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To set up Arsenal with Trigger Finger Pro in Standalone Mode (without a DAW): 

Important:

 To use Arsenal in Plugin Mode (with a DAW), please see the steps on previous 

page instead. 

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.

Turn Trigger Finger Pro's 

Value Dial

 to browse through its available presets, and then 

push the third 

Function Button (Load)

 to select one 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 Arsenal. 

4.

Open Arsenal. If you created a desktop shortcut, double-click it. Otherwise, double-click 
the application where you installed it. These are the default locations: 

 Windows: 

Program Files\VstPlugins\

Mac OS X: 

Applications/M-Audio/Arsenal

5.

In Arsenal, click the 

Setting

 icon (the gear) to open the Settings window. 

6.

Click the 

I/O Settings

 button to open the 

Audio/MIDI Settings

 window. 

7.

Under 

Active MIDI Inputs

, make sure the option labeled 

Trigger Finger Pro MIDI

 is 

checked. Click the circle next to the option to check or uncheck it. 

8.

Close the 

Audio/MIDI Settings

 window and 

Settings

 window. 

9.

In the 

Plugin

 Tag Browser, click the desired plugin to select it. 

10.

In the 

Patch Browser

 on the right side of the window, click one of the available patches 

to load it. 

Tip:

 AIR Drums and Hybrid 3.0 will be automatically available and have several patches 

you can select.