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braj · Post by **braj** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:03 pm

This is why I love Diva:

The sounds!
The modular nature of it (accessible even to dense me)
The playability!
The GUI! (every VST should be resizable!)
What it emulates (exactly what I was looking for)
The patch browser!
The developer!

codec_spurt · Post by **codec_spurt** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:13 pm

braj wrote:This is why I love Diva:

The sounds!
The modular nature of it (accessible even to dense me)
The playability!
The GUI! (every VST should be resizable!)
What it emulates (exactly what I was looking for)
The patch browser!
The developer!

I'm ignorant. Is that a Urs plugin?
Zebra is the only plug in i have on my list that i have to buy.
everything else i can do without.
Urs is an amazing developer and very generous too. I still play with his cm
creation.

Maybe it is something different. If not, it looks amazing..

braj · Post by **braj** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:24 pm

codec_spurt wrote:
braj wrote:This is why I love Diva:

The sounds!
The modular nature of it (accessible even to dense me)
The playability!
The GUI! (every VST should be resizable!)
What it emulates (exactly what I was looking for)
The patch browser!
The developer!
I'm ignorant. Is that a Urs plugin?
Zebra is the only plug in i have on my list that i have to buy.
everything else i can do without.
Urs is an amazing developer and very generous too. I still play with his cm
creation.

Maybe it is something different. If not, it looks amazing..

Yes, it is from Urs and u-he

it is really really lovely. I am not big on more digital sounds, my synth desires are all rooted in analog from the 70's and early 80's so Diva was a perfect match for me.

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:11 pm

Of course I like some features of other synths (like the way you assign modulations in Massive) or workflow adjustments .. like right click--modulate with... (Omnishpere.. Alchemy? )
I've tried a bunch of cool soft synths, but I'm sticking with u-he Zebra atm!

After you get used to it, there are few synths out there that can compare with it's versatility+sound quality combo + the workflow is very good also (yeah, some small things here and there that I would want to see implemented but still)

As I'm always happy to try something else or new, but rarely putting something on my wishlist.

braj · Post by **braj** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:18 pm

I have ZebraCM, obviously there is a big difference from the full version, but can someone explain that to me? I'm not in the market to buy more plugs for a long while now, but still I want to know what I'm missing

all the free synths from u-he are great. I need to explore Zebralette more.

ScottZ · Post by **ScottZ** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:09 am

like 6 posts down urs gives short explanation for zebracm
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2402590

braj · Post by **braj** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:12 am

ScottZ wrote:like 6 posts down urs gives short explanation for zebracm
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2402590

2 osc - noise - vcf
2 x adsr, 3 x lfo
reverb/modfx/delay

All modules are identical with corresponding ones in Zebra2, just no waveform editing (16 fixed waveforms with smooth transitions instead) and predefined OscFX ("Symmetry" for PWM and "Filter" for osc timbre control). The VCF module is the good old one as known from Zebra 1.0 - 2.0, nineteen different types.

So it's pretty much Zebra 1.0 with minor enhancements here and there, such as IntelMac compatibility and a new user interface.

~

(thanks ScottZ!) I have to dig into ZebraCM more!

3ee · Post by **3ee** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:28 am

braj wrote:I have ZebraCM, obviously there is a big difference from the full version, but can someone explain that to me? I'm not in the market to buy more plugs for a long while now, but still I want to know what I'm missing all the free synths from u-he are great. I need to explore Zebralette more.

Not that familiar with Zebra CM, but just by looking at the GUI image, I can tell that it's basically 2 oscs, one VCF, very little modulation possibilities (depending for what you are using it that may be enough)

What I find missing from Zebra CM and what Zebra offers is:
Basic VA architecture VS semi-modular one

Many extra modules (Comb, FMOs, XMF to name a few)
Modulation matrix (menu displays only the parameters of enabled modules)
Extra envelope options for expressiveness
More effects
Routing options other small stuff
Arp?
Extra modulation sources like MMap (very useful)
XY performance pads (using them more and more to modify many parameters at once)

OSC wave manipulation and it's settings (Zebralette has them but I don't see them in Zebra CM)

mojogigolo · Post by **mojogigolo** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:02 am

vaz modular - the only restriction on it is your own creativity in patching it.

Lunatic_Machinist · Post by **Lunatic_Machinist** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:06 pm

Reaktor.

beatsmanshion · Post by **beatsmanshion** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:21 pm

i wish diva was free....

braj · Post by **braj** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:27 pm

beatsmanshion wrote:i wish diva was free....

I totally get your sentiment

but nothing is free, either we pay or Urs pays. But somebody has to pay. It costs a lot of energy, and I am happy to give u-he and other developers my energy to keep producing great products. If we find value in something, we should feel good and even enthusiastic about supporting it. How about 'I wish I had the funds to buy it' instead?

beatsmanshion · Post by **beatsmanshion** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:31 pm

ahan agreed

i wish i had funds to buy it...

hivkorn · Post by **hivkorn** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 7:48 pm

Reaktor , after 1 years of use i begin to discover it.it s surely the most powerfull synth at this time,if you had a little dev skill it sound just like you want...a gold mine ...i love it ! Thx to the one who sell it to me 75 € ...

BASSDRIVE · Post by **BASSDRIVE** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:31 pm

I like Synth1 a ton.

your best synth