Trigger 2 Manual
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1. Important Note Should you change latency setting in TRIGGER 2 you will need to reload the plug in for latency value to be correctly passed to your host for delay compensation Please save a preset for recall MIDI Input Using MIDI Input you can play TRIGGER 2 s internal sounds from a MIDI track or external device such as MIDI keyboard To set up MIDI input you need to turn it On via the check box choose the MIDI Input channel and note in the Settings page As soon as this is done you can play TRIGGER 2 s internal sounds by routing a MIDI track or MIDI device to the track with TRIGGER 2 inserted STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 18 MIDI Output Using TRIGGER 2 s MIDI output you can transform an original audio into a MIDI track or you can send MIDI directly to any virtual instrument To set up MIDI output you need to turn it On choose the MIDI Out channel and note in the Settings page Then you need to route MIDI from the track with TRIGGER 2 inserted to a MIDI track in your audio host application Please read your audio application s user manual for further instructions Important Note MIDI implementation is host dependent and MIDI s behavior depends on the host type hardware buffer size and other factors In some situations you might have plus or minus 50 100 ms timing errors using MIDI in hosts which don t directly support MIDI output from plug ins Due to the fact that MIDI output from FX plug ins2. file Preset i e a prs file Sample Loading e To load an Instrument you may double click with Setting option on or drag drop to one of the 8 slots below e To load a Preset double click and the slots will be populated with the Instrument samples Browser Audition Button Turning Browser Audition On will enable auditioning of samples with a single click Refresh Button Refresh Selecting the Refresh button will refresh the Browser listing Click this if for example you add a new folder or file to your set base directory and wish to see it available for selection Automatic Searching TRIGGER 2 employs a new automatic search feature to find and locate missing samples within your Trigger Instruments folder base directory If any noted data is missing please ensure it is in the correct path and Trigger 2 will find it A red italic message will be shown in the slot denoting the missing sample name STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 7 Triggering Operational Key Commands Reset Parameter to Default e Double Click or ALT Click Mac and PC Fine Control e Hold the CTRL key PC or CMD key Mac and adjust Clear Slot Single e Right Click for Pop Up CTRL Click PC or CMD Click Mac This can be done in the Browser area also Clear Slots All e ALT Click Mac and PC Text Entry e Double click on value display enter value and press Enter Input Section wwe Shows volume control and input metering Input met
3. gate will react by first setting up Detail ReTrigger and Sensitivity as documented in the Usage Setup section Those three main STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 13 parameter settings are shared for Gate and detection for triggering sample replacement enhancement Once you set the detection for triggering you can simply use Gate and its controls to shape the incoming original source audio The Gate only applies to processes the original source material and not TRIGGER 2 samples To hear it in action you will need to turn down the Mix control less than 100 Gate Controls Attack Sets the initial time it will take for the gate to open Hold Sets the time the gate is left open before Release Release Sets the time taken to close the gate Save Preset SAVE PRESET Click to save a prs Preset file Flip All Phases ALL PHASES This will flip all phases for the 8 slots Useful if you mix both original source audio and TRIGGER 2 samples and feel the need to for coherency MIDI Capture musEs uM Since the 1 65 update TRIGGER has had a MIDI Capture feature which may DRAG ON TRACK be used to capture a MIDI track from an audio signal The MIDI track created using this feature will be much more accurate than a MIDI track created using MIDI out If you wish to capture a MIDI track from an audio track let s say it s a snare drum track then firstly you need to adjust the triggerin
