u-he Diva Virtual Analog Synth Plug-in Reviews
Create evocative synthesizer sounds with undeniable analog character, all with the u-he Diva plug-in. Choose from five different oscillator modules to conjure everything from big fat analog synth sounds to precise digital waveforms. The five different filter models are where Diva really shines, with advanced analog modeling algorithms resulting in amazingly rich and vibrant filtering effects, with no filter-stepping or aliasing. With scores of great presets and a ton of tweakability, the u-he Diva virtual synthesizer promises unlimited sound-design potential for composers and electronic musicians.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Sounds great
Diva is the best sounding synth that I own. It is also easy to use and surprisingly flexible.
It does use more CPU than my other VSTs. I had to set "Minimum processor state" to 50% (from 5%) in the "Advanced settings" of "Power Options" in Windows 11 to get it to work reliably. This disabled core parking, which appeared to be causing the problem. After that change, I am able to run multiple copies reliably in Divine Accuracy (the highest quality setting) on my i5-11400.
Perfectly Rounds Out My VST Synth Collection
After Reveal Spire, Air Tech Vaccuum and Pigments I was still looking for that great analog emulation in a VST and found it with Diva. It is easier than I thought to program, more flexible than anything imaginable and I am getting sounds I dreamed of.
Roars Like A Lion !!!
Moog bass settings roars like a lion. I made a patch following the instructions on youtube "Steve Porcaro Synthesizer Basics Mini Moog Sounds"
Wow I finally got that deep sound that I was searching for. I tried to do a Moog like bass in other free VST synths and nothing compares.
I am an advanced beginner player (5 years lessons 1 per week in person with professional musician)
I plan to use this patch above to play song Gary Newman Cars for the bass line.
Worth the money and love the liscence agreement terms.
Perfect for Synthwave
I was looking for old-school, analogue sounds and Diva delivered! It's completely replaced the other synth programs I was using.
Warm and Inviting
Excellent Soft synth from U-He..not to hard to use and the sounds are incredible, I haven't really had any problems with CPU Usage either I think people over exaggerate , the pads on this ting are one of the best i have heard for sure, and I have quite a few now, I would highly recommend the DIVA by U-he
Beautiful
Sound quality is top shelf. Sadly, my other analog synth collections (and my Serum) are now collecting dust. If you're looking for an excellent workhorse that sounds amazing, start here. You'll probably end up here, so save yourself the money.
Older i7-6700, Reaper runs about 5-6 Divas on "Divine" setting before getting squirrely, so I hope that helps you for CPU usage reference. It's nowhere near as bad as internet searches make it out to be. Set to "Draft" or "good" while composing and then set to Divine when rendering and you can probably load more.
Overall, fantastic, worth the premium, and will cost you less in the long run trying to chase down that perfect sound. Learn from my mistakes.
Sweetwater got registration code delivered promptly, and service followed up a few days later to ask if I had any installation questions or needs. Touch of class right there. Thanks for the focus on customer service.
U-he Diva - 5 stars.
Awesome
Great VST Plugin. One of my favorites, would put this right up there with omnisphere/serum. Love how you have the capability of changing the parameters for synthesis. This synth can do everything you need it to do and more, very clean interface.
Software Synth?
This is so good for melodic tech/house or anything really…if you want that butter in VST look no further.
Incredible Tones
Amazing sound quality; Easy to use; Tons of presets!
Six stars! Mind blowing sound quality!
I recently demoed a variety of the top soft synths, and as for sound quality, none come close to Diva. It warms and soothes the ear like real analog, without annoying (but often subtle) digital artifacts, and like no other. Diva offers oscillators, filters, and envelopes from some of the greatest monophonic and polyphonic synths of yesteryear, all meticulously modeled, including a famous "mini." You can mix and match them too! Forget the other synth packages of a gazillion mediocre synths. Get the one best synth. Diva is extremely flexible, and sounds and feels like real analog hardware sitting right in front of you. Great GUI and patches also. The price is right. Great work! Thank you, u-he and Sweetwater!
Best tone
I am an owner of most of the most popular soft synths out there (Serum, all the NI Komplete synths, Predator 2, Synthmaster, Omnisphere, and many others). And I can honestly say that none of them touch the tone that Diva is capaple of producing. It truly is a CPU hog, but so the hell what! Freeze or bounce the track if you have to, but this is rich, dense, buttery tone that satisfies that deep-gut need you have for hefty tone. I love those other soft synths too, but Diva is just special and in a class by herself.
Monster of a synth...
This is a monster of a synth for creating and replicating "the analog sound" of classic synths like the MiniMoog and Oberheim. Can be very CPU intensive but since I bounce all my tracks down to audio for mixing, that hasn't been much of a problem. Well worth the money and a must have VST!
Service and quality
Diva is an amazing semi modular virtual synth, work flow is near flawless. The power you have with this synth is nearly unmatched, from the sound envelopes is that you can completely change and the presets that are basic enough to build off of. Also, the service at sweet water is phenomenal! I have never dealt with more professional yet personable people at a Music Store before. It is pretty clear that there's actual passion behind the work these people do. Too bad I live in Texas, I would love to work with a company that is able to recognize a problem and actually find a solution!
Amazing sounds, still major CPU problems
This synth is industry standard and not sure why considering it is a CPU destroyer. Even when you optimize it will still wreck an 8 core i7 processor like it's nobody's job. Go with Spire instead.
