How to use Articulation Maps in DP11
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
- daviddas.com -- This video explores MOTU's Digital Performer 11's new Articulation Maps feature. I walk through the setup of articulation maps using the simple and free/cheap BBCSO Symphony Orchestra Discover Edition plug-in.
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Links mentioned:
Spitfire BBCSO Discover: www.spitfireaudio.com/bbcso/d...
Spitfire UACC: spitfireaudio.zendesk.com/hc/...
Metagrid: www.metasystem.io
TouchOSC: hexler.net/touchosc
Babylon Waves: www.babylonwaves.com (Note: their web site hasn't yet been updated with articulation maps in DP format, however, DP can import the Cubase expression maps seamlessly.)
A copy of the DP template that I created during this video is available here. (Note that I also added bussing for each instrument group at the bottom of the template, to make mixing easier.)
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Very clear. I was familiarised with the concept but never saw how it actually works on any DAW so I watch this at 75% speed/ LOL. Cool!
Always nice to see DP getting love! I've lived in it since Performer 1. Cheers!
David you are truly the "DP whisperer" Thank you so very much
WOW David! This was not only timely, but was a thorough tutorial that can really let us jump right in, and thank you for doing it with such an excellent free resource as the Spitfire BBCSO library!
Terrific work! Thank you for posting this.
This is THE BEST, most thoughtful explanation of articulation maps across any DAW. Thank you!
Super super helpful-- thanks!
Thanks Dave! This was great!!
Great video as always, David!
Great video, DAVID! Thanks!
Thank you David for explaining this so thoroughly!
You are a great teacher. Calm and to the point. Regards.
Thank you so much!! This was very helpful
Thank you, David.
This is an EXCELLENT video on the new articulation feature AND building articulation maps in general. Thanks!
Thanks for the terrific video DD!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Dave! I'm a MOTU user since the early years. Your instructional videos have always been the best on MOTU products. The articulation maps was a much anticipated feature. Please, feel free to expand on these matters. A tutorial on DP11, articulations maps and OSC would be very useful. Thank you in advance!!!
Great videos !
Thanks!
Great video! Thanks David! All that remains is to upgrade to DP11!
David, I can't thank you enough for this video. It is also SOOO cool that DP and import the articulation expression maps from Cubase provided by Babylon Waves since I already own them. I started learning Cubase because of the Articulation Mapping and now I can stick with my beloved DP, which I have been using since it was Performer. You made my YEAR!
Amazing!
Thanks, David, from a longtime DP user. Rather than create a large orchestral template, I use it more to record synth pieces and sometimes vocals and guitars, piano, Wurly and Hammond. But imagine how many synths can pile up over 20 or 30 years! With each one having its audio and midi track in my Template, many of your tips (like holding down the T - T for thank you there!) will really come in handy. Subscribed!
Great Video...no waste of a second
That's the goal! Thanks Kostas.
David, great tutorial. I luv your jump cuts: straight to the points. Would you consider a continued tutorial on how to setup Metagrid as you showed in the video? I've setup the front end, having trouble on the backend connections to DP11. Gracias.
Yes, will consider, as soon as I get time! I keep a running list of all the videos I'd like to cover at some point. (Meanwhile, there may already be some good Metagrid tutorials out there; I was able to figure out the basics myself pretty easily.)
I’m liking MOTU DP 11. I think I may convert from Logic Pro and Pro Tools. Thank you for this video.
Thanks for this! Very clear explanation. Do you know of any videos or resources for setting up an orchestral template in DP with VEP and V-Racks?
I don't have any to recommend, but I'm sure they're out there...
Hi Walter, I have setup DP & VEP, discussing with Steve through his YT channel. I have not used V-racks a lot, but you can find use for it if needed. You can goto Steve’s channel read some of the replies, it might help you. I intend to create a video tutorial for this, as it would help many, hope I get the time to do it.
Great video! As a foreigner, not English speaking people, I had to slow down playback just a little because you speak quite fast.
Noted! Fortunately RUclips gives you features to let you do that. (I often fall on the other side -- I watch most non-music videos at 1.5x, so this video is slow by my standards!)
