--- product_id: 3452602 title: "Arturia SparkLE 420101 Hardware Controller and Software Drum Machine" brand: "arturia" price: "β‚±2714" currency: PHP in_stock: false reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.ph/products/3452602-arturia-sparkle-420101-hardware-controller-and-software-drum-machine store_origin: PH region: Philippines --- # Plug-in compatible Backlit pads 3 synthesis engines Arturia SparkLE 420101 Hardware Controller and Software Drum Machine **Brand:** arturia **Price:** β‚±2714 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > 🎢 Elevate Your Beats: Where Innovation Meets Inspiration! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Arturia SparkLE 420101 Hardware Controller and Software Drum Machine by arturia - **How much does it cost?** β‚±2714 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ph](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/3452602-arturia-sparkle-420101-hardware-controller-and-software-drum-machine) ## Best For - arturia enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted arturia brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **MIDI Mastery:** Easily transform into a MIDI controller for any software. - β€’ **Intuitive Control:** Velocity and pressure-sensitive pads for expressive performance. - β€’ **Portable Powerhouse:** Compact design with a protective sleeve for music on the go. - β€’ **Seamless Integration:** Works as a standalone or plug-in with any DAW. - β€’ **Unleash Your Creativity:** Explore 3 powerful synthesis engines for limitless sound design. ## Overview The Arturia SparkLE 420101 is a versatile hardware controller and software drum machine that combines three synthesis enginesβ€”virtual analog, physical modeling, and sample playback. It features backlit, velocity-sensitive pads and is designed for both standalone use and as a plug-in for various digital audio workstations. With its portable design and robust construction, it’s perfect for musicians on the move, offering seamless MIDI integration and user-friendly controls. ## Description SparkLE is the newest hybrid instrument from Arturia that will take your beat creation to new levels. By combining the amazing sounds, work flow and creative tools of the Spark Engine software, with the high quality SparkLE controller, Arturia has created the ultimate beat creating powerhouse. ## Features - Full featured Spark Software, 3 synthesis engines: Virtual analog, Physical Modeling, Sample playback, Works Standalone and as a plug-in (VST, AU, RTAS), Backlit velocity and pressure sensitive Pads, Touch sensitive FX pad - Mode selector Bank, Pattern, Seq, Tune, Bus powered, class compliant USB input, User assignable encoders, Advanced Looper Divide/Move function, Classic TR style programming - Real-time programming from the pads, Protective travel sleeve, Small, Portable, Solid construction, MIDI mode for use as a controller with any software ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Style | Modern | | Platform | Windows 7, Mac, Windows 10 | | Human Interface Input | Buttons | | Connector Type | USB | | Hardware Connectivity | USB, USB Streaming | | Connectivity Technology | USB | | Additional Features | Portable | | Item Weight | 3.3 Pounds | ## Images ![Arturia SparkLE 420101 Hardware Controller and Software Drum Machine - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61bPATkWj6L.jpg) ![Arturia SparkLE 420101 Hardware Controller and Software Drum Machine - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61cnxmtcV3L.jpg) ![Arturia SparkLE 420101 Hardware Controller and Software Drum Machine - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61NJ2gI4ZrL.jpg) ![Arturia SparkLE 420101 Hardware Controller and Software Drum Machine - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51-ghxmn8LL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars SparkLE is a great drum controller, and the Spark 2.0 software is very powerful *by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2015* Have been playing with this for a few months now, and very happy with it. Make sure you are aware of the working process with this unit. The SparkLE is a controller, and is meant to be used predominantly with the Spark 2 software (included). The SparkLE hardware does NOT store any sounds, you're using it either to work directly with the Spark 2.0 software (I use is as a VST in Ableton) or as a Midi controller.The build quality of the unit is excellent. The velocity pads are track well and have a solid feel to them. There are 8 pads, and a button switches them to control up to 16 instruments. I'm fine with that setup, as it keeps the unit pretty compact size. Knobs and buttons equally high quality. Small size, and comes with a neoprene carry case. It's easy to travel with; I do. It's a USB mini cable connector; just take care with that connection. The USB mini connector fits fine, just don't want to be stretching the cable against the connection point. That's the only connection to the unit, and it's