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Title: SparklE installation on Windows 8 help!
Post by: Explosivekrayon on November 12, 2013, 04:58:29 pm
Hey guys, I am having the worst time trying to install the SparklE program onto my Samsung 8 laptop which runs on Windows 8. I noticed the manual only mentions windows 7 and xp. I tried contacting nova music on ebay and they recommended I should download the latest drivers for it to work. What should I do? Thanks!
Title: Re: SparklE installation on Windows 8 help!
Post by: ben arturia on November 13, 2013, 09:10:58 am
I'm running sparkle 1.7.1 on Windows 8.1 with no problem.
What's the problem ?

Title: Re: SparklE installation on Windows 8 help!
Post by: Jay Bits on November 13, 2013, 10:20:35 am
i installed on win8.1 with no problems. CD into the computer and start installation. latest driver was not necessary.
Title: Re: SparklE installation on Windows 8 help!
Post by: Explosivekrayon on November 13, 2013, 01:54:09 pm
I inserted the disc on an lG dvd reader and it kept makimg noises and wouldn't read the disc, maybe tI should try and buy a disc reader specific to my samsung laptop. When you guys inserted the disc dod the prompts automatically come up?
Title: Re: SparklE installation on Windows 8 help!
Post by: Jay Bits on November 13, 2013, 03:26:42 pm
in my case it seems that the cd was broken. the installation was successfull, but i had a lot of bugs. for example couldn't open the library. but the disc itself was running smooth (i think it just didn't install the part with the library or something?)

nevertheless, i downloaded the install.exe from arturia-homepage, de-installed spark and installed it again with the exe i downloaded (V1.7.1) since that i have no problems and everything works fine.
Title: Re: SparklE installation on Windows 8 help!
Post by: ben arturia on November 13, 2013, 03:36:46 pm
Jay Bits is right. Try downloading the file from :
http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/products/SparkLE/resources.html
Title: Re: SparklE installation on Windows 8 help!
Post by: Explosivekrayon on November 15, 2013, 01:27:00 am
Sweet! I'll let you guys know how it goes. i was going nuts!
Title: Re: SparklE installation on Windows 8 help!
Post by: Explosivekrayon on November 16, 2013, 08:07:05 pm
 :) I managed to install it perfectly !
Title: Re: SparklE installation on Windows 8 help!
Post by: ben arturia on November 18, 2013, 08:51:18 am
Nice !
Enjoy !