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Instead it turns out that the Digital oscillator section emulates the Roland JP-8080, including the well-known SuperSaw sound.
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Initially I overlooked the power of the “Digital” oscillator section since it was added in an update and I made the mistake of assuming that “Digital” might mean simply “idealized waveforms” (which might have lacked the individuality of the many other synths Diva emulated).
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As the manual explains, “Eco” does not refer to CPU savings (as modern virtual instrument users might expect) but rather to the economy of the original unit being emulated.
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The Dual VCO Eco oscillators bring the sound of the Korg MS20 (originally an analogue synth with its own patch bay that almost seemed drawn from a more traditional modular) into a simpler semi-modular environment. I enjoyed the variety of colors that combination gave me. Additionally, those looking for further chorus variations can independently supplement Diva’s own chorus options with the free Tal-Chorus-LX chorus effect from Togu Audio Line (taken from their own Tal-Uno-LX synth), which emulates the chorus options of the closely related Roland Juno-60. The DCO section appears to take its cues from a Roland Alpha Juno, and users looking for that sound will do well to avail themselves of the chorus options in Diva’s FX section since the Juno’s chorus played such an important in part in many of that synth’s sounds. Confusingly, Dual VCO really has nothing to do with Dual VCO Eco – one of the very few counter-intuitive design decisions I came across (a point I’ll address shortly in the respective section). The oscillators appear to be drawn from a Roland Jupiter 6 or Jupiter 8 but I lack experience with the original hardware, so I cannot be completely sure. The Dual VCO mode uniquely offers “ideal”, “analog 1” and “analog 2” variations of its waveforms, so it possible multiple synths were used as models for the emulation. The Triple VCO section is based on a MiniMoog with some important additions and differences (which I could probably talk about better if I had spent more time with the original). Let’s take a look at where each oscillator draws its inspiration from. It’s fast, it’s fun and it sounds really great.
It further builds on this by offering an arpeggiator tab and several FX, all without leaving the main screen – while several more advanced options (like oscillator drift) are quickly accessible through additional tabs.
It follows that up by offering features not found in the emulated synthesizers (for example continuous waveform variation in one case and FM in another) and by adding the ability to use up to a 6x stack (unison) mode on the oscillator output section (which means a max of 18 voices per note if you’re using the Triple VCO mode, for example). If you’ve never used zero-feedback filters before, you are in for a treat.
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The increasingly competitive software synthesizer section of the virtual instrument market asks each product one deceptively simple question: what makes you special? For u-he Diva ($179 USD), the answer starts with “sound quality.” Diva meticulously models the eccentricities of the core components of several of the most desirable vintage (and in the case of “Digital” mode, somewhat more modern) synthesizers in the form of their oscillators and filters (typically low-pass and high-pass, but there’s variation) at a level that few other plug-ins even attempt, let alone succeed at. It begs us to ask the question “who needs hardware?”. Diva is u-he’s magnificent homage to the world of analog synthesizer gear.
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