powered by the USB connection. It's USB class compliant, so no need for any drivers. Truly plug and play for me on Win7/64 bit.Once you get your head wrapped around the workflow, it's pretty intuitive. Make sure to read the manual and check out the various YouTube tutorials out there. Lots of good SparkLE shortcuts that make using the Spark software even quicker. Mostly you'll be interfacing between SparkLE controller and computer keyboard when building up drum kits and/or tweaking sounds. Once you have your kits built, you can easily ignore the computer keyboard and control everything from the SparkLE.I like the Spark 2.0 software. The layout is great, IHMO. There are basically 5 main screens (all selectable from the SparkLE); main info, sequencer view, pattern/chaining view, instrument view, and kit view. You can use your own samples and build some pretty excellent kits. Decent effects processing built into the Spark software. The SparkLE controller combined with the Spark software is a great combination. I take my laptop and the controller with me when I travel and make for a great on the road music tool.Once you have your kits built, I believe this would be a great live setup. Certainly great for me in the studio and/or on the road.Make sure to spend some time reading the manual to get the most out of the software (RTFM...we never really get away from that!). Look at the Arturia site, and make sure to get their Midi control center (free download), it'll help you with the Midi plumbing into your setup. ### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars Elegant, but incomplete *by F***E on Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2013* Great device that does what it says on the tin, with some caveatsHardware::The build quality on this thing leaves absolutely nothing to be desired. Black steel bottom, and the top is, as far as I can tell adamantium grade plastic, I initially thought it was aluminum.-Encoders themselves feel middle of the road, but certainly acceptable; the caps on the encoders are a perfect choice; love the feel. The big jog wheel, and the loop divide/move are detented.-Pads are something everyone holds to their own personal ideal. I couldn't ask for anything more from these, they are IMO perfect. But I'm really one of the least picky people you'll find in this regard.-XY pad is the cheapest feeling hardware component on the unit; but once again it's quite usable enough. The pad feels a bit papery, like the touch component is not bound tightly to whatever's beneath. I don't feel that this is at all a problem, but it is worth mentioning. The pad itself if plenty accurate enough, as reflected in the software.-Missing hardware elements are very few: dedicated shuffle knob, accent button and most importantly Tap Tempo. I would imagine any of these could be added with a "Shifted" function on an existing button/knob if Arturia decides to update it. In the meantime, the shuffle knob can be MIDI mapped to another controller, if you'll be using it extensively. There doesn't seem to be a way to map Tap Tempo at all. This really needs to change as it's the very first thing a lot of us do when we began a new pattern. It should be somewhere in software, even if it's just a hidden MIDI mappable VST parameter (users could map it from the "Spark Creative" interface, and then change back to the "Spark LE" interface), so that those of us who use it can map it to another controller. Not a big deal if you're working inside of a DAW; big issue if you're running Spark standalone. I won't gripe too much about the missing Accent button, but since it's already presented on screen, common sense would dictate that it should be MIDI mappable, particularly since it's not already implemented in hardware.Nit-picks aside, for the price I paid the hardware's quality could be rounded up to 5 stars. Though I personally think they should always be included on devices like this, I didn't mention lack of on/off switch for two reasons: 1) they are usually tiny cheap affairs that are time-bombs waiting to fail. 2) for the price, Arturia is allowed to cut a few costs, this is an expendable feature. Dito with MIDI out.Software::COMMUNICATION between the software and hardware is somewhat hit-or-miss for me. When you load the VST into your DAW, the Spark Engine shows a screen that says "Establishing Connection". For me this works the first time around, about %80 of the time, perhaps a little less. Usually just unplugging and re-plugging in the unit takes care of it. Very rarely restarting the DAW (Ableton Live 9) is necessary.INTUITIVE use is spot on. I've never used a drum machine of any sort, so I had to watch a few very short tutorial videos, but 3 or so days later and I feel like I know this well enough to teach a class on it. Kudos for the design. Superb tool for an artist looking to hit the ground running.FEATURES are all present and straight forward. Routing individual instruments to independent audio tracks, Integrated