@@daviddas I'm very tempted to upgrade, even though I moved from DP9 to DPO10 on December 2020 and, honestly, another 195USD aren't cheap... at least for a advanced hobbist like me
Great Video as usual from David. Very pleased I went the DP route. Would be interested to know how the template of a larger library is managed (VEP?) and whether it's absolutely necessary for slave machines (Am waiting on MBP M1 64GB RAM) I wonder what Davids set up is and what his thoughts are regarding the tech right now. 😊
Awesome. as a DP user since before the digital part… 1.22 on floppy… Was really happy to see this articulation feature. What I have not been able to figure out though is how to switch articulations with the transport stopped? I couldn’t figure out how to get that to work and without that feature it just doesn’t make sense for me… I need to be able to play the keyboard with the articulation without having to record it…
Hi David. It would be a great inspiration and help if you could elaborate a little on the USE of articulation maps in DP11. How can you assign an articulation to more notes in the same process and is it possible by a key-switch? I use Patchboard and Metagrid with the very big libraries from VSL, where a more elaborate work-flow is needed, because of the numbers of articulations involved.
Hi David. I'm having such a hard time following this. I can't use the -c or -f notes on my 88 key keyboard and when I play the flute notes and move the articulation in red down to staccato it still plays it legato. Can you please help me with this?
Hard to understand exactly what you're doing. If possible you might want to make a screen recording and show -- then it'll be easier to follow. I understand that your 88-key keyboard can't reach those super-low notes, but that's exactly what articulation maps can help you solve -- they can help you not only manage but also remap those to other triggers (remotes).
David, do you use the Delay functionality? I love it although it requires some finessing when notes overlap due to a negative delay, and right now you cannot go past -200 (i.e. -201, -202, etc.). Might be cool to do a follow up about this.
I haven't used that yet.
@@daviddasYou should play around with it when using keyswitches. I used Babylon Waves and all I need to do is add the Delay parameter to each. So I don't make myself nuts, As I use an articulation, I just add the delay piecemeal. The only sad thing is that if you replace the maps via an update (write over them) they are lost.
Gr8 video Dave! I have a question for you and that is since I use VSL that use two key switches for one patch relating to the matrix is that possible with DP 11?
Wish I could help more, but I'm not a VSL user. I *believe* this is supported in DP11's AM's, but have not tried myself.
@@daviddas It is definitely supported. Pretty sure you'd use multiple AM outputs to make that happen. Really nice video!
@@plurye1 thanks Peter!
Nice video. A question: when you copy a track in DP, will its corresponding articulation map also be copied for the new track?
When you copy (duplicate) a track, the newly created duplicate will be assigned to the same articulation map as the original track. So, for example, if you duplicate flute 1 and rename it flute 2, it'll function exactly the same. If you want the duplicate to use a different articulation map, you'd assign it in the Articulation Map Setup.
David Thanks! Have you had trouble with distortion with Big Sur and your Articulation map library sounds?
No. Distortion should have nothing to do with articulation maps. The problem is likely somewhere else, and you'll have to diagnose it step by step. Figure out if it's coming from an instrument, or from something in DP, or from your audio interface, etc.
Can you say "an Avid fan of DP"? ;) Nice video, thanks David
Yes. I'm a real live avid user of DP thanks to its superb logic and the fact that it's just a premier pro tool. Not something I'd use in the garage with my band. Cue bass! But is it a new end tho?
Huh? Another question I guess. CineSamples uses velocity for articulation switching by default. Is there a way to do that with DP's Articulation Maps? ...or should I switch CineSamples instruments to KeySwitch mode?
You can do it either way. DP's AM's can control via velocity too. (Saw your previous question come in but I can't find it anymore to answer it.)
@@daviddas Cool. I'll need to dig a bit deeper. CineSamples is really organized around that method.
I can tell already I'll be a good consumer of third party AM templates. I've got libraries from lotsa companies. Each one's approach to articulations varies slightly.
...I think youtube must have pulled down my last post because it contained a link to Steve Steele's page? Apart from thanking you for this timely video, My question *was* are "Expression Maps" just what Cubase calls Articulation Maps? It looks like that is the case.
@@danwool Yes, each lib is a little different, however, DP's AM support should be able to handle ANY approach, and it's pretty easy to design. Consider the BabylonWaves bundle if you just want it all typed in for you, however, you will still spend time customizing your remotes to whatever your preferred template is.
Interesting theory on the link - don't know. In any case, yes, Cubase expression maps are essentially the same thing, and (huge bonus) MOTU created DP's AM's to be able to import Cubase's expression maps flawlessly, so if you find Cubase expression maps, they're good to go.
