Trigger Settings - NFUZD Audio NSPIRE series User Manual

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Trigger Settings
It is important to understand that no single setting will be used to adjust trigger performance.
The parameters all work together to line up the trigger performance with your playing style.
Playing under real conditions is the correct way to evaluate the settings that you are adjusting.
Make small adjustments and return to normal playing. The factory default was tested with a wide
variety of professionals and provides a great starting point. In addition, NSPIRE features a
proprietary Anti-Machine Gun algorithm. This is the first electronic drum module to provide this
feature, making it impossible to play the exact same velocity consecutively by randomizing the
extreme values of the dynamic articulation range.
We start here because the Trigger Settings affects every aspect of the performance. Once you
have the settings correct you will find it much easier to set mixer levels and dial in a great
performance quickly and easily.
Press the Trigger button to access the trigger settings.
Channel: The top of the screen indicates the channel selected (listed to the right). The channel
will change as you strike different pads.
Area: This is the trigger zone of the channel selected. Each instrument Channel has up to three different trigger zones. Pages 9 and 10 of
this manual show you the different trigger zones for the pads and cymbals. BD has one zone.
Sensitivity: This setting aligns the trigger sensitivity with the MIDI velocity. Let's focus on the term "sensitivity." Changing this value is not
going to make any pad play with more or less sensitivity.
* Note: A trigger element sends out a calculated range of voltage for the softest to the hardest strike. These voltages are then analyzed
and assigned a MIDI trigger sensitivity range, and work along with a fixed MIDI velocity range. Trigger sensitivity setting 20 is going to
generate the maximum velocity with any strike. This is very useful for working with loops.
The Sensitivity parameter moves the entire voltage range of the pad zone up and down against the fixed MIDI velocity range. Each player
hits the pad at a slightly different degree of physical force.
A higher setting raises the voltage range to trigger higher fixed MIDI velocity values. The lower the setting, the farther down the MIDI
velocity range you go. The key is getting it to line up so you have the most dynamics available. For example, if you are getting to the loud
dynamics quickly you should move the Sensitivity value down because you have gone beyond the MIDI Velocity range. The NSPIRE I/O
module does feature an Anti Machine Gun algorithm to eliminate the effect that is common with other electronic drum modules, but you
still want to achieve the greatest dynamic range possible.
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