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USERS MANUAL

AX-100

AX-100 SB

Version 1.0-9/97

Summary of Contents for AXION AX-100

Page 1: ...USERS MANUAL AX 100 AX 100 SB Version 1 0 9 97 ...

Page 2: ...AL MODE 17 PRESET MODE 17 UTILITY MODE 17 CHAIN MODE 17 GLOBAL MODE 18 Global Parameters 18 BASIC CHANNEL 18 HOLD CHANNEL 18 SEQ CHANNEL 19 PBEND RANGE 19 SND PBENDRG 19 LOCAL MODE 20 TUNE BASE 20 GUITAR NO 21 TYP 21 PICKUP 21 NOTE OFF LIM 22 TRIG LEVEL 22 SENSE 22 PAN ENABLE 23 REV ENABLE 23 CHOR ENABLE 23 VAR ENABLE 23 CC DEFAULTS 24 PRESET MODE 25 Preset Parameters 25 Recalling Presets 25 Guita...

Page 3: ...1 31 PICK VAL2 31 Diagram Velocity Mapping 32 Changing split common Parameters 33 Preset Name 33 STRING MODE 34 HOLDMD 34 COMMON 34 SEP 34 HOLD PRESET 35 VOLUME 35 SEQ PATTERN 35 SEQ TRACK 35 SEQ TEMPO 36 LAYER 36 LAYER PRESET 36 SEQ PATTERN 36 SEQ TRACK 36 SEQ TEMPO 37 ARPEG 37 ARPEG PRESET 37 TEMPO 37 LENGTH 38 SCAN 38 PATTERN 38 SYNC 40 OCTAVES 40 REPEATS 40 VELOCITY 41 SEQ PATTERN 41 SEQ TRACK...

Page 4: ...47 PROGRAM 47 STEP 48 Saving Chain Presets 48 UTILITY MODE 49 Utility Parameters 49 DISPLAY 49 PRESET NAMES 50 DCLIC RESPNS 50 XMIT SYSEX 51 RECEIVE SYSEX 52 EDIT SEQUENCE 52 TEMPO 52 VOLUME 52 REVERB SEND 53 CHORUS SEND 53 VARIAT SEND 53 MODE 53 PATTERN 53 TRACK 54 EDIT QS300 55 QS300 Voice 55 ELEMENT 56 VOICE LEVEL 56 EDIT ELMNT 56 WAVEFORM 56 ELEMENT LEV 56 VEL CURVE 56 PANORAMA 57 AMPLITUDE EG...

Page 5: ...FREQ 60 VEL FEG LEV 60 VEL FEG RATE 60 FILTER EG 61 ATTACK RATE 61 DECAY1 RATE 61 DECAY2 RATE 61 REL RATE 61 INIT LEVEL 61 ATTCK LEVEL 61 DEC1 LEVEL 61 DEC2 LEVEL 62 REL LEVEL 62 PTCH DPT 62 VEL PEG LEV 62 VEL PEG RATE 62 PITCH EG 62 ATTACK RATE 63 DECAY1 RATE 63 DECAY2 RATE 63 REL RATE 63 INIT LEVEL 63 ATTCK LEVEL 63 DEC1 LEVEL 63 DEC2 LEVEL 63 REL LEVEL 64 COPY ELEMENTS 64 EDIT REVERB 65 REVERB ...

Page 6: ...ppendix 79 Factory Presets 79 Problem Solving 87 External MIDI instrument doesn t play 87 String bending does not function properly 87 Sometimes wrong notes 87 Varying string volume levels 88 Dynamic difference between notes is too great 88 Wrong sounds 88 SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE IMPLEMENTATION 89 QS300 Wave List 91 Parameter Overview Global 92 Parameter Overview Global 93 Parameter Overview Chain 93 Par...

Page 7: ...tor cable AXK 100 length 7 m 23 foot AIX 101 Interface for any guitar with 6 steel strings AIX 102 Interface for Bass guitar with 4 steel strings Piezo Pickup Hex piezo pickup for acoustic guitars AIX 110 Interface board for piezo pickup AIX 210 Interface board for the Godin guitar Multiac AFS 100 Swell pedal for control function of the AX 100 filter volume panorama etc AFT 100 Footswitch with clo...

