Opinion on Dimitry Sches Diversion

[chk071]

I'm surprised people didn't like the presets. Dmitry is an amazingly creative sound designer.

I agree. His stuff is great.

[recursive one]

I'm surprised people didn't like the presets. Dmitry is an amazingly creative sound designer.

I agree. His stuff is great.

I agree that Dmitry's own presets are very unusual and creative but I see why they may not appeal to people looking for bread and butter synth stuff. Also he seems to have preference to very harsh, almost ear-piercing sounds (this is even more apparent with Thorn factory presets). Actually when I tried Diversion for the first time I also decided that it sounds "harsh and digital in a bad way". Only when I started to proram my own patches I realized how good it can actually sound (No way I'd think that I'm better sound designer than Dmitry, I just prefer a bit different sound character)

[Razzia]

IMO, it would be stupid not to buy it for 49 bucks

Read this comment and had my self a bit of a GAS episode. Sent my paypal info before I knew what happened, lol.

I'm sorry

No, I owe you my thanks! I hadn't bought a new synth in a long time and this is a fantastic purchase.

It's funny, I remember looking over the controls on the interface of Diversion and thinking, "Looks like a regular synth. Pass." There are so many goodies hidden in little context menus and pop ups in this puppy. It's practically as deep as Avenger.

[chk071]

I'm surprised people didn't like the presets. Dmitry is an amazingly creative sound designer.

I agree. His stuff is great.

I agree that Dmitry's own presets are very unusual and creative but I see why they may not appeal to people looking for bread and butter synth stuff. Also he seems to have preference to very harsh, almost ear-piercing sounds (this is even more apparent with Thorn factory presets). Actually when I tried Diversion for the first time I also decided that it sounds "harsh and digital in a bad way". Only when I started to proram my own patches I realized how good it can actually sound (No way I'd think that I'm better sound designer than Dmitry, I just prefer a bit different sound character)

The thing i liked about his presets is that it's actually stuff i'd use in music. Which is rare with factory presets.

[anomandaris1]

I've liked it, but it killed my CPU... so I had to pass back then...

[teilo]

Has anyone tried to install Diversion on macOS Mojave? It crashes every time I try to authorize it with my serial.

[acYm]

well now, let's see. last synth I got was predator 2, on oct 27 last year. hmm. I was supposed to "not buy any synths for a year", having gotten way too many new ones in a short time before that.

50 bucks for Diversion? looks like I'm gonna be two weeks short.

I'm liking the demo a lot, the Kore template is epic, and my new 8086k eats it for breakfast.

[Bodhisan]

It's very possible there is a glitch with the unison as it pertains to cpu. When I put the unison at 4 and detune, it sounds quite lush. Anything higher, and the cpu starts to spike (and to my ears, doesn't even sound much different at all - users should experiment with that). Too, incorporating one or three more of the osces, detuning and panning gives more than enough for "unison" - without the cpu spike. Just an easy workaround for those who avoid Diversion simply because of the high cpu hit using "unison" when wanting lush pads.

Rarely do users talk about the pretty handy and unique feature of manipulating a wav via all the means Sches gives you (check out the wavetable editor) - then recording it and throwing it back into an osc for further manipulation, including granular variables. You could spend all day just futzing around with that. Plus loading samples then manipulating...and the ability to use the two bus filters on down the line has given me way more than I was expecting...

But the cpu with unison - try the suggestions, and I think you'll see cpu is not an issue. But if you're still not happy with the lush pads in Diversion due to cpu, then use something else for that dime-a-dozen sound and capability. You've already got a synth that can do that - use Diversion for it's uniqueness (even though it can do "bread and butter" easily and handily).

[Examigan]

Bought it when it came out, but I've never used it much. Found the GUI cluttered, the sound thin, harsh and digital in a bad way and the presets utterly lacking. I should probably spend more time with it since it appears I might have misjudged it.

Probably yes, the factory presets don't really do it justice, you may download the free Collaboration bank, which is better than the factory stuff imo.

https://dmitrysches.com/sounds/sounds-freeware

https://soundcloud.com/dmitry-sches/sets/collaboration

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[SynthRatings]

Here's a (longish) video with my opinions of Diversion:



It's a little bit rushed, wanted to get it out before the sale is over so you have some more input on whether to pick it up or not while it's hot

[surreal]

Thanks every one for your input...

[Ranoka]

SynthRatings, thanks for the video. Started watching, definitely the sort of channel I'd like to watch during my commute

The 'wavetable' feature was really confusing me, I was trying to find how to adjust the Position/Index in the Wavetable - but after reading the manual, watching videos and re-reading the description on the website I realise that it's only one single single-cycle waveform. But in some ways they're less interesting than the build in waveforms because they can't be morphed with the x/y control. The controls in the Custom Wave Editor (better name) are really interesting, shame they can't be modulated in real-time (or even baked into a Serum style 'multi-cycle' wavetable).

I realise some of the design was restricted because it came out in 2012, really curious what DS has in store for us with Diversion 2!

[Examigan]

Here are some of the presets I made for it:

https://soundcloud.com/examigan/diversion-presets

[escalona]

Well, I just bought it after reading this thread and installing the demo, and just in case it helps anyone: it sounds so good, truly I have no complaints about the presets (I think they all sound really good, but I'm a guitar player mostly; just a neophyte regarding synths). The possibilities for this thing are mind numbing. You can mangle a sound in so many ways.
Another issue I read here is the CPU usage. To be honest, I was scared about this, but the truth is that it takes about 10% for one instance on Studio One 4 in my ancient 2010 Windows 7 PC build. It's still more than most of my plugins (except Acustica clearly) but it is not as bad as I thought it would be. For $49 right now I think this is a no-brainer (if you need a good synth as I do).
Thanks all for your perspectives. Cheers!

[evilantal]

Still on the fence about this one.
I might stick with Zebra and Omnisphere, but the prospect of a Diversion 2 coming is really tempting...