Roland Musical Instrument manual PhatWerk, Copy / Import

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range of non-GS sound modules must be adjusted outside of maxWerk.

In all three of these windows, you can have maxWerk generate a set of step-synced random values by pressing the button labeled randomize/latch, and these appear in the display. When you latch this function via the associated checkbox, maxWerk makes a new set behind the scenes with each repetition of the loop, which does not appear in the display. The intensity of this effect, as with other step-based functions, depends on the number of steps per bar set in the Note Editor, and is most dramatic and useful at a 16th-note or lower step resolution.

2.12 phatWerk

If you are Werking in a GS environment, you can make use of the system exclusive and NRPN GS synth editing included in the program and saved with Werk files. A phatWerk window-opening button appears in the Note and Drum pattern Editors as well as in the Improv, Melody Sound, and Noodle windows. An array of virtual knobs and several menus store GS sound and effect settings for the edited track. Your Roland GS product manual provides an in-depth explanation of these parameters and the types of MIDI messages that produce them.

2.13 Copy / Import

A key command or the press of a right side main screen button opens the Copy/Import window. You can copy Loops to another location in the same Werk, or you can load a complete previously saved Werk file to a copy buffer to extract separate components for import to the current Werk. To make these procedures easy, maxWerk lists current track names in the copy buffer's source and destination menus, as well as those of any source Werk loaded to the imported file buffer. Besides individual loops, separate Melody Phrases, Blocks, and play settings and the Transposer's full information set are available for import. You should save your Werk

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