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maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music - www.RedMoon-Music.com
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You can assign
Line
B, labeled “
scalic
”, a base
scale-step
Tonic
transposition
value
different
from
the
original,
and you can shift it by
octaves relative to the original and adjust velocities. You can
delayLine
B by any
number
of steps, as you can Line A. The last
Line B intervals
menu
item inv
affords
an
interesting
contrast
to the
offset
pattern
of notes that does not by itself cause any
dissonances:
scale steps 2
through
6 are
inverted,
i.e. flipped,
before
pitch is offset. Step 4 pitches
unchanged
along with tonic and
seventh
notes.
Line
C, labeled “
chromatic
”, lets you
transpose
the note line by any
chromatic
interval relative to the original notes, instead of
transposing
by a
certain
Scale step. This one is for the
adventurous!
Line C’s
randomizer
conservatively
sticks to a choice
between
tonics, fifths and
(+)Notes,
but of
course
you can
change
the setting.
Experiment
with
other
chromatic
steps for
dissonant
effects. Line C
also can be
delayed
by steps. It has no pitch
inversion
option.
Note that the choices of
“unison”
for Line A's base note value and 1
as Lines B and C base note values
produce
the same effect in all,
which is to sound
secondary
note lines identical to the
primary
one.
This is useful for offset
arpeggios
that feature an
interplay
of lines.
You can
enable
one, two, or all
three
Offset Note Lines. You can
minimize velocities of the original note line so that the displayed
pattern
is in effect
merely
a
template
for the
others,
as long as you
bear
in mind the
polyphon
y limitations of your sound
module.
All
three
lines may be set to play on
alternate
repetitions.
Line A's
menu
items
prefixed
alt1 and alt2 and the similar play settings for B
and C let you set any pair of Lines to
trade
off on loop passes.
2.8 Keyboard Entry
For
some,
auditioning
and editing of
maxWerk-generated
loops in
combination
with
randomized
Offset Note Lines may
prove
to be an
invaluable
creative
strategy.
But if you
already
have a motif in mind
and would like to
enter
it
yourself
via MIDI, you can use the
keyboard
step
entry
switch-button
or its
associated
key
command
to
prepare
the displays of Basic and Drum Loops or