User guide

4
Getting Started
DAW Mode
To use Arsenal with Trigger Finger Pro in your digital audio workstation (DAW), follow the
instructions below to (1) set Trigger Finger Pro to control your DAW and Arsenal, (2) set up
Arsenal in your DAW, and then (3) load your plugins in Arsenal and select a patch.
To select Trigger Finger Pro to control your DAW and Arsenal:
1. Connect Trigger Finger Pro to your computer using a standard USB cable. (If you are
connecting Trigger Finger Pro to a USB hub, make sure it is a powered hub.)
2. Power-on Trigger Finger Pro.
3. Open your DAW.
4. Open your DAW's Preferences (or Options, Device Setup, etc.), and select Trigger
Finger Pro as your controller. Make sure that MIDI Port 1 is enabled for standard MIDI,
MIDI Port 2 is enabled for Mackie Control or HUI communication, and MIDI Port 3 is
disabled or not shown (Trigger Finger Pro uses this port to communicate with Arsenal).
5. Turn Trigger Finger Pro's Value Dial to browse through its available presets, and then
push it to select one that corresponds to your DAW and whose name includes Arsenal.
(These are Trigger Finger Pro presets and are not related to the patches in Arsenal.)
Your Trigger Finger Pro can now communicate with your DAW and Arsenal.
To set up Arsenal in your DAW:
1. Open your DAW and make sure Trigger Finger Pro is selected as a controller for your
DAW (described above).
2. Create a MIDI track in your DAW, and load Arsenal onto that track as you would with a
typical plugin, and select that track.
Important: You may need to open your DAW's Preferences (or Options, Device Setup,
etc.) and select the directory where Arsenal was installed before it appears in your DAW's
list of available plugins.