KVR Audio

SmartCat · Post by **SmartCat** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:37 am

Repro is new and sounds fantastic.
If you could only go for one, which one would it be?
I tried both demo versions and the two Repro synths won for me.

Cinebient · Post by **Cinebient** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:39 am

SmartCat wrote:Repro is new and sounds fantastic.
If you could only go for one, which one would it be?
I tried both demo versions and the two Repro synths won for me.

Then you answered it already......but i own both and i also would choose Repro over Diva by a country mile.

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:41 am

I only own Repro have have demoed Diva a few times. Diva sounds great, but I don't hear the gulf between it and others that I do with the Repros. Of course, it is more versatile though.

generaldiomedes · Post by **generaldiomedes** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 11:58 am

I chose repro ... for juno like stuff I reach for tyrell and between them both have a lot of bases covered.

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:16 pm

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:21 pm

I would say: Depends. If you want a Prophet emulation, go for RePro. If you want a versatile analog/digital emulation, go for Diva. Personally, i'd go for Diva from these 2. But that's just because it's much more attractive for me, with all the different parts of hardware synths Diva is emulating. Actually, Diva is sort of the only synth which really interests me from the u-he range of synths, and partly Hive.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:40 pm

Diva for smooth analogue sweet spots all over. Repro for the raw stuff.

surreal · Post by **surreal** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:55 pm

I have both! Love it!! But Repro has tainted my taste to roughen Diva sounds a bit.

SmartCat · Post by **SmartCat** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:57 pm

Cinebient wrote:
SmartCat wrote:Repro is new and sounds fantastic.
If you could only go for one, which one would it be?
I tried both demo versions and the two Repro synths won for me.
Then you answered it already......but i own both and i also would choose Repro over Diva by a country mile.

Thanks for your reply. Do you miss any essential features in Repro? And what about the cpu performance? I compared all 3 synths and Repro (1 especially) seems to force down my computer after the third instance. But I have to admit that I don´t have the fastest cores, I´m on a windows 10, 64 bit dual Xeon machine.

SmartCat · Post by **SmartCat** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:01 pm

noiseboyuk wrote:I only own Repro have have demoed Diva a few times. Diva sounds great, but I don't hear the gulf between it and others that I do with the Repros. Of course, it is more versatile though.

Yes, Diva sounds great as well. May I ask you what kind of music do you play and compose?

SmartCat · Post by **SmartCat** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:02 pm

wagtunes wrote:Diva

Thanks wagtunes! And why Diva? Please share your thoughts

SmartCat · Post by **SmartCat** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:13 pm

chk071 wrote:I would say: Depends. If you want a Prophet emulation, go for RePro. If you want a versatile analog/digital emulation, go for Diva. Personally, i'd go for Diva from these 2. But that's just because it's much more attractive for me, with all the different parts of hardware synths Diva is emulating. Actually, Diva is sort of the only synth which really interests me from the u-he range of synths, and partly Hive.

Interesting points, thanks a lot for your reply.
To be honest, I´m not after the sound of any specific hardware synth. I love the sound of Repro and Diva but I like the dominant sound of Repro more I think. I don´t know why.. There is something more powerful in it..

wagtunes · Post by **wagtunes** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:17 pm

SmartCat wrote:
wagtunes wrote:Diva
Thanks wagtunes! And why Diva? Please share your thoughts

Well, you said I can only choose one. That in itself makes this a bit unfair as both are great synths for different reasons. As Urs said it best, Diva for sweet spots and Repro for that nasty sounding hard stuff.

So for me, if I can only choose one, it comes down to which one is more versatile. Which one can I get more out of. More diversity. For that, it's hands down Diva. With all the different modules and filters, the range of sounds far exceeds what I can get from Repro. No, I won't get that real hard edge stuff. I'll have to sacrifice that. But I'll have a more broad palette. As a composer of many genres, that's more important to me.

Fortunately, in the real world, I don't have to choose just one and therefor own them both. In fact, I bought Repro when it was in beta. I didn't even have to wait to see the finished product. I knew right away it was something I wanted to really get those dirty sounds that, quite honestly, no other synth I own can make. Not like this. Maybe some Reaktor stuff. But that's about it. Diva can't touch Repro for that raw grit.

And that is why, in the real world, we don't own just one synth. Because no one synth can do it all.

At least none that I've run into yet.

SmartCat · Post by **SmartCat** » Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:21 pm

Urs wrote:Diva for smooth analogue sweet spots all over. Repro for the raw stuff.

After playing a few hours with Repro, I managed to create beautiful lush strings and pad sounds with it. But man yes.. it can be so aggressive and evil... most notably in the low end!
Congrats Urs and U-he team to this amazing piece of software!

fluffy_little_something · Sat Dec 30, 2017 2:40 pm

Urs wrote:Diva for smooth analogue sweet spots all over. Repro for the raw stuff.

Not only the raw stuff, made this pad yesterday

https://app.box.com/s/foinavwt9xsr535mc2cs7x1nm5y0smex

Just 3 % in the Taskmanager's CPU meter

Unlike with Diva, the MC support works very well on my computer, so I personally would prefer Repro, which also seems to sound more lively. The user interface is also better for my eyes.

Repro or Diva?!