￥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 1.4.5 (revision 12092)

 

Native M1 ARM support

 

Improvements:

• Native support for Apple Silicon chips (M1)
• macOS Big Sur compatibility
• Improved GUI performance on Mac
• Support for Oddsound MTS-ESP
• Improved handling of junction links on Windows
• Improved multi-core performance on Mac
• Switchable side panel designs
• Preset tags modernized
• Preset list scroll direction preference
• Improved soundset installation
• Preset browser bank name support
• Added strict host sync button to arpeggiator section

 

Fixed Bugs:

• Fixed possible stuck notes in Arpeggiator
• Fixed notes starting on same time stamp but different MIDI channel might not play
• Fixed notes getting stuck when resetting playhead in Logic 10.6
• Fixed Cakewalk setting instance parameters to default on project reload
• Fixed hold pedal sometimes stealing wrong voice
• Fixed crash when loading script presets (e.g. Randomizer)
• Fixed rare crash on project reload
• Fixed audio clicks when switching presets
• Various framework fixes and improvements

 

Known Issues:
Context menus need plugin focus to work (Apple issue)

 

Special Notes:

• AAX support on Mac removed temporarily (will come back in next update)
• Updated minimum requirements, CPU needs to support SSE4.2 instruction set
• Linux: minimum required glibc version is 2.28 (otherwise plugins won’t show up)
• Multi-core support is not optimized for Apple ARM chips
• macOS 32-bit support discontinued

 

Team RET