I guess it's synth month because U-HE is finishing the new Hive synth

[fluffy_little_something]

I have a AMD Phenom II X6 1100T (their best processor just 2 years or so ago) and it doesn't seem to be enough for most modern quality synth

I have the same processor (very easy overclocked to 3.8Ghz) with 6 threads. Enough for Diva.

Well, I don't overclock mine. I single chord in Diva and similar synths can push the CPU meter to 70 to 80%

[Gonga]

The interface looks brilliant. Can't wait to try it. I need to raise my income to keep up with U-He now

[chk071]

I have a AMD Phenom II X6 1100T (their best processor just 2 years or so ago) and it doesn't seem to be enough for most modern quality synth

I have the same processor (very easy overclocked to 3.8Ghz) with 6 threads. Enough for Diva.

Well, I don't overclock mine. I single chord in Diva and similar synths can push the CPU meter to 70 to 80%

It might sound silly, but have you made sure that the Windows energy setting is set to "High performance"? Otherwise your host will probably only use a partial of your computer's actual power.

[fluffy_little_something]

Yes, it's set to Höchstleistung, which is a relative term, obviously
Never mind, seems this Hive thingy is very efficient and I don't really care for analog emulations, anyway

[chk071]

Yes, it's set to Höchstleistung

Ja, das ist die richtige Einstellung. As i said, it might sound silly, but the first year or so i used Cubase, i neglected the setting, because i simply thought that the power saving measures don't take effect when running the DAW...

[valerian_777]

Do you disabled Cool'n'Quiet in your BIOS?

[fluffy_little_something]

Oh yes, in power-saving mode something as simple as Noizemaker can lead to crackling

Not sure about Cool 'n' Quiet, quiet it is not, probably because it is not cool, either

Anyway, back to topic

[fwsuperhero]

Procesors are weird things... Diva takes almost same amount of cpu on my oldmacbook from 2008 and Phenom X2 from 2011 .-)

[Kaboom75]

I have a AMD Phenom II X6 1100T (their best processor just 2 years or so ago) and it doesn't seem to be enough for most modern quality synth

I have the same processor (very easy overclocked to 3.8Ghz) with 6 threads. Enough for Diva.

Well, I don't overclock mine. I single chord in Diva and similar synths can push the CPU meter to 70 to 80%

It might sound silly, but have you made sure that the Windows energy setting is set to "High performance"? Otherwise your host will probably only use a partial of your computer's actual power.

Raise your ASIO buffer in your Daw settings or ASIO4all if your using that. Just under 11ms latency should be fine. If you set it too low your most taxed CPU core doesn't get enough time to flex it's muscles. If that's not enough or too much latency for your fast playing then set the DAW kHz to 48khz. DIVA runs higher samplerate than what your DAWs set to so still great quality.

[martingifford]

I just spontaneously opened a saved image of Hive and immediately heard Sylenth 303 default patch, which I'm sick of hearing. Made me think that a good option on Hive would be for it to load a random patch upon opening it. A surprise patch might stimulate a surprise creation that might be a surprise hit. And at least it avoids being boring. Everything should be done to maintain freshness, newness, surprise, inspiration.

[fluffy_little_something]

Raise your ASIO buffer in your Daw settings or ASIO4all if your using that. Just under 11ms latency should be fine. If you set it too low your most taxed CPU core doesn't get enough time to flex it's muscles. If that's not enough or too much latency for your fast playing then set the DAW kHz to 48khz. DIVA runs higher samplerate than what your DAWs set to so still great quality.

My DAW was set to 44.1kHz and 10ms back then. (Now I use 48kHz and 8ms without any problems even when running a dozen SynthEdit synth instances plus effects.) I think there was also some conflict between the DAW's and Diva's multicore support.
Never mind, I did not really like Diva that much, anyway, the GUI for instance and the sound character, which is indeed very analog, but I don't think I really want and need that. And what I do need and want, was not there.
Just wanted to see what the Diva hype was all about Since I don't like strong modulation, nor make music professionally, there is no point in using the latest filter technology etc. as long as it is not a whole lot more efficient than at the moment.

But this Hive synth seems infinitely more interesting to me

[2ZrgE]

I just spontaneously opened a saved image of Hive and immediately heard Sylenth 303 default patch, which I'm sick of hearing. Made me think that a good option on Hive would be for it to load a random patch upon opening it. A surprise patch might stimulate a surprise creation that might be a surprise hit. And at least it avoids being boring. Everything should be done to maintain freshness, newness, surprise, inspiration.

The more I think about it I must admit: genius idea.

BTW will the Hive have a randomizer? Maybe an intelligent one?

[zvenx]

I just spontaneously opened a saved image of Hive and immediately heard Sylenth 303 default patch, which I'm sick of hearing. Made me think that a good option on Hive would be for it to load a random patch upon opening it. A surprise patch might stimulate a surprise creation that might be a surprise hit. And at least it avoids being boring. Everything should be done to maintain freshness, newness, surprise, inspiration.

The more I think about it I must admit: genius idea.

BTW will the Hive have a randomizer? Maybe an intelligent one?

For some reason, two days ago I too wondered if that was the big feature that hasn't been done yet for Hive that Urs keeps talking about.

and yes martingifford, I usually completely disagree with you on so many things, but I think this in many synths would be a great idea (once of course it is an option and can be switched off for those who don't like it or like to do all their own programming).

rsp

[Robmobius]

I just spontaneously opened a saved image of Hive and immediately heard Sylenth 303 default patch, which I'm sick of hearing. Made me think that a good option on Hive would be for it to load a random patch upon opening it. A surprise patch might stimulate a surprise creation that might be a surprise hit. And at least it avoids being boring. Everything should be done to maintain freshness, newness, surprise, inspiration.

The more I think about it I must admit: genius idea.

BTW will the Hive have a randomizer? Maybe an intelligent one?

Prefer an init patch to be honest... Or as long as you could turn that random feature off. Prefer to go through patches when I'm in the mood.

I think a random parameter feature would be more useful - I've definitely had some happy accidents in the past with Gladiator. It's also cool for making soundscapes and other general FX.

[tedlogan]

I like Martin's idea, as long as it can be chosen as a preference. I usually work with a blank/neutral init patch.

A randomizer I like even more though, happy accidents are always welcome.