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maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music - www.RedMoon-Music.com
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1.13 Noodle
You may enjoy playing and
recording
your
controller
keyboard
along
with your Werk. A MIDI
device/channel
through
the
program
is
reserved
for this
purpose,
complete
with basic
controller
and GS
phatWerk
settings.
More
about
phatWerk
is coming up in Part II.
In the
Noodle
window
there
are two
parameters
that can help your
live playing stand out amid the sound of your
other
tracks,
whether
you have a MIDI
controller
keyboard
or are simply using
computer
keys. One is a
general
note
velocity
adjustment,
and
another
is a
menu
setting to
adjust
input
MIDI by an octave shift. The octave
shift
parameter
is the same one you see in Note and Drum Editors,
and your Werk file
remembers
its last setting.
There
is a
companion
setting
found
in the Noodle window only to
double
octaves
on
input
.
Auto-modulation
sends a
ramp
of mod wheel or
aftertouch
values
to any
depth
you like as each new note is played. One of several GS
NRPN
controllers
can also auto
-modulate
your
noodles,
with an
option to invert the values it sends for fun and variety.
1.14 Werksync
This
collaborators'
aid
deserves
a
heading
of its own. By activating
the Werksync
button
in the lower section of the Noodle window, you
can
enable
sending MIDI beat clock along with
continuous
controller
messages
that are
understood
as
transposition
commands
by a
second
maxWerking
computer
setup. A reset
from
your
master
Werk sets up the slave to
ignore
its own
tempo
map and
transposer
data, and you can
remotely
set the
"go-to"
bar. The
operator
of a
slaved Werk has full
normal
control
when the
master
is not in play.
If
you've
made
it
through
the Guide this far, you may be
interested
to discover the many
more
features
of maxWerk
covered
in Part II.