4. is not directly supported on most audio host applications TRIGGER 2 s MIDI output may be less accurate than its audio mode If you need 10096 accurate triggering use TRIGGER 2 s internal sounds or custom built instruments to trigger your drum tracks or use the MIDI Capture feature for precise tracking of your audio STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 19 3rd Party iLok License Transfer Fee When reselling any Slate software product there will be a 10 License Transfer Fee in order for us to process the new customer into our user database It is the responsibility of the seller to inform the buyer of this fee at the time of sale
5. 12 A d r IJ ZATA _ oe nn TRIGGER MIDI CAPTURE D A 0 5 ms HOLD 4ms RELEASE INPUT 1 4 VOLUME STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 0 LOWCUT 9 0 hz HIGHCUT 20000 hz SUPPRESS OUTPUT SENSITIVITY 3 O 50 RETRIGGER 30 ms DETAIL VOLUME 9 0 00 dB MIX 30 STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 Version 1 0 2 Plug in Formats Mac OS X AAX2 64 bit AAX 32 bit RTAS AU 64 32 bit VST 64 32 bit Windows AAX2 64 bit AAX 32 bit RTAS VST 64 32 bit Sergey Danilov Algorithms Programming Plug in Design Alex Semichev GUI Instruments Programming Plug in Design Steven Slate Project Management Ashley Smith Beta Management and Manual STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 3 System Requirements Mac This plug in requires an Intel based Mac running OSX 10 6 Snow Leopard or later It is recommended to use multicore CPU with a clock speed in excess of 1 7 GHz 2 GB RAM or above and a display resolution of 1024 x 768 or above Windows This plug in may be operated on Windows XP as a 32 bit plug in and Windows 7 or above as a 32 and 64 bit plug in It is recommended to use multicore CPU with a clock speed in excess of 1 7 GHz 2 GB RAM or above and display resolution of 1024 x 768 or above iLok This plug in works with first generation iLok s and with second generation iLok s iLok2 iLok is a product of Pace and may be purcha
6. Link CURVE LINK Attack Off The Curve Link section offers feature to selectively link either Attack Saati Sustain Release Dynamics Velocity or Range Min Max controls for all Instrument channels slots control simultaneously l e with Attack On you a may control all Attack parameters for the 8 channels via a single control Dynamics Off Velocity With link engaged the Operational Key Commands for Parameter Reset Range Min OFF and Fine Control are engaged available Range Max STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 17 Settings Respect OS Display Scaling Setting Setting this option YES will enable support for DAWs supporting Retina Displays and will work correctly in conjunction with Windows PC window scaling display preference option to rescale the plug in GUI at different set resolutions Enable Instrument Loading With Double Click Turning this option on you will be able to double click Instruments in the Browser area to load them to the selected slot A blinking light above the slot will indicate this the selected slot for loading to Latency Values below are respective of a 44 1k sample rate Live introduces 176 samples delay Low introduces 511 samples delay Normal is the optimal setting and introduces 1023 samples delay Latency is calculated by the setting time in milliseconds times the sample rate Live 4ms Low 11 6ms Normal 23 2ms
7. al aid E Gc aed TUNE TUNE TUNE TUNE 9 Click the articulation selector above the slot to access articulations for selection FLIP ALL PHASES SAVE PRESET 0 00 dB 2 21 dB 0 00 dB 0 00 dB 7 43 dB 2 21 dB 0 00 dB MIDI CAPTURE Rimshot on Top Rimshot on Top Rimshot on Top Rimshot on Top Rimshot on Top Rimshot on Top v Rimshot on EMPTY Snare Head Snare DW Maple tims hot e DW Maple Snare The Dong Snare DW Maple Snare DW Maple CLEAR BUFFER Top mic E OH mic Top mic FX mic RoomB mic Snare Sidestick In the View Mixer page just above the slot for a channel you will see a boxed area to select the articulation for the loaded sample Click to access the list menu and select the articulation STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 12 Triggering Continued Gate Important Note Gate is only activated with a TRIGGER Platinum license with an EX license Gate will be greyed out Gate is an awesome new feature of TRIGGER 2 The Gate algorithm is the first in its class as transient driven for drum triggering Turning Gate On you will see in the Wave Display area the waveform tail based on Gate settings is now shown removed no longer detected in dark blue The audio passing is shown in light blue Because the Gate is transient driven and not threshold based like those common for plug ins of this nature you will need to adjust how the
