There isn’t a visual display of these settings, though, so you’ll have to control them by feel.
You can modify the internal effects settings with the Mod wheel, note velocity, or a built in envelope or LFO. The Finger provides filters and EQ, distortion, gating, pitch shifting, looping, and sampling effects.Įach of the effects loaded in The Finger utilize the same set of controls so taking time to understand what each of the knobs does early on will save plenty of time in the future. Each note on the keyboard can contain a single effect and six effects can be played simultaneously to create even more in depth effects chains. The Finger runs within Native Instruments’ Reaktor (or free Reaktor Player) and can be loaded as a plugin or as a stand-alone application.
But even though the layout of the effects is shown on a piano keyboard, the effects are just as easily triggered via drum pads, Midi Fighter, or other MIDI device. With this approach, one or more of their sub-effects are assigned to a piano key and can be triggered by playing the corresponding key on a keyboard. Stutter Edit, The Finger, and Artillery2 all take an “effects keyboard” approach to triggering their various sounds. Button PushersĪll five of these effects are designed to be triggered via MIDI in real time. But who stands out from the pack when it comes to looping, stuttering, and crushing? We’ll take a look at Stutter Edit from Izotope, The Finger from Native Instruments, and Artillery2, Effectrix, and Turnado all from Sugar-Bytes, to see who is the real king of electronic mayhem. If you’re looking to take your live set to the next level or you’re trying to add some spark to your studio productions, using playable effects can be a natural and musical solution.