Shift-Y: what will it do?
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 11:29 pm
Please correct me if I'm wrong: as far as I can understand from the info I collected here and there about the "Shift-Y" functionality it will act as a virtual custom rules selector. Here's what I think I might be able to do with it:
On a given track I could, with Shift-Y, select a given set of custom rules (say VSL SE) but direct the MIDI output to any soft synth, or more usefully, even to one of the MIDI OUTs (1-4) to control an external synth or (via a virtual MIDI connection such as LoopMIDI) an instance of VSL SE but one loaded in my sequencer.
In this last case I would still have the benefits of the custom rules (key switches for articulations and expression mapping) but applied to a synth running as a plug-in in my sequencer (e.g. SONAR) so with the capability to edit controller data directly in the sequencer CC lanes.
Am I understanding this "Shift-Y" functionality correctly or am I completely off-track? Thanks for any input!
On a given track I could, with Shift-Y, select a given set of custom rules (say VSL SE) but direct the MIDI output to any soft synth, or more usefully, even to one of the MIDI OUTs (1-4) to control an external synth or (via a virtual MIDI connection such as LoopMIDI) an instance of VSL SE but one loaded in my sequencer.
In this last case I would still have the benefits of the custom rules (key switches for articulations and expression mapping) but applied to a synth running as a plug-in in my sequencer (e.g. SONAR) so with the capability to edit controller data directly in the sequencer CC lanes.
Am I understanding this "Shift-Y" functionality correctly or am I completely off-track? Thanks for any input!