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maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music - www.RedMoon-Music.com
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A setting for the
end
bar is next in line as we move
toward
the right
side of the play
parameters
panel. A similar end bar setting in the
Automutes
window
determines
the point
after
which maxWerk
automatically
stops playing all tracks, and for
convenience
you can
set one bar
number
there
that
triggers
ending
behavior
globally.
However, once you have done this you can set
earlier
end bars
individually by track in the Note Editor. At the end bar for a Basic
Loop,
maxWerk
converts
all
pattern
notes to the
current
tonic value.
You can apply
coordinated
end bar settings,
perhaps
in
combination
with
delayed
muting
and an extra bar of play set globally in the
Automutes
window, to bring your Werk to a pleasing close.
The
transpose
menu
enables
loop
transposing
by
default,
allowing
chordal
changes
driven by
maxWerk's
stored
data or by your live
playing. You can obtain
droning
notes and use Basic Loops
effectively for
non-pitched instrument
patterns
if you disable this
function
so that the
defaulted
state of
transposition
for the loop
remains
unchanged.
The third
transpose-menu
option
alt-loop
inversions
applies its
processing
on
alternate
repetitions
to Scale pitches 2 thru 7,
whatever
their play
direction.
For
example,
a note and rest
pattern
of 1 1 0 2 3 4 5 5
becomes
1 1 0 7 6 5 4 4. Values 1 and 8
remain
unchanged.
This has the effect of
changing
the
chordal
response
to
transpositions
during
alternate
loops, and you can
exploit this as a
feature
if it pleases your ear.
Layer
this
function
with
pitch
rotating
options to defy analysis! If you use it along with
maxWerk's
general
transposing
capabilities, interesting
dissonances
will
emanate
from
this track on every
other
loop.
The track name
button
lets you
enter
up to 12
characters,
which
subsequently
appear
the Editor window, on the Main Screen track
panels, in
maxWerk's
various
indicator
labels, in
loop-copy
menus,
and in the
Leadsheet.
2.6 Step-Split Tracks
maxWerk makes it easy to
create
an overly dense
texture
of notes
from
overlapping
patterns,
filling the empty spaces that are always