Steve Harder

I had an instance of the recently fixed "elicenser sharing violation" pop up yesterday in a newly created project with VSL Synchron in it. No problems in older projects. I have no knowledge of the inner workings of elicenser but wondered if there was an overlap between new project being created while elicenser server is down. Probably just a coincidence, I'll just wait to see if I get any more "violations".

Look for an email from Babylonwaves with your custom password. If you purchased version 6 for Cakewalk then you are eligible for this upgrade free.

Trying out Phrasebox 1.2 but it consistently becomes unresponsive while Daw sync is enabled. No reply yet from tech support. Just wondering if anyone else is having a better experience.

And I apologize. I was giving you a link to a private message conversation. Once I get to my desktop I'll repost the pm content here.

The thread title is "Articulation map EW Strings" so try searching on that. The link does work for me, sorry it doesn’t for you.

Here's another thread on your topic. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/index.php?/messenger/2193/&tab=comments#comment-11918

My hope was directing OP to Creative Sauce would turn him on to a large set of tutorial videos. Mike created an excellent 15 part series that starts with live recording and ends with mastering and distribution. It's all there for study.

I set faders to 0 and use gain knob to achieve the -db level I want. This vid has lots of info

I would suggest you go to Youtube and search for Creative Sauce. Mike has a wide range of videos that will help get you up to speed on a number of concepts that will be new to you. I'm on lunch break right now but I hope someone else will come along that can give you a specific answer to your questions about CCs. But Creative Sauce will give you plenty to think about in the meantime. There are lots of helpful folks here. Welcome to the community. It won't be long before you get a handle on the many different resources that are available to help you use Cakewalk.

Some sample libraries artic maps contain multiple note events that must be sent in a specific order. VSL Synchron based libraries are an example. The issue crops up when you move cursor and then press Play. The correct articulation may not be selected for that cursor location because there is an issue in Cakewalk. The fix is setting Chase Full for those note events in the artic editor for the time being. Link to original discussion. An example showing the fix. You can globally convert an artic map by: save a copy, use Notepad to open the .artmap and search for [ "chaseMode":1 ] or [ "chaseMode":2 ] and replace all with [ "chaseMode":3 ]. The [ ] are my delimiters and should not be included in the search.

That reminded me of a symptom I saw when I was first troubleshooting VSL. Seeing totally unrelated artics being selected in certain situations. And then Chase Full fixed it and I moved on. Glad it has a temp fix that works for the time being.

My experience has been that each brand of sample library may need a different tweak in the artic map. If you read threads about Cubase expression maps on other forums you will find they also have to tweak case by case between sample libraries. I just tweak and test when I get a library from a new source. Usually the tweak works for all their libraries. But artic maps are a tremendous new feature for me. Once I've got a map that works it really streamlines my creative sessions.

I'll spend some time tomorrow confirming how I've tweaked .artmaps for the limited number of sample libraries I own. But, for me, VSL Synchron needs Chase Full in order to drop cursor anywhere, just press Play, and have correct artic be played. So far I haven't seen any negatives from using Full on the many BBOs and SynchronStringsPro that I use. Tomorrow I'll detail other libraries that I use Chase Note on, so Synchron is kind of an outlier for me in needing Chase Full. You mentioned "send the last note", Synchron typically requires 2,3, or 4 keyswitches to trigger their menu layout. So my maps typically have 3 or 4 note events in 1 artic. I can pm you some .artmaps if you want them ...

I've found that some of my libraries, like VSL Synchron, need to have the Chase set to Full on all midi key events. With that setting the articulation is correct after I change cursor position to anywhere and then hit Play. Try tweaking a couple of artics to see if that is a fix for you. Then you can use Notepad Replace to globally search .artmap for Chase =1 or 2 and replace with Chase=3. Reply if you need more help.

What is the vst you are using? Can you post a print screen of the artic editor with one of your keyswitch configs displayed?

