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Experience the unparalleled depth of sound with U-He’s Diva. Touted as the zenith of analog emulation, Diva delivers a sound reminiscent of classic hardware synths. In this guide, uncover a handpicked collection of the seven best free Diva presets poised to revolutionize your music production journey.
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Top 7 Free Diva Presets: A Deep Dive
Sekora’s Sampler
Sekora is one of the biggest melodic and deep house labels in the game. They recently launched a bundle of presets from Diva. While the pack itself is a premium pack, they offer a small and sweet bundle of freebies that are some of the coolest presets I’ve ever heard. Below is a quote from the label’s founder, whose music you can also check out below to get a sense of the vibe and style of these patches. If you dig them, you should look at buying the full pack as it goes to support a great team and a ton of amazing artists.
“I’ve always wanted to own a preset pack that just works, so I decided to make it myself with the help of other Sekora artists. Creating a variety of simple and complex sounds that are essential for any melodic house & techno track. It has become my go-to pack for every production and captures the Sekora sound beautifully.” – UOAK
Hours In Twilight, Organic House Patches
This pack has it for you, whether you want the soft and enchanting sounds commonly used in melodic house or the modulated and washed-out bass lines typically seen in more ambient music production styles.
Packed with almost 40 presets comprised of bass, leads, and pad patches, this bundle of sounds has a little bit of something for everyone. The only ask is that you follow the artist and playlist of the sound’s creators, updated weekly with some of the freshest and best music of the genres these sounds were inspired by!
Snag These Sounds Here
Matt Bowdler’s Free Pack
Matt Bowdler is a UK-based composer and sound designer who runs the site The Unfinished.
His collections of free sounds and synth patches, that range far beyond only Diva by the way, is a rock solid introduction to the power and diversity of the synth.
If you’re looking for somewhere to get started with third-party presets packs, Matt Bowdler’s list is a great choice.
Scroll down until you find the pack titled DIVA SAUR.
KVR’s Free Pack
KVR is a fantastic production forum where producers from all over the world share some of their most unique works (many of which including amazing sound banks).
KVR user FRM assembled a long list of sounds modeled after a most commonly used hardware pieces including the Minimoog, Jupiter-8, and the Juno-60.
While his original post in the forums seem to have been removed, you can still access the preset banks through the link below.
Download FMR’s Diva Patches Here
ZaBong’s Bank
ZaBong has flown under the radar as an accomplished producer and sound designer who’s free Diva sound-bank pack has been a constant crowd favorite over the past years.
This pack hits a wide range of Diva’s sweet spots, offering a little something for everyone and quality that rivals many of the premium packs found elsewhere online.
Head over to this link to snag all 43 of these awesome patches.
Once you’re done there, check out this link to snag another 40 patches from ZaBong.
AudioBombs
This is another premium bank of powerful patches that offers it’s best sounds completely for free.
This retro sound-bank contains 10 free retro, lo-fi sounds for you to use in your throwback productions.
You can download the sounds right here.
DIVA AETERNA GOLD
theThis is another pack that is a full premium pack but also offers a small sampler worth a snag. This pack is all about dystopian textures, atmosphere, and pads, and this pack offers some of the best patches I use in many of my breakdowns in my songs.
Head over to their site here to pick them up, the download link is tucked away at the bottom in a nice little Zip file (no email required, which is a great little bonus).
How To Use U-He Diva
I won’t sugarcoat it: Diva has a bit of a learning curve if you want to get the most out of the synth.
While many of the sound designers mentioned in the list have spent years learning the synth, you can get a fair amount of utility out of it just by learning its basics.
Bound To Divide did one of the most comprehensive breakdowns of the synth we could have requested. Check out his tutorial below!
Are Diva Presets Royalty Free?
Most of the time, sounds that come in sound banks are completely royalty-free (it would be almost impossible to track and copyright anyway).
So you breathe easy knowing you can freely use all of these sounds and pretty much any Diva synth sample you legally get your hands on with impunity.
How To Install Diva Presets
By now, you probably have a TON of U-He Diva presets that you are excited to use in your next track, and you may be wondering, “How the hell do I install these sounds?!”
While installing presets and sound banks into Diva is pretty easy, it can be frustrating if you don’t know exactly where all the files are.
Our friends over at Audiotent did a fantastic job breaking down all the proper steps you need to take to install any Diva plugin.
So I’ll let Audiotent take it away…
Will Vance is a professional music producer who has been involved in the industry for the better part of a decade and has been the managing editor at Magnetic Magazine since mid-2022. In that time period, he has published thousands of articles on music production, industry think pieces and educational articles about the music industry. Over the last decade as a professional music producer, Will Vance has also ran multiple successful and highly respected record labels in the industry, including Where The Heart Is Records as well as having launched a new label with a focus on community through Magnetic Magazine. When not running these labels or producing his own music, Vance is likely writing for other top industry sites like Waves or the Hyperbits Masterclass or working on his upcoming book on mindfulness in music production. On the rare chance he's not thinking about music production, he's probably running a game of Dungeons and Dragons with his friends which he has been the dungeon master for for many years.
