ARTURIA – SPARK CREATIVE DRUM MACHINE – USER’S MANUAL
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4.1.1
The display
Fittingly placed at the center of the Spark Creative controller, the display is the central
source for all information about what the controller is doing.
4.1.2
The Sequencer zone
Used for viewing, assembling and editing patterns and songs, the Sequencer zone also
gives you the ability to alter loops in real time.
4.1.3
The Song/Pattern zone
All of Spark Creative’s 64 patterns can be accessed quickly from this zone. They are
arranged in four banks of 16 patterns each (A-D and 1-16). The buttons also light up to
tell you which pattern is currently playing.
4.1.4
The Jog Dial
The Jog Dial allows you to access the library and load Instruments, Kits and Projects.
When used with the Select button, you can apply search filters while selecting
Instruments.
Use the jog dial and the select button to browse kits, projects, instruments or samples:
Scrolling the Jog Wheel will let you navigate the result list. Clicking on the Jog Wheel will
load the highlighted element.
Scrolling the jog wheel while the “Select” button is pushed will navigate the list of filters.
Clicking on the jog wheel will activate/deactivate the current filter.
Click and hold the Jog Wheel, then scroll it to select a different browser (Project, Kit,
Instrument or Disk).
Hold the “Select” button and click on the Jog Wheel for 1 second to close the browser
window without loading anything.
4.1.5
The FX Live pad
Real-time control of a ton of performance effects such as filter and resonance, volume
and panning, aux sends, bit reduction, stutter effects, etc. Three buttons in this zone
toggle the Filter, Splicer and Roller effects and cycle through their many variations. One
effect can be locked in mid-modulation by the Select button while a second effect is
performed.
4.1.6
Instrument Control zone
Play the pads and tweak the parameters of one or more instruments at the same time,
either while recording a track or while playing back a pattern or song. Select between
two banks of instruments and mute or solo them using the buttons in this zone.
