My Biggest Tips for Diva (After 1000+ Hours!)

[@SynthHackerTV]

My presets for Diva - synthhacker.com/collections/diva

[@ShortP1089]

wow thank you, this video is amazing! i am using diva for 2 years now but you made some parameters very more clear for me. Also your Apricot Preset is on point, sounds extremely similar to bicep

[@negvey]

You're one few channels that gives such good explanations that are so practical and to the point, thanks these tips are great!!

[@brailyndsummers]

Your understanding of what sounds good contextually and ability to apply a fundamental knowledge of synthesis to arrive at that specific sound is impeccable. I always enjoy your videos. Even if I may not have the synth you're using in a video I always stick around because I will undoubtedly learn something new. You're concise and informative when you explain the what, why, & how of a patch. Aside from that I just really admire the way your patches sound, they always sound familiar in a way. If this comment wasn't evident enough, let me just say that I think you and your channel here on youtube are incredibly cool. If I wasn't broke all the damn time I would be buying your preset packs because I can hear so much utility in every patch you make dude. Keep on doing your thing man, your contributions are appreciated by many in the music making and synth community.

[@Barnet310]

Just realised how many years I’ve been watching your videos! Got you to thank for so many of the songs I’ve made

[@tonydesmet7389]

Thank you for these great tips. Diva is not the most user friendly synthesizer, so your help is very much appreciated. Personally I found your best tip the one of additive manual modulation (which is a generic technique). I'll have a look if that is possible in Bitwig as well. Cheers from Belgium!

[@xrabbz2010]

been using this for years and I've learned from this,thanks man

[@rocknrory]

Your explanations are the best! Easy to understand and very effective. The tips on stereo width are next level, looking forward to using them! Automation as well. Big ups!

[@mac0285]

Great tips! Another tip I have for all Diva users is to check out the Aiko and especially the new Mona skins for Diva from Plugmon. They make Diva look and feel like a brand new synth, add functionality (like Massive-style modulation assignment and adjustment), and put all the main controls on one page.

[@prodxaint]

thank you for that, didn't know that Diva has skins, MONA looks amazing!

[@mac0285]

@prodxaint no problem, the skin greatly improves the user experience and it looks great.

[@prodxaint]

@@mac0285 yeah fact, its so much better on UX side, made couple cool sounds on it already haha

[@shanzyan]

definitely would love to see tutorials for repro-1/repro-5

[@TheValueOfN]

Diva is the mutt's nuts. I'm learning a lot of valuable knowledge from this vid. Cheers for that. Keep 'em coming.

[@blackbobross4960]

The mutts nuts

[@MokkaMusic]

Thanks a lot! I've been waiting for this video for a long time, because some aspects were always unclear to me.

[@Nexusjmusic]

Incredible insight, thank you for sharing! I've been using Diva for a while & I learnt heaps from this video.

[@roderickstaples127]

This is the kind of tutorial you need when you already know how synths work, but not what's best to do with them. A tutorial like this for Hive would be great.

[@baardmanbeats]

Second this, too many tutorials out there for complete beginners just saying how something works. Its the same with 99% of music theory tutorials on YT

[@platinummonster9755]

I recently demoed Diva, wondering what all the hype was about. I think I got through about 15 presets before the wallet came out. It's so above and beyond in sound quality that even my ragged, untrained ear could tell there was magic inside. There are definitely Fairies at the bottom of this one. Thanks for the tips :)

[@NOEL-004]

Thx man, i got diva for over one year and sadly never used it that much But now I’m ready to dive back in:D

[@EricBernal]

Amazing! Just took my love for this synth to a whole new level. Thank you for sharing ❤

[@rwharrington87]

Perfect timing on the Diva content. Hope to see more of it!

[@eduardolopez1082]

That velocity section blew my mind, little did I know that, thank you, sir.

[@KBoxx]

beautiful tutorial, am loving diva so far and this helps just get my head around it easier thank you

[@SynthHackerTV]

glad to hear it! :)

[@xrabbz2010]

dive back in? I never stopped using it! it's used at least 6 times every project, it's my favorite soft synth

[@lavatr8322]

7:18 I just listened to this track _Howl_ and its the exact sound lol

[@diemturner5755]

Great vidjayo, thanks for this. I do have one question - correct me if I misunderstood you but, early on in the video while addressing the envelopes and that you choose either analog or digital, it sounded like you said that after years of working with serum you had found not having control over release time very frustrating. Each of the three envelopes has its own AHDSR section. Further more you can change any or all of the four LFOs to function as envelopes giving you a total of no less than seven envelopes. If I misunderstood you, apologies, then I'm not telling you anything new. Anyways, thanks again. Godspeed Diem

[@bonafontciel]

Lucid explanation. This is an excellent video. I refuse to see 5:-hrs Diva training videos and yours cover everything in 26 minutes :D Thanks and Looking forward for more U-He videos like this ❤

[@Naturallproductions1]

The stereo width

[@andreasoberg2021]

Lots of gret tips. The pannong control was new to me and also additive modulation

[@sebastiantamayo3601]

Great video! Would love to see how you use the modulation section in the video. Awesome overview, thanks for sharing your process!

