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3. Click Add Technique in the action bar at the bottom left of the dialog.
4. Click Choose Playing Techniques beside the Playback playing technique eld to open
the Playing Technique Combinations dialog.
5. Select the playback techniques you want.
TIP
You can select a single playback technique or combine multiple playback techniques. To
select multiple playback techniques,
Ctrl/Cmd -click each playback technique.
6.
Click OK to add the selected playback techniques and close the Playing Technique
Combinations dialog.
7.
Choose one of the following options:
● Replace: Allows you to use this playing technique instead of the default playing
technique dened for this combination of notehead and staff position.
● Add: Allows you to add this playing technique on top of the default playing technique
dened for this combination of notehead and staff position.
8.
Choose any articulations and the tremolo stroke that you want from the available options.
9. Click OK to save your changes and close the dialog.
RESULT
The behavior of the selected playing technique in playback is changed.
RELATED LINKS
Percussion Instrument Playing Techniques dialog on page 985
Creating new playing technique-specic noteheads for unpitched percussion instruments on
page 989
Playing Technique Combinations dialog on page 499
Playback techniques
Playback techniques link together the notations you input into your music and techniques/
articulations in sound libraries in order to produce the correct sounds in playback. They are used
by expression and percussion maps to trigger the appropriate commands, such as key switches
or control changes.
When you input notations, such as playing techniques, tremolos, jazz articulations, or
articulations, the corresponding expression maps look for the appropriate playback techniques.
For example, inputting
pizz. playing techniques causes expression maps to use the Pizzicato
playback technique to switch to the pizzicato sound for playback. If the expression map cannot
locate the sound, the playback technique applied either remains the same as the previous
playback technique or reverts to the natural playback technique.
Custom playing techniques that use playback techniques which do not already exist in
expression maps do not play back automatically. In order for them to play back appropriately,
you must add them to the expression maps for each instrument for which you want to use them.
You must also assign an action for each custom playing technique that determines how the
switch that triggers the technique is controlled.
You can map playback techniques as required for different sound libraries in the Expression
Maps dialog, including creating new combinations of existing playback techniques, such as
Legato and Tremolo, which allows them to be used simultaneously.
Play mode
Playback techniques
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