Pro Sound Web: Arturia has announced the availability of SPARK DubStep, a new production and performance software suite dedicated to heavy-duty dubstep rhythm track construction.
SPARK DubStep features a comprehensive library of 30 kits/480 instruments created in partnership with London-based pro audio loops and samples provider Sample Magic.
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This is an interesting piece of software in that you can do a ton of things just for a small punching fee. I wonder if this company is thinking about making the thing that appears to be a console into a real thing that would make it so much easier to get to all of features that this piece of equipment can do. I wonder if they were to come out with that if it would be so costly that no one could afford it or if there is something similar already out there that cost way more them the software. With DubStep being a new thing to come to the major public I wonder if this is a fad that will be short lived.
I am pretty sure that this is nothing new. Sampling devices and drum machines have been around for years. I will need to speak with a Dub Step DJ and see if this is really that is revolutionary. I think that Dub Step is wicked cool and I think that we as a society are going to ruin it in about 18 months. Remember SKA? Yeah, me neither.
haha well if this says nothing else it should make the case that all dubstep sounds the same. I agree with Dale though, this technology pretty much already exists although not with a dubstep slant. I think this could be potentially useful for DJ's or it could close them into a box and only allow them to play one genre. What would be cool is if you could add dubstep noises to other song, just throw a wa wa wa wa wa into your favorite musical or rap song!
This seems like a very cool instrument with good features. The easy to use interface is very important to me. I do see a few problems with this product though. The first problem I see is the price. Now I don't know what standard prices for software like this are, but $100 still seems expensive to me. The second problem I see with this product is that it doesn't bring anything meaningful new to the digital music scene. As such I suspect that in the next few months a similar piece of software with a little nicer features will take the forefront.
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