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Trigger
Within Titan, Trigger is the general concept of having an external signal firing a specific action in Titan. This is rather well documented in the Titan Usermanual.
- connect the trigger source
- Enter System mode and select [Triggers].
- Add a new mapping using the + button at the bottom of the left hand column, and give it a name.
- Add a trigger to the mapping using the + button in the right hand column or softkey [Add trigger]
- Set Trigger Type and - if Trigger Type=Item - the trigger action
- Press a button, move a fader - whichever action you want to be triggered.
- Click [OK]
- Select the Trigger Type (this time this term refres to the source), and either enter the parameters manually or use the learn function: make your trigger source fire the signal which is supposed to trigger the action - Titan should recognize the signal and automatically set the correct values.
- Click [Add]. The trigger you have just defined is added to the list on the right.
Trigger Sources
In general, Titan can handle these trigger sources:
- DMX - by using one of the DMX outlets as input, with a male-male gender changer
- GPIO - simple contacts
- MIDI - 5pin MIDI input or (from Titan v12 on) USB-MIDI
- Streaming ACN, or sACN - like DMX, over network
- Audio - with appropriate hardware the audio signal is analysed into 7 frequencey bands with each can be used to trigger an action
Based on the very hardware only a limited subset of trigger methods is possible:
| Console | Audio | DMX | GPIO | MIDI | USB-MIDI (Titan v12 and up) | sACN | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Titan One | x | x | If used as DMX input, a separate output device is necessary, e.g. an Artnet node | ||||
| T1 | x | x | If used as DMX input, a separate output device is necessary, e.g. an Artnet node | ||||
| T2 | x | x | x | Can also be used as audio input for other Titan consoles (not Titan One/T1). | |||
| Tiger Touch (non-pro) Pearl Expert (non-pro) | x | x | x | ||||
| Titan Mobile | x | x | x | x | Audio trigger available with T2 from Titan v12 | ||
| Quartz | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Tiger Touch Pro Pearl Expert Pro | x | x | x | x | Audio trigger available with T2 from Titan v12 | ||
| Tiger Touch II | x | x (1 jack input) | x | x | x | Audio trigger available with T2 from Titan v12 | |
| Arena | x | x | x (1 jack input) | x | x | x | |
| Sapphire Touch | x | x | x | x | Audio trigger available with T2 from Titan v12 |
Trigger Mappings
Trigger mapping can be regarded as collections of triggers. You can define a number of mappings, and you can enable/disable each mapping as needed. (See Trigger - Toggle Trigger Mappings v10/v11 for an example of how to do this by macro). There are some mappings provided by default which cannot be deleted.
Trigger Type/Action
Can be either Hardware (default) or Item.
- Hardware refers to the very control element, i.e. fader, button, hardware key - regardless of what is programmed on it. This also takes the respective key profile into account which may lead to strange results. I.e. when triggering a playback button (with the default key pofile 'Latch') this results in toggling the playback On/Off as the trigger signal changes
- Item refers to what is programmed on that control, i.e. cue, cuelist, chaser etc. Subsequently the action which needs to be triggered needs to be defined as well:
- Fire At Level
- Re-Fire At Level
- Flash
- Go (only available for Cuelists)
- Stop (only available for Cuelists)
- Swop
- Connect (only available for Cuelists)
- Review Live Cue (only available for Cuelists)
- Cut Next Cue To Live (only available for Cuelists)
- Snap Back (only available for Cuelists)
- Go Back (only available for Cuelists)
- Next Cue - (only available for Cuelists)
- Next Cue + (only available for Cuelists)
- Preload
- Latch
- Set Level
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