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Expression maps (Cubase only)
Creating and editing expression maps
Editing Articulations
In the Articulations section, the articulations you added for the sound slots are
displayed. The following settings can be made here:
Groups
You can sort the different articulations you define for an expression map into one to
four groups. Groups can be used to combine directions and attributes in more
complex musical expressions by choosing articulations from the different groups, for
example to play a note arco AND staccato AND with an accent.
The groups themselves are exclusive. This means articulations residing within the
same group cannot be used together. Since some of the articulations cannot be
combined – for example, a violin cannot be played arco (bowed) and pizzicato
(plucked) at the same time – these articulations should be placed in the same group.
Furthermore, the groups represent the musical importance, with group 1 having the
highest priority (expressions in group 1 are more important than those in group 2, 3,
and 4). This setting is required when the expression map does not find an exact match
for your data and tries to identify the closest possible sound. Let’s say you have added
a staccato symbol and an accent to a note in an editor. In the expression map, you
have specified that staccato is in group 2 and the accent is in group 3. The connected
instrument, however, does not have a sample that corresponds to these settings. In
this case, the program looks for a staccato sound, disregarding the accent.
Remote Key Settings
The remote keys specify which key on an external device is used to play a certain
sound slot, i.
e. these keys are then used to insert articulations instead of notes.
The active remote keys (if any) are indicated in the Inspector for the track, see
“Expression maps in the Project window” on page 557.
Ö If you do not plan to record or trigger articulations via a MIDI input device, you do not
need to specify remote keys.
Transpose This allows you to specify a transpose value. This can be used to
select different articulations in some sample libraries, in which
different articulations are located on different octaves, for example.
Controller 1/2 These allow you to set MIDI Control Change messages and their
values for each sound slot.
Parameter Description
Option Description
Art. Clicking in this column opens a context menu, where you can choose
whether you want to insert a symbol or a text string. If you select
Symbol, the dialog with the available symbols opens. If you select
Text, you can directly enter the desired text.
Type In this column you specify whether you want to add an “Attribute”
(which only influences a single note, e.
g. an accent) or a “Direction”
(which is valid from the insertion position until it is replaced by another
articulation, e.
g. arco and pizzicato).
Description Here, you can enter a descriptive text. For example, this can be the
name of the symbol (e.
g. Accent) or the long name of a direction (e. g.
pizz and pizzicato).
Group This column allows you to specify the group, or importance of the
symbol, see below.