Playing techniques in playback
Each playing technique you can create in Write mode corresponds to a technique that you can map in the Expression Maps editor.
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You can open the Expression Maps dialog in Play mode by choosing .
The Expression Maps dialog shows you which playing techniques, shown in a list on the left of the dialog, you can apply to each software instrument. This list includes combined playing techniques, which allows multiple playing techniques to be applied to notes simultaneously.
In the Techniques section of the dialog, you can edit existing techniques. You can also create new combinations of playing techniques in the Technique Combinations dialog. For example, you can combine Pizzicato and Tremolo to allow the pizzicato and tremolo techniques to be applied to the same note simultaneously.
When you input a playing technique in Write mode, the expression map looks for that playing technique. If it cannot be found, the playing technique applied either remains the same as the previous technique or reverts to the natural technique.
You can see which playing techniques are being applied in the Playing Techniques lane, which you can show by expanding individual instruments in Play mode.
If you have input a playing technique but cannot hear a change in the sound, that could be because you are using a combination of playing techniques that the expression map does not expect. For example, if you input a new playing technique without cancelling an existing playing technique, the expression map cannot process the two playing techniques together if the expression map does not have an entry for those two techniques combined.
To avoid playing technique clashes, input a naturale, or nat., playing technique to return the software instrument to its natural state. You can then input new playing techniques without clashes.