This is a copy paste from the N4 thread about custom rules....
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2391&start=20Dear Forum,
This is Josh, at Notion Music.
I want to take this time to respond to this string in regards to some major enhancements to .xml rules. I have just placed the updated rule sets into Notion 4 that allow users of Vienna Special Editions 1-4 to work as Presets. We have also implemented some new functionality for Notion Rules documents to be based on single instruments and instrument channels when working inside of mixing hosts such as Vienna Ensemble and Kontakt Multis, or even EastWest when working in a multi-channel configuration.
As many of you know, Rules documents used to work using a set plugin id which allowed users to control entire plugins, but not instruments. We now have the ability to insert rules based on the instrument staff that you are using. This sets up individual controls for each instrument when dealing with the factory set Key-switches for most of the major VST providers that are available, or the ability to set up your own presets for Key-switches when using other VST's that allow you that type of control.
These new instrument based rules allow you to set up individual instrument control on a per staff basis. You assign the set of rules to a staff and those rules control the Instrument or MIDI Channel on the staff that the rules have been assigned to.
Here is a step by step description of what has to be done to gain the access to the Rule Sets you are working with.
1. Create a Notion Score.
2. Name it and Save it to a New Folder on your Computer
3. Inside the New Folder you have created, create a separate folder called: Rules
-This is an important step because Notion files look for the Rules that you will be using in that specific Rules Folder
4. Go to:
http://www.notionmusic.com/support/downloads.html5. Click the Additional Tab and Download the NOTION3 Custom Rules Playback Documentation
6. Save these documents in the Rules Folder you created earlier
Now, open the documents in the Rules Playback Documentation. You will need some sort of Text Editor to accomplish anything in this document. I find the color coding of TextWrangler to be organized and efficient.
At the top of the Custom Rules text file, you will notice a bracketed string that displays <plugin ID>.
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Change the string <plugin ID="############"> to <group id="xxxx">. This four letter string is associated with the name of the Rule set through the group ID set by the user and placed in the actual score.
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Next, in the score you will need to insert the string on the staff that you want to use the set of rules.
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1. Press Shift + Y
2. Your cursor will now display the "Use Rules" icon.
3. Place the Use Rules icon on the staff/instrument you are wanting to use.
4. Type in the matching four letter string that corresponds to the <group id="xxxx"> for the rule set you want to use.
Here are some Tips on usage:
This functionality works like the instrument change dialogue when you press Shift + I and change an instrument on a staff. Keep your Group Rules together with your Instrument changes. This makes for easy insertion through Copy/Paste and helps keep track of the instruments/staffs/channels you are wanting to control them throughout the score. In the examples above, the Rule Name corresponds to the <group id="vlns">. I have placed the rule on the Vienna Ensemble Staff and I will use the Rules with the group id [vlns] to control the Vienna Instrument, Orchestral Violins.
It is important to keep your rules files organized by name. You will now have multiple sets of rules that you can use to control each instrument separately.
Enjoy.
Josh