Why I buy this one ?
- Trigger Finger allows musicians to harness the expressive potential of their software
- 8 assignable knobs, 4 assignable faders
- 16 velocity and pressure-sensitive pads
- Individual assignable pressure on each pad
- Powered from USB connection or optional DC power supply

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What our customer's say!

"advice for vista users", The trigger finger is a great midi control for those who like beats. I just have one advice: if you use windows vista, be pacient...I lost hours configuring the software.

"itchy trigger finger...", I bought this as my first ever drum midi and for the most part very pleased. My only gripe was that it did not come with any kind of manual. wtf? Anyhow i really like that the pads are velocity effected. It gives what ever im making a real sound which is nice. Came packaged with Ableton live which i ended up not using because im more accustomed to Acid Pro and had no idea what the heck to do with Ableton. Kinda looks like 'Fruity Loops' and i never liked that program anyhow. Had a little trouble getting the computer to see the device. It would see it as a midi device but not as "trigger finger". That was fixed with a reboot. All in all i am very happy with the purchase and it is exactly as described.

"A Solid Product, But Requires Programming", -- The Short Version --

Sensitive pads and lot of flexible controls make this a useful piece of gear for a computer-based studio, but I wouldn't recommend it to someone who doesn't have a good grasp on how MIDI functions.

Also, keep in mind that this is only an interface -- it doesn't produce sound without additional software.

-- The Long Version --

As you may have guessed from the 4-star review, I'm pretty happy with my Trigger Finger. I got it to work flawlessly with Cubase 4, controlling Reason 3.0 through ReWire, with basically no effort. I did have trouble getting it to control Reason directly (as some other users have mentioned I got the faders and knobs working, but not the pads), although I suspect this could be resolved through some tinkering with my MIDI settings.

And there's the reason this didn't get 5 stars -- I've found it to be much less plug-and-play than M-Audio's site led me to believe. Following the instructions in the included PDF documentation I was easily able to set up several drum/note maps for different styles of playing by programming them directly on the Trigger Finger, but this did require me to know what notes I wanted each pad to trigger.

Enigma was daunting enough that I've put off really diving into it until I want to use this as more than a drum trigger, but I've at least been able to find menus for any parameter I'd ever want to program (and then some).

All in all a good buy. It takes some time to learn how to use it effectively, but the results are worth the effort.


"Michigan Consumer", Cool product! Very hard to figure out. Should have come with easier software. Should have pre-programmed beats and stuff. Overall, I like it but I am still not comfortable using it.

"Nice Beat Maker", This item is a hot item, especially if you can figure out how to use it. I bought this for my son as a Christmas gift because it was more affordable than the one he originally wanted. After reading the reviews, I thought this would be a great buy. My son was very satisfied but he is having a little difficulty getting the beats to work the way he wants. He told me there is more software he has to purchase. I am not sure about that but I think once he figures it out, it will be great. There is really no instructions but how to plug the thing up, but overall, for the price, I am happy and he is too. This item arrived very fast. A Good buy.

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"Trigger Finger triggers Nada.", The Product itself feels solid enough. But that seems to be just an illusion. I tried getting Trigger Finger to work with Reason 3.0. I could get Reason to respond to inputs from the knobs and sliders. But the most important parts, the Trigger Finger's Touch pads, flatly refused to trigger anything, not even Reason's Redrum which this unit was supposed to work well with. After spending half a day trying to fix the problem using Egnima, the softwere that allows users to assign various MIDI functions to each of the control surfaces, I finally gave up and took this pruduct back for a refund. Maybe a seasoned MIDI user can get Trigger Finger to work as it should as the Egnima software is that, an Egnima. But, I have an old Yamaha PSR-410 MIDI compatible Keyboard manufactured well before Reason ever came into existence. It took control of Reason the moment I plugged it in and set it up in Reason's prefs. So with that logged in may mental notes, I kind of expect something like the Trigger Finger to work right out of the box without any fuss or muss other than seting it up in Reason's prefs. To which it failed misserably at doing. So Trigger Finger gets one star out of me. Sorry M-Audio, better luck next time.