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4. Select the expression/percussion map you want from the menu.
5. Save your changes in any of the following ways:
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Press Return.
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Click outside of the value eld.
6. Optional: Repeat steps 2 to 5 for any other endpoints whose assigned expression/
percussion maps you want to change.
7. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.
RELATED LINKS
Endpoint Setup dialog on page 329
Expression maps on page 332
Percussion maps on page 340
Expression maps
Expression maps tell Dorico Elements how to use appropriately the patches and sounds in the
VST instruments that you have loaded into your project.
Expressing a range of dynamics on instruments means changing the volume and attack of notes.
This is because loud sounds often require stronger attacks, and quiet sounds often require softer
attacks, which changes the character of the start of the sounds as well as its volume.
Different patches and instruments have different approaches to changing dynamics and volume
in playback. For example, some patches only change the velocity whereas others use a controller
in combination with changing the velocity.
Dorico Elements also uses expression maps to specify the playing techniques that are supported
by each patch in your project. For example, string instruments such as the violin have different
techniques, because they can play arco, pizzicato, and col legno, and their bow position can be
anywhere between sul ponticello and sul tasto.
Dorico Elements supports the following ways of sending information to VST instruments:
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Key switches
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Controllers
NOTE
Program changes are not currently supported.
In addition to the HALion Symphonic Orchestra expression maps, there are four other expression
maps in Dorico Elements:
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CC11 Dynamics
Uses MIDI controller 11 to play dynamics.
Play mode
Expression maps
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