

Currently at version 2.8.2, Spark has won many friends since it was originally released back in 1999, being one of the first audio applications to be ported from OS 9 to OS X. Will the last developer of Mac audio-editing software please turn out the lights when they leave the building? It sounds bizarre, but that's the thought that occurred to me when, in a slightly surprising move this month, TC Electronic (which now encompasses the TC Works brand) decided to end development of their Mac-based audio-editing software, Spark. If you're suffering from kernel panics, if no one else can help, and if you can find a log file, maybe you should hire (well, read, at least) this month's Apple Notes. Steinberg's previously Windows-only VST Instrument host, VStack, is now available for Mac OS X, with support for 16 VST Instruments, VST System Link, Rewire and more.
