4.3.4 Audio Source
Sample (.wav, .aiff audio files)
Physical (Physical parameters)
Analog (Vintage drum machines with analog parameters)
4.3.5 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.
4.3.6 Pattern
A Pattern is a sequence of notes played by instruments.
4.3.7 Song
A Song is an editable ordered sequence of several patterns that defines your song
structure.
SPARK allows songs made of 64 patterns maximum.
4.3.8 Channel
A specific channel is assigned to each instrument in the Mixer.
The channels are numbered from 1 to 16 in the same way the instruments are.
4.3.9 Track
The pattern window in the Top Panel shows you the 16 instrument tracks. Each track is
the score played by one instrument.
4.4 AUDIO AND MIDI SETUP
4.4.1 Windows
To access the preferences window, click on the SPARK menu > Setup > Audio & MIDI
Settings. This window allows you to configure the global preferences of SPARK. These
are saved automatically.
4.4.2 Mac OS X
To access the preferences window click on the SPARK menu>Preferences. The Audio
settings window will appear. This window features the global preferences of SPARK.
These are saved automatically.
For further details on how to setup Audio and MIDI, please refer to Chapter6 : MODES
OF OPERATIONS of this manual.
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