Articulation Maps

[firegs]

Is there a plan to implement some sort of articulation map system? I keep wanting to go back to Waveform, but it's really hard to give up articulation maps.

[Stuttaton]

What is an articulation map?

[firegs]

Expression maps, Sound Variations, or articulation mapping.

https://www.cakewalk.com/Documentation? ... DI.51.html

https://steinberg.help/cubase_pro_artis ... aps_c.html

[FigBug]

I am doing some midi work for W12, so I can look into it.

[Watchful]

That's a cool and useful idea! I hope this can work as I'd use it.

[firegs]

I may be one of the only people trying to do orchestral work in Waveform, but good looorrrrd would that be a killer addition. And to support one of the major types of expression maps, like Cubase's "expression maps", or Logic's "Articulation sets", which are both just XML files, hooo boyy. Many sample library developers are already providing maps like these for their libraries and it's just open up and enjoy.

Studio One's "Sound Variations" do this, but also have an autodetect feature that recognizes the VST (I believe only VSL's Synchron Player right now) and automatically loads the correct articulation map based on whatever instrument you load.

While that is super cool, just the ability to create your own maps inside Waveform and save them for use in other projects would be

[imstre]

very good does free bandlab - Cakewalk

[fde101]

I am doing some midi work for W12, so I can look into it.

You might want to take a look at the API that PreSonus released for the feature to see if there is some way to legally make Waveform compatible with it, so that any plugins (VSL for now) which take advantage of that API could be picked up in Waveform also - to quote from the site:

Feel free to integrate these enhancements in your plug-in or adapt them for your host.

[Danilo Villanova]

Just would like to add a +1 for articulation maps. Even if it’s just basic key switching it would be awesome. That’s what Studio One did when they just released 5 and added more functionality later. If Waveform would enter the competition for the orchestral composer market it would be so awesome!

[firegs]

+100.

It's part of the reason I've switched to Studio One.

[Mung2]

I may be one of the only people trying to do orchestral work in Waveform, but good looorrrrd would that be a killer addition. And to support one of the major types of expression maps, like Cubase's "expression maps", or Logic's "Articulation sets", which are both just XML files, hooo boyy. Many sample library developers are already providing maps like these for their libraries and it's just open up and enjoy.

Studio One's "Sound Variations" do this, but also have an autodetect feature that recognizes the VST (I believe only VSL's Synchron Player right now) and automatically loads the correct articulation map based on whatever instrument you load.

While that is super cool, just the ability to create your own maps inside Waveform and save them for use in other projects would be

No, you aren’t the only orchestral composer using Waveform for this kind of work. I am too! Just switched from Studio One (because I recently learned that Fender bought Presonus, and after the infamous Gibson/Cakewalk problem back in 2017 - which is why I went to S1 in the first place - I don’t trust it).

Anyway, just wanted to say that Waveform is great for orchestral work! It’s midi editor is top notch, has tons of useful action tools for quickly moving notes around (octave up, down, etc). Then you have the extremely useful pattern editor! It’s basically a better version of captain chords! That thing is beyond amazing for coming up with quick ideas (sketches).

But yeah, it’s a bummer that there’s no articulation map yet (or mix scenes/snapshots). Can’t wait until Waveform gets these two features! For now, I’ll just deal. Anyway, overall Waveform is great for composing and I find that’s a lot like Ableton in terms of being very inspirational and great for creativity.

So you’re definitely not alone. Waveform is excellent - even for composing.

[DCPImages]

Management of articulations / sound variations is an big gap in Waveform. A bare minimum would be the ability to add midi note keyswitches that are ‘quarantined’ so that they don’t transpose when you transpose other notes. This would be very very useful.

I do orchestral /hybrid work on waveform, and articulations are essential and would be extremely useful way beyond orchestral music.

[Daniel78]

I'm just digging up this old thread to +1 this feature request (as far as I can tell, no work was done toward this). This would be a really useful addition to the midi editor. I'm not jumping ship any time soon, but it's hard to recommend Waveform for heavy orchestral/sample library use, without features like this.