage. I guess it's clashing with Reaper's anticipative processing.

Not on my system it doesn't - eg my patch "Death by beauty" which is a real cpu guzzler is unplayable live in Reaper with 12 voices set to divine but when I switch on multicore it plays smoothly with less cpu (although Reaper's cpu meter is a bit weird, when I click multicore the total cpu usage does appear to go up but the track cpu usage goes down! However going by the sound I am getting far more voices in Reaper using multicore)

murnau · Post by **murnau** » Sun May 18, 2014 5:17 pm

i think if you have a daw which handle multicore you have to turn it off inside the plugin or vice versa. can't imagine how it could work when you turn on multicore support inside both. didn't they interferer each other?

bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Sun May 18, 2014 5:45 pm

mwalthius wrote:THRILLED to see that a whole bunch of the Diva presets were created by Howard Scarr. I have a Virus TI, and many of my favorite Virus presets were created by Howard. He creates very musical, usable sounds, IMHO.

The entire factory soundset for Zebra2 is done by Howard. He's also done a large portion of the ACE factory sounds too. Be careful demoing those synths with your wallet in reach...

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Sun May 18, 2014 5:51 pm

aMUSEd wrote:
EvilDragon wrote:
Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote:Don't forget about the multicore button. It dramatically reduces the CPU usage but is off by default.
Depends on the DAW. In Reaper it actually INCREASES the CPU usage. I guess it's clashing with Reaper's anticipative processing.
Not on my system it doesn't - eg my patch "Death by beauty" which is a real cpu guzzler is unplayable live in Reaper with 12 voices set to divine but when I switch on multicore it plays smoothly with less cpu (although Reaper's cpu meter is a bit weird, when I click multicore the total cpu usage does appear to go up but the track cpu usage goes down! However going by the sound I am getting far more voices in Reaper using multicore)

Hmm, let me test that...

ThePresent · Post by **ThePresent** » Sun May 18, 2014 9:07 pm

Check out what can be done with Diva alone.

https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/osc-35-diva

Kaboom75 · Post by **Kaboom75** » Sun May 18, 2014 9:20 pm

My Ableton Live 9 is set to multicore
Diva is always set to multicore without it I get crackle in the audio.

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Sun May 18, 2014 9:25 pm

Diva is still the queen of all synths to me, even after all this time and all these new and exciting synths that have come out. I'm amazed how much complexity it can accommodate, despite at first seeming to focus on delivering basic sounds with exceptional quality. You can go waaay beyond basic, to the point that you can even do weird chiptune tricks which are impossible on most synths. (Mostly thanks to the modulation transformers)

Aubrey Lamont · Post by **Aubrey Lamont** » Sun May 18, 2014 10:51 pm

Diva is my go-to synth. It's pretty rare that I have to turn to my other synths (Lush-101, Alchemy, Synth Squad, and Monark).

mwalthius · Post by **mwalthius** » Mon May 19, 2014 12:31 am

Funkybot's Evil Twin wrote:Don't forget about the multicore button. It dramatically reduces the CPU usage but is off by default.

Thanks for this tip. It definitely lowers the CPU usage meter inside Digital Performer.

Diva... simply gorgeous!