The two work very differently from one another. The Spark footswitch is called the Spark Control. The various amps being modelled are all listed at: Right now, I am trying to learn a Clapton solo from a Cream song, so I am working my way through isolating, slowing down, and looping each individual lick as I learn it. I find it really helpful when trying to learn difficult licks. With something like a song lesson, it is really useful because it allows you to select measures, slow down, and loop a particular section of a YouTube song. I rarely use the app for changing app settings, although I use it all the time to find and play backing tracks or song lessons. The app also allows you to find, use and customize any presets that have been uploaded to the "tone cloud" by Positive Grid, as well as users.Īny of the presets that you find can be assigned to any of the 4 programmed preset buttons so after you have it set up the way you like you don't really need to use the app every time. ![]() The various customized amp model and settings are saved to presets, and can be uploaded to the tonecloud via the app. It's a very cool way to hear the differences in the various amps under identical conditions. One thing that I learned fairly recently is that after you select a preset using on of the 4 preset buttons, using the knob will allow you to keep the effects chain settings in place while substituting different amp in place of the one being modeled. Once you select a preset, the amp settings knobs on the Spark can be used to override the selected amp settings without having to use the app. removing, or changing the settings of pedals in the chain, as well as changing over to an entirely different amp model and/or tweaking the amp settings. The app allows you to dial those in further by adding. WIthout the app, you can control the Spark through the amp model settings knob (glassy, crunch, bass, etc.) and using the 4 preset buttons that are pre-programmed. Most users seem to like to turn off the noisegate completely, but I find that if I leave it on and turn up the sensitivity all the way, it works pretty well at keeping the amp quiet while not messing with my sustain. ![]() The issue is that they have the sensitivity turned down all the way for maximum noise reduction, so although the amp is silent the sustain will drop off quickly on a single note. One tip concerns the noisegate, which is turned on by default on all the factory presets. I have all of mine posted to the Tonecloud if you would like to experiment with them. The last position either gets my custom Santana preset, or my Albert Collins icepick preset. The Blues Arc preset in the tone cloud is one exception that sounds pretty good as-is for most blues songs that I tend to play, so I have it assigned to the first hardware preset, followed by a clean acoustic model, and an Ampex bass model for the 2nd and 3rd buttons. The downside is that most of the factory presets sound horrible to my ear, but if you start with a clean amp model and then selectively bring in the effects, I can get an awesome tone pretty much every time. I love my Spark, it's pretty much the only amp I use at home and for recording.
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