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maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music - www.RedMoon-Music.com
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patterns
are best if you intend your final MIDI tracks to play patches
that have a lot of
programmed
movement!
In the Note Editor's lower panel you can give your loop a track
name of up to 12 c
haracters.
Newly
assigned
track
names
always
update
track lists displayed in the Global Setup window as well as
track labels in
Automute,
the
Copy/Import
window's
source
and
destination
menus,
and the text
recap
of Werk
information
in the
Leadsheet.
You can visit
Copy/Import
to mix and match loop data
between
Werks
however
you please.
1.7 Drum Loops
The Editor for the two Drum Loops lacks some of the
features
of
Basic
Loops,
but has tricks of its own. It displays a
range
of note
numbers
compatible
with GS
drums,
but you can offset these as
necessary
to
trigger
the sounds in a non-GS device. The
beat
generator
lets you choose a note
number
using the slider to the
right of the Drum notes display, and it will
drop
a
selectable
number
of hits into the
remainin
g available steps
randomly.
When you hold
down one of the
test
buttons
, you'll
hear
repeating
beats of the
slider-selected
kit
instrument,
and you can
rotate
up or down
through
the kit with
button
presses.
Using
another
button,
you can
remove
all beats at the
last-selected
note
number
and let maxWerk
place them again
differently
until you like your
groove.
To learn
more
about
looping
percussion,
see
"Deeper
Drums" in Part II.
1.8 Controllers
In
maxWerk's
Control
A,
Control
B,
and
Bend
windows
you can
add two
different
controller
patterns
to each loop and pitch bend
messages.
There
are
three
play
modes
to choose
from
for each:
one called 96 for
control
sweeps, one called trig, and one called
sync
. By
default,
maxWerk sends Control and Bend MIDI
messages
at a rate of 96 steps per loop,
whatever
the loop
length.
Trig
creates
denser
control
data, as each
changed
note of
more
than
one step
generates
a
control
pattern
modified
to fit into its allotted
time
duration.
Sync
mode
pairs each Note Editor step with a single
accompanying
message
of your choice for
controller,
bend,
or GS