Sound Variations as Note Attributes / Attach Sound Variations to Notes

asked Jul 16, 2020 in Sound Variations by Lukas Ruschitzka (261,210 points)

Currently, Sound Variations are time-based, separate from notes and can be inserted at a certain position. Keeping notes and Sound Variations in sync is always a problem when notes are moved around or copied.

For an alternative workflow, we need a way to attach Sound Variations / Keyswitches to notes. A Sound Variation would then behave like a note attribute instead of an individual event. Many people are used to this workflow and prefer it to the time-based approach.

The main benefit is that notes can be moved, trimmed and copied and would always keep their Sound Variation.

19 Answers

answered Jul 16, 2020 by Lukas Ruschitzka (261,210 points)

answered Jul 17, 2020 by samirelborno (8,410 points)

answered Jul 17, 2020 by kolstad (500 points)

answered Jul 17, 2020 by alberthislop (1,000 points)

answered Jul 18, 2020 by micheletacchi (2,150 points)

answered Dec 1, 2020 by sunlove (4,330 points)

answered Dec 6, 2020 by arturoalberogabriel (1,360 points)

answered Jul 17, 2021 by lucasorthmann1 (640 points)

Another huge +1!
When working with orchestral samples there's usually A LOT of moving around of notes involved, since in most cases all articulations will have different attack times. With the way Sound Variations are working right now this is incredibly tiresome work, because you always have to pay attention that you move notes and Sound Variations together.
This would not be any problem at all if the Sound Variations would 'stick' to the notes. The newly implemented 'Musical Symbols' are a step in the right direction, If you could apply the same technology to Sound Variations as well it would be perfect!

answered Jul 19, 2021 by welltempered (300 points)

+1 This is really important.

Getting SVs to attach to the notes would be a real game changer, IMO more so than the current improvement with Symbols. Why?

(1) It’s a workflow killer when you move/nudge notes and the SVs don’t move with them.
And for those who work in notation, like me:
(2) When I need to copy and paste a few bars of all the strings as an example, I have to go separately to each of the 5 strings sections in the MIDI and copy/paste, in order for the SVs to be copied as well. Would be much faster to be able to copy and paste all the strings in one go from the Score View if the SVs attached to the notes.
(3) Using symbols don’t help much with libraries like VSL that have so many sub-options - there are 6 different staccatos in Synchron Strings Pro, not to mention all the attack and release variants for many of the articulations. So I have to go to the Piano View anyway to use the dropdown menu to select the SV and specify the right kind of staccato, legato, long notes etc. Would be much easier if I could select the notes in the Score View and choose from all the SVs in a drop down menu right there.