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88MainStage User Guide
Manage articulations with the MainStage Articulation
Set Editor
The Articulation Set Editor can be used to create sophisticated key switch and controller
switch definitions, and define output transformations, which enables compatibility
with third party sample libraries. You can also use the Articulation Set Editor to create
Articulation Sets for instruments that have assigned Articulation IDs to sample groups, but
do not have pre-configured articulations. For example, some Sampler instruments come
pre-configured with specific sample groups identified by an Articulation ID but do not have
pre-configured Articulation Sets.
The Articulation Set Editor consists of three panes: Articulations, Switches, and Output.
The Articulations pane
The Articulations pane is where you can define specific articulations, including their names
and IDs. The articulations defined here populate the articulation menus in the plug-in
header and the various editors.
You can set articulations to be triggered by MIDI channel rather than an articulation ID.
This can be useful for instruments whose MIDI channels are used to control additional
properties.
The Articulations pane contains a table showing the following parameters:
• Name field: Type a name for your articulation in this field.
• Articulation ID field: Type a number to be the Articulation ID for your articulation. For
Sampler based instruments that use the articulation ID for group selection, choose
the corresponding articulation ID. For any other instruments, an output transformation
needs to be defined on the output page (converting the articulations back into
keyswitches), and the IDs can be arbitrary.
• Channel pop-up menu: Choose a MIDI channel for the articulation, or choose “-” for all
MIDI channels.
• Symbol pop-up menu: Choose a notation symbol to represent the articulation in the
Score Editor.