Features to Note | Roland Musical Instrument specification

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contributions. Important dynamic indicators in the lower left section of the Main Screen show the four elements that contribute to maxWerk's transposition status at every bar: a Key number from 0 through 11 representing A though G# with an offset flag, a Scale name, a Tonic note number, a (+)Note number, and a triad chord quality. We explain fully the significance of these below.

A panel of window-opening buttons fills the lower right section of maxWerk's Main Screen. When you use one of these buttons or an equivalent key command to open the Transposer, Melody, or Automute windows, maxWerk automatically enables the associated function, and the left panel function switch-button reflects its state.

A vertical row of blue LED's lies to the left of the track access buttons on the Main Screen, across from sets of virtual pan and volume knobs for each. Besides showing track play status, the LED's are also mute/enable switches like those in the Quick-Mutes window. A “maxWerk” preset for Peavey’s PC-1600 MIDI controller, described in detail in Part II, provides more mute/enable buttons in hardware, along with a set of faders that control track volumes. One PC-1600 fader is reserved to echo the bar scrolling key command.

1.4 Features to Note

A display lock switch appears at the bottom of maxWerk's three larger editor screens, the Automute window, the Transposer and the Melody Editor. This feature locks out manual edits to the graphic displays, and is included to prevent errant mouse clicks from damaging data until you are ready to change it. By default, display lock re-activates when the window that includes it becomes frontmost, but you can un-check an accompanying control box for this feature, which affects the displays in all three windows.

Also shared among these windows is a row of locator buttons that let you move quickly between sections of your Werk. When you go to edit locator bar numbers, you will find this function residing in the Scales window, where you also audition various scales or modes.