Arturia is also offering a promotional pricing of €199.00 EUR/$199.00 USD on the SparkLE Creative Drum Machine controller (with SPARK 2 included) between those same dates (rising to €249.00 EUR/$299.00 USD thereafter). Spark embeds vintage analog drum machines, sample based beatboxes and acoustic drum sets.
A DVD-ROM containing Spark Creative drum machine installer for Mac OS X and Windows 7/Vista/XP.
Spark 2 can be purchased online from Arturia for an introductory price of €129.00 EUR/$129.00 USD between May 1 and June 30, inclusive (rising to €169.00 EUR/$189.00 USD thereafter). ARTURIA SPARK CREATIVE DRUM MACHINE USER’S MANUAL 2. Users can create song sections that will play from one pattern to another and then recall these sections via the step buttons on the Spark Creative Drum Machine and SparkLE Creative Drum Machine controllers. Song segments can now be configured and then replayed at the touch of a button. In Spark 2, Song mode has been updated, too.
All kits come with 32 patterns that can be used by themselves or form the basis of user-programmed beats. Vintage drum machine enthusiasts are also well catered for with emulations of the likes of Roland’s TR-808, TR-909, TR-707, TR-606, and CR-78 LinnDrum, Linn 9000 Oberheim DMX E-mu Drumulator Sequential Circuits Drumtraks Yamaha RX5 and Simmons SDS-V.
Spark 2 also adds 50 new kits, including no fewer than 800 new instruments, that span more musical genres than ever before, including trap, hip-hop, tech house, and nu disco, as well as acoustic drum kits, spanning modern rock, funk, R ’n’ B, pop, vintage rock, and latin percussion. If the Spark existed purely as hardware, it would rank amongst the top drum machines of recent years, and by opting for the software route, Arturia have made far more possible in terms of samples and projects that are instantly available and don't forget the everimportant DAW integration.