maxWerk - Copyright 2000-2007 Amanda Pehlke
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useful for doubling the length of a loop, and a rdm ends-in variation
that also alternates with normal passes.
Next to the direction menu, the note triggering modes menu
makes four principal options and six variations available for Basic
Loops' behavior. Five selections have quick-access buttons above
the menu. They interact with the settings of the gate times slider,
so they are described together. The modes of triggering are:
Play changes mode - maxWerk sends a note-off and triggers a
new note with each changed step value or Tonic transposition
value. This is the most "normal" sounding monophonic play mode
for the notes entered in the displays, because it can produce
different note lengths as well as rests. These are all multiples of
the chosen step length if the default gate time setting (off) is used.
In this mode, repeating note values that wrap around to the start
of the loop without any transposition sustain without retriggering.
You can make a persistent drone sound by entering a single
value across your loop without any rests and disabling the
"transpose" function. Leave the gate times slider set to its default
'off' for normal play-changes mode. A reddish slider indicates that
gate times are being imposed, and the green setting indicates
randomizing. These effects mask the tied notes in play-changes
mode and shorten the durations of single-step notes.
Play all steps mode - maxWerk sends a note-off and triggers a
new note with each step that is not a rest. Step resolution as well
as the number of included rests greatly affects the result of this
setting, which is particularly good for rhythmic figures. Play-all-
steps mode works well with gate times, for they affect all steps
and produce staccato patterns. Shorten the gate times setting to
decrease step durations. The fewer loop steps there are, the finer
the available gate resolution will be as shown by the slider. A full
left setting turns it green and produces randomized gate times.
Sustain groups mode - new notes are held until the next note
value 0 or the end of the loop, whichever occurs first. Then they
are cut off after the duration of any sustain-on-mute set for the
track. When you pick this mode, the gate times slider turns gray