@george_11239 said:
I absolutely do see it as an extremely elegant method and also the most preferable way of selecting articulations in the score.
I am really surprised by the lack of this basic functionality in 2014. Not having multi-timbral capibilties reminds me of vintage synths.
The functionality isn't really lacking; it's just that you're overlooking Bill's solution. If it were a vintage synth, you'd have to buy a separate VI for each articulation, and that's not the case. I'd be really surprised if VSL jumped on this, considering they'd only be duplicating functionality already available, as Bill described, and VI reminding people of vintage synths doesn't appear to be a widespread problem.