I think the biggest decision to make is deciding what you want your personal layout to be (i.e. BabylonWaves, UACC, or a custom layout) and how you want to trigger it (iPad, button controller, etc.) Once you've made that decision, building each library is not too time-consuming.
@@daviddas Probably best we DP users learn the ropes of articulation mapping, and explore the different methods before buying third party AMs. Steve Steele's aren't available yet. I'll definitely wait to see what his look like. ...Mapping CineSamples' velocity switching has defeated me for the time being, but it's early going. Everything works, but I can't get CC64 to relinquish the Sustain articulation once it's triggered. Subsequent articulations continue to sustain. It's in here somewhere I'm sure.
@@danwool I hope to get to build some CineSamples template stuff soon. Possibly do a part 2...
A small question. Most of us use instruments from many manufacturers inside a project. How to select the correct articulation map for that track? Is there a drop menu to choose which mapping to select? Regards.
Yes, that's how the left side of the Articulation Map Setup works. You choose the MIDI track (top left) then select an articulation map (bottom left) to assign to that MIDI track.
Reading through the MOTU Forums there was a problem a while back where the continuous controller info was not able to follow the different articulation switches for an instrument track. For orchestral music, you'd want expression, dynamics, vibrato, and sometimes velocity being communicated to all articulations for a given instrument track. Did they ever fix this oversight? Apparently Cubase had this correctly programmed out of the box, but DP11 didn't, and people were having to use a third party scripting program to write their own code to fix this oversight.
Is there a way to set the output of an articulation to MIDI Port + Channel ?
Hey David, do you know if it's possible to overlap or change an articulation during a note? Looks like Cubase allows you to do this.
Also, what exactly is the EVENT LIST doing? What do you mean by going up and down whenever you want?
In the event list, I'm inserting some controller messages for CC#1, CC#7, and CC#11. Each of those have values that range from 0-127. But if, for example, the library defaults to a value of 127, and you start composing at 127, then you're stuck if you want to go higher, because there are no higher values. So my solution, just to find a nice middle ground, is to insert default controller messages at the start of the sequence to have them start at a value of 64 (halfway). That way, as I sequence, I have the ability to maneuver them both up and down, as musically necessary.
I hope MOTU continue to modernize DP, even if they have to make some major changes against the older userbase's will. Because once that userbase is gone, younger generations need to be able to pick up this amazing DAW. Last thing I want for DP is to die. It is the best DAW I've ever used.
Are articulations 'attached' to their midi notes or are they independent? E.G. can I programme articulations for a flute part and then copy and merge them into a clarinet part with different notes but the same rhythm? Can't figure out a way of doing this but hoping it's possible somehow ...
Yes. They are basically "attached" to their MIDI notes, and if you copy the MIDI from one track to another, the articulations will follow. (They may react the same or differently, depending on what articulation map you have set up for the destination track and how it's designed.)
@@daviddas Thanks for replying. I wish it could be figured out to have both Velocities and articulations to be independent of midi notes. It would be so useful to be able to copy both of those between tracks.
Hello, I'm a Chinese musician
I want to know the question: when dp11 uses article maps, can MIDI CC send to other MIDI channels after MIDI channel 2?
I have installed version 11.01 and still can't solve it.
Metagrid causes DP to be glitchy and crash prone for me. Any tips to make things run smoothly?
I'm just getting into using it myself, and haven't yet experienced any problems so far.
Really nice, but unfortunately is seem to not work with virtual instruments like Ample Sound because it is not possible to put more articulations on a single note (eg. slide in + slide out).
Spitfire allows to use different articulations at the same time (eg. sustain + staccato), DP articulation does not allow that.
Hi David, any reason why you added an instrument track AND a MIDI track? Why not just an instrument track? Any reason you chose to have the double of tracks?
Yes, you can do that. That's a newer feature of DP (the combined instrument tracks).
When he made this video DP didn't have the combined instrument track as it does now.
Why not assign the remote key to be one that’s outside of the range of the virtual instrument, but within the range of an 88 note controller?
Can articulation not be copied?
What if I want to use the same articulation map for multiple tracks?
You can assign one articulation map to as many tracks as you want. I showed exactly this in the video at about 10:55.
The dark horse of daws. Sound of it kills em all
My Dp 11.11 is crashing, any idea?