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449Logic Pro Instruments
Sampler articulation handling
Sampler includes articulation functions you can use to directly modulate or switch between
grouped or individual samples. This enables a number of expressive playing and playback
possibilities, such as switching between pizzicato and bowed strings, or triggering
instruments with different articulations such as slides, scoops, and falls.
In Sampler, each group can be assigned an identifier called an articulation ID. The
articulation ID is a property of a note event, and can be added and edited in the Piano
Roll Editor, Event List, or Score Editor, or used within MIDI scripts. If Sampler receives a
matching identifier, it selects the group or groups with this assigned articulation ID for
playback. Non-matching groups are silent. See Make advanced group selections in Sampler.
View and edit articulations in Sampler
1. In Logic Pro Sampler, click the Navigation bar Mapping button to view the Mapping pane.
2. Click the Group view button at the top right of the Mapping pane.
3. Click the ON button in the Enable by Articulation column.
The articulation ID number appears in the Value column. For included software
instruments that use articulations, the group name usually reflects the articulation
associated with the ID number. For example, Brass Falls.
An instrument may have a series of groups set to the same note range, each set to use
a different articulation. When a note event in the specified range occurs, only the group
whose articulation Value corresponds with the articulation ID number for the note event
plays.
4. Vertically drag the numeral in the Value column to set the articulation ID number for the
selected group.
Create a modulation routing to dynamically change
articulations
You can route a modulation source, such as a MIDI controller, to an Articulation ID target
parameter. This lets you dynamically change or switch between articulations using the
source MIDI controller.
1. In Logic Pro Sampler, click the Navigation bar Mod Matrix button to view the Mod Matrix
pane.
2. Click the Plus button (+) to create a new modulation routing.
3. In the modulation routing, choose the controller you want to use from the Source pop-
up menu.
For example, you could assign a MIDI foot pedal to switch between two layered groups:
one containing a bowed string section and the other containing a plucked string section.