In EWSO, CC 11 is Expression and 7 is volume. I would use Expression (CC11) to manually draw in your chord entry and exit 'volumes'. If you use CC7, it will affect all your automation, if you should decide to adjust the level of the entire track, later on.
A couple techniques to try:
1- Manually draw in the Expression data at the beginning of the note/chord, even on the MOD patches. This creates a kind of fade in so you dont hear the hard attack.
2- Adjust the attack of the specific patch, using the envelope controls on the PLAY interface
3- Start the note/chord with a Legato patch and manually crossfade between them. This can take some experimenting, but sometimes works out well.
As you noticed, not all of your needs are met with the supplied samples, so layering multiple samples and manually editing the envelopes within certain patches are all common.
As far as writing the CC11, you can either manually insert a new CC lane (11) in PRV, then draw in the data using the draw tool, with Snap to Grid off. Or, assign your MOD wheel to CC11 and control it that way.
post edited by LpMike75 - 2013/02/08 20:29:15