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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">I love that what they call “stand-alone” now means it can run on a PC without a DAW host. Not my idea of standalone. I really want to like it but it really falls short on a simple interface issue. The main competition os obviously Maschine which I have a really like. However, I can use Maschine without ever looking at the screen of my PC. Not so with the Spark. The whole having to refer back and forth between the control surface and the screen is an epic failure in my mind. I don’t get why Arturia just can’t seem to get form factor right. I had this gripe with the Origin desktop while I had it. The keyboard version of the Origin is an example of a horrible, horrible aesthetic run massively amok and unleashed on an unsuspecting population. No wonder it never went anywhere.</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">James R. Coplin</span></font></p>
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<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar-bounces@lists.music-bar.org</a>] <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>Paul Maddox<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Friday, January 25, 2013 11:40 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Music-bar<br><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: Spark LE</span></font></p>
</div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I'm intrigued by it, I assume you need a pc/mac to use it or is it standalone?<br>
<br>On Friday, January 25, 2013, Gert van Santen wrote:</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">At € 249 this is a steal...<br><br>I'm seriously thinking about it. Love the small form factor and the sound. Great for the laptop backpack...<br>
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