Diva vs Behringer D blind test...

[SWAN808]

Battle of the emulations - who will win?! Who is outdated old tech?! Who could have used better quality hardware and more accurate resistor values?

Thank you Urs for making such a cool synth with Diva! I remember arguing with you about how Zebra didn't match the tone of real analogue synths on KVR, and now I am promoting Diva and posting comparisons with analogue synths ...



(oh and I have a new soundset for Diva out as well - here is the demo)

[Urs]

Hah! Will give it a spin after breakfast!

[tehlord]

Great (and unbiased) test. I would say that A is Diva and B is the Model D, simply because I hear more oscillator phasing/movement in B and it has more presence.

Saying that, I wouldn't be surprised if I was wrong, they're so close. The difference I was hearing was pretty consistent across all tests, and the final test where FX were added show how easily this becomes a non issue 'in the mix' as the differences became virtually irrelevant then.

[SWAN808]

Hah! Will give it a spin after breakfast!

Cool let me know what you think!

Great (and unbiased) test. I would say that A is Diva and B is the Model D, simply because I hear more oscillator phasing/movement in B and it has more presence.

Saying that, I wouldn't be surprised if I was wrong, they're so close. The difference I was hearing was pretty consistent across all tests, and the final test where FX were added show how easily this becomes a non issue 'in the mix' as the differences became virtually irrelevant then.

thanks mate glad you see it as unbiased I try my best to eliminate it...will drop the answer soon!

[SLiC]

I agree, the recorded difference is minimal, though I would 'guess' B is the hardware.
I can hear the difference with a VA and hardware live in my studio (unless interacting with hardware is placebo!) but never so much when recorded...I wonder if a 96K or uncompressed recording would be different?

[chk071]

Great (and unbiased) test.

How can a promotion for your soundset be unbiased?

Biggest issue with such tests is the amount of effort going into the software matching the hardware, or vice versa. Like... adding additional noise in the software, to match the hardware's noise floor. In general, rather matching the sound than trying to match the characteristics of the hardware at roughly the same settings.

[Lucastyle]

A is Behringer B Diva

[Rivanni]

A=Diva

[chk071]

A is Behringer B Diva

I would say the same.

[Urs]

Cool let me know what you think!

Can't really say... after listening a few times I find giveaways for either in A and B. Goes to show that the Behringer is actually quite close.

[Mushy Mushy]

Cool let me know what you think!

Can't really say... after listening a few times I find giveaways for either in A and B. Goes to show that the Behringer is actually quite close.

Love the subtle way of phrasing Diva is 1:1 to the Moog

[Urs]

(hehehe, couldn't resist...)

[Viktor [TUC]]

A=above mentioned hardware
B=Diva

Did not find it particularly obvious what's what though!

You didn't EQ anything, did you, SwanAudio?

Viktor

[akira2]

Very cool VS
If there is no EQ, I think Diva is B

Would be great a Repro1 vs Behringer Pro1

[zvenx]

I have no idea which is which but I generally preferred A.
rsp