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Arturia Spark 2 Drum Instrument Software

Drum Production Plug-in with 16-track Drum Machine, Pattern-based Sequencing, and Real-time Performance Loopers and Effects - Mac/PC Standalone, VST, RTAS, AU
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Spark Your Beat-making Creativity

Many of the electronic musicians at Sweetwater rely on Arturia Spark for their beat-making needs. Now Arturia raises the bar with Spark2, packed with improvements and workflow enhancements. Your all-in-one drum production solution, Spark2 gives you a cutting-edge sound library, multiple synthesis engines, and powerful sequencing to juice your creativity. Spark2 software functions standalone or as a plug-in within your favorite DAW, and of course it works brilliantly with Arturia's superb Spark hardware controller. Spark2's real-time effects and performance tools let you effortlessly explore new sonic territories, live or in the studio.

Arturia Spark2 Drum Production Plug-in Features at a Glance:
  • Spark Main Features:
  • 16-track drum machine
  • TAE virtual analog, sampling and physical modeling sound engines
  • Powerful pattern-based sequencing: Real-time sequencer and classic TR-style step sequencer
  • Full-featured mixer with studio effects
  • Modular synth engine for in-depth sound editing
  • Real-time performance loopers and effects
  • Impressive library:
    • Created by professional sound designers
    • Covers all musical genres
    • More than 2800 instruments, including drums, one-shots, synths, and effects
    • Multiple banks of patterns for each drum kit
  • New in Spark 2.0:
  • All new graphics:
    • Tabbed pages
    • Expanded Pattern edit screen
    • New mixer
    • Enhanced Library page for better data management
  • Extended REX support:
    • REX file playback per pad
    • Manipulation of REX File slices
  • Modular Drum synth editor:
    • Create your own patches
    • Edit existing patches
  • Create custom instrument macro controls modules, including:
    • Oscillators
    • Multimode filters and Karplus-Strong filter
    • ADR envelopes
    • LFOs
    • Mixers
    • RingModulator
    • Bode Frequency Shifter
    • Spring mass
    • CV processor
  • Song mode:
    • New 16 song segments
    • Song segment triggering from hardware
Push the envelope of beat production, with Arturia Spark2!

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Tech Specs

  • Software Type: Drum
  • Platform: Mac, PC
  • Upgrade/Full: Full
  • Download/Boxed: Download
  • Format: Standalone, AAX, VST, AU
  • Hardware Requirements - Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo or higher, 4GB RAM minimum
  • Hardware Requirements - PC: Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon 64 X2 or higher, 4GB RAM minimum
  • OS Requirements - Mac: OS X 10.10 or later
  • OS Requirements - PC: Windows 8.1 or later
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 210315_Download

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Rated 5/5

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For what this is I'm blown away! I have the first spark controller and i love it, built like a tank! Even though I imagine all the hardware is built great.Second are the variety of samples and tweak able options are really the bomb~~~I have been running the demos but today upgraded to the spark2 software, fantastic ~ also I have played with the EDM and DUB STEP upgrades and if you use them I'm sure you can use them for any genre of music. Now I need to address the previous reviewers comments on the spark not having reverb options for each track inside the software, not true at all. There are just from a quick glance here and I'm a newb at this software "2" effect return tracks and a send on every drum track so he must have overlooked that , I just got done testing it out adding a touch of reverb to individual tracks. On top of that i can see up to 14 effects delay/reverb /limiters ect. of effects to choose from for your returns! Ok so i do really like this software and hardware combo, Maybe not for all styles of music but trip hop to neo soul to r n b its there but depending on your creative juices this can cover alot of territory even rock ect. I have tried running at 96k on my custom built audio pc and its just not the way to go, this program does much better at 48k or so. So, as long as that's OK which is fine with me "I like to record at 48k" then your good. Spend the $ and get the hardware/software combo ! btw i really like how the pads feel and respond. I prefer this to jam to then my other drum software, its just out of the box more fun and intuitive.
Music background: Gear and Guitar geek! Recording enthusiast
Rated 4.5/5

great support

i bought software at very good price, friendly support and always there for you if you need anything, so what more can you ask for?
Music background: composer
Rated 4/5

Fast, Quality , Production Rhythm and Sounds

Demo'd the software and was impressed with the vast amount of controls for each sound and pattern. If I needed a quick sequence or drum sounds to get the creative ideas flowing this is it.
Music background: Studio
Rated 3/5

Ok

This my be a great plugin for some
Though my daw plugins sounds much better.
Music background: Edm producer
Rated 3/5

OK Depending on Your Genre

I come from the MPC side of the world but the original Spark caught my attention by the form of the VDM software. Then I purchased the hardware and later updated to the latest Spark 2. I don't have great quality samples of vintage drum machines for my MPC, which I use a lot in my music so I really appreciate the sound quality and the tweaks you can do in Spark. My main issues are these; huge CPU hog and I'm running 64 bit with a 3 GHZ 4th Gen Intel i5 and 16 GB of DDR3 RAM. I'm pretty savvy and my PC is built solely and optimized for music. The next huge problem for me is that there is no reverb available for individual channels, only a master. You can assign different outputs for each of your channels which I do, then use your software or hardware reverb on it. The other issue I have and this is more due to my style of programming and or maybe I haven't figured it out yet but I can't create fills with flams. The Groove is also not quite right compared to my MPC. Sometimes I'll recreate a whole drum track on the Spark and A B it with the original MPC drum track. The sound quality is better on the Spark but again the combination of no flams, having to route the output to use reverb on certain channels which also affects the already high CPU and also the weird feel of the groove, I always end up deleting the Spark.
Music background: Hobbyist
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