If I open an existing project that has the Spark already loaded in an instrument track it will make contact most of the time. The Spark window opens but instead of spinning the connection indicator and making a connection with the Spark, the plug-in does nothing for about 4 seconds then bam! Pro Tools crashes. PT crashed when I launch the Spark plug-in. PT crashed when I tried to bring the Spark in on an instrument track. I have run PT with zero, none, nada other plug-in’s except the Arturia ones.
I have even reinstalled the Spark drivers and done the 1.1.1 update again. I have dumped the Pro Tools prefs several times. I have dumped all the Audio MIDI Setup prefs and even created a new setup in AMS. Sometimes the Spark will kind of do that, but mostly it won’t.
I want the Spark to put down MIDI on one track and its audio on another just like I do with the Arturia 49 Laboratory Experience. I need to know that, yes, the Spark is currently not so much compatible with Pro Tools 9.0.3 and the expected fix will be out in so may days/weeks/months … OR… Spark is fine, but I need to do X,Y or Z to make it work with Pro Tools …OR… Spark has compatibility issues with X,Y,Z hardware or software …OR… Pro Tools has an issue that Avid is working on and an update will be out in the next so many days/weeks/months …OR… that I am making all of the newbee mistakes in one go and the following clearly written English language documents will set me on the correct path so I can quit mucking around with this expensive studio and actually let the fellow who owns it ply his incredibly talented craft.Ĭurrently the Spark will run fine in the standalone software. I work in all kinds of environments solving all kinds of software, hardware and network problems and I know it just can’t be this ridiculously difficult to get a Spark to work in Pro Tools 9.0.3. I may be new to the recording arts but I have a degree in electronics and I’ve been trained and certified for every Apple System and OS since 1982.