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  • Feature idea: Freeze-copy articulation into track

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    Status Qup

    It's quite tedious to evolve a single Synchron track in the DAW from static articulations and performance settings selected in the Synchron Player to dynamic ones with key switches and CC controllers.

    Idea

    A button/element in the Synchron Player that I can drag-drop into the DAW track where it results in a very short MIDI track that contains the player's current articulation key-switches, and if possible, its current performance CC controls.

    Reproduce

    1. Start a new project in any DAW, for example Ableton Live 12
    2. Add a new MIDI track and load the Synchron Player
    3. Choose any instrument/section, for example the 1st Violins of the Strings Pro
    4. Choose some articulation with the mouse, for example Legato agile, Normal release, Normal attack
    5. Modify some performance sliders with the mouse, for example activate Timbre Adjust and pull it to 64
    6. Play in some notes with the MIDI controller, without touching any of the controller's sliders/dials/wheels

    You now have a short MIDI section that uses the settings selected in steps 3+4. This setup is easy to create, and often my starting point, but takes tedious work to evolve from:

    If I want to add a second MIDI section to the same track that uses very different articulation/performance settings, I need to enter the first MIDI section and manually "freeze" its current settings to "protect" them:

    1. Enter the first MIDI section in the DAW, then
    2. Insert new MIDI notes (muted) that represent the current articulation, for example D#1, C2, F7, A7
    3. Switch to the CC view and drag the sliders to their current levels in the Synchron Player, for example CC7 101, CC11 127, CC8 64, ...

    This is a lot of work and makes it annoying to switch a track from static to dynamic settings.

    Suggested change

    1. A new UI element (button, symbol, ...) in the Synchron Player
    2. I can click the symbol and drag it into the MIDI track in the DAW
    3. There, it expands into a short (for example 1/32 bar) MIDI section
    4. Inside, there are notes that reflect the articulation, for example D#1, C2, F7, A7
    5. If possible, the section also sets the CC levels, for example CC7 101, CC11 127, CC8 64, ...

    Comparison

    There are other plug-ins that use similar drag-and-drop functionality to import pre-defined sections. For example, Native Instruments' drum library Studio Drummer offers a similar button to drag the current drum pattern into the DAW.