8. can see the red colored part of the waveform in the Wave Display This red part of the wave which appears just after the detected hit is a visual representation of the ReTrigger interval It shows how long TRIGGER 2 remains blind and will not analyze incoming sound data for a new hit occurrence STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 Filters Low Cut LOWCUT 0 hz Attenuates all frequencies below the set cut off point leaving those above unaffected High Cut New to TRIGGER 2 HIGHCUT 052 20000 hz Attenuates all frequencies above the set cut off point leaving those below unaffected Both filters can be utilized to remove unwanted frequency content from the triggering circuit for original source material TRIGGER 2 will perform its detection based on the frequencies received from the filter section such like a side chain filter of a compressor Adjust these for improved triggering quality STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 10 Usage Setup e Set the input volume first and raise the level until most hits are peaking near the top of the display This will ensure maximum range for dynamic velocity triggering of our samples e Set the Detail to the edge of the bleed waveforms e Set the ReTrigger value e Then set the Sensitivity Suppression TRIGGER 2 has the unique functionality to be set in a way that it can automatically be instructed to NOT trigger certain leakages on a drum track using it s Leakage Suppres
9. cense Manager to install the latest required PACE drivers TRIGGER 2 and the repacked library data is authorized via your original iLok license for either TRIGGER EX or Platinum TRIGGER 1 library data has had to be repacked due to new protection implementations The original stock data i e data in Deluxe Kicks Snares and Toms folders from TRIGGER 1 Will not work in TRIGGER 2 Should you try to load TRIGGER 1 data into a slot you will see an error loading message If you choose you may create a separate folder just for TRIGGER 2 use and use that for the base directory path If you have Expansion Packs simply copy the data folders over to this new folder and the respective tlc licenses also for authorization STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 5 For all users Important Note All user created prs Presets user created tci s and all our Expansion Packs i e to date Deluxe CLA Terry Date will continue to work in both TRIGGER 1 and TRIGGER 2 Installation Steps 1 Download and extract with 7Zip for Windows the default Archive Utility for Mac OSX the repacked TRIGGER 2 Library Content Trigger 2 Deluxe Trigger 2 Kicks Trigger 2 Snares Trigger 2 Toms Trigger 2 Presets 2 Place these folders into your Trigger Instruments folder New users please create a new folder where you choose to store sample data and place these extracted folders inside 3 Download extract and run the TRIGGER 2 installer Not
10. e for Windows users you will need to set the VST plug in directory path for installation Once set this will be remembered for future installs 4 Open your DAW create a new session with 1 audio track and insert TRIGGER 2 You will find TRIGGER 2 under a new sub heading Steven Slate In Pro Tools the plug in will be under Dynamics by Category and Steven Slate by Manufacturer You can change list view in Pro Tools Preferences Display tab 5 Go to the Settings page 6 Look at the top of the page Next to Plugin you should see either EX or Platinum written If you do not see either of these please contact us for review at the Support HelpDesk 7 Click the Select Base directory button and choose your Trigger Instruments folder 8 If you have any Expansion Packs click the Select License button and choose your tlc license file one at a time STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 6 Browser TRIGGER 2 employs a newly designed Browser for easy navigation of samples within your Trigger Instruments folder by tree view listing Important Note The Browser will show files contained in your set base directory path only Unlike in TRIGGER 1 where you can navigate to other folders to do so in TRIGGER 2 you will need to change the base directory back and forth to from the Trigger Instruments folder To optimize our file system for the new plug in this was required Sample Identification IN Instrument i e a tci
