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has a value of 1. A checkbox at the
bottom
of the Note Editor lets
you
defeat
all
forms
of
transposition
for a Basic
Loop.
You may wish
to disable
transposing
in
order
to
produce
a
drone,
or to avoid pitch
shifts if you have a track
dedicated
to a
percussive
sound.
The Drum Editor n
otes
display
by
default
triggers
notes
35-68,
a
scheme
that works well for GS
drum
kits and many
other
MIDI
percussion
instruments.
Each of the two Drum Loops saves a note
number
offset that can be useful in
normal
(non-GS)
MIDI
Mode
to
allow for
differenc
es in
percussion
sound
modules.
The vertical-
arrow
test
buttons
to the right of the display let you use
repeated
presses
to locate
desired
kit notes by
sound.
Holding
either
button
causes a single
drum
sound to
repeat
in
eighth-note
time.
The
velocities
display
has nine values that
represent:
0 (a
rest),
seven
randomized
values within
groups
of sixteen, and a
constant
value of 127. Velocity values of 0 cause silence even when they are
coincident
with the start of a new note. Drum notes can't be tied,
and they hold for no
more
than a full step's
duration.
The
octaves
display
has nine available values to pair with
entered
notes,
covering
the full
range
of MIDI note
numbers.
The nine
values of the wrap
steps
display
below it
determine
the highest
allowable Scale pitch
after
the effect of
transposing
that will sound in
the
designated
octave; i.e. the octave
wrap-around
point for each
step. Values
transposed
above the wrap step will sound in the
octave below. You can use wrap step settings in
conjunction
with
Offset Note Lines
(described
in the next
section)
to
fine-tune
chord
inversion
effects as a finishing touch once you have
established
your Werk’s
transposition
patterns.
For
randomized
unpredictable
octave shifting at each bar, use value 0 wrap steps. To have the
wrap step follow
changing
(+)Notes,
use value 8. Note that wrap
step values take effect
together
with
changes
in octave, and
before
global
changes
of Key or the Global Offset map.
Between the velocity and octave displays
there
is a
portamento
switch
menu
(control
65) and a
portamento
time slider
(control
5)
for each track. Pan and volume setting knobs, as we
mentioned
earlier,
are on the Main Screen panel beside the track
buttons.