Page 8: ...PTER AC output 12V 1 5 A Footswitch CHAIN Footswitch HOLD From Interface AIX 101 102 AIX110 to AXON 13 pin input via 13 conductor cable MIDI IN for sound card SB 676 or MIDI Dump Exp Pedal EXP 1 control pedal for volume filter etc Output stereo mono AX 100 SB to mixer amplifier Only AX 100 SB version Exp Pedal EXP 2 control pedal for volume filter etc MIDI RECORDING MIXER FO O TS W IT CH Mono inpu...

Page 9: ... sysex system exclusive data for archival purposes access to the pattern oriented drum sequencer built in to the AXON AX 100 SB synthesizer with 32 user programmable sounds 2 oscillators with over 200 waveforms envelope generation LFO s Filters etc flexible effect editor for all available effects including reverb delay modulation equalization etc In the Text Editor using the UTILITY button a z rem...

Page 10: ...ment EXP1 EXP2 jacks for foot swell pedals You can connect to separate swell pedals to these jacks to control any MIDI controller you choose Especially valuable when assigned to modulation and filter effects Because your AXON supports the NRPN RPN controllers you can assign controllers 6 and 38 to these pedals and have access to a wide variety of usable functions that are not presently available i...

Page 11: ...o separate groups and then assign two separate sounds to those string groups Or you can make use of a Fretsplit to divide the fingerboard of your guitar into two totally distinct play areas assigning separate sounds or characteristics to each area Using Picksplit you can divide the area of your guitar where you pick the strings into three separate ranges allowing you to assign various sounds and s...

Page 12: ... your AXON You can do that later in the pages of this manual Now it s time to dabble a little Basic Settings Before you start it s important to tell the AXON a few things about the instrument you ll be playing The more exact you are about these basic settings the more exact yourAXON s neural net will be able to interpret your playing style and adjust to how you play The default parameters are so t...

Page 13: ...o get to SND PBENDRG If your MIDI instrument supports setting separate pitchbend parameters for each sound preset set this value to ON Value buttons If in doubt read the user s manual of your MIDI instrument If you are using the internal sound card of theAXONAX 100 SB set this value to OFF 7 Press the Parameter button repeatedly until you see GUITAR NO in the display Now press the ENTER button to ...

Page 14: ...S the present preset contains a split in this case a String split Other split abbreviations are FS Fret split PS Pick split MS Multi split HL Hold mode layer activated using the hold pedal HS Hold Mode Stack simultaneously without Hold pedal HA Hold mode arpeggio activated using the hold pedal HC Hold mode control activated using the hold pedal PC Pick control control using your pick position WH W...

Page 15: ...tton again and set it s value using the Value buttons 12 or 12 for up an octave or down and octave respectively 5 Press the EXIT button twice to get back to the top of the Preset area We now want to give our new changed preset a new name Press the ENTER button The editor cursor is now over the E of the old name EPno2 HdPad With the Value buttons you can change the letter where the cursor is Think ...

Page 16: ...hen be changed by using the Value buttons The Value button increases the value to the next highest and the Value button to the next lowest By holding the value buttons down you can cycle through the available values step by step And so that you don t fall asleep waiting for the appropriate value in a long list you can after pressing the desired Value buttons and are holding it down also pressing t...

Page 17: ...eters that relate to the administration of individual presets The Preset mode along with the Utility mode is most sophisticated of the modes and contains numerous split and effect settings If you are not in any of the other modes Preset mode is always active UTILITY MODE Owners of the AXON AX 100 SB will find here numerous settings for drum sequences programmable digital effects and the QS300 syth...

Page 18: ... The advantage is that controller information that is generated parallel to pitch information only effects the sound generated by that particular string For example pitchbend information generatedby pulling a string should only affect that one string and not all the others that are presently sounding and not being pulled With the parameter BASIC CHANNEL you need only set the FIRST of the six chann...

Page 19: ...same way that a keyboard player hits a key and then uses his pitchwheel to modify the pitch your AXON can generate pitchbend information for picked notes In order for the built in sound module or the external MIDI instrument to correctly play this pitchbend information the limit values for pitchbending need to be set The value you choose relates to the number of halfsteps that the pitch will be al...

Page 20: ...DI OUT port of the AXON and that the MIDI OUT port on the sequencer is connected to MIDI IN on your AXON Switch the echo function in your sequencer on so that the incoming signal from your AXON will be echoed to the OUT port and back to theAXON and to it s internal sound module After turning off your AXON the LOCAL MODE parameter is automatically reset to ON If you set this parameter to OFF it wil...

