Logic Pro X - Articulation Sets & Keyswitches

[@AlfonsoVictoria]

A clear, basic explanation is highly appreciated. All these libraries make the assumption you know everything necessary to use them. You just saved my investment, thanks!

[@uglyfingersmusic]

Dude… I’ve always hated dealing with articulations. You just blew my mind. This is my new workflow. You’re so appreciated!

[@V-A]

Man... I know this video is 3 years old but you just made my workflow sooooooo much easier! Thank you thank you thank you a million times 🙏

[@CarrionSmile]

I love how every time I wanna figure out something in Logic, you just happen to have a video explaining everything in detail.

[@rennydeckert171]

Thank you thank you thank you! This was an excellent tutorial for creating articulations to use in Logic with third party instruments. I was getting VERY tired of having to re-open an Opus panel every time I needed to use different articulations.

[@MrEcted]

Dear God - I was creating separate tracks for articulations just like you mentioned early in the video. This changes EVERYTHING! You're my hero!

[@vibesman7476]

Oh Josh, this was SOOOO good. I am going through all you "Ultimate Guide to Logic Pro" and didn't see Articulations and Keyswitches any place, and I was devastated as I just got some new orchestral sets and had no idea if I could keyswitch within a track. Then, lo and behold, I searched for a tutorial on KZbin and here this was!! You totally explained it and beautifully as usual. thank you SO much!

[@michellepackman1484]

This is the third time I've come back to your video so clear and helpful

[@newguy6935]

Always the most informative Logic videos on youtube. Thank you.

[@andybullemor-music5928]

I'm sat on the train this morning thinking about how can I switch between long and short notes when playing and then I find this video! Perfection!

[@davidbentley8937]

Thanks for this video. This is going to save me so much time programming articulations for horns. My workaround previously was to add an 'articulation note' in the piano roll just before the note that I wanted the articulation applied. This was a laborious task so thanks again.

[@bernhardgerber23]

Perfekt, hab ich die ganze Zeit gesucht diese Funktion!

[@jeffreyboehm9602]

This is pure gold. Thanks so much!

[@nikkuthomasabraham3784]

Your tutorials are simply awesome.love it!!!

[@bassManDavis1953]

That was absolutely brilliant. Thank you so much for this, it will make all my instrumentation so much more life like and so much more easier to produce, really can't thank you enough

[@quezster]

The advantage of using regular keyswitches is their visibility in the Piano Roll. The disadvantage is that keyswitches are affected by transpositional properties, whether project/global, track or region properties. So I'd prefer using standard keyswitches: • if there's a way to set them as non-transposable • if there's a way to make them stand out as a keyswitch. The advantage to Articulation Sets is their transpositional immunity. Their disadvantages are: 1) the arcane, hacked-on user interface (Just try to understand saving via Save As. I'm hoping the implementation is improved in Logic Pro 11.) 2) the tedious setup. (Are Sets available by vendor/product for easy import?) 3) AFAIK, an articulation from an articulation Set is entirely invisible in the Piano Roll Editor. (Perhaps they show in the list editor ... I'll have to experiment to determine if that's true.) 4) some articulations are inherently mutually exclusive, that's clear. But would using and Articulation Set limit us to just one articulation per note? For instance, what if I want legato with strum direction instructions?

[@juliettejones959]

This was tremendously helpful!! Thank you for this thorough step-by-step. Exactly the info I was looking for! Cheers

[@asirus]

Goodbye superfluous tracks and hello better workflow! Thanks so much for this. :)

[@alexmartinelli6231]

Oh man, I was looking for this exact video a week ago. Thanks for uploading. Really appreciated!

[@murdockscott]

I appreciate this video very much! Just what I needed. Hey, I noticed something this evening while watching this, has anyone ever told you that you sound just like Charles W. "Chuck" Bryant from the Stuff You Should Know podcast? To my ear, your voices and mannerisms are a very close match. I can’t unhear it now. Lol. Thought you might find that interesting. Thanks again, great content!

