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| M-Audio Trigger Finger Drum Pad Control Surface | 
 enlarge | Brand: M-Audio
Category: Musical Instruments
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1962
Media: Electronics
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Special Features: 16-Pad MIDI Drum Controller for Itchy Trigger Fingers More DJas, Hip Hop artists and electronic musicians are leaning towards software based setups to create beats and grooves due to the huge variety of sounds available as well as the limitless opportunities for mangling sounds that sofware offers. But most beat-makers feel that their most interesting patterns comes from banging out a rhythm on the edge of the desk or on their knees, which is much more intuitive than using a MIDI keyboard or the tiny finger pads on many drum machines. M-Audioas Trigger Finger offers DJas, Hip-Hop artists and drum programmers an easy-to-use dedicated drum pad controller, which offers larger pads than most drum machines. M-Audio Trigger Finger at a Glance: Dedicated MIDI drum control surface with 16 velocity and pressure sensitive pads. 8 assignable knobs, 4 assignable faders with pre-programmed maps 16 MIDI Presets and editor/librarian software included. Powered via USB connection, fully Mac and PC compliant. Play Expressively with Velocity and Pressure Sensitive Pads M-Audio Trigger Fingeras 16 "MPC" sized velocity and pressure sensitive pads contribute to the feel of triggering "real" drums and percussion, ensemble "blasts", and virtually any sample or loop requiring a more percussive method of playing. Or, for VJs, Trigger Finger can even control video projections - and applying pressure to the pads can generate any MIDI controller you wish.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 12.9 x 11.3 x 3.5
MPN: 9900-50855-00
Model: 9900-40855-00
UPC: 612391800109
EAN: 0612391800109
ASIN: B000800B6U
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Trigger Finger allows musicians to harness the expressive potential of their software | | • | 8 assignable knobs, 4 assignable faders | | • | 16 velocity and pressure-sensitive pads | | • | Individual assignable pressure on each pad | | • | Powered from USB connection or optional DC power supply |
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Product Description
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. Settings are easy to store via 16 presets, and M-Audio's free Enigma editor/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. 16 MIDI presets Programmable with free Enigma editor/librarian software 3-digit LED display Class-compliant with Windows XP and Mac OS X ncludes free Ableton Live Lite 4 software and demo songs
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 itchy trigger finger... August 9, 2008
I bought this as my first ever drum midi and for the most part very pleased. My only gripe was that it did not come with any kind of manual. wtf? Anyhow i really like that the pads are velocity effected. It gives what ever im making a real sound which is nice. Came packaged with Ableton live which i ended up not using because im more accustomed to Acid Pro and had no idea what the heck to do with Ableton. Kinda looks like 'Fruity Loops' and i never liked that program anyhow. Had a little trouble getting the computer to see the device. It would see it as a midi device but not as "trigger finger". That was fixed with a reboot. All in all i am very happy with the purchase and it is exactly as described.
A Solid Product, But Requires Programming May 5, 2008
-- The Short Version --
Sensitive pads and lot of flexible controls make this a useful piece of gear for a computer-based studio, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who doesn't have a good grasp on how MIDI functions.
Also, keep in mind that this is only an interface -- it doesn't produce sound without additional software.
-- The Long Version --
As you may have guessed from the 4-star review, I'm pretty happy with my Trigger Finger. I got it to work flawlessly with Cubase 4, controlling Reason 3.0 through ReWire, with basically no effort. I did have trouble getting it to control Reason directly (as some other users have mentioned I got the faders and knobs working, but not the pads), although I suspect this could be resolved through some tinkering with my MIDI settings.
And there's the reason this didn't get 5 stars -- I've found it to be much less plug-and-play than M-Audio's site led me to believe. Following the instructions in the included PDF documentation I was easily able to set up several drum/note maps for different styles of playing by programming them directly on the Trigger Finger, but this did require me to know what notes I wanted each pad to trigger.
Enigma was daunting enough that I've put off really diving into it until I want to use this as more than a drum trigger, but I've at least been able to find menus for any parameter I'd ever want to program (and then some).
All in all a good buy. It takes some time to learn how to use it effectively, but the results are worth the effort.
 Michigan Consumer April 8, 2008
Cool product! Very hard to figure out. Should have come with easier software. Should have pre-programmed beats and stuff. Overall, I like it but I am still not comfortable using it.
Nice Beat Maker January 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This item is a hot item, especially if you can figure out how to use it. I bought this for my son as a Christmas gift because it was more affordable than the one he originally wanted. After reading the reviews, I thought this would be a great buy. My son was very satisfied but he is having a little difficulty getting the beats to work the way he wants. He told me there is more software he has to purchase. I am not sure about that but I think once he figures it out, it will be great. There is really no instructions but how to plug the thing up, but overall, for the price, I am happy and he is too. This item arrived very fast. A Good buy.
Instructions on how to get the Trigger Finger to work with Propellerheads Reason September 30, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I just got this today and it was really hard to figure out how to make it work in reason so I'm posting what worked for me here.
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.
Since I've only had this working a few hours I can't say how reliable it is but it does play pretty well and I suppose I'm glad I got it even though the setup was very nonintuitive and not very well documented.
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