diva sounds too polished ?
diva sounds too polished ?
I'm demoing diva, and yes it sounds pretty amazing, and i'm trying to love it, but i'm thinking it maybe sounds too clean and polished. I mean how can you get it to sit properly in the mix as opposed to say minimonsta. is it a touch clinical and sterile. comments appreciated by those who have more time with it
Re: diva sounds too polished ?
It's subjective of course, for me is the opposite minimonsta sounds too thin compared to DIVA.I love huge sound out of it, specially pads, leads and bass.
Re: diva sounds too polished ?
I've always been of the opinion that Zebra sounds 'too clean,' so I feel what you're getting at here. Though i was pretty impressed with Diva's sound when I demo'd it (didn't buy it due to the insane CPU usage).
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Re: diva sounds too polished ?
IIRC few people was able to tell the name of the synth in blind test... so the sound is subjective, and no characteristic in the sound but in the GUI & workflow.
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Re: diva sounds too polished ?
Since I discovered parallel processing, i've come to the conclusion that you can make the thinnest sounds as fat as you like, so don't get bogged down by the "this sounds better than that" argument as it's fairly pointless once you've gotten to grips with parallel processing....and mid/side processing to prevent your mixes turning into gloop.
It's also gone a long way into curing my gear lust.....I am now of the opinion that I can achieve the sounds I want without buying the latest plug in, in fact, if i'd discovered it earlier, i'd not have bought Komplete or any of the other plug-ins.
It's also gone a long way into curing my gear lust.....I am now of the opinion that I can achieve the sounds I want without buying the latest plug in, in fact, if i'd discovered it earlier, i'd not have bought Komplete or any of the other plug-ins.
Re: diva sounds too polished ?
Just wait till DIVA gets the Roland JP 8000 Oscillator and Oberheim filter next month
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I know it's a cpu hog, but for me, I would never say Dive sounds too polished.
Diva is a beast. I love it, & it is about to get a whole lot better.
Diva is a beast. I love it, & it is about to get a whole lot better.
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I'm wondering what the rest of your track sounds like if Diva is too polished
Have you tried...
... turning up the oscillator drift?
... detuning the shit out of the oscillators?
... eqing some elements so it sits?
... turning it off and on again?
... adding some chorus/phaser/rotary?
Have you tried...
... turning up the oscillator drift?
... detuning the shit out of the oscillators?
... eqing some elements so it sits?
... turning it off and on again?
... adding some chorus/phaser/rotary?
Re: diva sounds too polished ?
If you want it to sound a bit more rough and nasty without it sounding low quality try running DIVA through a tape effect like the u-he SATIN Tape plugin that comes out in 1 - 2 months or Soundtoys console amp sim Decapitator.
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I would agree Zebra sounds clean, Diva and ACE on the other hand can be made to sound raw.
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Don't forget about lives own plugs like Amp, cab, saturator, tube, etc
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Re: diva sounds too polished ?
Oberheim filter! So nice.XSIMan wrote:Just wait till DIVA gets the Roland JP 8000 Oscillator and Oberheim filter next month
Re: diva sounds too polished ?
Maybe it's when you fancy the uglier bird more, the good looking one ain't giving you the horn