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VST Expression
Expression Maps that were saved separately
It is also possible to define your own Expression Maps,
see “Creating and editing Expression Maps” on page 377.
To load these, proceed as follows:
1. In the Inspector for the selected track, select the VST
Expression section, open the Expression Map pop-up and
choose “VST Expression Setup…”.
If the VST Expression tab is not shown in the Inspector, right-click on an-
other Inspector tab and select “VST Expression” from the context menu.
2. In the VST Expression Setup dialog, click the Load
button in the Expression Maps section on the left.
A file dialog appears.
3. Locate and select an Expression Map and click Open.
The Expression Map is added to the Maps list.
4. Repeat the steps for all the maps you want to make
available, and close the dialog.
All maps loaded are available on the Expression Map pop-up menu in
the Inspector.
Articulations in the Project window
In the Inspector for MIDI and instrument tracks, a VST Ex-
pression section is available. This indicates whether an Ex-
pression Map is used for a track. It also shows the sound
slots that are active for playback and for realtime input.
The possibility to monitor the active slots is especially use-
ful when recording articulations with an external device,
such as a MIDI keyboard. This way, you can see whether
the correct sound slot, i.e. the right articulation, is used.
Articulations in the Score Editor
In the Score Editor, articulations can be inserted like other
symbols. There is a special tab in the Symbols Inspector,
containing all articulation symbols of the current Expres-
sion Map.
• To insert a symbol, click on it in the Articulations tab,
and click at the desired position in the note display.
• To delete an articulation symbol from the score, select it
and press [Delete] or [Backspace].
You can also click on it with the Eraser tool.
Ö In the Preferences dialog (Score–Colors for Addi-
tional Meanings page), you can specify a color for VST
Expression symbols. This way, you can easily distinguish
them from other Score symbols.
Articulation editing in the Score is the same as regular
symbol editing, see the chapter “Working with symbols”
on page 555.
Articulations in the Key, Drum, and In-Place
Editors
If an Expression Map is used for a MIDI or instrument track,
its articulations are shown in the note events in the Key
Editor display, provided that the vertical zoom factor is high
enough. If the horizontal zoom factor is high enough, the
attribute description (the text in the Description column,
see “Editing Articulations” on page 378) is also shown.
You can insert and edit musical expressions in the Key,
Drum, and In-Place Editors using the controller lane. This
is much like regular controller lane editing (see “Editing in
the controller display” on page 351).
This indicates that an
Expression Map is
used for the track.
This marks the slot
that is currently
played back.
This shows which
Remote Key is
being pressed.
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Note that in the Score Editor, it is possible to insert
symbols for a single note that in fact cannot be com-
bined in a musically meaningful way. So when enter-
ing articulations, make sure that they do not collide
with other articulations.