maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
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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
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
In the lower panel the direction menu determines whether the loop plays forward, backward, or in a reversing fashion. Reversing play causes
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