I am setting up an Expression Map for a guitar VST that allows for specifying which string a note is to be played on by sending the MIDI note on separate channels i.e. 1 = high e, 2 = B etc. I’ve set up a Playback Technique for each string, “B string” etc… which is set as an “Attribute” as I want to assign it to individual notes. Then in the Expression Map, I create a new Base Switch and select “B string”. Then add an Absolute Channel Switch action to change the channel to “2”. “Create mutual exclusion groups automatically” is unchecked. I then open the Playing Techniques dialog and assign the “String 2” in the Guitar techniques to the “B string” Playback Technique. Now my expectation is, when I attach the “String 2” symbol to a note, that note will be sent out on the designated MIDI channel, in this case “2”. I’ve done this for all the strings and assigned the symbols to the appropriate notes. However, all the notes are being sent out the external MIDI port on channel 1. Has anyone set this up and have it working?
Also, if I have a chord and want to send each note on a separate channel, I’ve tried selecting each note and assigning the “String x” symbol individually, so each note should be sent on a different channel, but again, all notes are sent on channel 1. Should this work as I expect it?
Thanks in advance,
Michael
What would work though is to assign notes on different strings to different voices, turn on independent voice playback, and assign different voices to different string/midi channels. It would be visually very clean and a whole lot less work to write.