Page 21: ...using the Value buttons Within these basic settings the first line in your display shows a VU meter The position of the small dashes correspond to the strings of your guitar When you play a string you will see that the associated dash fills in more and more until playing loudly fills out the entire character space TYP Type of instrument GUITAR BASS VIO LINE CELLO You decide here what type of instr...

Page 22: ...level at which your AXON reacts to a signal from your instrument at which volume level a MIDI NOTE ON event is sent The smaller the value the more sensitively yourAXON reacts even to very softly played notes Higher values mean that you have to play loudly in order for the AXON to send a NOTE ON event You should experiment with this parameter in order to find a setting that feels good to you and yo...

Page 23: ...u may not want MIDI Controller 91 information Reverb for a preset split sent to your MIDI instruments Set this value to OFF If your AXON is equipped with the internal soundboard a third parameter NO EFFECT is also listed as a choice If this is selected the programmed reverb function of the preset will be ignored by the soundboard CHOR ENABLE Chorus Controller ON OFF Here you determine whether MIDI...

Page 24: ...nt to work with The Parameter button moves the cursor to the second line and then the default value can be changed using the Value buttons The value you enter here will be saved in a battery backed up memory area of your AXON The table contains the factory default values All standardized MIDI controllers have a default value of zero Refer to the user manual of MIDI instrument or module you are usi...

Page 25: ...s selected from a copious list as well as its own set of playing parameters Recalling Presets Use the Value buttons to cycle through your presets You can also use the UP DOWN buttons on your guitar interface Guitar Tuner In the default setting see UTILITY MODE DISPLAY the bottom half of the display shows a tuner that monitors your instrument as you play to insure correct tuning It is important tha...

Page 26: ...o zones divided by a particular fret so that regardless of which string you play in one zone above or below the given fret one synth sound will be heard and in the other zone another one The fret at which the split occurs is determined by your own preference Pick Split The area of your guitar between the bridge and the highest fret is the area where you normally pick or strum your guitar This area...

Page 27: ...ity of the preset you can half up to twelve different split zones Now try to determine by looking at the graphic what split types are combined in the presently selected preset With very little practice you will soon understand and be able to immediately decipher the help graphic Press the EXIT button once to return to normal play mode Changing the Split Parameters Select a split zone as described ...

Page 28: ...button to select the Bass of your choice from the group BANK MSB BANK LSB Bank Select 0 127 You can select banks with this function if there is no sound board build in the AX100 VOLUME Volume level 0 127 Every split allows for an independent volume level that you set here Using the Value buttons set the level for your Bass sound to a value of your choosing TRANSPOSE Transposition 36 36 You can set...

Page 29: ...ing new note information Hammer ons pull offs slides etc will not be carried out as they are intended The pitches you play are then locked quantized to the nearest half step This setting is advantageous for playing chords TRIGGER This setting turns pitchbend off altogether affecting simple chromatic half steps when playing bends or slides It is the same as setting the global setting PBEND RANGE to...

Page 30: ...CHORUS Chorus Effect 0 127 If your MIDI instrument is equipped with built in Chorus you can control it with this parameter The higher the value the more chorus will be added to the mix in the output signal of your MIDI instrument The optional sound board has this feature built in VARIATION Variation Effect 0 127 If your MIDI instrument is equipped with built in variation effects such as Auto wah y...

Page 31: ...lers This controller only affects one pick split zone Your AXON can have up to 3 pick zones to which you can theoretically apply 3 different pick controllers As a rule you will not use more than one pick split for a pick control effect Set both parameters PICKSPLIT1 and PICKSPLIT2 to 0 If you don t do this the controller will only affect one pick split and not the entire pick area between bridge a...

Page 32: ...X 100 SB pp p mf f ff S 127 O 32 127 0 127 0 S 127 O 32 S 0 O 0 S 127 O 0 S 64 O 32 S 64 O 0 127 127 127 127 0 0 0 0 Pick Loudness EXAMPLE INPUT OF VELOCITY MAPPING MIDI VELOCITY VALUES BY DIFFERENT SETTINGS OF VELOCITY SENSITIVITY AND VELOCITY OFFSET Diagram Velocity Mapping ...

Page 33: ...set name The cursor jumps to the first letter which can now be changed using the Value buttons You can use both small case or capital letters as well as special characters To move the cursor to the right or back to the left by one character use the Parameter buttons While in this edit mode some of the buttons on the front panel have special functions The GLOBAL button changes to capital letters ju...

