User Manual

ARTURIA – SPARK CREATIVE DRUM MACHINE – USER’S MANUAL
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you release the cursor; "Touch" will cut off the effect when the cursor is released (i.e.,
the effect is only active when you are clicking on the Pad).
You can also enable Latch mode from the hardware controller by pressing and holding
the Select button and then pressing the Filter, Slicer or Roller button.
In Latch mode you can combine the Filter and Slicer effects: To “slice” the filtered sound,
set the filter effect to Latch mode. Now you can touch the pad and change your filter to
the desired setting. Next enable the Slicer button. The Filter will remain at its last value
while you play the Slicer on the FX Live pad.
Note that the Roller effect is not active when Slicer is set to Latch mode.
5.2.5 Live effects: Global
5.2.5.1 The Filter Button
The Filter button offers proprietary Low pass, Band pass and High pass filters, plus
Oberheim-style Low, High, Band pass and Multi-mode filters, each with cutoff and
resonance.
To select a filter type, click on the Filter button repeatedly. You’ll see the display cycle
through the options; just stop clicking when you reach the one you want. You can also
access the one you want directly by keeping the Filter button pressed and moving your
cursor or finger to the filter type you want to select.
The cutoff frequency and resonance can be modulated with the mouse in the Spark
Engine or with your finger on the FX Live pad of the hardware controller.
The resonance is modulated vertically (up and down, or along the Y axis), and the cutoff
frequency is modulated horizontally (from right to left, or along the X axis).
Play a pattern and click or touch anywhere on the right edge of the FX pad while
maintaining your click or touch; draw a straight horizontal line towards the left side of
the FX pad. You will hear the cutoff frequency sweeping downward. The amount of
modulation applied can be seen on the center display panel.
Now place the cursor somewhere on the right half of the FX pad and trace a line straight
up to the top edge of the pad. You are modulating the resonance.
Of course, both cutoff and resonance can be modulated simultaneously by moving your
finger or the mouse in any direction and at any speed you wish.
5.2.5.2 The Slicer button
The Slicer will grab a portion of the pattern and apply the effect you have chosen
repeatedly at the timing value you select with the FX Live pad (except for the Tape
effect, which only happens once per press). Multiple presses of the Slicer button will
allow you to choose between the following effects: