Hey all, hope this is the right place to ask this.
I know there are a lot of composers here, so I figured this might be the best place to ask.
I’m going through a course I recently picked up on the BBCSO. In the template creation, the instructor creates a midi note at the very beginning of each track - basically a key switch for the articulation for that track.
I’m trying to understand why that midi note is needed when we can go in, set the articulation we want for that track, move on to the next track rinse and repeat. Can anyone pls explain the need for the midi note / key switch when we can just save an instance of the plugin on said track with the articulation already chosen?
Personally, I think everyone can have their own approach. As you mentioned, each track can be predefined with the desired articulation. It’s up to you.
This is a very interesting course for those interested in virtual orchestration.
Hey, I hear you. The issue I have is that no one library is perfect, I sometimes have to use multitudes of sounds to create the sustained strings I like, another for Pizz, heck, I have 8 sounds stacked for my staccato strings, so the key switch thing for me is completely redudant.
However if one wants to do a generic mockup, switches will help to have just one channel for V1 for istance, etc, and will keep things tidy. Especially if one is to exports said MIDI to be imported to Dorico or any other scoring program. I suppose the first MIDI note is a switch to make sure the piece will start with the right articulation.
But yeah, I don’t think there is one process that fits all.
I have BBCSO Pro. I have a template that implements the expression map in Cubase, which I got from the Spitfire site. I don’t set the articulation using notes; I set it using the expression map. I get a controller lane for all the articulations available, and I can change the artriculation at the start of any event, and it generally works in real time. I’m not using separate tracks for each articulation. I think many like to set up a separate track for each articulation, but I haven’t found that to be necessary, and it’s confusing when you’re looking at a single part on multiple tracks. My parts are generally on a single track.