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maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music - www.RedMoon-Music.com
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2.2 Patch Changes
GS
patch
names selected for your Werk
appear
below the track
name
labels on the Main Screen for each of the eleven Basic Loops
and the two Drum
Loops,
as well as in the
Improv,
Melody Sound,
and Noodle windows. A
patch
button
is
found
in each Editor
window. When a track is globally
enabled
for GS use, the
button
bears
the label GS
bank/varia
.
For
normal
MIDI device use, this
button
is labeled program
change
. The patch entry window that it
opens lets you
enable
the
messages
required
by your MIDI device,
which may include one or
more
types of Bank Select
controller.
For
tracks globally set up for GS use, the patch
button
produces
a
window of sixteen GS
patch
name menus.
These
are divided by
general
instrument
category
and listed
alphabetically,
and they are
specific to the model of Roland GS
module
selected in the Global
Setup window. Across the maps for the
hierarchy
of GS models,
there
are some
differences
in the
naming
of sounds of certain
combinations
of bank and
variation
numbers.
When this is the case,
the name for the later version of the sound has been used. For
cross-reference,
the GS patch selection window shows Bank
and
Tone
variation
numbers, and
arrow
buttons
let you move
forward
and back
through
each set of sounds to
audition
them.
A Global Setup par
ameter
lets you
enable
or disable
program
change
messages
transmitted
via MIDI, both to your devices and to
your
recorded
Werk midifile. When any part
assignment
is switched
off in the Global Setup window, the
referencing
patch
button
reads
track
disabled!
and is not
functional.
If a track is
enabled
and
patches
don't
change
as
expected,
check the lower left section of
Globals to see if bank and
program
changes
are being
filtered
from
the
transmitted
MIDI
stream.
This filtering capability is
provided
so
that you can
create
midifiles and
share
Werks
between
different
setups without including
potentially
incompatible
patch selections.
maxWerk does not
support
program
changes
MIDI'ed
thru
from
an
external
controller.
The
program
makes
unconventional
use of this
incoming
MIDI
message
type to mute and
enable
tracks.