Performance:
- Multi-threaded operation allows use of multi-core capabilities
- In many cases, Diva's filters are now a lot faster

Sound:
- White-noise DC-offset removed
- Panning inverted to make it correct
- Triggered notes sound more coherent
- Sonic improvements (more harmonics, less noise in VCF and synced oscillators)
- New feature "Transient Mode" can reset DC-blockers and filter states on attack

Usability:
- Completely new MIDI-learn mode
- Presets can be revealed in Finder (OSX) or opened in Explorer (Windows)
- drag & drop presets in Cocoa view (Mac)
- Better file error messages for windows
- log written if a file named Diva.log exists on the desktop

Bugfix:
- deadlocks that some experienced under Windows are gone
- no more unwanted legato mode after preset selection
- no more crashes after invalid file access
- All Notes Off releases current notes instead of killing them
- MIDI preset change no longer forgets modulator section
- Init preset is correct in the presence of MIDI Banks
- no more crashes after long silence

Main changes and additions:

1. Multicore Support

Finally play as many voices as you like on selected systems! This needs multicore system with on-cpu-memory-interface like i5, i7, Nehalem.

2. up to 40% less CPU usage on expensive presets

We have improved the feedback prediction algorithim in the filters so dramatically that highly resonant patches will now use up to 40% less cpu than older versions. Can't get that sound any faster Wink

3. Improved sound quality

You'll notice that Diva now sounds like a freshly refurbished analogue synthesizer. We've polished the attack transients and we've added a bit more shine to the VCO models. Even though these changes are subtle we recommend to render your current projects done with Diva before installing this beta.

Background: Actually, what happened is this... to improve the crossmodulation behaviour of the very early betas, we switched away from the widely used miniBLEPs, towards a version with more accurate phase response. A few people then noticed that Diva's release version sounded a tad duller than the beta. We fixed that now, so she got all the glamour of the beta back alongside the goodness that we added later Smile

4. Revised User Guide

More info, more detail, more tutorials, more fun to read! (included in downloads)

We\'ve fixed a few niggles - including those pops and spikes when switching filters/presets. And we\'ve added a full user manual. Simply download from below and install again - Diva\'s revision number should show 517 in the bottom right corner.