maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
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2.2 Patch Changes
GS patch names selected for your Werk appear below the track name labels on the Main Screen for each of the eleven Basic Loops and the two Drum Loops, as well as in the Improv, Melody Sound, and Noodle windows. A patch button is found in each Editor window. When a track is globally enabled for GS use, the button bears the label GS bank/varia. For normal MIDI device use, this button is labeled program change. The patch entry window that it opens lets you enable the messages required by your MIDI device, which may include one or more types of Bank Select controller.
For tracks globally set up for GS use, the patch button produces a window of sixteen GS patch name menus. These are divided by general instrument category and listed alphabetically, and they are specific to the model of Roland GS module selected in the Global Setup window. Across the maps for the hierarchy of GS models, there are some differences in the naming of sounds of certain combinations of bank and variation numbers. When this is the case, the name for the later version of the sound has been used. For
A Global Setup parameter lets you enable or disable program change messages transmitted via MIDI, both to your devices and to your recorded Werk midifile. When any part assignment is switched off in the Global Setup window, the referencing patch button reads track disabled! and is not functional. If a track is enabled and patches don't change as expected, check the lower left section of Globals to see if bank and program changes are being filtered from the transmitted MIDI stream. This filtering capability is provided so that you can create midifiles and share Werks between different setups without including potentially incompatible patch selections.
maxWerk does not support program changes MIDI'ed thru from an external controller. The program makes unconventional use of this incoming MIDI message type to mute and enable tracks.
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