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maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music - www.RedMoon-Music.com
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the
default
values of all at once. A
play-defaults
button
in the lower
right window section serves to
restore
all the settings that
determine
how you
hear
the displayed
patterns,
but it does not
change
the
graphics.
Initializing is
therefore
a
three-step
process.
The Note Editor
functions
detailed below have settings that are
located along the top of the Note Editor window or
framed
in the
rectangular
section
nearest
the
bottom.
You can set
step
resolution
independently
for each loop, and the
program
fits steps
into their allotted time
correctly
so long as your choice
from
the
steps
menu
is a multiple of the
Meter
(the
number
of counts per
bar).
The multiples listed in the steps
menu
include
sixteenths,
32nds,
and in most
Meters
triplets, allowing in the case of
7-count
Meter,
for
example,
14, 28, and 21 steps
respectively.
After a little
practice
making loops, it
becomes
easy to
anticipate
the
resolution
or
count-multiple
you need for a
particular
effect.
Whenever
you
change
the
parameters
for
either
step
resolution
or
loop
length
, maxWerk resizes the four displays to
accommodate
the new total
number
of steps; that is to say, step
resolution
multiplied by a
number
of bars
from
one to
four,
up to a limit of 128
steps per loop. The
default
size is a
one-bar
loop of 16 steps. If you
assign
number
of steps and bar length to a loop, then
proceed
to
make a note
pattern,
and
afterwards
decide to
lengthen
the loop by
adding
bars or
doubling
the step
resolution,
the existing bar
graph
data shifts to the left, leaving some empty space to show the extra
room
created
for
more.
If you
reduce
the
number
of steps in the
loop by
reducing
the
number
of bars or halving its
resolution,
some
of the
entered
values
towards
the end of the loop will be
truncated
and
disappear.
The
button
that
reads
<-expand
pattern->
, located next to the loop
length and step
number
menus
at the top of the Note Editor window,
opens a window that includes some of
maxWerk's
handiest
features.
Here are options for dealing with an
increased
number
of
loop steps without
disturbing
the
patter
ns you have
already
entered.
You can
double
existing note, velocity, octave, and wrap step
patterns
using the
stretch
function,
or you can
automatically
enter