EQ, compression, flanger, chorus, distortion, and many more. I'm truly impressed at how comprehensive the VST software is. My only gripe here is the lack of ability to edit sample length with any accuracy. Sample length can be edited in the STUDIO section, but the zoom is too far out for it to be very accurate. A zoom level adjustment or just a zoom factor switch would be welcome here. Making the sample Start/End points a "Shifted" function of the loop encoders would be ideal, making them MIDI mappable at all, via VST parameters, should've been common sense.STABILITY is okay overall. Four or so instances will crash my Ableton session if loaded quickly (by duplicating the track containing Spark via Ctrl+D), while this is not something I'd typically do, it is an indicator that something is amiss. Most importantly on my i7 2600k processor, the VST idles at %20. Far, too high for a VST not doing anything. Multiple instances don't drive the usage up any further. While I have had crashing since using the VST, none that I could blame definitively on the Spark VST (with the exception of the multiple instances mentioned above). Are at least some of them caused by the Spark VST? Probably. Who knows. That's one of the things you get to enjoy with hardware bound to software, with great power comes great responsibility.TECHNICAL SUPPORT dealing with companies like this tends to be of two varieties. They really "wow" you with how understanding and helpful they are, or they are dreadfully abysmal. From the short interaction I've had with Arturia inquiring about the CPU usage, I expect them to be of the abysmal camp. From the forums I can see that the heavy CPU usage is fairly new, and that it was being researched at some point. What I got back from tech support was "Hi,It's the normal CPU consumption. Yours, john". Yeah 8 whole words. That's the whole email. We all know that support staff is typically overworked and under-appreciated, and that they are being asked to essentially troubleshoot 1 piece of software interacting with 3 or more others (OS, DAW, drivers, etc). Not to even mention the PEBKAC errors. But when hardware is bundled to software, and your only help comes from a very small community of users (not as large as say NI's community), 8 words is frustrating for a brand new product. You don't have to really empathize everytime, just do it once and copy and paste the response. I did get a prompt straight forward response; though not one leaving me feeling particularly optimistic or valued as a customer, but hey "C'est la vie" (Arturia's a French company)MISCELLANEOUS::I'd imagine there are technical reasons that aren't obvious but Spark VST requires you to disable the Spark's MIDI ports in your DAW to establish the specialized link from the hardware unit to the VST. If you want to use the hardware unit as a class compliant MIDI device independent from the Spark VST, you simultaneously press Filter+Slicer+Roller on the hardware, but then you have to re-enable the corresponding ports within your DAW. Can't be done on the fly. In the future I'd like to see the firmware or the drivers, quietly discard the MIDI data in the background when the unit is in "Spark" mode, and just sever the proprietary connection, and resume sending the MIDI data when in MIDI mode. This is certainly a worthwhile controller outside of the Spark VST to be used as such.OVERALL::Overall I'm quite impressed. I've only had this unit for 3 days, so opinions are subject to change, but from what I've seen so far this is a great little controller at any price point. Like so many products from the last 5 years or so mandatory proprietary drivers/software threaten to be the Achille's heel of a superb hardware design. In this case almost all of the complaints (with the exception of the CPU usage issue, and possibly the MIDI port shenanigans) can be solved with the additions of a few MIDI mappable VST parameters, and other small changes that could be implemented within a few minor revision levels. I'll try to keep this review updated as to what gets fixed, what gets added, what gets broken, and what get ignored.I don't claim to be an expert on this thing, but if you have any questions I'll answer as best I can in the comments. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars My new favorite toy, I needed some new drum sets and ... *by G***I on Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2014* My new favorite toy, I needed some new drum sets and sounds for my hip hop and techno sounding pieces, and this has provided nicely, only issue for me is the menu as it's taking me time to get to know and find all the sounds and samples. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ph/products/3452602-arturia-sparkle-420101-hardware-controller-and-software-drum-machine](https://www.desertcart.ph/products/3452602-arturia-sparkle-420101-hardware-controller-and-software-drum-machine) --- *Product available on Desertcart Philippines* *Store origin: PH* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*