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Like the other editor windows, the lower portion of the Phrases
window contains a quick mutes window button, useful when
Automute is disabled to prevent distraction by other tracks as you
develop your Melody. The Idea window button lets you bring in the
specialty track described earlier. Engage the Improv and Idea tracks
if you find them helpful, or add helpfully MIDI-mapped Noodle input.
window contains a quick mutes window button, useful when
Automute is disabled to prevent distraction by other tracks as you
develop your Melody. The Idea window button lets you bring in the
specialty track described earlier. Engage the Improv and Idea tracks
if you find them helpful, or add helpfully MIDI-mapped Noodle input.
You can enter Phrases using only the mouse, without any help from
maxWerk. Alternatively, keyboard step entry is available, as it is
for Basic Loops. (See the section pertaining to it above to read more
about entering notes into Phrases by means of your MIDI
controller.) A difference between the Editors for Notes and Phrases
is that quantizing on entry to a Phrase step resolution higher than
16ths is not possible. Melody lines are always heard in play-
changes mode, with note-offs triggered by changing pitches.
maxWerk. Alternatively, keyboard step entry is available, as it is
for Basic Loops. (See the section pertaining to it above to read more
about entering notes into Phrases by means of your MIDI
controller.) A difference between the Editors for Notes and Phrases
is that quantizing on entry to a Phrase step resolution higher than
16ths is not possible. Melody lines are always heard in play-
changes mode, with note-offs triggered by changing pitches.
To have maxWerk's help coming up with a Melody, use the Phrase
Generator, which has a line of settings across the top of the
Phrases window. A four-level pattern complexity menu offers
sparse, simple, busier, and complex choices. A phrase length
menu gives you a choice between two-bar figures or a repeating
one-bar figure, and lastly there is an activation button. When you
ask for a repeating motif, four instances of a one-bar pattern pass
through to the Melody Block. To generate new Phrase notes without
disturbing notes already present, be sure there are rests (empty
pattern slots) to be filled, and mark the checkbox option to keep
existing notes. This lets you try decorating a simple Melody figure
in various ways until you have a keeper.
Generator, which has a line of settings across the top of the
Phrases window. A four-level pattern complexity menu offers
sparse, simple, busier, and complex choices. A phrase length
menu gives you a choice between two-bar figures or a repeating
one-bar figure, and lastly there is an activation button. When you
ask for a repeating motif, four instances of a one-bar pattern pass
through to the Melody Block. To generate new Phrase notes without
disturbing notes already present, be sure there are rests (empty
pattern slots) to be filled, and mark the checkbox option to keep
existing notes. This lets you try decorating a simple Melody figure
in various ways until you have a keeper.
Generated Phrases occasionally include rests, and you can use the
add a random rest button to break up long tied notes. Because of
the two-octave range structure there is no use for an independently
transposed Scale note. Using the set of edit 2nd bar buttons you
can repeat, reverse pitch order, or expand the first Phrase bar to
cover two. Alternatively, you can substitute scale-inverted chordal
tone variation notes for values 2 through 6 in the second bar.
add a random rest button to break up long tied notes. Because of
the two-octave range structure there is no use for an independently
transposed Scale note. Using the set of edit 2nd bar buttons you
can repeat, reverse pitch order, or expand the first Phrase bar to
cover two. Alternatively, you can substitute scale-inverted chordal
tone variation notes for values 2 through 6 in the second bar.
A pair of pattern menus below the Phrase displays automatically
imposes a two-step sequence of pitch order direction to fill the
imposes a two-step sequence of pitch order direction to fill the