Fun With Arturia Spark 2 Drum Machine Software
Channel: Jochen Reulbach
Date: 2023-03-26

Arturia Spark 2 Demo - 3:28 Drum Track Solo

It seems there are definitely alternatives to Toontrack ;-) Arturia Spark 2 - A little birthday present ;-) Of course there's nothing EZ about that ;-) The sequencer reminds me a little of Samplitude. That's the way I programmed my drum tracks back in the days: click by click ;-) I put together a kit for the small 5-minute demo, based on a Lynn kit. I think it was Lynn 9000 right? You should be able to read the instrument names somewhere ;-) The demo starts with the entire arrangement while I click on individual areas of Spark 2. Please follow the mouse pointer! ;-) Then at some point the drum track can be heard solo - and also briefly as dry as possible, all effects suppressed ;-) The other tracks are... bass, sequencer, strings, bells and guitar ;-)

What is already noticeable is, firstly, that the GUI is not scalable :-( and secondly, that you can set filters in the library, but there doesn't seem to be a search field? :-( Apart from that, the Spark is fun ! ;-) Lots of drum kits! The FX sounds are also funny! ;-) And it is really nice when you have two AUX channels in the mixer and when the MASTER can also load two effects. The effects palette is good! From reverb to modulation to dynamics and coloring ;-) Last but not least, it should also be mentioned that you are not limited to the factory sounds, but you can also load your own samples into the instruments! This is sure to be a blast! ;-)

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https://www.arturia.com/products/drums/spark2

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No ready-made MIDI used for this little demo.
Video and audio capturing w/ OBS & Steinberg UR242 Loopback