Since there are so few threads on Retrologue, I will just reply in this ancient one.
Is the Diva default patch considered very analog? I like it despite its simplicity and I recreated it in Retrologue 2, can you tell which one is which from this little audio (two identical halves)?
https://app.box.com/s/zp50sh4d4pv5jvalmrsnvfxfo4wph9b9
Retrologue by Steinberg
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- KVRian
- 928 posts since 7 Sep, 2014
It's a really nice synth. Will be great if Steinberg will improve this one... but seems, that they don't do it with their old products...
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- KVRian
- 875 posts since 26 Aug, 2005 from Oregon, USA
VST only so there's limited use on the Mac platform, depending what DAW you use (one reason I skipped my free version).
PS: I like plugins I could use with both Logic Pro X and Ableton (that has VST support.).
PS: I like plugins I could use with both Logic Pro X and Ableton (that has VST support.).
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- KVRist
- 86 posts since 15 Aug, 2019
It works as an AU on my Mac in Logic.ksandvik wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2026 6:36 am VST only so there's limited use on the Mac platform, depending what DAW you use (one reason I skipped my free version).
PS: I like plugins I could use with both Logic Pro X and Ableton (that has VST support.).
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- KVRian
- 875 posts since 26 Aug, 2005 from Oregon, USA
Oh, it's an AU now, I will check, last time I checked it was VST3 only as that's the Steinberg policy. Not that I'm drowning in retro SW synths myself.
PS: Maybe it was the 'free version' that came with my Arturia keyboard a year ago....
PS: Maybe it was the 'free version' that came with my Arturia keyboard a year ago....
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- KVRist
- 30 posts since 28 Jun, 2026
Which improvements do you suggest?Alexander_D wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2026 5:04 am It's a really nice synth. Will be great if Steinberg will improve this one... but seems, that they don't do it with their old products...
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- KVRian
- 1118 posts since 11 Dec, 2020
Simple, look what Diva can do. Alternate pan, drift, component modelling vco, vcf, vca,cobaia wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2026 9:55 amWhich improvements do you suggest?Alexander_D wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2026 5:04 am It's a really nice synth. Will be great if Steinberg will improve this one... but seems, that they don't do it with their old products...
zero delay feedback no artefacts or aliasing
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- KVRAF
- 35688 posts since 11 Apr, 2010 from Germany
Simple sounds like that may not yield a big difference, but, if you play both, you will notice a very big difference.cobaia wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2026 7:30 pm Since there are so few threads on Retrologue, I will just reply in this ancient one.
Is the Diva default patch considered very analog? I like it despite its simplicity and I recreated it in Retrologue 2, can you tell which one is which from this little audio (two identical halves)?
https://app.box.com/s/zp50sh4d4pv5jvalmrsnvfxfo4wph9b9
And, yes, I own(ed) both. Diva is a different league in terms of analogue modelling.
I would rather compare Retrologue to Sylenth1, and, even in that comparison, I prefer Sylenth1. Not just in sonic character, but also for more versatility with the unison, better internal saturation, a bit more punch in the sound etc.
Retrologue is surely one of the better DAW-included synths though.
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- KVRian
- 928 posts since 7 Sep, 2014
Exactly!Gam456 wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2026 11:13 amSimple, look what Diva can do. Alternate pan, drift, component modelling vco, vcf, vca,cobaia wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2026 9:55 amWhich improvements do you suggest?Alexander_D wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2026 5:04 am It's a really nice synth. Will be great if Steinberg will improve this one... but seems, that they don't do it with their old products...
zero delay feedback no artefacts or aliasing