Arturia Spark Creative Drum Machine
Combining the power of analog synthesis, physical modelling and samples, through the intuitive workflow of a hardware drum machine, Spark is a highly creative beat production center.
Spark will save you time when looking for the right drum kit, will get you hooked by its amazing simplicity, and will surprise you by its sonic possibilities.
With a complete library including vintage drum machines, electronic analog kits, acoustic & physical drums, Spark is your weapon of choice to create unique grooves whether you are producing in the studio or performing on stage.
MAIN FEATURES
Hardware Specifications :
16 key - 64 step sequencer
8 velocity & pressure sensitive pads
Touch sensitive FX Pad
High precision rotary encoders
Aluminum enclosure
Works as a universal MIDI controller towards any third-party software
Software Specifications :
Pristine quality sound engines including : TAE® Analog synthesis, Multi layered sampling delivered by reference third-party companies, Physical modelling
More than 1300 Instruments / 90 Kits :
Vintage drum machines : Analog emulations of the TR-808, TR-909, TR-606, Simmons SDS-V, and Eprom based LinnDrum, Drumtraks, DMX, Drumulator and more*.
10 new emulations from « Spark Vintage Drum Machines » (1.4.1 version) : CR-78, Mini Pops 7, Ace Tone FR-2L, Yamaha MR 10, Maestro Rhythm King MRK2, Boss DR-55, E-mu-SP-12, Roland DR-727, Roland R-8, Casio VL-Tone and SK-1.
Electronic kits covering the most popular modern music styles : Electro House, Techno, Hip Hop, RnB… as well as experimental fields thanks to the physical modelling engine.
Acoustic drum kits mixing physical modelling and samples for high audio realism.
16 key – 64 step sequencer
8 velocity & pressure sensitive pads
Touch sensitive FX Pad with Repeat, Tape, Reverse, Strobe, Pan, Mix, Bit Crusher, 3 mode Filter and Roller
Advanced Loop mode with divide and move functions
Real-time automation on all parameters
16 track mixer with 14 high quality effects : Multiband Compressor, Reverb, Bit crusher, Multiband EQ, Chorus, Delay, Distortion, Phaser, Plate reverb, Destroyer, Flanger, Space pan, Limiter, Sub generator
Song Mode with up to 64 patterns by song
Shuffle and Shift modes to humanize grooves
High precision rotary encoders
Aluminum enclosure
Works as a universal MIDI controller towards any third-party software
Perfect integration :
Seamless integration as a plugin and standalone (VST, AU, RTAS)
Easy Import of Wave and Aiff samples, MIDI files and Rex loops
Drag & drop Export of MIDI and Audio (Wave) patterns into your DAW
PLATFORM SPECIFICATIONS
Windows: XP/Vista/Seven
Mac OS X: Mac OS X 10.5 or higher
REQUIRED CONFIGURATION
PC/Windows: 2 GB RAM; 2 GHz CPU
Mac (Intel only) : 2 GB RAM; 2 GHz CPU
2GB free hard disk space
