Now, DIVA is obviously simpler than Zebra, but it's not your standard VA synth either so I'm sure that there are plenty of things under the hood that can hopefully generate very interesting posts within this thread too!
So everybody that has some DIVA tips and tricks they would like to share with the community, can do so here.
To kick-start this thread, I have a trick I'd like to share!
Velocity expanded envelope:
Once getting used to the envelope features inside Zebra(key and velocity controlled ADS(F/R)(L)Rs) there are strong chances that you'll want them in every other synth.
For this example I'll give the illusion
of envelope decay expansion driven by velocity ... modulating the filter's cutoff.You'll need:
-2 envelopes (one of them velocity sensitive and with longer decay)
-1 adder (found within the modifications tab)
-1 filter modulation slot (with adder selected)
Setting up:
-1st envelope (VCA): short decay, 50% sustain (you can also set it to 0 if you'll use the gate to drive the VCA instead of Env1), vel and key to 0.
-2nd envelope: longer decay than env1 (shorter to contract instead expand), the rest of the parameters the same as env1 if you don't want anything else but the decay to "morph" with velocity), velocity 100.
-Modifications tab: connect Env1 and Env2 to adder and connect adder to one of the filter's modulation slots (or select "adder" within the filter area)
-Check out this patch to if you need/want to: http://www.box.com/s/9zo30zml51uq3py9btfi
PS You don't really have to use the adder but if you choose not to, you'll need both of the filter's modulation slots (env1, env2)
This is different from from Zebra's envelope options as using what I've described also expands the modulation amount, in some cases that's a double win anyway.. so .. yeah
