- 8 Analog Polyphony
- Multimode/Multitimbral
- Polyphonic Aftertouch
- $1000
Seems too good to be true. Can anyone point me to a current review with the new OS update?
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According to german forum sequencer.de, the firmware is still rather immature with updates far between. For example, proper tuning only became available with one of the last updates.
Best,
Hans
A new firmware was released recently so hopefully the Parva starts to pick up some momentum.
https://youtu.be/AQilV-OrDYQ
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Want to bump this thread and see if anyone has comments. Sounds like this has been out for a couple years now. I am interested in picking one up because of the MPE features and I recently bought a linnstrument.
Pluses and minuses for those that own or owned one?
Have had one for just over a year. Love it but have only scratched the surface of its potential with the Octatrack. Weak preset library means you need to bring your sound design game. Feels very limitless to work with. Xmod section especially.
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That’s good to hear! Thank you for the reply. It sounds like the man is getting a steady stream of orders but reviews are far between. I have been looking for a workflow type video but mostly it’s just demos of the sounds.
How does it feel navigating thru the different sections?
Thank you, I read your review a few days ago and it helped nudge me toward the Parva. Since there aren’t a lot of reviews it helps to see an honest one.
It’s kindof how you imagine by the layout. Coming from Elektron world it’s very simple in comparison. Barely need to RTFM… 
Editing within a patch is all mainly above the bottom two dials, which are more for higher level menus. The left side dials take you through the parameters and layers that aren’t covered on the right hand side. My only requests would be a detented range knob and less ‘focus’ time on the display. (When the display changes to highlight the parameter you’re selecting. …but stops you from further changes until it defocuses)
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Sad to see Futuresonus appears to now be defunct, along with the forum. Still love my black Parva s/n 6 and moderately convinced it will become a rare collectible in years to come. I mean who else offers an 8 voice analog multitimbral module?? …not to mention its many other features.
Anyone have copies of the .dmg for ParvUtil or the desktop editor? I would like to install them on my laptop as well.
Hope us Parvistas can use this space to connect and share patches in the future!
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MFB synth pro
I had a black parva as well… not a bad sounding synth, but it took work and there were no good presets to start from.
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We should really have gotten one into @Floppydisk_Pirates’ hands years ago… 
In all seriousness though it would be awesome to have a top notch sound designer do this synth justice.
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I have not heard of the synth yet but seems to be exactly my thing, small and clear with undersides How long has it been around? And thanks for the nice words! 
Looks like the synth has been around for some time. I wish I had noticed this earlier… But maybe a few are happy about a new Digitone Pack? Actually finished a long time ago but demo tracks and cover design always stop me 
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Started as a kickstarter project in early 2015 at a time when an 8 voice analog poly for $1,000 was quite the bargain.
Seems like a separate topic?
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I bet you would have a blast with it! My patch building skills are pretty rudimentary and I suspect most other users too. I’ve heard several times it was the reason why it never took off. There must be 1000 or so of them out there considering the kickstarter was successful. I never realized before how much a patch library can really make a synth before owning this one. It’s a huge investment of time and creative energy.
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I’ve never actually seen it that way. Maybe a lot of big manufacturers don’t either?! A good bank of sound packs can motivate to get exactly this synth.
Thank you for appreciating how much time and energy it takes to make a sound pack. Reading something like this helps every sound designer out there as it inspires courage. 
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I might not be up on all the competitors these days. Are there some alternatives that come to mind for you? The new MFB looks great but monotimbral. A bit less screen real estate too but more knob per function so maybe a draw on that front. Are there others? I’d consider a swap for the right box…
Sadly, Multi-timbrality isn’t a focus for most synth manufacturers.
I never got to explore the way the Multi mode was implemented on the Parva. Most manufacturers get it all wrong though. Elektron and Nord seems to have it well figured out for non-destructive multi editing.
To answer your question, I dunno. Prologue is close-ish, but again mono timbral.
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Sorry to resurrect an old post but since the official website is broken i dont know where to ask…
Im trying to send program changes from a DN MIDI track to the Parva (v0.70) but i get some strange behaviour. It seems like the bank in the MIDI track controls the bank, the sbank controls the program and the program does some weird shit and nothing starts to work untill i change the value.
I’ve tried to search for the Parva’s midi implementation for program changes but ive got no luck so far. Help?
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The manual that seems to still be available on the Futuresonus website does not give information about the Parva’s response to Program Change messages:
https://futureson.us/parva/manual/
I recall a previous topic on Elektronauts where this aspect of the Parva was discussed:
I infer from my post on that topic that you can use BANK (not SBNK) in conjunction with values of PROG on the DN to call up patches in Parva’s banks A to F, but that Program Changes to call up Multis might never have been implemented.
Perhaps a Parva owner like @Analogic can tell us more.
@youmakeme, can you tell us in a little more detail what happens with your setup; start by setting BANK and SBNK to ‘Off’ on the DN and describe what is happening in response to PROG changes only.
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