If you have an expression map that controls/switches articulations on different midi channels, hitting stop outside of a midi part will reset the expression map to the first slot.
For example say you have an instance of Kontakt with 10 instruments/articulations loaded all mapped to different midi channels, 1 through 10. Then have an expression map that switches midi channels using defined keyswitches. Stopping playback with a slot/midi channel selected from 2 to 10 will cause the expression map to reset to the the first slot when outside of a midi part.
This has been an issue for a quite a while now and it’s very annoying to work with. And before you say it, no amount of “if you check/uncheck this option in the preferences” or “you need to add a blank slot at the top to stop it resetting” will stop this from happening. Trust me I’ve tried it all.
Here are a selection of threads going back to 2014 of people complaining about the same issue:
https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=56020
https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=86999
https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=125950
https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=136716
https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=161094
https://www.steinberg.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=165880
Is anything ever going to be done about this?
Does Steinberg even know about this issue?
@Martin.Jirsak - Please, what’s going on here?