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maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music - www.RedMoon-Music.com
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these are
stored
together
in your Werk file. As with
program
changes,
however,
maxWerk
transmits
only the type of control
messages
appropriate
to each
track's
globally set
instrument
mode.
Creating
Control A and B
patterns
begins with a setup of
messages
to be sent
either
as
independent
sweeps or
note-synced
steps,
using a row of
three
buttons
in the
upper
left window
corner.
Next to
these
buttons
is a
status
indicator
showing the
current
control
step
mode.
The 96
button
sets the step resolution for MIDI events to 96
per loop, an
amount
that
remains
fixed over the
maximum
loop
length of four bars. The trig
button
, especially useful for
longer
loops, allows
96-step
control
patterns
to
re-trigger
and occupy the
time
duration
of any set of note steps of the same value, so long as
the set is
greater
than a single step. In a
16-step
loop, for
example,
note values that
change
after
only one step do not
trigger
a new
sweep.
Controller
re-triggering
is based on the
entered
note
pattern,
so it uses the same start points
whichever
mode
of note
triggering
you use. To
hear
sweeps
retrigger
over each note of an
eight-step
pattern,
double
the
resolution
to 16 and use
play-changes
mode.
The actual
number
of MIDI
controller
events that
comprise
each
retriggered
control
sweep may be fewer than 96, for they are
subject to a
default
20 ms. time grain for
auto-modulation
density
that can be
adjusted
in the Global setup window. Keep in mind that
control
patterns
designed
for a
primary
loop motif will also affect any
Offset Note Lines sent to this
instrument
and MIDI
channel.
The last of the
three,
the
sync
button
, sizes the
control
loop to
reflect the total
number
of note steps, i.e. to equal the
number
of
bars times the note step
resolution.
The
waveform
pattern
generator
works in 96 or trig
modes
only, and lets you
automatically
enter
a set of 96
controller
events. Alternatively, you can draw a
sweep
pattern
or
enter
step-synced
values into the display by hand.
You can
repeat-enter
a
numeric
pattern,
just as you can with note,
velocity, and octave data. The
button
in the lower play control
section labeled
repeat
a series allows a value
sequence
entered
just once at the loop's start to
repeat
filling the
entire
display, using
whichever
of the 96, trig or sync
modes
was last set. Activate the
value
creep menu to
increment
all by a
certain
amount
up to a
desired
wrap
point
with each loop pass. If you want to
create
an