[@rejeanbrousseau9298]

Very helpful for a newbie like me. Thanks a lot.

[@JeffyG]

I’ve been using articulations for about 2 years - usually making my mods in the piano role. No problem in Logic instruments, and NI Komplete instruments each already have key switches assigned (usually C0 thru B0) but I’ve never had to create a custom articulation set, yet. I knew you could create an articulation set, but I had the crazy idea that you could have new user-defined articulations…. No idea how. For example: say I wanted a generic build in volume articulation. With Logic midi effects, or automation, I could quickly increase velocity values from 25 - 100. But wouldn’t it be cool to save that as a user defined articulation in your own set?

[@preamble466]

You sound like me, always on an endless quest to solve a problem. I spent a good bit of time getting keyswitch lights and keyzones on my NI keyboard, for anything non-NI - such as Studio Horns, Musio, etc. I must say it was well worth the effort. But right now I can't seem to get and external midi control to manipulate expression or modulation in these articulation lanes. I noticed that the poster only showed volume, pan, and module parameters. Those all work for me, just not exp/mod.

[@JeffyG]

@@preamble466 there’s satisfaction in making a non-Native Instruments keyboard work with Komplete Kontrol, but I’m at a point where I’d like MPE, midi 2.0 AND polyphonic aftertouch. But nobody offers all 3. We’re in that in-between phase, where a lot of new gear will be coming out in 2025.

[@shubhamtageja5648]

i hope that we meet someday, i owe you a great debt of thanks for such informative and wonderfully explained videos.:)

[@hersheybell8444]

Fantastic! Thanks so much for doing this. Now time to figure out which of my instruments have articulations!!

[@Pretzels722]

Wow this is a game changer thank you

[@alwaysaplanb3993]

Very helpful video. Thank you. Got me up and running with Articulation Sets. You could have saved a little bit of time by reading EW HollyWoods Pop Brass's description of what the different key switch notes do in the instrument's window. e.g. A0 CresFst. The names tell you.

you´ve just saved my life. dude. tx a lot

[@blue-balance]

Perfect explanation. Thank you!

[@DavidLeeKing]

"In this video I explain how to use Articulation Sets and Keyswitches" ... I have no idea what you just said! Love your videos though - thanks!

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Allows you to mix and match different playing styles and techniques with software instruments. Check out the final result with the horns at the end around 15:15.

[@manolisk33]

Hey man, the names for the articulations of the EW Hollywood Pop Brass is right there: see that list in the middle of the instrument (C0 Sus, C#0 SusAcc, etc)? That's the one. It was kinda fun watching you try to figure them out, though. ;)

[@markgoslett6334]

I was pretty much shouting at the screen haha

[@Daniel-jq7ul]

Hey there! When you opened the east west plugin your key switches already had a "playing style, s " (designated to those bottom notes) my question is , how did you get those ones chosen first and set to a playing style ? thanks !

[@dennismichaels1205]

When creating articulation sets, is turning on or off the MIDI icon a necessity? And also, when changing articulations in the piano roll, are you using the mouse pointer, or the pointer in Logic? Thanks

[@riccardoscapin5483]

Can you do that with Kontakt libraries? like CSS

[@michaelrasbury]

I want to create an articulation set for VSL Dimension Strings but it doesn't offer enough multiple outputs! 1st Violins - All Player requires at least four outputs: All Players:Senza Sordino:Short Notes:Staccato for example. How do I mange creating an articulation set in Logic for a patch with four layers like this?

[@llllcryptxllll]

I'm so glad i pressed play on that video, thank you. ^^

[@dynamicalan]

Do you know if it's possible to connect this map to the expression markings in the score so when you add the articulation on the score it automatically plays that articulation? I'm taking about the symbols in the score editor you add to the score.

[@zargflonk]

Select the appropriate term in the symbol column (Articulation tab). The symbol will then appear on the score when the key switch is triggered. I don't know if adding the symbol on the score will trigger a key switch - haven't tried that.

