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Trigger 2

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OVERVIEW

Industry-Standard Drum Replacement

TRIGGER is the audio industry’s not so secret weapon for getting big, professional drums sounds in mixes. With an easy-to-use interface, you can quickly replace or augment kicks, snares, and toms in your recordings with a massive library of professional drum samples. TRIGGER’s phase accurate multi layered triggering engine lets you seamlessly trigger 8 stereo samples simultaneously such as a close mic sample, stereo overhead sample, and a stereo room mic samples. Or, mix many direct mic samples to develop your own custom unique sounds. This multi-channel triggering functionality allows the user to recreate the sound of natural drums with real multitracked samples. Each sample layer has parameters for customization such as velocity and dynamic control, attack, sustain, release and independent levels.

Note: 64-Bit Only. Not compatible with GarageBand Big Sur.

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FEATURES

Steven Slate Drums

Industry Standard Drum Library

TRIGGER comes stock with a library of the industry standard drum samples created by Steven Slate. Elite mixers such as Chris Lord Alge, Ross Hogarth, Justin Neibank, Dave Way, Jeff Juliano, Jay Baumgardner, Ben Grosse, David Kahn, Ryan Williams, and many more top names have relied on Slate’s samples to help enhance the drum sounds in their mixes for years. All the samples in Trigger are recorded to 2 inch tape and processed with the finest in vintage and modern analog gear. TRIGGER can also load expansion libraries such as Steven Slate Deluxe, Chris Lord Alge, Terry Date, Blackbird studios, and David Bendeth.

Note: 64-Bit Only. Not compatible with GarageBand Big Sur.

Eight Layers of Samples

TRIGGER allows you to layer eight multi-velocity samples in it’s sample mixer. That means you can have multiple close mic layers, overhead layers, room mic layers, and more, all in one sample instance. Using the classic mixer, you can craft the perfect final sample tone. The eight channel mixer also allows you to create hybrid sample sounds using different drum samples and mixing them together.

Steven Slate Drums
Steven Slate Drums

Transient Driven Gate

TRIGGERS transient driven gate has been praised by audio engineers for its ability to cleanly and precisely clean up tracks with ease.

Note: 64-Bit Only. Not compatible with GarageBand Big Sur.

Leakage Suppression

TRIGGER’s proprietary leakage suppression allows you to send spill tracks to the plugin so it can intelligently ignore the leakage in a track, so you can get extremely low velocity sample replacement without mis triggering.

Steven Slate Drums
Steven Slate Drums

MIDI in and OUT

TRIGGER’s MIDI engine allows you to trigger audio from MIDI and can turn audio tracks into MIDI tracks via drag and drop.

WHAT’S INCLUDED?

– 46 Snares (Including 2 high-detailed Deluxe snares with adjustable overheads and 12 alternation hits per each velocity)
– 33 Kick Drums (Including 2 Deluxe kick drums)
– 8 Sets of Toms.

Note: 64-Bit Only. Not compatible with GarageBand Big Sur.

TRIGGER 2 FREE

Get the never-expiring Trigger 2 demo that lets you replace and augment your drum recordings with pro drum samples. It’s easy to use, sounds natural, and gives you 6 kick and 6 snare samples that will give you pro drums in seconds.

TRY TRIGGER 2 FREE NOW

*No iLok License Required for Trigger 2 Free
*Trigger 2 Free is not compatible with Trigger Instrument Editor

FREE – Trigger Instrument Editor

Use the updated Trigger Instrument Editor to design your own multi-velocity, round-robin drum samples to use in Trigger 2 drum replacer, FOR FREE!

This easy to use standalone application automatically calculates velocities, features a resizable GUI with retina support, and utilizes optimized AAMG profiles for enhanced natural playback. Along with loads of other improvements, the new Instrument Editor lets you create better samples in less time. All Trigger 2 users can download the instrument editor from the Steven Slate Audio Center.

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

MAC Minimum Requirements

64-bit DAWs ONLY
2.2 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor
4 GB of RAM
Mac OS X 10.13 and later
AAX, VST, AU supporting DAW

SCREEN RESOLUTION
Trigger 2 requires a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher

LICENSING
Trigger 2 requires iLok Machine ID or iLok Dongle 2/3

WIN Minimum Requirements

64-bit DAWs ONLY
2.2 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor
4 GB of RAM
Windows 7 (32bit/64bit) or later
AAX, VST, AU supporting DAW

SCREEN RESOLUTION
Trigger 2 requires a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher

LICENSING
Trigger 2 requires iLok Machine ID or iLok Dongle 2/3

How Does Splitit Work?

