16-track mixer with high-quality effects: multiband compressor, bit crusher, multiband EQ, chorus, delay, reverb, distortion, phaser, plate reverb, destroyer, flanger, space pan, limiter, sub generator.Performance master effects: repeat, tape, reverse, strobe, pan, mix, bit crusher, 8-mode filter and Roller.Choke groups to mute instruments naturally.Shuffle and shift modes to humanize grooves.Sound engines include: TAE analog synthesis, physical modeling, and multi-layered samples.ISpark also offers compatibility with AudioBus and Inter-App Audio and the new Ableton Link. You can connect the dedicated SparkLE controller to iSpark to combine the flexibility of an app-based instrument with the immediacy of hardware. You can transfer projects, patterns, kits and individual instruments between Spark 2 and iSpark. ISpark offers seamless compatibility with the existing Spark environment. Switch to “Perform” and there are two large XY modulation touchpads that you can use to perform with. Organizing your song is as easy as a drag-and-drop. The Song mode gives you the ability to chain your patterns in order to create a whole performance. The automation tool allows you drawing modulation curves with a simple glide of your fingertip. You can thus create your sequences in a flash. In the sequencer screen, all the steps of your different instruments are right in front of you. For each instrument, you can choose the samples that are used and adjust a comprehensive list of parameters.

This is where you will customize your kits and all the instruments that compose it. The Studio is iSpark’s ‘laboratory of sound’. The VU meters help you to balance effectively your instruments. In the mixer, you can adjust the volume and pan of your instruments, set two individual effects for each of them, and modify the sending levels to the return effects. Its lower part allows you to play and record your drum patterns in real-time, step by step, to jump between your patterns and to set their length. Its layout, inspired by Arturia’s SparkLE controller, gives you immediate access to a comprehensive set of controls and parameters. The main screen is focused on performance.

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