Create custom instrument macro controls modules: oscillators, filters, LFOs, mixers and more.Modular Drum Synth Editor: create new patches or edit existing patches.Extended REX Support: REX file playback per pad and manipulation of slices.New Graphics: tabbed pages, expanded pattern edit screen, new mixer.Now you can create song sections that will play from one pattern to another and then recall these sections, via the step buttons on your Spark or SparkLE controller.
The Song mode has been updated to allow for song segments to be configured and then played back at the touch of a button. With REX file playback, Spark 2 opens up a world of live loop playback and DJing. Spark 2 also adds 50 new kits including 800 new instruments that span many more musical genres than ever before, including trap, hip-hop, tech house, and nu disco, to name but a few modern electronic music styles, as well as acoustic drum kits capable spanning modern rock, funk, R ’n’ B, pop, vintage rock, and latin percussion.Ī new feature of Spark 2 is the REX file player that will allow you to import REX loops and drag & drop to pad to play in the mix.
#ARTURIA SPARK IMPORTING SAMPLES PATCH#
Spark 2 users can now add and subtract modules (including Oscillator, multimode Filter and Karplus-Strong Filter, Envelope, Lfo, MiniMixer, RingMod, and Bode Frequency Shifter) create their own patch routings, and assign up to six macro controls for immediate control.
#ARTURIA SPARK IMPORTING SAMPLES MANUAL#
With a new design, new feel and new features, Spark 2 is a great drum machine software for both Mac and Windows users. ARTURIA SPARK CREATIVE DRUM MACHINE USER’S MANUAL 4 Thank you for purchasing Spark Creative Drum Machine This manual concerns two distinctive products. I am very much looking forward to introducing it to Sector, Glitchbreaks and Turnado.Arturia announces the availability of Spark 2. I am sure it will be my go to drum machine. You can also hold the Record button and press different MIDI Channel keys to set varying lengths of sequences up to 64 steps (for example: Hold Rec and press 16. I mean is there not some sort of charity or help available to provide the required intervention?Īnyway- it is quite superb. about £8 less than than a single hardware/ desktop expansion pack. So the whole thing including the instrument will cost less than £20. There are four expansion packs:- Noise, Hip Hop, EDM and Techno- each with 80 instruments, 160 patterns and 5 projects- each costing £2.99 each. clock master, slave), AudioBus, Inter-App Audio, Ableton Link, AudioCopy, iTunes Music Library Import, Import/Export Audio, Exchange projects with desktop Spark, Open audio from other iOS apps, email projects, recording, WIST, and maybe I forgot something here and there :-)Īre the sounds pack the same price on Ipad also ? (29 € on webiste for the desktop/hardware.) What if all the pads are already in use and all that is needed is one sample for a layer from an instrument that is not loaded? (To be able to do this, the samples need to be 'ripped'). It would be a lot smoother to be able to browse all the samples included in the app without the need to load the 'source instrument' first. All-in-one interface All your beat-creation tools under one roof, from inspiration to the finished product, Spark 2 makes the process easy. Now you can choose the drumpad containing the sample you want to assign. With Spark 2, you get meticulously recreated vintage drum machines, beautifully rendered acoustic kits, and the ability to load your own samples and loops. Just assign the instrument containing the sample you want to a pad, then, in the ”sample chooser” window, select "Load sample from current project". Yes, you can use included samples without ripping them. I was hoping Arturia would build on the Spark platform (maybe even make it a DAW or at least a sampling beat production environment) It had performance features built into the hardware that made it very logical for studio and live music performance. O well, we'll see how things progress with iSpark updates etc. Combining the power of analog synthesis, physical modeling and samples, through the intuitive workflow of a hardware drum machine, Spark is a highly. Sample based drum machines (or loading your own samples) use a sample import module in place of an oscillator (and, yes, you can mix them pretty freely). Looks like it can't be done without 'ripping out' all the samples from the app-bundle (by renaming the *.ipa to *.zip and extracting all the *.wav files) and then importing back them again to iTunes Shared folder.Īnother option that I miss is to have a 'clean to start' without any samples or instruments pre-loaded to the pads. Seems I cannot access any of those sounds, in order to add a second layer. I wanted to load a snare sound and then stack a second sample from the included library of sounds.