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currently
selected Block, followed by a
two-step
variation
pattern
discussed fully in Part I. When you make
menu
choices, the Phrase
data for the full Block is
immediately
re-processed
and sent to the
main Melody Editor.
These
menus
apply the
second-bar
filtering
operations
to whole
two-bar
Phrases. Since they may be optionally
imposed
on the first Phrase of a Block, by
mapping
full Block
treatments
to play in succession, you can bring
about
the same
sorts of
mirrored
musical
behaviors
over a
longer
time
frame.
A
copy
block
button
below the Phrase window's displays lets you
capture
Phrases,
together
with their
associated
velocity
groups
and
play
pattern
settings, and edit them
differently
in
other
Blocks.
Rather
than risk losing a winning
combination,
it's best to
experiment
on a copy to
determine
which level of
manipulation
gives
your melody line the
preferred
effect. Note that
because
Phrase
play
pattern
functions
operate
over and above
second-bar
Phrase
edit
functions,
they can
sometimes
cancel each
other
deceptively!
Complex or
"busier"
melody lines are best
created
with the
Transposer
disabled,
so that only
changes
in global Key take effect.
Like notes in the Basic
Loops,
Melody notes
transpose
rotationally,
constrained
the by
upper
and lower settings for Scale-step
octave
cutoff
found
in the
Melody
Sound
window.
Melodies
have a two-
octave
maximum
step
range
before
transposing,
and these two
parameters
define the
upper
and lower step values
beyond
which
notes that
transpose
out of
range
fold back into the
nearest
octave.
Settings for each Block in the top panel of the main Melody Editor let
you tell maxWerk to
allow
transposing
and to
play
4 bars of the
Block
timebase-shifted
to fill 2, 3, 6 or 8 bars of the Block Map. You
can
add
harmony
lines
of selected or
randomized
intervals.
There
is a
base-octave
setting
for each of the melody and
harmony
parts,
as well as an option to
octave-double
the main line. You can
apply a harmony
velocity
offset
and an
adjustable
steps
delay
for
harmonies
to all Melody Blocks.
In the
Melody
Sound
window
you can make
program
changes
and
phatWerk
settings, and apply pan,
volume,
and
portamento.
You can
duck
melody
velocities
by a
selectable
amount
when