DWe Control - Understanding Trigger Settings: Sensitivity, Threshold, Retrigger, Scan Time, Mask Time

Adjusting trigger settings in the DWe Control app is crucial for achieving a natural and responsive drumming experience. Here's a step-by-step guide to understanding and configuring trigger settings:

Step 1: Understanding Trigger Settings

• Trigger settings control how drums and cymbals respond to your playing style.
• They are essential for achieving a natural playing experience.

Step 2: Sensitivity Setting

1. Launch the DWe Control app.
2. Start by adjusting sensitivity.
3. Sensitivity is the gain level for each drum or cymbal zone.
4. Increase sensitivity for a more sensitive response or decrease it for a harder-hit requirement

• Higher sensitivity (e.g., 16) detects even light hits (soft hits are louder).
• Lower sensitivity (e.g., 11) requires more force for maximum range (0 to 127).

Step 3: Threshold Setting

Adjust the threshold after sensitivity.

1. The threshold is the minimum strike force detected, and any trigger signal beneath this threshold value is ignored.
2. A lower threshold (e.g., 1) detects light taps.
3. A higher threshold (e.g., 5) requires stronger hits.
4. Avoid setting the threshold too low to prevent accidental triggering.

Step 4: Retrigger Setting

1. Configure retrigger for smooth hit detection.
2. The retrigger releases the threshold after the loudest part of a hit.
3. It prevents sensing spikes or distortion in hit decay.
4. Ensures smooth detection and prepares for the next hit.

Step 5: Scan Time Setting

1. Adjust scan time for hit detection speed.
2. Scan time is the time taken for the trigger to detect a hit.
3. A shorter scan time (e.g., 2.7 milliseconds) ensures quick detection.
4. Extremely short scan time may miss fast hits (useful for main hits like backbeats).

Step 6: Mask Time Setting

1. Configure mask time to manage trigger response after a hit.
2. Mask time is the time the trigger listens for a signal after a hit.
3. It reduces unwanted hits after the initial hit (double triggers).
4. Helps control triggers to prevent double triggers or repetitive hits.
5. For example, adjust mask time to eliminate beater flutters on the kick trigger.
6. The mask time should be set to the lowest possible value.

By following these steps and adjusting sensitivity, threshold, retrigger, scan time, and mask time settings in the DWe Control app, you can fine-tune your drum triggers to match your playing style and achieve a responsive and natural drumming experience.