Splitit lets you buy Trigger 2 today and pay it down over 12 months without any credit check, interest, late fees, or application. While you’ll have 12 months to pay the total balance, you can always pay more than the monthly minimum if you’d like to pay off the installments earlier.

When you purchase Trigger 2, you will only be charged for the first month’s payment. The remaining balance will be held on your credit card until the final payment is made. After each $9.99 monthly payment, the amount held from the available balance will be reduced to the new remaining balance.

You can use Mastercard and Visa credit cards but unfortunately, American Express credit cards, Discover credit cards, and all debit cards are no longer supported by Splitit.

When you a purchase Trigger 2 using Splitit, you will be asked to provide your email address. Splitit will then email you credentials so you can log in to the Splitit shopper portal to check your installment status and view other information regarding your purchase. You can login by clicking ‘Login’ at the top right of the Splitit website. When you use Splitit to purchase Trigger 2, you’ll still enjoy the points and rewards with your card. There is no impact on your credit score, even if one of your payment authorizations are declined.

You can update your credit cards details via the Splitit shopper portal, or you can contact our customer care team directly.

Mac Requirements

SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS

  • 2.2 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor
  • 4 GB of RAM
  • Mac OS X 10.9 and later
  • AAX, VST, AU supporting DAW

SCREEN RESOLUTION

  • Trigger 2 requires a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher

LICENSING

  • Trigger 2 requires iLok Machine ID or iLok Dongle 2/3

Apple Silicon - M1 compatible across all DAWS

64-bit DAWs ONLY

Windows Requirements

SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS

  • 2.2 GHz Intel Dual Core Processor
  • 4 GB of RAM
  • Windows 7 (32bit/64bit) or later
  • AAX, VST, AU supporting DAW

SCREEN RESOLUTION

  • Trigger 2 requires a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher

LICENSING

  • Trigger 2 requires iLok Machine ID or iLok Dongle 2/3

64-bit DAWs ONLY

TESTIMONIALS

Steven Slate Drums

I have tried a ton of sample libraries in the past few years and I have never been shocked by any of them till I got Steven Slate’s. Steven just gets it. Hands down. He’s a mixer and an engineer. He even tracked them…

JEFF JULIANO

John Mayer, Dave Matthews Band, Lifehouse

Steven Slate Drums

Stop whatever you are doing and just get these drums. It has been a long time since we have been blown away by anything like this. These have gone on everything, and I mean everything, we have done…

J SCOTT G, KEVIN "131" GUTIERREZ

Madonna, Seal, OAR, Bowie

Steven Slate Drums

Recently, I started using the Steven Slate Drums. I am extremely pleased. The extra air and depth of the sounds is a fine upgrade to my drumagog library…

ROSS HOGARTH

Jonas Brothers, Motley Crue, Jewel

Steven Slate Drums

The Steven Slate Drum samples are the best sounding drum samples available. The variety is fantastic, I can find a drum sound for any given mix. All the samples have a great PUNCH…

JAY BAUMGARDNER

Evanescence, Papa Roach, Hoobastank

Steven Slate Drums

These samples are just what I need – a vast library with GREAT sounding drums that instantly and easily fit into a mix. Drum replacement can be a tricky thing. The samples need to be designed to work WITH the track…

DAVE WAY

Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Christina Aguilera

Steven Slate Drums

The most realistic sounding drum samples I have ever heard. There is a snare or kick here to fit into any pop, rock or metal mix. These are the best on the market, the new industry standard…

COLIN RICHARDSON

Lamb of God, Slipknot, DevilDriver

Steven Slate Drums

I’ve had the new Steven Slate samples for 2 weeks now, and when I open Drumagog and look for sounds, I haven’t opened any folders but the Slate folders. Great new additions, and an extremely broad range…

DAVID KAHNE

Paul McCartney, Sublime, The Strokes

Steven Slate Drums

Steven Slate Drums have brought the songwriting/recording process to new horizons of fun and productivity. Having absolutely flawless drum sounds at your disposal virtually instantaneously…

BEN MOODY

Evanescence, Avril Lavigne, Celion Dion

Steven Slate Drums

Normally I’m not a big fan of drum replacement, but the Steven Slate Drum library makes it easy to integrate pristine samples with the original track. All the samples in the library sound very natural and organic. Great tools…

MICHAEL WAGENER

Metallica, Kings X, Motley Crue

Steven Slate Drums

The snares are unreal, so punchy and so well engineered – they fit right into the mix with little or no Eq’ing or processing. The kick pattern from ‘Hey Soul Sister’ is an SSD sample. I use SSD on probably 90% of all the tracks…

EPSEN LIND

Train, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Leona Lewis, Jordin Sparks, Lionel Richie