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maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music - www.RedMoon-Music.com
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Meet maxWerk
maxWerk is a
loop-based
MIDI
composition
tool that gets its name
from
the Max
programming
language
with which it was built. It can
give endless musical
suggestions,
but it also
encourages
entirely
original ideas. Using tracks set up in GS
mode,
you can work with a
set of
standardized
but
editable
sounds in a
single-device
environment,
and
prioritize
the c
onstruction
of your Werk
before
becoming
preoccupied
with sound design and
multiple-device
mixing. Using
normally
enabled
tracks, you can include up to 16
different
devices if you
prefer
to
address
a
favorite
synthesizer
setup that suits your creativity. maxWerk lets you
experiment
as you
compose,
making
changes
to various ways of
structuring
your music
without
disturbing
or
changing
aspects that you
already
like. You
can
produce
widely
divergent
flavors of music in maxWerk without
formal
training,
instrume
nt "chops", or
knowledge
of music
notation.
maxWerk can
incorporate
your
recorded
MIDI input to its looping
tracks along with
generated
ideas and
on-screen
edits. As your
maxWerk
composition
develops,
you can
create
and
change
any of
the following
compone
nts:
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A note pattern: one to four bars long, with a selectable number
of steps per bar
*
A corresponding velocity pattern, randomized in groups
*
A pattern of octave shifts per step
*
A pattern of wrap steps (octave cutoff points) per step
*
A harmon
y pattern (several types are available)
*
A mode of note duration (various types), including a random
treatment of durations
*
A loop timing offset relative to global bar lines
*
Up to three parallel note lines. You can offset the above
elements independently in each one, and you can reassign
each to play through any other Basic Loop instrument.
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A pattern of play direction