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maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music - www.RedMoon-Music.com
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contributions.
Important
dynamic
indicators
in the lower left section
of the Main Screen show the four
elements
that
contribute
to
maxWerk's
transposition
status at every bar: a Key number
from
0
through
11
representing
A
though
G# with an
offset
flag
, a Scale
name, a
Tonic
note
number, a
(+)Note
number, and a triad
chord
quality
. We explain fully the significance of these below.
A panel of
window-opening
buttons
fills the lower right section of
maxWerk's
Main Screen. When you use one of these
buttons
or an
equivalent
key
command
to open the
Transposer,
Melody,
or
Automute
windows, maxWerk
automatically
enables
the
associated
function,
and the left panel
function
switch-button
reflects its state.
A vertical row of blue LED's lies to the left of the track
access
buttons
on the Main Screen, across
from
sets of virtual
pan
and
volume
knobs
for each. Besides showing track play status, the
LED's are also
mute/enable
switches
like those in the
Quick-Mutes
window. A
“maxWerk”
preset for Peavey’s PC-1600 MIDI
controller
,
described
in detail in Part II,
provides
more
mute/enable
buttons
in
hardware,
along with a set of
faders
that
control
track
volumes.
One
PC-1600
fader
is
reserved
to echo the bar scrolling key
command.
1.4 Features to Note
A
display
lock
switch
appears
at the
bottom
of
maxWerk's
three
larger
editor
screens,
the
Automute
window, the
Transposer
and the
Melody Editor. This
feature
locks out
manual
edits to the
graphic
displays, and is included to
prevent
errant
mouse clicks from
damaging
data until you are
ready
to
change
it. By
default,
display
lock
re-activates
when the window that includes it
becomes
frontmost,
but you can
un-check
an
accompanying
control
box for
this
feature,
which affects the displays in all three windows.
Also
shared among
these windows is a row of
locator
buttons
that
let you move quickly
between
sections of your Werk. When you go
to edit
locator
bar
numbers,
you will find this
function
residing
in the
Scales window, where you also
audition
various scales or
modes.