M-Audio Trigger Finger MIDI Controller with Pads

16 velocity-sensitive pads, plus 8 knobs and 4 faders.

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43 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

8 People wrote reviews

* * * * * * * * * * 7 out of 10

"yo"

Feature:
its ok takes awhile to figerout

Quality:
i drop it all the time and it still works

Value:
it work but needs more info on how to use it i was about to sell it but i got it to work at the last min do ask how just play wit stuff

Desirability:
i have a keyboard now so u know

Sound:
if u have good sounds on ur computer then it will sound good

Ease of Use:
this is hard i sent so long getting this thing to work its not a game once u get it its good but man..........

Support:
none boooooooooo

Overall:
its ok good but if u just starting

Submitted: 3/5/2008

Style of Music: hip hop R&B

* * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

"Instructions how to set the trigger finger up with reason"

Feature:
Came with everything it needed except for decent documentation and the 'Enigma' was not of any use to me because it's not very well documented. For instance, I have no idea how to set the global midi channel using enigma and it's nowhere in the help file. I found it much easier to set it all up just using the TF's physical buttons.

Quality:
Definitely not built like a tank but for $150 I wasn't expecting it to be indestructible. It's made of plastic and if I were going to take it on the road I would be very careful to wrap it up in lots and lots of padding.

Value:
They dropped the ball on adding support for reason. They claim on the web site that you don't need drivers to get it to work... but in the box there IS a driver disk.

Desirability:
It's pretty cool now that it works, it's definitely a set up from banging drums on the keyboard.

Sound:
No problems with it playing extra notes so far

Ease of Use:
Once you set it up it's simple, but getting it to work in reason was a long process. Here's what worked for me because I've seen a lot of other people on other sites asking how to do it. To get trigger finger working in reason set the global midi channel to 1. To do this press 'save & exit' and 'exit' at the same time to enter edit mode. Use the channel slider to select channel 1. Press 'save & exit' and then hit a pad to save it. Then to assign the right notes to the pads enter edit mode again and hit pad 1 and use the 'note' knob to set it to C1. (not C.1 which is c#1). That sets it to your bass drum. Press 'save&exit' again and press pad 1 to save your setting. Before you define the rest of the notes, get it working with reason. Go into Preferences->Control Surfaces and add the trigger finger as if it were a regular keyboard. Set it to be the master keyboard. At this point DO NOT press anything on the TF because it may cause reason to freeze. Instead close reason and restart it and make a redrum and set the midi keyboard to point to it and you should be able to make the kick play using pad 1. If it works, go through the rest of the pads and set them to the right notes (c1, c.1, d1, d.1, ...) and save your settings and you should be ready to go. It is also possible to set it up not on channel 1 via the Reason midi bus at the top of the rack. That doesn't work very well because then it seems you can't record midi events into the sequencer.

Support:
Didn't have to contact them.

Overall:
I like how it looks and feels. The software support for reason was nowhere near as simple as M-Audio claims though.

Submitted: 9/30/2007

Style of Music: metal

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Trigger Finger puts the power to program and perform expressive percussion and drum parts at your fingertips. Its 16 velocity-sensitive pads are perfect for playing the drum sounds in your favorite software, launching loops and samples, or even controlling video projections -- and applying pressure to the pads can generate any MIDI controller you wish. Trigger Finger also gives you 8 knobs and 4 faders that are freely assignable to MIDI parameters such as volume, pan, pitch, and effects. Pre-programmed maps for Reason, Live, GM Drum, XG Drum, iDrum, and more make setup a snap -- and full programmability lets you customize the unit to fit your needs. Settings are easy to store via 16 presets, and M-Audio's free Enigma librarian software for PC and Mac lets you create a collection of even more. A simple USB cable is all it takes to connect and power Trigger Finger with your computer. It's time to take full control of your drum programming -and Trigger Finger is the right tool for the job.

Features
16 velocity and pressure-sensitive pads

8 assignable knobs

4 assignable faders

Pre-programmed maps for Live, Reason, GM Drum, XG Drum, and iDrum

Velocity control including fixed velocity mode

Program/bank change capability

Powered via USB connection or optional DC power supply

16 MIDI presets

Programmable with free Enigma librarian software

3-digit LED display

Class compliant with Windows XP and Mac OS X

Includes free Ableton Live Lite 4 software

Technical Info

Size: 11 in. (w) x 10 in. (d) x 2 1/4 in. (h)
279.4mm (w) x 254mm (d) x 57.2mm (h)

Compatibility:
-- MME

-- DirectX

-- Core MIDI

Windows minimum system requirements:
-- Windows XP

-- Available USB Port

Mac minimum system requirements:
-- Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher

-- Available USB Port
Trigger Finger puts the power to program and perform expressive percussion and drum parts at your fingertips. Its 16 velocity-sensitive pads are perfect for playing the drum sounds in your favorite software, launching loops and samples, or even controlling video projections; applying pressure to the pads can generate any MIDI data you wish.

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