Page 34: ...hbend information such as string bending hammer ons pull offs slides etc only effect the string on which they are actually played All this information is string specific and will maintain the desired effect Most modern MIDI instruments are equipped multi mode allowing reception of MIDI information on more than one channel You should use the SEP setting whenever it s at all possible HOLDMD Hold Mod...

Page 35: ...FF 1 32 If you own the AXON AX 100SB you have the option alongside the normal Hold Preset to set a drum pattern sequence see UTILITY MODE EDIT SEQUENCE As soon as you press the hold pedal the selected drum pattern will play on a separate MIDI channel The pattern will be repeated until you press the hold pedal two times quickly Choose one drum pattern of 1 32 that you want to play when you press th...

Page 36: ...he hold pedal depressed SEQ PATTERN OFF 1 32 If you own the AXON AX 100SB you have the option alongside the normal Hold Preset to set a drum pattern sequence see UTILITY MODE EDIT SEQUENCE As soon as you press the hold pedal the selected drum pattern will play on a separate MIDI channel The pattern will be repeated until you press the hold pedal two times quickly Choose one drum pattern of 1 32 th...

Page 37: ...nnel allowing you to play your solo or other part above them By pressing the hold pedal again the arpeggio is stopped but simultaneously able to record a new sequence of notes making it possible to play and change your accompaniment sequence without stopping To stop the arpeggio simply press the hold pedal once and release without playing any notes The parameter settings for the arpeggiator determ...

Page 38: ...rpeggiator plays the notes in reverse order than they were entered RECYCLE plays the arpeggiator sequence in normal order as with ASSIGN but when the end of the sequence is reached it is played back in reverse order as with REVERS until the first note in the sequence is reached at which point the process begins from the beginning again In UP mode the notes will be sorted from lowest to highest in ...

Page 39: ...ts 1 8Trpl Plays back the arpeggiator sequence in 8th note triplets The following patterns represent rhythmical styles grooves and have been preprogrammed for you BLUES 1 Blues rhythm Especially effective for Bass guitar riffs BLUES 2 A variation on BLUES 1 BOOGI 1 Boogie rhythm Especially effective for Bass guitar riffs BOOGI 2 A variation of BOOGI 1 DISCO 1 Disco groove Especially effective for ...

Page 40: ...at position 12 will be overwritten The EDIT button provides a delete function deleting the character at the cursor and moving all characters to its right one position to the left A LOOP symbol is then inserted at the end of the string The EXIT button allows you to leave the Text Editor SYNC ON OFF If you enter fewer notes than the value set in LENGTH the quantize pattern is continued with the next...

Page 41: ...e hold pedal two times quickly Choose one drum pattern of 1 32 that you want to play when you press the hold pedal or set this parameter to OFF SEQ TRACK OFF 1 8 If you own the internal sound board you can set a complex track sequence to play instead of a pattern see UTILITY MODE EDIT SEQUENCE parallel to the hold preset As soon as you press the hold pedal the selected track pattern will play on a...

Page 42: ... hold pedal the controller value is set to its maximum value 127 7Fh As soon as you release the pedal the controller value 0 is sent Controllers that work well with this function are Sustain 64 Portamento 65 To get to the sub menu press the ENTER button to set the following parameters HOLD CONTROLLER CNTRL 0 119 Choose the appropriate MIDI controller that will be set to its maximum value 127 when ...

Page 43: ...nly start when the start command is received from the MIDI IN port STACK The effect is the same as in Hold Mode LAYER The difference is that in this mode the Hold pedal must not be explicitly pressed The Layer effect is always available Otherwise all parameters of LAYER mode are available see LAYER WHEELCNTL WHEEL CONTROLLER AIX EXP1 EXP2 YourAXON offers you the option of using up to three differe...

Page 44: ...B to access them Here is how you access these settings in your AXON You have extracted from the user s manual of your synth sound module that the manufacturer uses NRPN MSB 01h and LSB 21h for a filter function for example Use the Value buttons to select the setting NRPN RPN NRPN and press the ENTER button The first line of your display shows you whether you are editing NRPN s or RPN s The second ...

Page 45: ...ontrol functions Make sure that the selected preset does not use Pick split and that the Pick controller is set to NO CONTROLLER STRING SPLIT String Split 1 5 To implement a string split enter the first string of the bottom split The values are assigned to the strings 1 being the high E string The value of 4 here means that the two Bass strings 5 6 are set for the upper split and the 4 high string...

