￥DIVA – Dinosaur Impersonating Virtual Analogue Synthesizer. The oscillators, filters and envelopes closely model components found in some of the great monophonic and polyphonic synthesizers of yesteryear. Modules can be mixed and matched so you can build hybrids, but what sets DIVA apart is the sheer authenticity of the analogue sound. This comes at the cost of quite a high CPU-hit, but we think it was worth it: Diva is the first native software synth that applies methods from industrial circuit simulators (e.g. PSpice) in realtime. The behaviour of zero-delay-feedback filters when pushed to the limit clearly demonstrates the advantages of this groundbreaking approach.

 

• authentic, unrivaled analogue sound
• up to 40% less CPU-hit than version 1.0
• multithreading support for modern CPUs – more polyphony, less overload
• even bigger library of gorgeously organic presets
• resizable editor window, alternative skins available shortly
• the essence of 7 or 8 vintage synths for about 1% of the cost
• …and so much more!

 

improvements:

 

• Completely rewritten VST3 implementation
• New ’move to trash’ option in preset browser
• Windows – GUI performance improvements
• GUI – undo/redo arrows improved for better visibility
• Pitch Bend range now +-48
• Pressure now reacts to MIDI parameter smoothing preference

 

Diva 1.4.3 (revision 7422)

 

Bug fixes:

 

Mac only: Crash when loading plugin, due to missing write permissions
Mac only: Crash if a symlink pointed to an external drive
Some issues in preset browser when creating or duplicating folders

 

Diva 1.4.3 (revision 7325)

 

New features and improvements:

 

• New Preset Browser
• Pitchbend range is now +/−48
• New user defined MIDI CC sources replace fixed expression and breath modulation
• Mouseover shows parameter values in Data Display
• GUI performance improvements on Windows
• Plug-in format and OS information shown next to revision number
• Improved VST3 implementation
• Windows installer now certified
• Init preset can be loaded from Data Display
• Increased maximum number of skins from 10 to 20
• Improved handling of 14bit MIDI CC assignment
• Added UTF-8 support for registration names

 

Bug fixes:

 

• Fixed unsorted folders and presets when using APFS in macOS High Sierra
• Fixed possible crash in Cubase when selecting presets (Mac OS X only)
• Fixed an issue where the VST3 version did not remember preset name in Data Display (Windows only)
• Fixed an issue with Digital oscillator where the multisaw had phase-reset on first notes
• Fixed an issue where Finetune parameter could not be locked
• Fixed an issue when using the AAX version, the Offline Accuracy was not recognized
• Fixed an issue when using the AAX version, saving presets was not possible (Windows only)
• Fixed an issue when Transient mode is set to Analog and did not work correctly in mono modes
• Fixed an issue where envelopes were sometimes ignoring Attack value
• Fixed an issue where long preset names could extend outside the Data Display or Preset Browser window
• Various small fixes and improvements

 

Known issues:

 

•Crash when trying to load script presets (e.g. Randomizer)