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PROJECT MANAGER Emilie de Fouchecour PRODUCT MANAGERS Glen Darcey Romain Dejoie PROGRAMMING Kevin Molcard (Lead Developer) Emilie de Fouchécour DESIGN Shaun Ellwood Thomas & Wolfgang Merkle (Bitplant) Axel Hartmann (Design Box) Morgan Perrier Daniel Vester SOUND DESIGN Simon Carter Mike Hoska Stéphane Schott MANUAL WRITING William Talgorn Emilie de Fouchécour MANUAL TRANSLATION Tomoya Fukuchi Sylvain Missemer SPECIAL THANKS Denis Da Silva, Sean Weitzmann, Sébastien Rochard, Patrick Kunz (TAL), Paul
Thank you for purchasing Spark EDM! In this package you will find: · A DVD-ROM containing Spark EDM installer for Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista/Seven · A registration card (credit card format) including the Serial Number and Unlock Code. · The Quick guide for Spark EDM software. Carefully store your registration card! In order to actually use the software, you have to register, then authorize your virtual instrument.
Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 7 1.1 WELCOME TO SPARK EDM ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.2 HISTORY .....................................................................................................................................................
3.10.1 Multi Output Mode ........................................................................................................................... 27 3.10.2 Recording Midi out from Spark EDM into your VST host ............................................................... 27 3.11 USING IN ABLETON LIVE (AU AND VST)............................................................................................... 28 3.11.1 Use in Digital Performer....................................
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 W ELCOME TO SPARK EDM Spark EDM contains 30 kits with 480 instruments and 960 patterns of hard hitting, drums, and filter modulated mayhem. Spark EDM is not just another sample library. Spark EDM makes use of samples as well as custom programed virtual analog synths, drums and effects. It is the complete rhythm track construction kit for building the rawest sounding tracks to get the crowd on their feet.
different. The Jupiter-8 V was capable of creating very versatile sounds. You could easily make 'fat' or ‘Crystal’ sounds with it. In fact, the Jupiter-8 sounded the way it looked, ‘sleek and polished’. The electro-pop community became quickly convinced by the qualities of the original Jupiter-8. 'Relax', by Frankie Goes to Hollywood was produced incorporating a Jupiter 8, and players such Vince Clarke, John Foxx, and Martyn Ware also used it abundantly.
2 QUICK START This chapter will introduce you to the SPARK EDM’s user interface elements. If you need to look up a certain user interface element’s name, you can return to this chapter at any time for a refresher! Spark EDM 's user interface is divided in three main panels called: "TOP", "CENTER" and "BOTTOM". 2.1.1 The Center panel When launching SPARK EDM, the CENTER PANEL will appear by default. 1. Digital Display 2. Sequencer zone 3. Song/Pattern zone 4. Jog dial 5. FX live Pad 6.
2.1.2 The Bottom panel The Bottom panel features the Studio, the Mixer and the Library. 1. Studio Button 2. Display Instruments 1 to 8 3. Display Instruments 9 to 16 4. Display all Instruments 5. Mixer button 6.
2.1.3 The Top panel The Top panel features the Pattern, the Song and the Preferences interfaces. 1. Pattern button 2. Song button 3. Preferences 2.2 NAM ES AND CONCEPTS YOU SHOULD KNOW This chapter will introduce you to SPARK's terminology and explain how these different elements relate to one another. 2.2.1 Project A Project contains all data needed for a Song: a 16 instrument kit and up to 64 Patterns with their settings, automations and FX. 2.2.2 Kit Each kit is made up of 16 instruments, i.e.
2.2.4 Audio Source Sample (.wav, .aiff audio files) Physical (Physical parameters) Analog (Vintage drum machines with analog parameters) 2.2.5 Bank SPARK features 4 banks of 16 MIDI patterns each, called A-B-C-D. Go to the main panel, click on "A" and then "1" in the Song/Pattern zone. Then click on the play/pause button: you will hear the pattern number 1 of Bank A. 2.2.6 Pattern A Pattern is a sequence of notes played by instruments. 2.2.
2.4 FIRST STEPS W ITH SPARK EDM A help mode is available for displaying all controller shortcuts. Click on the in the upper left corner in order to switch Spark EDM interface to show all the shortcuts. Any text that is in Blue above a button shows that by pressing and holding SELECT+ the button, you will select this secondary function.
2.4.1 Loading a project To load a project, go to the tool bar and click on LOAD. Move your cursor over "Factory Project" and click on a project in the drop-down list, for example "FUNK". This project is now loaded into SPARK EDM and its name appears in the window next to the button "SAVE". 2.4.
2.4.4 Select an Instrument and change filter and mixer parameters To select an instrument, for example the snare drum, move your cursor to the dividing line above the 2nd pad from the left called "Snare Drum". The dividing line is to the right of the instrument and will be highlighted to let you know that you have entered its selection zone. Click once. The "Snare drum" pad is now lit as well as the red LED. The instrument "Snare Drum" is now selected.
2.4.5 Play and edit a pattern To play a pattern use the Play/Pause button located in the upper left corner of the CENTER PANEL interface. To edit a pattern, you will use the 16 small pads located at the top of the main panel. You will notice that when you play a pattern, the current playing position is shown with a lit pad in real time. When a pad lights up, it means that the sequencer will play a MIDI note-on (a beat) at this pattern's position.
Click on the pad called Bass Drum at the bottom left side of the Center panel. You are now playing bass drum. To record a Bass drum, click first on the record button and then on the play button, the recording has now started. Play your Bass drum part on the Bass Drum pad and then click stop. By clicking "Play", you will now listen to the track you just recorded. To record another instrument, select another instrument track (If you forgot how to do this, go back to 2.4.
