Diva Vs. Real Analog

[AdmiralQuality]

Virtual Digital

(Actually, that thing probably is digital.)

[hakey]

It is not just that he is constantly marketing, but also is often making negative comments

Well, plenty of people have cottoned on now and the more he does it the funnier it gets, imo.

A negative PR campaign requires a certain degree of flair, subtlety and, most importantly, the ability to understand how one's actions may be viewed by others - when attempted by someone without the necessary aptitude, the result will likely be the exact opposite of that intended.

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[dsynth27]

Personally i don't really get that whole discussion. I got both Diva and Synthix and both are great sounding synths. Besides that they are significantly different. Sometimes I'm a fan of 1:1 comparisons but so far i did not have the idea to do a 1:1 comparison of Diva and Synthix.

BTW this thread seemed to have "derailed" from a "Diva vs real analog" (which was an interesting idea IMO) to a "Diva vs anything" comparison.
Is my own example from the beginning the only comparison with a real analog so far? after checking this thread again it looks that way. It would have been nice to see someone post a 1:1 comparison with e.g. a Minimmog, a Jupiter 8, Jupiter 6, Juno 60 or a MS-20 or would that be a kind of "spamming"?


Ingo

No, I also made analog comparisons....

[trimph1]

Virtual Digital

Yamaha DX7 people...remember those?

[Aroused by JarJar]

Virtual Digital

(Actually, that thing probably is digital.)

Buchla synths are hybrids.

[AdmiralQuality]

Virtual Digital

(Actually, that thing probably is digital.)

Buchla synths are hybrids.

Hi Bird!








Okay, I'll stop now.

[hibidy]

Buchla synths are hybrids.

Oh no We are teh doomed now

[thecontrolcentre]

Virtual Digital

Yamaha DX7 people...remember those?

I thought DX's were FM ...

[trimph1]

Virtual Digital

Yamaha DX7 people...remember those?

I thought DX's were FM ...

It is FM but it is classified as digital....

One of the most popular digital synths ever was the DX7 from Yamaha, released in 1983. It featured a whole new type of synthesis called FM (Frequency Modulation). It certainly is not analog and it is difficult to program but can result in some excellent sounds! It is difficult because it is non-analog and thus, a whole new set of parameters are available for tweaking, many of which seemed counter-intuitive and unfamiliar. And programming had to be accomplished via membrane buttons, one data slider and a small LCD screen.

http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/dx7.php

[AdmiralQuality]

Virtual Digital

Yamaha DX7 people...remember those?

I thought DX's were FM ...

They're PM, actually. (Phase modulation. Of course, modulating phase causes a frequency modulation as well.) But certainly digital. And I think the first all-digital design (aside from some little toy Casios, VL-Tone doesn't count! ).

Even Emulators and Fairlights still had analog filters in 1983, I think. Synclavier too?

[Lotuzia]

Edit: No need to get rude here.

But Lotuzia: Please stop this kind of passive aggressive marketing. It will get you nowhere. It seriously annoys many people here. And that's not a good way to sell products. People will recognize good products by themselves.

Cheers
Dennis

It is not just that he is constantly marketing, but also is often making negative comments about Diva. He was remarkably rude in the Gearslutz Diva thread too. Most of the time though it is the passive aggressive stuff.

To make things clear :

I never made a single comment about Diva itself, its quality, or less quality, or sound, etc etc either here (KVR) or in GS.

[Urs]

I never made a single comment about Diva itself, its quality, or less quality, or sound, etc etc either here (KVR) or in GS.

Well, you only doubted a couple of times that we actually did anything special - you try to diminish our work as the same kind of thing as typing down code from a paper. You even sent Howard an abusive email about how lame PSpice emulations are, and how you could have done it yourself and yada yada (why then isn't there any synth that does this?). I've tried to keep things civil by explaning things to you in private emails. To which you react with threats of "war". Your fighting that war alone, somehow unpleasantly in our threads.

[Lotuzia]

It is not just that he is constantly marketing, but also is often making negative comments

Well, plenty of people have cottoned on now and now the more he does it the funnier it gets, imo.

A negative PR campaign requires a certain degree of flair, subtlety and, most importantly, the ability to understand how one's actions may be viewed by others - when attempted by someone without the necessary aptitude, the result will likely be the exact opposite of that intended.

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The down side of your hatred campaign is that people will see you too

If you had not slashed the Synthix in page 8 of this thread, like in some other threads, including Xils-Lab threads when you appeared a lot, I would not be obliged to talk to you, and well ...... Your credibility might be better.

Keep on the vendetta man ( And remember : people see us )

LtZ

[hibidy]

It's silly to get caught up in this (everybody screams "SHUT UP HIBIDY!" )

[digitalboytn]

i have Diva

i also have other synths

i dont care if they sound 'analogue' i use them cos they make good sounds

That's the smart way to deal with it all...

Conquering rather than dividing