maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
Published by RedMoon Music - www.RedMoon-Music.com
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relative to data present in any other track. Keep in mind that
processing always begins from the "go-to" bar.
Automute has a global end bar setting, a refinement to which is
found for each track in the lower panel of the Note Editor. There
you'll find a 16ths sustain on mute menu setting for each loop that
determines the number of sixteenth-note durations the last step
plays before automuting cuts notes off. These delayed note-offs do
not follow the transpositions of succeeding bars. This feature is
designed to allow creative overlapping of sounds as tracks enter
and leave your mix, and, like end bars, the function applies only
when Automute is enabled.
Another function related to Automute and accessible only from the
Automute window can lend interest to your mix. The Autofade
button brings up a single bar graph display at a time that represents
all bars of the last edited Basic or Drum Loop track. A track-
switching menu in Autofade does the obvious. These switchable
track strips store an Expression Controller 11 value with a range of
0 through 127 at each bar, giving you a way to bring tracks in and
out of your Werk in a subtle manner over any number of bars.
Autofade is always active along with Automute, and you can
creatively layer the two functions. Be aware that when Autofade
levels are down, you may not be able to hear anything, but notes
enabled by Automute still consume the available MIDI notes
(polyphony) of the targeted sound-generating device.
1.6 Basic Loops
Let's go back to the Main Screen to begin making some looping
tracks. A click on the numbered panel button for any one of them
opens the Note Editor window (as does a key command), and the
loop you are editing is temporarily solo'ed, as shown by the enable
indicator LED/button at the bottom of the Note Editor. Even if
Automute is enabled and this track is currently muted, maxWerk
suspends muting (enables the track) while the Note Editor is open.
The first items at the top of the window, the steps number menu
and loop length menu, set the event resolution for this loop and