Spark is very realtime.They even have presets
now in the fx machine(the plug in window) for
doing multiband dynamics processing like my
Hardware finalizer(less setup time).I mainly
use my Finalizer now as A/D D/A for my
Mac.Only deal w/ Spark is it's a Mac
program.But it's definitely the cream of the
stereo editors.It also works in OS X which
compared to PC solutions just makes it all
worth the expense.But I do video editing w/ my
Macs so it offset the cost for me.The best way
to work w/ it is to Batch Process all your files
you intend on working on for a
session(SRC,Normalize,Dither,etc.) then cut/
process w/ the plugs and hit create file.After
that you just drop the files into a playlist and
export the image to your burning app and
boom it's done.Not to mention it's got a
wicked VSTi modular synth.I got Peak DV w/
my Final Cut Pro 3 upgrade and tried it.I was
like,WTF is this crap?If those PC apps are
anything like Peak then I feel for all you
peeps.Cause Spark is the shizznit for
editng,mastering and burning your material.It
also includes the Pro MP3 encoder.Not to
mention tech support is so wicked.One night
when I first got it I had a lil trouble w/ my plug
inz giving me an error code.Well I got on the
horn to Germany and get this,The dude who
answered the phone fixed my issue
immediately.Blew my freakin mind.He
answered the phone in german but as soon
as I spoke Enlish he just asked me the
trouble and fixed it right up.No hold time,No
countless questions about what platform(mac
of course that's what it's for silly),just a straight
answer to a pretty odd question.TC are the
gods of gear.If they made synths and mixers
and turntables,and all the other goodies I
would have a TC studio.They Rock.
H- They're just so good at what they do it's
scary.
The Hardware is from Denmark and Software
from Germany and they know their stuff,all of
em.