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The data in the octaves display, the third of the set, defaults to a value of 4. This initially places all the notes you enter into the octave that includes middle C. While maxWerk stores Basic Loop pitch step information in the default middle sound range, notes' octaves shift according to changing data that comes from this set. Octave values range from 0 through 8, and they are read on a per-step basis just like note and velocity data, so by making patterns of octave steps you can easily construct wide-ranging arpeggio loops.

You can also specify for each step an octave cutoff point, or the scale step above which maxWerk will bump down by one octave the result of any transpositions, so that you can keep loop notes in a desired range. This is a function of values in the fourth and last Editor graphic, the wrap steps display. You can hear the effects of wrap values only when your loop is playing over changing tonic transpositions. When you set any or all wrap steps to value 0, maxWerk uses a random wrap step value that changes once per bar. Value 8 tells it to use the current (+)Note value as wrap step. A repeating figure takes on craziness with creative octave wrapping.

Four dedicated display reset controls with menus and quick refresh buttons set all note, velocity, octave, or wrap steps to the desired value at once. The controller THRU menu above the octaves display mirrors the Noodle track window's octave offset setting, to quickly shift the incoming notes from your MIDI controller.

To spark your imagination, we'll describe just a few of the play options found in the Note Editor window before going on to a taste of heavier stuff. Using menus along the top, you can choose a starting step other than 1, or opt instead to rotate or randomize the step that is counted as 1 with each loop pass. Here you can also add random note-re-triggers to any step-starting style.

In the lower panel the direction menu determines whether the loop plays forward, backward, or in a reversing fashion. Reversing play causes forward-backward pendulum-like readout of all step data, repeating both beginning and end values and effectively doubling the loop length. A fourth menu item called alt-scramblesis not strictly a direction parameter. This option allows all data to play in a

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Contents MaxWerk Contents Meet maxWerk MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke What maxWerk Doesnt Do MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Global Setup Concepts and a TourMenu Items MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Main Screen MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Features to Note Automute MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Basic Loops MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Drum Loops ControllersMaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Transposer MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Melody MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke == == == var var var var == 5-4-3-2-73-4-5-6-7…changes to 6-5-4-3-2 Block Map Improv Noodle WerksyncMain Settings II. maxWerk In DepthMaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Patch Changes User Scales Loop MagicMaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Loop Magic MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Step-Split Tracks 1 0 3 3 2 5 5 0 5 4 3 3 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0Offset Note Lines MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Keyboard Entry MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Idea Track Deeper DrumsMaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Control Tricks MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke PhatWerk Copy / ImportMore Melodizing MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke 15 PC-1600 Setup Werk Files PC-1600 maxWerk-control layoutMaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke MaxWerk Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke Bar Looping Buttons see Arpeggiator Apostrophe see ClickArpeggiator Beat clock see Sync Block Map Bar locatorsBar scroll ClickGlobals Copy & save progressionsCopy/Import IdeaKeyboard mapping Key CommandsKey shift Keyboard step entryMelody block select MuteReset to go-to bar Performance modeReset to Bar Play and StopTempo ScalesSync Tempo scrollContact Information Lifeforms@redmoon-music.com