11. er than the leakage peaks If the red waveform peaks are too high you need to decrease the Suppression value If you are using several tracks for Leakage Suppression lets say that it s a kick drum and toms and the red peaks of kick drum track are good a bit higher than the kick drum leakage peaks but red peaks of the toms track are much higher than the toms leakage peaks you need to decrease the volume of the toms track which you re routing into TRIGGER 2 s right channel When you use the Leakage Suppression you can set the Detail control to very low values However do not set it to 0 00 because TRIGGER 2 can start triggering noise from the original audio Set the Detail depending on the tracking noise level when you are using Leakage Suppression Here s a tip If you nudge your tracks with the bleed for suppression the detection will follow the bleeds earlier or later So you can fine tune suppression tracking to get it precise Articulation Selector Preset Auto Map lt factory default gt Factory Default Map BYPASS Trigger 2 amp COMPARE SAFE No Control LEARN Native MIDI Node Trigger 2 1 GATE INPUT LOWCUT OUTPUT 43 SENSITIVITY HIGHCUT 50 A 20000 hz ce igh 5 RETRIGGER 48 HOLD VOLUME VOLUME 15 ms 4 ms 0 00 dB DETAIL 0 00 dB RELEASE a MIX SUPPRESS ET e 450 ms 100 Ol Ol OI BERI bea et
12. ering will show blue for normal use and blue left for original source audio and red right for audio suppressed when leakage suppression is utilized Output Section ue Shows master output volume control and Mix control to blend original source and 9 triggered sample audio A 100 STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 8 Detail DETAIL NE Sets the level threshold below which the plug in will not trigger from the incoming signal Try to avoid setting Detail to high levels or to zero Set it according to the original source audio leakages and other noise level Sensitivity Sets the engines sensitivity level and has been vastly improved from TRIGGER 1 With a much wider range it now works smarter Kicks Snares and Toms can be triggered with a default setting 50 Set higher 90 95 you can trigger low volume details for example ghost notes Optimal Sensitivity values will let you trigger ghost notes and still not trigger bleed even if the bleed level is louder The Sensitivity parameter works in conjunction with both Detail and ReTrigger Specifically in conjunction with Detail it will enable you to precisely set the optimal value for TRIGGER 2 to not trigger bleed If you push too far however bleed will naturally trigger so adjust accordingly ReTrigger RETRIGGER 15 ms MERR Sets the ReTrigger time minimal interval between hits Depending on the ReTrigger value you
13. g settings for optimization as discussed in the Usage STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 14 Setup section Then you need to clear the MIDI buffer by pressing CLEAR BUFFER button and then you can start to capture a MIDI track The MIDI Capture process works only in real time mode This means that if you want to capture MIDI from the whole snare track you have to e Adjust triggering settings e Clear MIDI buffer e Place a cursor at the beginning of the snare drum track e Press Play in your host application e Wait until TRIGGER 2 will trigger the whole snare drum track e Press Stop in your host application e Drag and drop the captured MIDI track into your host application from the DRAG ON TRACK button Important Note TRIGGER 2 will create a temporary MIDI file with captured data from bar 1 When you DRAG ON TRACK MIDI data from the plug in window to your DAW it will place a snippet of this whole file as captured from the play head position Remember this when aligning your midi data Cockos Reaper and possible other DAW s will however display the whole file from bar 1 when dragged from TRIGGER 2 Important Note Every time you trigger any audio using TRIGGER 2 the MIDI Capture button will turn to orange color This means that TRIGGER 2 is getting audio signal and converting it to MIDI If you do not use the MIDI Capture feature then just don t pay attention to these buttons If you going to use MIDI Ca
14. ics control is used to increase or decrease the dynamic range of the Instrument Lower values will make the softer velocity layers sound louder decrease the dynamic range Upper values will make the softer velocity layers sound softer increase the dynamic range Velocity The Velocity control is used to adjust the response of the Instrument The 50 value of the Velocity Curve sets a linear response for the selected Instrument STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 16 Values more than 50 set a positive non linear response which means if you trigger a soft hit on your drum track it will be replaced by a hard hit from TRIGGER 2 or if you trigger the 64 velocity TRIGGER 2 will transform it to for instance 80 Values less than 50 set a negative non linear response which means if you trigger a hard hit on your drum track it will be replaced by a soft hit from TRIGGER 2 or if you trigger the 64 velocity TRIGGER 2 will transform it to for instance 40 So using the Velocity control you can adjust the response of TRIGGER 2 Instruments in any way you want In other words use this function to set how light or aggressive you want your triggered drum tracks to sound in the mix Range The Range controls allow the user to limit velocities on an Instrument channel Using the controls you can make TRIGGER 2 play for instance only Hard hits for Instrument channel slot one and Soft or Medium hits on Instrument channel slot two Curve
