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Triggerpad Firmware Update V1.4 kills jitter

8.8.2025 Firmware update 1.4 is now available to download in the Triggerpad section. With this update jitter is brought to a new minimum: 10us on the internal clock and 50us when following an external clock. Other fixes are about clarity:
– On APC mini mk1 and mk2 the unactive microsteps blink instead of changing color, since those controllers only have single color LEDs on the channel row.
– Fixed a missing clock out pulse when swinging the internal master clock at extreme values.
– When using sliders on APC mini controllers mapped to trigger length some glitches happening at lower values are now removed.

Triggerpad Firmware Update V1.3.1 with better performance and bug fixes

17.6.2025 Triggerpad firmware update 1.3.1 is ready to be downloaded.
Here’s what’s new:
– improved efficiency of sending trigger MIDI messages through Launchpad Pro and Pro MK3 MIDI TRS ports
– bpm limit when MIDI triggers are enabled increased from 200 to 300bpm
– fixed a glitch of the scanning red led
– erasing a scene that is sequenced in a chain of scenes removes it from the chain

For those who speak German, here’s a video about Triggerpad by Dr.Spree. If you don’t speak German just enjoy the performance at the end! Dankeschön Alex!

Triggerpad Firmware Update V1.3 with dividers per step

21.5.2025 Triggerpad firmware update 1.3 announced at Superbooth25 is here! Watch the video by Sonic State on Youtube. But! There is also an unannounced feature: you can now set different divisions per step, allowing to program for example triplets and quintuplets in the same pattern.
Here I also want to thank everyone from the Superbooth team and all who visited the Crosspatch booth. It was very nice meeting and chatting with you all.

Triggerpad Flasher app and Triggerpad Firmware Update V1.2.2 lets you combine scenes together

19.3.2025 Updating Triggerpad has never been easier. You can download the Triggerpad Flasher app for Windows or MacOS systems (links are in the Triggerpad sections). The app will take care of the flashing commands in Terminal. Check the Triggerpad User Manual for details. And here is also something to flash your Triggerpad with: firmware update V1.2.2. It adds the option to copy/paste only selected channels from scene to scene, makes workflow faster in ducking matrix and lets you easily freeze view on a scene playing in a chain. The user manual is also updated with a new cheatsheet that can help learning the basics fast and points out advanced features.

Triggerpad Firmware Update V1.2.1 follows hard swinging external clock

24.2.2025 Firmware update V1.2.1 lets your Triggerpad follow hard swinging clock and bursts of clock pulses. Opposed to previous behaviour where the sequencer would stop when the external clock pushed the bpm over 450, Triggerpad now continues playing at the fastest rate and catches up every clock pulse. The bpm number that the module displays on your grid controller turns red when the sequencer is catching up.

Triggerpad Firmware Update V1.2 Available

24.1.2025 Firmware update V1.2 for Triggerpad is here in the Triggerpad section, ready to be downloaded along with an updated User Manual. It’s full of new features that add a polyrhythmic mode, a humaniser, dynamics patterns, complex swing, swing presets per channel, a ducking/choking matrix, MIDI support and much more. Check the full list in the features section.

Triggerpad Presentation at Superbooth

At Superbooth 23 Mitja from Crosspatch held a Geschprächkoncert: a performance demonstration with an explanation of the Triggerpad features, followed by Q&A.

Triggerpad

Dynamic Trigger Sequencer

Triggerpad is a dynamic trigger/gate sequencer in eurorack format on only 6hp. A USB MIDI controller with an 8×8 grid like Launchpad or APC is used to display and edit the patterns (see the list of compatible controllers). The user experience is tailored to live performance and detailed composition: dial in simple rhythms or complex polyrhythms, retrigger at audio rate, create dynamic percussions with velocity triggers or use longer pulses to create quantised staircase modulations.

By using USB MIDI controllers that you might already have and maybe not use anymore, we avoid producing more plastic. Give your old gear a second life!

  • 8 channels (start/stop individually)
  • 1 to 64 steps pattern length (per channel)
  • 8 substeps per step (128th notes)
  • 7 levels of velocity of the trigger pulses (0-10V)
  • 80us – 1 step adjustable trigger/gate length
  • Session mode: record patterns quantized to substeps or 16th notes
  • Program sequences in step sequencer mode
  • Fingerdrum beats live (also on velocity sensitive pads)
  • Global and per channel shuffle
  • Program shuffle patterns: define which steps will be shuffled
  • Switch between patterns instantly or chain up to 64 patterns
  • Set the BPM from 0.5 to 400
  • Set clock divider and clock multiplier on clock input and output
  • No deep menu diving, tailored for live performance
  • Store and recall 64 snapshots of all 64 scenes on USB drives

FEATURES IN FIRMWARE UPDATE V1.2

  • Polyrhythmic and polymetric mode
  • Any pattern length possible from 1-64 steps
  • 8 levels of humanising microtiming
  • 8 levels of humanizing dynamics
  • 8 levels of custom swing presets per channel with fine adjustment
  • Swing of the internal clock from -99% to +99% (also clock out swings) swinging period from 1 microstep to 3 steps (24 microsteps)
  • Ducking/choking matrix (allows sidechain compression of triggers and linear drumming)
  • Night mode color scheme (on controllers with RGB color pads)
  • Save clock settings per clock source (changing source changes also clock multipliers and dividers)
  • The clock divider/multiplier changes musically on down beat if sequence is running
  • Turn on/off velocity sensitive pads (on Launchpad Pro, Launchpad X, Launchpad Pro Mk3)
  • On Launchpad Pro and Launchpad Pro Mk3 (on the TRS MIDI in and out connectors):
    • MIDI trigger out
    • MIDI clock in/out
    • MIDI transport in/out
  • USB MIDI to trigger converter mode: all class compliant USB MIDI devices are supported
  • USB noise free: if the connected USB device is self powered or powered using a simple USB power/data+power splitter, Triggerpad will not connect the module’s power to the controller
  • Improved trigger timing (less jitter)
  • Improved external clock following
  • Improved workflow and LED signalisation

FEATURES IN FIRMWARE UPDATE 1.3

  • Divide any step in 1 to 8 microsteps
  • Stretch sections of a pattern on a grid with a different division
  • Improved workflow when chaining scenes

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