I'm looking for 1 or 2 folks to help test the artic maps I created from scratch for VSL SynchronStringsPro. If you are interested please PM me. I eventually intend to release these into the wild but they are complicated and I'd like a 2nd set of eyes to test them before I release to all. I've been taking a standard layout approach to all my VSL Synchron based libraries. My usual workflow when writing has me testing articulations in the Synchron interface and then picking the artic from the associated map. So I've laid out my artic maps in the same order as the Synchron menu. And I've used detailed menu text that matches the Synchron menus. The great thing about a Synchron Strings library is that same articulations appear in all the instruments. You need different artic maps because the keyswitches sometimes shift up or down. But after you get the first map done you can use some very careful voodoo in a text editor to speed up the creation of the other maps. Here's the artic list: I created a total of 8 maps. So PM me if you can help. Thanks

SOLVED!! Willard and I did some PMing and I'm including them here as a solution. #### Willard I've attached the my version of Nico's maps and multis that I used to get started with EWPlay and articulations. It might help you to start a new Cakewalk project, insert an instance of Play, "Open ..." one of the attached multis (01-Vlns I.ewi) files by Then import the "Nico EWHS Strings Vn I, Vio,Cello,DBs.artmap" Now you can explore and play the Vln I. He has selected identical articulations for each of his instruments so you can use the Standard map for all except Vln II - it has extra artics for flautando and harmonics. A side benefit is seeing which artics Nico (an accomplished media composer) has chosen for his work. So you would end up with five simple instrument tracks, each with an instance of Play, first instance has Vln I, second has Vln II, etc. So you put midi notes and articulation maps for only Vln I on the first instance, etc. ##### I can't thank you enough. I was trying to follow your initial comments. I've gotten your VLN 1 map to work. It was adding another instanse of EW that didn't work. So, I'm thinking the scripting is still the problem. I wondered why the generate new midi events was blank. However, I followed the instructions to add a midi event. But, it appears that I should just place the info in the transform midi events. Essentially, my skeme was the same, a simple EW track for each instrument. By all means add this to the discussion! I'll be working on it over the next day or two. Thanks again. Nico EWHS Strings Vn I, Vio,Cello,DBs.artmap Nico EWHS Strings Vn II.artmap 01 - Vlns I.ewi 02 - Vlns II.ewi 03 - Vas.ewi 04 - Vcs.ewi 05 - Dbs.ewi

Here's a 2 group artic map for VSL BBO Andromeda and the just released Andr Con Sordino update. BBO Andromeda Essentials & Con Sordino.artmap

This may be possible and I've missed it in the docs. i'm building an ostinato. I'd like to select a note a the beginning of certain measures to have staccato artic. Then I'd like to select the note just after to receive a spiccato. So in this printscreen I want to apply a staccato artic to all the selected notes with one action. And if this isn't currently possible then I'll post in feedback as suggestion for developers.

My untrustworthy memory seems to recall a thread (where?) that talked of a bug/feature between Cakewalk and Kontakt that resulted in what you are seeing. I'll try to find that thread tonight. Fwiw ...

Here's how I did an articulation map for EW violins. Each artic is set to specific midi channel. And here are the artic maps for first 3 of 7 seven artics that drive the 1st Violin instance. The transform entries for CC cause the modulation and expression dynamics to affect the appropriate artic. #### I adapted my artics from this link. The video used Cubase but same general technique applies to Cakewalk. If you want to download the EW multis and Cubase expression maps you can create a harmless account on his website listed in vid comments. I did start from those, but had to add the CC transforms to mine.

A year ago I was reacquainting myself with music theory as I rejoined midi as a hobbyist. I found Michael News' YouTube channel to be a valuable resource. He had been posting videos for eight years, he was a trained music educator and was covering a number of topics that were helpful for me. But he had abruptly stopped posting videos a couple of years before I found him and his disappearance was something of a mystery. His channel had run up 18 million views. His old channel was https://youtu.be/-2nwqEP2SrY And he just posted a new video explaining his absence. Now he and his brother have started a new channel called OverAnalyzers https://youtu.be/0BHxV3TscEo Their first discussions cover Obsession and Procrastination. I've found their topics to have lots of relevance to the art and task of creating music or any creative endeavor. I'm looking forward to hearing more from them.

I agree with this. If low latency is a very high priority I switch to exclusive. But most of the time I can opt for the convenience of parallel on my multi-use PC.

### Go to this thread for up to date artic maps. ######## I downloaded the demos for VSL Tana thru Xenia. Quality is consistent with the rest of BBO. Probably will buy while intro prices last. I mean I've created the maps so now I need the content, right? 3 groups in this map. The consistency across BBO libraries makes map creation go pretty smoothly. I'm trying to come up with a consistent color palette. Enjoy! Big Bang Orchestra String Sections T,U,V,W,X x.artmap

Lots of folks over on vi-control downloading ok.