Each drum sound has three affects you can always control, and you can select a specific drum to get access to some other effects as well. What I really like about the main UI screen is there are a ton of hands on controls that you can use for individual drum hits straight away.
Definitely an immediately gratifying part of the experience. There's also an array of glitchy effects and the like. My favorite is one that makes the beat slow down like a vinyl, which you can do at varying speeds. There's the basic "cutoff and resonance", but you can also use it for drum rolls, or a whole slew of cool effects. This is particularly cool because this can be assigned to a bunch of different functions. There's also a small XY pad to play around with sounds live. It starts on a page of 8 drum pads, some knobs, the drum name you're using, and the standard drum machine kind of controls- the step sequencer, play, pause, record. The user interface is pretty easy to figure out.
#ARTURIA SPARK DRUM MACHINES FULL#
Also worth noting is that I do not own the controller that is included in the original Spark package, so I can't tell you what that full experience is like, sadly, but it looks pretty cool- basically a hardware version of the plugin right in front of you to control. I'm using it for Logic, but it should work for your regular VST programs as well. So the Spark VDM (I'll call it Spark from here on out) comes as a standalone app and a plugin for your DAW.
It's certainly more expensive than samples (which can be found of varying prices and qualities on the net), but is it worth it? Let's find out.
#ARTURIA SPARK DRUM MACHINES SOFTWARE#
Now the package of the software comes in at about $99 USD as a download, and $129 as a boxed product. If you checked out the press release, you'll know they've got all the classics included- the Roland 707, 808, 909, the LinnDrum, and lots of other kits. They've just come out with a different Spark called Vintage Drum Machines, and I felt it was my duty to check this out for all of you, seeing as how drum machines, especially those of the 80s, are so essential to many producers out there. Arturia, the softsynth giant who has recently captured the hearts of producers everywhere with the MiniBrute, has also pushed into the territory of drum machines recently with the Spark drum plugin and hardware combination.
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