If any of the expressions are defined for playback, it's because they
came that way in the MM template. I usually don't need to define
anything for playback, because Human Playback interprets most of them
(e.g., pizz., arco, mute) automatically.
With every new version, I always look at the MM Maestro Font Default,
and frequently there's enough good stuff in there that it's worth
recreating my default file based on the MM-supplied one, rather than
importing it from the earlier version -- or at least loading a few
libraries.
The expressions I have metatools for are the expressions that I'm
going to enter frequently, like dynamics and the other ones I listed
for you. It's certainly much faster to use metatools than typing out
expressions like "sul tasto" or "unis." every time I need them. I may
not use pppp or ffff much, but having metatools for ppp through fff
is a massive time-saver, especially since those dynamics can be
defined to position themselves correctly without need for further
tweaking the vast majority of the time.
I do do some retyping for rarely-used expressions, though --
generally, if I don't already have a metatool for an expression and I
don't know exactly where it is in my expression list, I'm likely to
enter it fresh rather than hunt for it.
Anyway, there's just no question that you could benefit from using
metatools for, at minimum, dynamics. You yourself admitted it's
likely to be at least six times faster than your current method --
and with auto-positioning, it's likely to save you even more time,
even if you do end up sometimes tweaking the positioning after
placing them.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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Another thought that just occurred to me: I suppose you have many
of those expressions defined for playback, in which case I can
certainly see why you wouldn't want to just type them fresh each time.
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