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• Toggle (Retrigger): Stops the currently sounding note and retriggers it immediately
with the newly selected articulation. When the switch is engaged again it reactivates
the previous articulation.
• Toggle (Trigger): Immediately applies the newly selected articulation to the currently
playing note. As soon as the switch is disengaged all notes are stopped. This is
useful to trigger falls, doits, and so on, at the end of a musical phrase.
• Articulation pop-up menu: Choose the articulation for the switch. You can use the same
articulation multiple times, each triggered by a different type or selector, and with
different value ranges.
• Revert button: Reverts any changes made to the switches to their saved state.
• Plus and minus buttons: Use these buttons to create and remove the selected switch.
The Output pane
For instruments that don’t support the use of articulation IDs directly, you can use the
Output pane to define how articulations are accessed in your particular instrument. Output
articulations are mostly keyswitches. Some third-party sampler instruments also use
controllers as switches.
Working in the Output pane, you can define output triggers for articulations, which means
that you can use triggers with third-party libraries for which pre-configured Articulation
Sets do not already exist. Because the output triggers are independent of the switches,
they can be used to create setups with consistent switches across different libraries.
The Output pane consists of a table showing each articulation, along with the following
parameters:
• Name field: Displays the name of the articulation.
• Type pop-up menu: Choose the specific type of MIDI message that is used to activate
the articulation. Note On is the standard MIDI message used to trigger articulations,
but Note Off, Poly Aftertouch (polyphonic aftertouch), Controller, Program (program
change), Aftertouch (monophonic aftertouch), and Pitch Bend are also supported.