Spark is running on a Mac here, but PC compatibility is promised in ‘the fall’ (‘autumn’ in proper speak)
There was a time when Universal Audio plugins had to be purchased as companions to their (albeit fantastic) hardware. Then, with the release of their Volt interface a few months back, things changed. It was Universal audio hardware, without the software. Now with Spark, the trend continues. It’s UA software without the hardware! No. UA. Hardware. Required. And with UA instruments! And while Spark is a subscription service (which we are always in two minds about), this is still headline-grabbing news to us. But that’s probably just us… What about existing UA users? What of the future? Are UA entering the instrument market big time? Is this the end of UA accelerated hardware? And could you have come up with a better headline than we did? (Of course not.)