Connect the Trigger Finger to your computer via the supplied USB cable. The unit is powered by USB and turns on automatically once you plug it in.
Press the "Prog/Bank Change" and "Memory Recall" buttons simultaneously to Enter "Edit Mode." The LEDs associated with these buttons blink on and off to indicate Edit Mode has been engaged.
Press one of the Trigger Finger's 16 drum pads to select it for editing.
Use the knob labeled "Note" to change the MIDI note associated with the pad. For example, if you have a drum sampler with a snare sound located at MIDI note D1 (the General MIDI location for snare drum sounds), turn the "Note" knob until the unit's LED display reads "D. 1."
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for each drum pad.
Press the "Save & Exit" button when you are finished assigning pads to MIDI notes. The resulting assignments are collectively referred to as a "MIDI note profile." To preserve the profile for later use, select a drum pad to use as a memory location and press it. The Trigger Finger can save up to 16 profiles for later recall. To exit "Edit Mode" without saving the MIDI note profile, press the "Exit" button.
Press the "Memory Recall" and "Prog/Bank Change" buttons to enter "Edit Mode."
Press "Select" to tell the Trigger Finger you want to adjust the MIDI parameters associated with the knobs and sliders, rather than the MIDI drum pads. The knobs and sliders are particularly useful as continuous controller mechanisms. For example, you can assign CC1 -- the modulation wheel controller -- to any knob or slider to control the modulation of sounds played with the drum pads.
Turn the knob or move the slider to which you want to assign a CC parameter. This makes that knob or slider the focus of the Trigger Finger's editing function. Press "Select" to exit the controller selection mode.
Turn the CC knob to select a CC parameter for the control. Some common CC parameters include CC1 (modulation), CC7 (volume), CC11 (expression) and CC10 (pan). If you are using the Trigger Finger with a digital audio workstation (DAW) application, such as Logic or Pro Tools, you can freely assign any CC number to any parameter within the DAW itself. For example, if you set your version of Logic 6, 7, 8 or 9 to treat CC20 as a secondary volume control, you can use the procedure described here to assign a knob or slider on the Trigger Finger to CC20 for controlling secondary volume.
Repeat Steps 2 to 4 to create assignments for another knob or slider. When finished, press the "Save & Exit" button, then press the drum pad under which you wish to save the CC profile. If you do not want to save the profile for later use, press the "Exit" button.