Arturia Spark 2 - Controller as Host Application Interface

ARTURIA – SPARK CREATIVE DRUM MACHINE – USER’S MANUAL
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7.2 USING THE CONTROLLER WITH HOST APPLICATIONS
OR MIDI DEVICES
7.2.1 Device ports (Spark Creative only)
The Spark controller is displayed within a host application as consisting of two sets of
MIDI ports.
The first set of MIDI ports will present these labels to your computer:
- On Windows Vista and 7: "MIDIIN2(Spark Controller)"
- On Windows XP: "Spark Controller [2]"
- On Mac: “Spark Private IN” and “Spark Private OUT”
Note: These MIDI ports SHOULD NEVER BE USED by any application; they are used for
internal communication between SPARK and the Controller. Telling the host software to
use these ports would impair the efficiency of the controller.
The second set of MIDI ports will present these labels to your computer:
- On Windows Vista, 7 and XP: "Spark Controller"
- On Mac: “Spark Public IN” and “Spark Public OUT”
These are the public ports that are available for your applications to use.
All messages sent to these ports will also be sent to the Spark Creative controller's
physical MIDI Out port. All messages sent to the Spark Creative controller’s physical
MIDI In port by an external device will be transmitted to the host software internally by
the public port. When using Spark Creative as a MIDI controller, the data flow from the
controller will be sent on the USB public port to the host, as well as to the MIDI OUT
port, adding itself to any other existing MIDI information.
7.2.2 Use as MIDI Controller (Spark Creative only)
To use your SPARK Controller as MIDI controller, press [Filter] + [Slicer] + [Roller] (then
open public MIDI port or connect a MIDI cable to MIDI Out).
7.2.3 Use as USB/MIDI interface (Spark Creative only)
To use your SPARK Controller as USB/MIDI interface, open the public MIDI port in your
host program and connect the MIDI cable(s) to your Spark Creative controller.