[@PabloRodriguezwhyCharlieWhy]

great Video... I love diva this take any preset to twist in to another level

[@julialesnichycomposer4965]

Thank you!! Very helpful! Especially the last part with modulation in Ableton live

[@JurassicTrance]

Really great video, learned a lot of useful stuff. I had one question about the Trimmers Tab. Can you explain what the numbers above "Voices" and "Stack" mean? I'm also a bit confused about the "12" shown for "Voices" because as you mentioned there are only knobs for 8 voices, so where does the 12 (or more as I think this amount can be increased) come in? Also I notice when you play the lights under the oscillator voice detune section light up differently with each note. What does this mean? Thanks! Cheers

[@SynthHackerTV]

What other virtual analog synths should I make presets/tutorials for?

[@rocknrory]

Repro would be choice!

[@maydaygoingdown5602]

Dune 3. Although, that is both Virtual Analog and Wave table.

[@uw0tm838]

Hive

[@profet1385]

bazille?

[@alancarmody8848]

Phonec

[@theARDISAN]

That pan modulation is amazing (for stack and voicemap specifically).

[@ALEXROSSuk]

Unreal tutorial, thank you!

[@SynthHackerTV]

Appreciate it mate!

[@elonthebass6870]

Man, thanks so much for helping me demystifying this synth! Diva is intimidating AF lol

[@hendrix6]

✌👍 Apricots such a tune, beautiful patch too. Great video, thanks. Btw, I can't seem to download the free stuff on your site.

[@diegolondono93]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@hyena0815]

08:45 Man, that's lovely. I am so in love with this sound. Great job! Where can I buy your preset pack with this included to support you?

[@SynthHackerTV]

It’s included with my Diva pack ‘Pulse for Diva’ on my site, glad you like it :)

[@Banquet...]

Great video, have u tried the Mona skin? Be interested to hear what u think of it

[@speedcrawlmusic]

thank you! 🙂

[@antonynewland5834]

Very useful information/tutorial well explained…thank you

[@SoundSignals]

Can you please port your SOULECT and LUCID presets to Diva 🙏

[@ryanbent9368]

Just do it yourself. You’ll learn a lot more about the synth

[@SoundSignals]

@@ryanbent9368 there's no way i could do it myself, i don't have enough understanding of synths, also they sound like very crafted packs. If you think that it's so easy maybe you could do it for me and I'll give you £20 for each pack 😏

[@hitessence]

This is PURE GOLD

[@louzky.177]

Is there way too do the manual automation in fl studio? Much love!

[@MrSerejaEremenko]

Thanks pal! This one is very informative

[@lareinelaaren]

Awesome video man

[@SpacedOutDoonie]

Really good tips in here thanks

[@olymoon2008]

Thank you for the video. When I see the envelope thing at the beginning, I think for that price having envelopes with Max 4 segments is a no go for me. How difficult is it to offer more options? I dont know but most actual synth do.

[@voltijuice8576]

It fits within the intended goal of Diva as an instrument - to mix and match building blocks from vintage mono and poly synths. So it makes sense that they choose to not clutter it with functions and features which weren't present in those. When you want more or arbitrary envelope segments then it's time for a plugin instrument for more modern sounds.

[@olymoon2008]

@@voltijuice8576 Well, it's perfectly possible to keep the essence of a vintage synth, adding segments to an envelope. It's not another function, it's just evolution.

[@StevenKaeser]

Hey, how do you get that cool sequenced repeat midi on the minute 7-9, do you just program the notes?

[@KiDAppleBorg]

Tom you’re a 💎!! Many thanks

[@basspartout]

Absolutely great video! It adresses all the question marks I still had with DIVA (after 1000+ hours). So well explained and straight to the point!! I wish U-HE themselves had done such a video years ago!. Thank you so much!!!

[@figloalds]

The delay effect on this synth sounds way too good, I may be stupid, maybe I'm doing something wrong, but if I could have this beautiful delay with Serum's reverb, DAMN

[@taijahne1]

hiya what are your minimum requirements for the versions of each synth/plugin for your preset packs? thank you

[@k-town8821]

GREAT - THANK YOU!!!

[@lavatr8322]

Do we have a plugin for PAD sounds... like outof the box lush, beautiful pads

[@AutPen38]

If you have the money for it, Omnisphere will provide you with enough pads to keep you occupied for several lifetimes.

[@lavatr8322]

@@AutPen38 damn.... But I guess it is cpu intensive?

[@AutPen38]

@@lavatr8322 I've not used it, but one of the main issues with Omnisphere is you need loads (hundreds of gigabytes) of hard drive space, since it uses tons of samples as well as synthesis. Most of the presets would probably use less CPU than Diva does, because it doesn't take much processing power to play back a pre-recorded sample. The CPU gets busy when it has to calculate the effect of LFOs, delays, reverbs and other modulators. Diva is processor-intensive, because it starts with simple saw, sine, and square waves and your CPU has to calculate how to combine them to make pads etc. While you can certainly modulate the sounds in Omnisphere, it's fundamentally a ROMpler that is used to call up samples (of pads etc) from old synths. Diva essentially has to make those sounds from scratch.

[@glintstone415]

beast of a synth

[@davidpurple3698]

Thanks for the video. Very useful. But you also nicely demonstrated how non-friendly this plug-in is and what a hopeless GUI it has.

[@SynthHackerTV]

Ah it's not that bad once you get used to it, it came out 12 years ago too!

[@davidpurple3698]

@@SynthHackerTV yes thats also why it needs an Update 😳

[@DEEBOGOAT]

THANK YOU ITS VERY HELPFUL ❤❤

[@SynthHackerTV]

I’m so glad! Thanks for watching :)

[@djjohnny5166]

Can you recommend another virtual analog synth? I just can’t stand how Diva looks.

[@helmet212]

Thanks man! I've got novation launchkey mini but I am unable to control diva through the knobs. Is there anyway to program it to midi keyboard?

[@soulwarfare]

Have you tried clicking the cog wheel at the top right. It’s ages since I used Diva but you might be able to map each parameter to your keystep.

[@nicorentzsch9946]

can you asign an envelope to an lfo? like make the vibrato fade in with a long attack?

[@SynderNOfficial]

absolutely but it is a shit synth with no mod matrix no clue why people use it

[@filo1210]

What an unnecessary comment ​@@SynderNOfficial

[@SynderNOfficial]

it's not an emulation of any synth so why deliberately limit its potential? after all these years even@@filo1210

[@dbdbdb12345]

very useful ! thank you bro!🙏

[@briancase6180]

Great stuff. Thanks.

[@mctapia12]

Normally I can't watch synts demon and tips because it's all about fiddling around the settings and getting nowhere soundwise. Like the sound remains awful from the beginning till the end. This is not the case. The work around is done through cool patches and demonstrating the real sound work. Cool!

[@mullewap6670]

One of the best synths.👍

[@CavallaroFabrizio]

this is so useful man, thankss

[@mhnoni]

11:13 That's really beautiful.

[@thegeenius]

beautifully broken down sir.. thank u,

[@user-mishasmp]

Nice video thank you

[@PK-ct1bm]

TY. The LFO section of Diva is a mess to me.

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

amazing content

[@TudorLaurini]

sick

[@rick_amsterdam]

This synth just sounds so great. Instant Rufus Du Sol vibes lol 😂

[@toteles7297]

thank you!

[@DrummerTurnedProducer.]

Well shit that's will Clarke designs for you 😂😂😂 8:58

[@almazmusic]

Cool skin for Live. Does it have a name?

[@mancio18]

Apricot ---> Bicep

[@mancio18]

oh my gosh also Opal. lovely!

[@antoine7085]

Thank you

[@EgoDeather]

Shout out to Elderbrook - Howl. Knew the sound instantly.

[@StevenKaeser]

Repro 5? Yes!!

[@MarkyGoldstein]

Good taste

[@AKAtAGG]

I've never heard U-he said out loud. I always think it's yooo aitch eee. the things you learn.

[@aniketpatole]

😮

[@colourbasscolourbassweapon2135]

Fun facts about Diva the knobs are the same as my moog grandmother synth lmao

[@The_Arctic]

❤

[@jude3926]

This isn't the overwatch video i was looking for?

[@hampsonpaul3531]

Great synth shame it uses too much CPU..

[@NullCreativityMusic]

Divine Diva

[@itsstevenstv]

Please make course of this synth, we gonna Pay for it bro, dont worry 😅

[@grobinson4805]

I wish I knew it was such a CPU hog…

[@blackleg13]

dude in 0:19 you said virtual analog synths hhahahahah lmao , there is no such a thing :)))))

[@smarthalayla6397]

My Biggest Tips for Diva is don't use Diva. Use Zebra.

[@andivax]

Great tip. But Zebra doesn't have that filters.

[@_mickmccarthy]

How timely! Was just checking out your course on SonicAcademy there

[@daflux7]

great

[@elonthebass6870]

Man, thanks so much for helping me demystifying this synth! Diva is intimidating AF lol