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M-audio Trigger Finger Tutorial, How to
Guide and Help!
Using Enigma to Setup Trigger Finger:
* NOTE: This guide covers the PC version only. The MAC
version of the software is different than what you will see in this guide.
Change Trigger Finger Settings (Using
Enigma Software)
1) Launch enigma
2) Click the '+' button in the
lower left corner of enigma
3) Under "Devices and Files"
list, enigma will have created you a new (blank) user bank. By default
it names it "Trigger Finger User Bank". Double click it
and rename it something useful (i.e. gregs custom bank)
4) In the "Devices and Files"
list drag-and-drop the "Trigger Finger Defaults" bank
onto the new bank you just created (this will load all the cc values
so you don't have to rebuild them all from scratch)
5) You will notice that now under
the "presets" window there are now 16 presets. These represent
the 16 memory locations you can store your own settings. Disregard
all the names that are there, you will rename each one of the 16
to something meaningful after you start customizing each of the
16 presets (the drum kit names, song names, etc...).
6) In enigma, click the "Show
Library" button in the upper right corner. Then in the files
section of that pop-up, choose MIDI Notes. Now down below (under
the "controls" section) you will see all the midi notes
you can drag and drop into the note parameter sections (see the
next few steps).
7) In Battery (or whatever drum
program you use) - load a kit you want to build a trigger finger
preset for.
8) Mouse over a cell (in battery)
and get the note value for the cell. Or in Battery 3, look at the
bottom right corner of each cell and the note should be displayed.
9) In enigma, make sure the preset
you want to use is selected (in the "presets" list). Rename
it to something useful by double-clicking the preset name and typing
in something new (e.g. the name of the battery kit you are working
with).
10) Click on the note in the
library window you want to assign a pad (e.g. "C1"), then
drag it to the note symbol on the pad you want to set.
You can double-click the note symbol on the pad
to view the parameter pop-up to verify that the correct note was
added. On the "Control Details" tab it should display
something like "Parameter: noteC1" or you can use a midi
note map to verify the numeric value of the note is correct (e.g.
C1 = 36, D1 = 38, etc...). Click
here for a MIDI note names and numbers table.
11) Repeat steps 8 through 10
for each of the 16 pads.
12) In Enigma, click on File->Save
to be sure your settings are not lost. Any changes you make to a
custom bank or preset will highlight bold in the "Devices and
FIles" or "Presets" lists until you save them (File->Save).
13) When you have set all the
pads you want to set and want to try it out with your software (like
battery 3), click on the "Send the Current Bank to Device"
button (button with 2 arrows pointing right, on the top left of
enigma)
14) On your trigger finger, click
the memory recall button, and tap the pad number of the preset you
were working on in enigma.
15) Tap all the pads on trigger
finger to verify it is playing correctly.
16) Be sure the bank you are
working with is selected. Press File->Save.
17) Do this for each preset (of
the 16) for each custom bank you create. You can create as many
custom banks as you wish, thus being able (via enigma) to store
hundreds of trigger finger custom setups (preset banks of 16 each).
Then whenever you want to change what is currently loaded into the
trigger finger hardware, just launch enigma and reload the new settings.
Now celebrate, you just got much further
than 95% of the people that bought a trigger finger!
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