Output Mapping
When you have added sound slots, you can map them to certain sound characters or expressions of an instrument, e. g. a bowed violin or a pizzicato violin. The available sounds depend on the instrument that is selected for the MIDI or instrument track. Some of the more complex virtual instruments require multiple key switches or combinations of key switches and controllers to select a particular articulation. This can be accomplished by stacking multiple output events to a single sound slot. You can add a new slot by clicking the “+” button above the list.
You can make the following settings for the slots: In the Status column, you can specify a note-on, program change, or controller message. Additionally, you can make settings in the Data 1 and 2 columns (if applicable). If you have an instrument that uses key switches (for example Steinberg’s HALion Symphonic Orchestra), you can specify these key switches here. This allows you to switch between a bowed and a pizzicato violin, or to switch to another program containing a different articulation.
You can also create expressions by editing the incoming MIDI data, for example by changing the note length or velocity. For this, you can make the following settings in the lower part of the Output Mapping section:
- Channel
Here you can specify the MIDI channel. When using HALion Symphonic Orchestra for example, this allows you to switch to a different program.
- Length
Here you can specify the note length. This way, you can create staccato or tenuto sounds.
- Velocity
Here you can specify the desired velocity. This allows you to create accents, for example.
- Min. Velocity
If you are using an instrument that has different velocity ranges on the same key, you can specify a minimum velocity here, to make sure that the sample mapped to a particular range is used.
- 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.