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Trigger Finger • User Guide
Storing Memory Setups
Orange devices in the Device List represent custom setups for your controllers, and you can create as many of these user devices as you like. These devices will
always be available in the Device List regardless of what controllers are connected to your computer, and you can file away as many as necessary.
When you click on the Receive button to download the current contents of your Trigger Finger’s memory, the data will always be written to the red device. In order
to store this data, you can simply drag the red device to an orange device.
Programming the Trigger Finger with Enigma
NOTE:
Be sure that the Trigger Finger is connected properly to the computer before you start Enigma.
1. Double-click the Enigma icon to start the program.
2. The application will start and a picture of the default Trigger Finger will be shown.
3. Before you start editing values, the settings from your Trigger Finger need to be loaded into Enigma. Do this by pressing the Receive Button above the Device
List (described above). This will download your Trigger Finger’s current memory contents. The red device now represents this data.
4. Once the memory transfer is complete, you can begin editing values as described in the following sections.
5. When your edits are complete, you will need to send the changes back to the Trigger Finger. Press the Update Button above the Device List to upload the
changes you have made to your Trigger Finger.
6. Your new edits will not be active until you recall one of the new presets on the Trigger Finger.
Programming the Pads
The Trigger Finger’s pads can have a large number of parameters assigned to each one. For ease, these parameters have been split into three groups: MIDI
controller info (CC), Program info (PGM), and Note info (
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The CC info allows you to edit the CC message that is sent out as you apply pressure to a pad. You can also edit the range of the controller values sent by
editing the Min and Max parameters.
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The PGM info allows you to edit the Program, Bank MSB, and Bank LSB values that are sent when sending a Program/Bank Change from the Trigger
Finger.
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The NOTE info allows you to edit the Note that is sent each time a pad is tapped, as well as the velocities that are transmitted when ‘Vel Fix’ is pressed—the
fixed ‘On’ velocity and fixed ‘Off’ velocity.
Each pad in the Enigma interface has three zones for these three types of info. Double-clicking on any of these three zones will bring up the Editor Dialog with the
relevant information for that pad.
When working in List View, you will see all the values and parameters in use by the Trigger Finger. One important thing to note is that to ensure compatibility with the
other M-Audio and Evolution controllers’ presets that you are able to access in Enigma, the Trigger Finger uses special CC assignments for determining how notes
are output from the pads. The two valid CC assignments are explained below:
• CC 147—Note On/Off:
This CC setting results in the default behavior for the pads. Pressing the pad will send a Note On message with the played velocity,
and releasing the pad will send a Note Off message. When a pad is assigned to CC 147, the Program field will contain the note number to be transmitted
by the pad. The MSB value represents the note on velocity that will be used when the Locked Velocity Mode is enabled. The LSB value is the release velocity,
which you will typically leave at 0 (note off).
• CC 148—Note On/Off Toggle:
When CC 148 is assigned to the pad, it will function in toggle mode. In this mode, a note on will be sent with the played
velocity the first time a pad is played. A note off will be sent the second time the pad is played. Like the CC 147 assignment, the MSB and LSB values dictate
the Locked Velocity of the notes. The MSB is the velocity used the first time a pad is played when Locked Velocity mode is engaged. The LSB is the velocity
used when the pad is played a second time when Locked Velocity Mode is engaged. By leaving the LSB value at 0, pressing a pad once will play a note at
your chosen velocity and the second press will stop it.
Programming the Knobs and Sliders
Double-clicking on the graphic of a knob or slider will open the Editor Dialog displaying the current MIDI CC and range settings for that controller. While programming
the knobs and sliders from the Trigger Finger itself only gives you access to MIDI CC numbers 0 through 127, Enigma will let you assign special extended CC’s to these
controls for added functionality. Please see the Extended CC table at the end of this manual for a list of the possible CC assignments.
For example, you can assign Pitch Bend to a knob by typing in CC number “144” for the control. Moving the knob will now transmit Pitch Bend messages instead of a
standard MIDI continuous controller. You can also drag these extended CC’s from Enigma’s library directly onto the graphic of a knob or slider for the same results.
Blank Presets
As mentioned earlier in this section, you can quickly create a new user device (colored orange in the Device List) by clicking the “+” button in the lower-left corner of
the screen. This will create an empty device with all of its controls and pads set to CC 255, which is the setting for “Off.” You will need to set the pad’s note parameter
to either CC 147 or CC 148 for them to function. The pad’s program parameter needs to be set to CC 145. You will also have to assign CC values to the knobs, sliders,
and pressure controls as well.
To make things simpler, we recommend dragging the Trigger Finger’s default settings, or your current settings, into this new device, which will then set all the controls
to their proper CC values—very much like a template. You can then continue to make your edits as usual without having to reprogram the CCs for every control.
Don’t forget, Enigma’s library also comes packed with useful data that you are able to simply drag onto your pads. This includes a library of MIDI notes.
