Arturia Spark - midi learn (in CDM)

[jigsound]

Anyone?

[Fredyorke]

Hi, I've gotten spark yesterday. Actually, i am in the forum trying to figure out if there is a learn function or not. So, in other words, your concern may be right because i could not find the learn function in the Spark software. It is funny, I have their keyboard controller (laboratory 49 keys) but I cant use knobs or anything.... These companies are being way too aggressive. I'm trying to get rid of Avid/M-audio gear for that reason. But I've realized about Arturia till now. How can they sell and promote a keyboard controller full of knobs, pad and sliders but at the same time, they disable the midi learn capabilities of their own software???

[Stevism]

i'm pretty sure that every parameter (at least on the main screen) of the spark software accepts control via midi cc value. i just tested assigning the main cutoff knob to a knob on my oxygen49, and it worked no problem.

i used the "Learn" function that's native to reaper and plugins though, i'm not sure if there's one built into the spark software...i have the controller so i never explored that. and yeah i just use the reaper learn whenever i need to set that up with a plugin

also i know that each pad is a specific midi note, taking velocity into account. so far i've found that b1 (i think) is the note of instrument 1...i haven't figured out the rest of the pads because i was only trying to isolate the kick drum.



tl;dr

i have spark and i think you could totally configure your akai controller to play with it.

also i like the pads a lot

[Toby@Arturia]

Hi There,

SPARK does have a learn function;To access it either Ctrl+click on windows or cmd+click on mac on the parameter you want to assign external control to, a pop-up window will appear with a learn button. All you need to do is click the button and turn/press/twiddle/(etc) the control on your external hardware. This functionality is not available on every single parameter in SPARK but most of them do have it.

[MiniDX]

Anyways the pads are really good

[jigsound]

Great product, Arturia.

No more concerns here. Especially the sound quality is great.
Highly recommendable and usable.