Tracks

Your Woovebox allows you to work with 16 tracks per song. A track can be thought of as a member of a band or orchestra. This "member" will be in charge of one of 16 instruments/synthesizers (for example a bass or synthesizer lead), or in charge of a sample kit (for example a drum kit, or a number of pre-defined vocal chant samples, etc.). With one exception, all tracks are monophonic (meaning they can only sound one note at a time) or paraphonic (meaning they can sound multiple notes at a time, starting at the same time).

The one exception is the chord ("Cd") track. It is the only track that is 4-voice polyphonic, allowing for complex chords. The 16 tracks of your Woovebox are helpfully labeled on the front of the device, to the left to each 1-16 key. Their fixed designations are;

1. "Cd" / "chord"; must be used for chord progressions, and is the only track that is 4-voice polyphonic
   
2. "bs" / "bass"; suggested use for basslines
3. "Ld" / "lead"; suggested use for lead melodies
4. "Ar" / "arpeggio"; suggested use for arpeggios
5. "Ki" / "kick"; suggested use for synthesized kickdrums
6. "Sn" / "snare"; suggested use for synthesized snares
7. "hh" / "hi-hat"; suggested use for synthesized hi-hats
8. "Pc" / "percussion"; suggested use for general percussion such as a crash cymbal or synthesized clap
9. "A1" / "all-purpose/auxiliary 1"; anything extra you might need in your song
10. "A2" / "all-purpose/auxiliary 2"; anything extra you might need in your song
11. "A3" / "all-purpose/auxiliary 3"; anything extra you might need in your song
12. "A4" / "all-purpose/auxiliary 4"; anything extra you might need in your song
13. "A5" / "all-purpose/auxiliary 5"; anything extra you might need in your song
14. "A6" / "all-purpose/auxiliary 6"; anything extra you might need in your song
15. "A7" / "all-purpose/auxiliary 7"; anything extra you might need in your song
16. "A8" / "all-purpose/auxiliary 8"; anything extra you might need in your song

With the exception of the Cd track, all tracks are interchangeable and their behavior or role in your song can be re-assigned. Or in other words, the designations for all tracks (except Cd) are merely "serving suggestions"; you do not have to put a hi-hat on the hh track if you don't want to, and you can reconfigure the track's behavior if needed. So, if you wish, you can put a bass or arpeggio on the hh track instead.

Selecting track 1 through 16 (Cd through A8) for editing, is done by holding down the value knob and performing a long press on the desired button corresponding to the track. Alternatively, for selecting track 1 through 13 (Cd through A5) a short press can be used as well (note that a short press on A6, A7, or A8 invokes the Sampler, Live Mode or Song Mode respectively, rather than switching to the A6/A7/A8 tracks, therefore A6/A7/A8 are only accessible via a long-press).

Tracks may be configured to play real-time synthesized sounds, play samples, modify incoming audio, modify the delay buffers, or may be silent altogether (for example when driving other external music gear through MIDI).

If you have prior experience with music gear such as trackers like M8, you may be interested in the multi-instrument mode for tracks. This way of working may be a bit closer to what you are used to on those devices.

Lastly, please note that DSP resource limitations may start to apply if A6, A7 and A8 have audio playing at the same time as Cd through A5.