[@HaywoodBeats]

Legend! Im going to go through my kontakt libraries tonight and get these set up. Thank you for this video (liked, subbed)

[@maxbouttaz]

Hello. Thank's for this video. Can you tell me where the Articulation Sets and Keyswitches are saved on the disk. If I change my Mac, can I reload these. Sorry for my English .

[@llllcryptxllll]

Have a look here : Mac HD > Users > You > Music > Audio Music Apps > Articulation Settings

[@Marsalis00123]

Hello! How about plug-ins that change the articulation from a button in the GUI, not a midi key, like the free version of Spitfire's BBC Symphony Orchestra? Thanks!

[@AaronTapavicza]

It’s sorta hidden but BBCSO does use keyswitches. You assign them yourself using the tiny greyed-out-looking 5-note keyboard icon to the above right of the articulations. Drag to assign in the keyboard layout in the player.

[@rufusvonpieru1588]

Does this work with multiple keyswitches simultaneously? For example with a guitar instrument where you would have one keyswitch choosing the articulation, and another at the same time forcing the same note to a specific string.

[@terrybarnes5343]

Another greta video thank you so much can see this being very helpful

[@dennismichaels1205]

If you are using the same 3rd party software program for each instrument in articulation sets, do you have to rename the sets for each instrument?

[@DavidMaurand]

I was scanning your video for some on-screen marker or label so I could tell which articulation was active. Maybe I missed something?

[@zargflonk]

You can get symbols on a score (indicating key switch changes) by updating the symbol column on the Articulations tab. I don't recall an indication in the midi editor (not in front of it right now).

[@dennismichaels1205]

Can you create articulation sets from a 3rd party plugin without any midi notation in a track?

[@mazetoeden9334]

dude, soo helpful, thanks!

[@Neuri]

Fantastic vid thanks dude great stuff ❤

[@LauraKemps]

Omg how did I not know about this?! Thank you

[@HishamKhalaf1]

Very Great. Thank you so much.

[@the_real_kieganjones9932]

this was awesome !!!! thank you

[@michaelbrowne7142]

so helpful! thank you

[@samgeorge2494]

Very helpful. Thank you!

[@danipombo]

What if my instrument doesn't have keyswitches??? It just has the articulations that you can change manually through the instrument UI.

[@Ali_Tajvidi]

Thank you! Subscribed.

[@teamhunter13]

I'm going to incorporate this with NI libraries

[@peterdvideos]

Brilliant!

[@AllanGildea]

Top class, thank you!

[@vitaminfian]

Thank you for this

[@theguyfromberlin]

Thanks mate!

[@bobbysbackingtracks]

KIller vid!

[@veervlogs93]

Amazing

[@shyamrameshram2633]

Thank you sir

[@arunch]

Thanks a lot Mate

[@nathan7265]

Let’s create sophisticated multi sample instruments using a microphone Logic’s new sampler.

[@PlugHouseMusic]

Bro they use your videos at LA FILM I know your voice from anywhere lol been in school since 2019. man I have so many questions...

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

I was a program manager for LAFS from 2020 until March this year. I created a bunch of courses for the program, including most of the courses in their Bachelor of Science in Music Production degree. :)

[@PlugHouseMusic]

@@MusicTechHelpGuy Im finishing up the my Bachelors now. I've been doing music since about 7 years old. Your video popped up in a search yesterday while I was trying to get something done. When I heard the voice was like wait hold up! So this is who actually been teaching me the entire time. Surreal! keep it up man you've solved a lot of things that had me scratching my head! Appreciated.

[@resslerartstudios]

StudioOne and kontcht

[@markgoslett6334]

How dare you turn the sax down (angry emoji)

[@RobinDupuy]

Thank you always for your great👍🏻 tutorials. I was looking for a way to make a shortcut to change articulations before and after inputted them and I found it. It might be obvious but I post it anyway. With step input entry, articulation set, I enter the midi notes with my computer keyboard with A~J, the rhythm with 1~0, and change articulations with a midi keyboard (piano) with C0~F1 with Midi Remote button switch On.

[@GraemeHindmarsh]

Very helpful, thank you!