Trig

Karplus Strong/ delay based percussion synth triggered by acoustic transients

Percussive hits on a guitar (or other instrument) trigger percussive sounds, synthesised using a Karplus Strong/ delay based approach with a noise burst, filter, delay, filter and feedback loop.

Here’s a quick demo:

ControlParameterLeft LEDRight LED
Left knobInput threshold for trigger
Right knobDelay length (affects pitch)
Encoder button (single click)Toggle delay or noise filter adjustmentRed = delay filter, green = noise filter
Encoder button (double click)
EncoderDelay or noise filter amountRed = delay filter, green = noise filter
Left button
Right button

Open the patch trig.pd in Plugdata to get an idea of how it works.

You can also flash the binary file directly to the pedal using the web interface (see the guide to flashing using the web.

Plugdata compile settings

Big + SDRAM.