Expression Maps for Dorico 3.5+

Dorico
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EastWest Hollywood Series

These libraries are very flexible in how it can be set up - the user can load arbitrary combinations articulations, and so there isn’t a single Expression Map. In the following, I describe one way of doing it which you should be able to adapt to your needs.
Most of the articulations in the EastWest Hollywood libraries are accessed by loading multiple articulations (‘instruments’ in EW Play) into separate chanels. In Play’s Settings > Other, set MIDI Channel Assignment to ‘Automatic Increment’, so that the first loaded articulation is set to channel 1 and the next to channel 2, etc. Channel Switches are used to access each instrument.

Hollywood Strings

Load the ‘Keyswitch’ instruments into channel 1 (eg 1st violins/06 Keyswitch/1st Violins Sus KS). This provides the articulations for natural, detaché, tremolos and trills. Load the Short Loose/Mod Combos/Shorts Mod Speed instrument into channel 2. This provides articulations for staccatissimo, staccato, staccato-on-bow and short marcato. Then extra articulations can be added as required into the other channels.

Note: there’s no way currently of automatically triggering up and down bow samples.

Other articulations that you can load and then add in the expression map: pizz/bartock pizz, flautando (2nd violins only), harmonics (2nd violins only), slurred staccato, long marcato (marcato sus)


Dynamics

Sustained/long articulations use CC11 to control dynamic. Short articulations use velocity + CC11. To get a good dynamic range that doesn’t get too jumpy, set the note velocity range to 1-127 and CC11 range to 10-127. To narrow the dynamic range use CC11 30-127

Legato

There are two methods of playing legato - one is to load a dedicated Legato Slur instrument and other is to use the Script Legato function which works with most other articulations. To use the Script Legato, create an Add-on Switch for legato and set the switch on action to CC68=127 and the switch off action to CC68=0. You may also want to add CC22=0 in the Init Switch to disable mono mode if you are playing divisi sections but not using separate voice routing

Add-on Technique Mappings

For the following use value 127 for the switch on action and 0 for the switch off action

  • Script Legato: CC68. You also need to disable mono mode with CC22=0 (this may be better to add to the Init switch)
  • Con Sordino: CC15
  • Portamento: CC65

Controllers to modify behaviour

  • Portamento/Legato time: CC5
  • CC69 turns RR repetitions on and off
  • CC22 turns legato mono mode on or off (on by default)

In this Hollywood Strings Expression Map

  1. Template Pro / Violins NV NV NV VB…
  2. Template Pro / Legato Slur (this does a portamento-like pitch transition)
  3. Template Pro / Pizz
  4. Template Pro / Shorts Mod Speed
  5. Template Pro / Slur runs
  6. Template Pro / Spic Marc Mod
  7. Template Pro / Stac Slur
  8. Keyswitch / Sus (for trill and tremolo)
  9. Long / Marcato Sus (can also be used for short marcato)

Remarks:

  • Expression map uses channel switches to access each instrument
  • Init switch sets CC15=0 and CC68=0 to reset script legato and con sord
  • ‘Legato slur’ create a portamento effect. If you don’t want this, disable the switch to use the other add-on legato switch
  • The Add-on legato switch turns off the mono mode CC22=0
  • The Muted legato switch activates con sord with CC15
  • The ‘Mod’ instruments use CC1 to access the different layers

Alternative configurations

  1. Keyswitch Sus (for nat, trill, trem)
  2. Short Loose/Tight / Mod Combos / Shorts Mod Speed
  3. Short / Pizz
  4. Short / Bartok Pizz
  5. Short / Spicc
  6. Legato Slur
  7. Long / Marcato Sus
  8. Long / Detaché
    Hollywood Strings 1.zip (2 KB)
    Manual: http://media.soundsonline.com/manuals/EW-Hollywood-Strings-Diamond-User-Manual.pdf
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