15. pture feature then use step by step instruction which you can find a few lines above View Mixer Shows Volume Pan Tune Solo Mute and Phase flip parameter controls for per slot adjustments and the Articulation Selector STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 15 View Curves A A BL ms A BL ms Oms 0 A 0 ms S 5 00 5 00 s SG I o 5 00s JIS GJE 5 00 5 6 500 R 10 00 s R Cs 10 00 s f IR 10 00 s R E 10 00 8 10 00 lt BG 10 00 s 8 0 10 00 s TF b GT 100 1 87 100 99 100 low 100 100 ow 100 1 evum 100 100 VEL so 0 so 0 so so VEL so so so A RANGE E RANGE RANGE EA RANGE E 8 RANGE Et RANGE E f A RANGE A 99 RANGE EA P An 127 0 127 aet 127 2 2 4 127 yl Ap 127 Attack Sets the initial time it will take the envelope of the selected Instrument to reach its maximum level after it has been triggered Larger values will smooth out the attack phase that corresponds to increasing audio levels Sustain The fixed time that the envelope of the selected Instrument will stay at its maximum level after it has completed the Attack phase and before it enters the Release phase Release The time it will take the envelope of the selected Instrument to fall from its Sustain level back to zero Dynamics The Dynam
16. sed directly from https www ilok com or from any music retailer SUPPORTED PLUG IN FORMATS Mac e Audio Units 32 64 bit e VST 32 64 bit e RTAS 32 bit e AAX 32 64 bit Windows e VST 32 64 bit e RTAS 32 bit e AAX 32 64 bit STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 4 Installation For new TRIGGER 2 users Please download and install the new iLok License Manager from https www ilok com ilm html This will allow you to register your plug in onto your iLok Dongle In order to download your iLok license to you iLok Dongle please go through the following steps 1 Launch the iLok License Manager and sign in to your account 2 Click the button in the upper right corner of the window labeled Redeem An Activation Code 3 Enter your Activation Code and click Next 4 Select your iLok Dongle from the Activation Location dialog and click Activate 5 You ll receive a confirmation when the license is moved to your iLok Dongle 6 Please now move to the Installation Steps on page 6 For users updating from TRIGGER 1 Important Note TRIGGER 2 is not a substitution of the previous TRIGGER 1 TRIGGER 2 is a completely new separate plug in with a new name etc So you can use both TRIGGER 1 and or TRIGGER 2 alongside one another This means your projects with TRIGGER 1 will still work as long as you do not change its library location A new iLok license is not required for TRIGGER 2 but you will need to update to iLok Li
17. sion mode Using Leakage Suppression technology you can trigger a drum track with 100 accuracy even if it has a lot of bleed from other drum tracks To use the Leakage Suppression first create a stereo group or aux track in your workstation and instantiate TRIGGER 2 on the first insert Using aux sends route the drum track that you wish to replace augment to the LEFT channel of this new group track in some workstations this can be done via panning the original track Consult your host s user manual for further instruction Before we go further let s assume that we are triggering from a snare drum and it has both bass drum and hi hat leakage Assuming you have individual bass drum and hi hat tracks use the aux sends on these tracks and send them to the RIGHT side of the TRIGGER 2 stereo group channel So now we have the snare drum track being sent to the LEFT side of the TRIGGER 2 group and both the bass drum and hi hat tracks being sent to the RIGHT side of the TRIGGER 2 group Now find a section of the mix where there is a lot of bass drum and hi hat leakage on the snare drum track Adjust the Suppression control in the upper left portion of the display until TRIGGER 2 starts to ONLY trigger the snare drum hits while suppressing bleed from other drums It should look like this STEVEN SLATE TRIGGER 2 11 Blue is the original track Red is the leakage suppressed on the original track Note Red waveform peaks should be a bit high
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