Award winning composer Benjamin Hasker shows what's
possible with Wildwood Express v02 using multiple channels,
reverb, looping, and the note and strum pads.
Features
The following videos show some of the key
features of Wildwood Express.
MIDI Files
This video shows you how to open and play a MIDI file:
Navigate menus
Select a MIDI file
Play the MIDI file
Select note view (piano roll)
Select song view (all channels)
Select step view
Navigate through song a note (MIDI message) at a time
Use Channel Display setting to control which channels are displayed
Strums
This video shows you how to create simple strums:
Select chord type (Major, minor, etc.)
Play the individual notes in the chord
Select the root of the chord
Strum the chord
Looping in Note View
This video shows you how to use the pattern
generator to create drum grooves and fills and
then overdub them with notes:
Set tempo in beats per minute
Select pattern generator
Select drum channel
Record a drum pattern
Loop the pattern
Select a new channel and instrument
Overdub some notes while playback loops
Play live notes with overdubbed notes
Looping in Step View
This video shows you how to create songs using
the Step View. In Step View, all notes have the same
duration and you don't have to press record because
notes you enter are automatically recorded in the next
step. You can use the rotary controller to skip
steps (i.e. add rests) to create rhythms:
Select Step View
Enter notes and rests
Press Play to play and loop
Select new channels
Overdub notes in steps
Arpeggios
This video shows you how to use the pattern
generator with a chord type to create arpeggios:
Select pattern generator
Select acoustic bass guitar channel
Select blues 6/7 chord type
Record a 12-bar blues progression (I, IV, V)
Loop the pattern
Copying and Pasting
This video shows you how to copy and
paste notes. You can also cut, delete (including
time) and erase (not including time). Use channel mute
and solo if necessary to control which notes are
selected across multiple channels:
Select acoustic bass guitar channel
Record some notes
Use knob to position in song
Press knob to mark beginning of selection
Use knob to position in song
Press knob to mark end of selection
Copy selection to clipboard
Press knob to unhighlight selection
Move knob to new position in song
Paste the clipboard into the new position
Play and loop the results
Copying and Pasting Between Files
This video shows you how to copy and
paste notes into a new MIDI file:
Open an existing MIDI file
Click on knob to create a selection
Copy selection to clipboard
Create a new MIDI file
Paste the clipboard into the new file
Play and loop the new file
Removing Time
This video shows you how to use the
add/remove time function to remove time
between notes:
Record some notes
Position to end of time to remove
Press and hold knob to enter add/remove time mode
Turn knob counter-clockwise to remove time (bring notes closer together)
Press and hold knob again to exit add/remove time mode
Play the results
Channels
Express features 16 channels and 128 instruments. At
any point in time, one instrument is assigned to one channel.
You can change the assignment using the channel menu.
Default instrument assignments are stored in a profile in
flash memory. There are seven default profiles that you can modify,
or you can create virtually any number of new profiles.
This video shows the default channel instrument
assignments for the "Rock" profile.