2.4.8 Save your project To save your project, go to the toolbar and click "Save". A drop down menu will appear. Choose “Save as…” Give a name to your project and choose a style from the drop down menu. Click "OK". Your first project is now saved. Congratulations! The name you gave to your project is now showing in the display window next to the button save. 2.4.9 Advanced Settings SPARK EDM's interface is made up of 3 main panels. The "TOP" panel, the "CENTER" panel and the "BOTTOM" panel.
3 MODES OF OPERATION 3.1 STANDALONE Spark EDM can be used as an instrument independently from a sequencer software (Standalone mode). This allows you launch the application as a single instrument, and to play it using an external MIDI keyboard. 3.1.1 Launch the application To launch the Spark EDM application, • on Windows, go to the menu Start > Programs > Arturia > Spark EDM, and choose “Spark EDM”.
In this option menu you can: • Set the audio output port • Choose the audio interface • Choose memory buffer size (smaller size will increase the load on the CPU but will reduce latency, and reciprocally) • Choose sample rate between 44100 Hz and 96000 Hz • Choose one or several active MIDI input port(s) • Choose one midi clock input to control Spark EDM Sequencer • Set Midi Clock Sample offset when sending midi clock from Spark EDM Sequencer 3.
3.6 64 BIT COM PATIBILITY Spark EDM is optimized for both 32-bit and 64-bit modes. If you have a 64-bit operating system and a 64-bit digital audio workstation, you should use 64-bit version of the plug-in (for Windows). Usually on 32-bit Windows, all 32-bit programs are installed in C:\Program Files. However on 64-bit Windows, you can find the 64-bit programs in C:\Program Files\ and the 32-bit programs in C:\Program Files (x86)\.
3.7.3 Recording Midi out From Spark EDM Sequencer and Pads into your host Midi Out from Spark EDM sequencer, from pads and from pattern changes can be recorded in a host. All notes coming out from the Spark EDM’s patterns can be recorded, additionally to automations.
3.8.2 Rescan the plug-in directory in Cubase If the Spark EDM does not appear in the list of VST plug-ins, you can perform a “rescan” of the plug-in directory. 3.8.3 Saving of presets When the session/project is saved, Spark EDM is saved in its last mode of operation, with all modifications intact.
- Configure the Spark EDM Track (right track on the image): . Set ‘Midi From’ to the new Midi Track (2 Midi in this example) . Set Monitor to ‘Auto’ Press Record button in Live. Note that Host and Tempo button must be on in Spark EDM software. Display the Arrangement view (press Tab) in Live and check that you’ve recorded some midi notes.
Spark EDM must be loaded on an instrument stereo track. We can now make Spark EDM sound by playing with the mouse on the virtual keyboard. 3.9.2 Saving the presets When the session is saved, the status of Spark EDM is saved as it is, even if its programming does not correspond to the preset.
Nevertheless it is highly recommended to use the internal Spark EDM menu: with the presets saved like this, they are usable no matter which mode is chosen (standalone or other sequencer), and they can be exported, exchanged more easily, and will stay compatible with future versions of Wurlitzer V. 3.9.3 Automation under Pro Tools Automation function with Spark EDM functions like with all RTAS/HTDM plugins (check the Pro Tools documentation for more details on plug-in automations). 3.
3.10.1 Multi Output Mode To use the separate outputs: Select an Instrument track. On the portion of the mixer corresponding to the selected track, click on the button “I/O” to obtain the list of plug-ins, then select AU Instruments > Arturia > Spark EDM > Multi Output (16xStereo). Then go to the mixer view and click on the “+” button at the bottom of the instrument track to add Aux tracks. You can choose the output number of each instrument in Spark EDM in the Mixer View. (see chapter 5.3.2.1. 3.10.
- Launch the ‘Audio Midi Setup Application’ to configure the IAC Driver that will be used for sending Midi data to the AU host.
If necessary, you can perform a rescan of the plug-in directory in the Preferences, “File Folder” tab: press the “Scan” button, or press “Scan” while holding the [Alt] key for a full rescan. 3.11.1 Use in Digital Performer 3.11.1.1 Stereo Mode To add an instrument, choose the menu Project > Add Track > Instrument Track > Arturia > Spark EDM (stereo) Once you have added this instrument, it’s possible to assign a MIDI track to it.
3.11.1.2 Multi Ouput Mode To use the separate outputs, create the number of new Audio tracks you want, and then choose the correct OUT of the Spark EDM plugin. 3.11.1.3 Assign Midi Track Once you have added this instrument, it’s possible to assign a MIDI track to it. In the connection menu of the MIDI track, select the instrument and the MIDI channel that you want to use. Make sure you activate the track before starting to play or record. 3.11.2 Stereo Mode and Multi Output Mode 3.11.2.
SPARK EDM LEGAL INFORMATION 3.12 SOFTW ARE LICENSE AGREEM ENT In consideration of payment of the Licensee fee, which is a portion of the price you paid, Arturia, as Licensor, grants to you (hereinafter termed “Licensee”) a nonexclusive right to use this copy of the Spark EDM Software (hereinafter the “SOFTWARE”). All intellectual property rights in the software belong to Arturia SA (hereinafter: “Arturia”).
4. Support, Upgrades and Updates after Product Registration You can only receive support, upgrades and updates following the personal product registration. Support is provided only for the current version and for the previous version during one year after publication of the new version. Arturia can modify and partly or completely adjust the nature of the support (hotline, forum on the website etc.), upgrades and updates at any time.
limitation may not apply to you. All programs and accompanying materials are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. The complete risk as to the quality and performance of the programs is with you. Should the program prove defective, you assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. 9.