Page 46: ...rea of your guitar into 3 equal sized segments set the value for PICK SPLIT 1 to 33 and the value for PICK SPLIT 2 for 66 REV Reverb Program NO EFFECT HALL1 BASEMENT If your AXON is equipped with the optional sound module you can use this parameter to choose one of several reverb options The pro gram name then appears in your display If you don t want to use reverb set this parameter to NO EFFECT ...

Page 47: ... control of all your chains and the individual steps in them directly from your guitar without having to access the front panel of your AXON Creating Chain Presets Press the CHAIN button on the front of your AXON and select the desired chain preset using the Value buttons Press the EDITbutton and you are now ready to begin programming your chain The following parameters can be accessed by pressing...

Page 48: ...elete a step in the chain by selecting the one you want to delete and pressing the EDIT button The step is deleted and the following steps are moved one up in the chain to fill the empty spot Saving Chain Presets Press the EXIT button to leave CHAIN MODE If you have made changes the display will flash to remind you that you have not yet saved the changes Press the STORE button and your AXON asks y...

Page 49: ...ynthesizer section DISPLAY Control instrument and the LCD display TUNING LEVEL Here you decide which instrument in PRESET MODE you want be shown in the bottom half of the display TUNING With this setting selected the bottom half of your AXON s LCD display shows a guitar tuner that can be used during play to check and correct the tuning of your input instrument Tune each string so that the arrow po...

Page 50: ...s Your AXON divides it s MIDI bank into an MSB most significant byte and an LSB least significant byte data group which allows 128 x 128 GM kits Use this option if your sound module synth is not GM General MIDI capable XG The sound presets or patches follow the XG Extended General MIDI standard The names of patches appear in text form in the display Information about MIDI bank numbers is not inclu...

Page 51: ... The transfer begins when you press the ENTER button again When you see READY in the display you know the transmission has been completed TOTAL DUMP This allows you to transmit the entire contents of the AXON with all its present parameters and settings in one large file PRESET ALL 1 128 You can choose to send all 128 USER presets or individual ones CHAIN ALL 1 32 Sends all or individual Chain pre...

Page 52: ...oosing up to 4 drum sounds from any drum kit to be played within each step This can be given 3 different dynamic levels Up to 32 patterns can be created in the Pattern Editor These patterns can then be integrated into a track sequence that controls the playing of the pattern according to your wish 32 program steps are possible that can be combined in any order or repetition Press the ENTER button ...

Page 53: ...riation effect for drums here If you don t want any chorus effect on the drums set this value to 0 zero MODE Mode PATTERN TRACK As we have already discussed yourAXON allows two different ways to play drum sequences You can play either individual patterns or entire tracks made up of several patterns Here is where you decide whether you want simple patterns or entire tracks to be played when you pre...

Page 54: ...the Parameter buttons Use the Value buttons to then add an accent at the proper step position You will see a small vertical bar at that position Press the Value buttons repeatedly to increase or decrease the strength of the accent visible in the display as a thicker or thinner bar You can make the accent so weak that it disappears altogether When you are finished press the EXIT button You can of c...

Page 55: ... AXON is equipped with its own synthesizer whose sounds can be used like normal presets in your AXON Instrument group QS300 There are 32 freely programmable voices which have been preprogrammed by the manufacturer You can edit them or create new ones at will If you would like to keep the factory sounds you can save them to a computer hard drive or floppy disk via sysex and the appropriate software...

Page 56: ...e element for most of your voices VOICE LEVEL Voice Volume Level 0 127 Set the volume level of the selected QS300 voice EDIT ELMNT Element Editing 1 2 Choose the element you want to edit and press the ENTER button to begin WAVEFORM 0 204 Select the waveform to assign to the selected element The appendix of this manual contains a complete list of the basic waveforms ELEMENT LEV 0 127 Set the volume...

Page 57: ...f the amplitude envelope parameters ATTACK RATE 0 63 The attack rate determines how much time is allowed from the beginning of a played note until its volume level reaches the maximum DECAY1 RATE 0 63 This is the time it takes for the volume level to reach the value in DEC1 LEVEL DECAY2 RATE 0 63 This is the time it takes for the volume level to reach the value in DEC2 LEVEL RELEASE RATE 0 63 This...

Page 58: ...ON resets the LFO at the beginning of every played note so that each note will have identical modulation OFF allows the LFO to modulate freely in an asynchronous manner LFO SPEED 0 63 Set the speed at which the LFO modulates Higher values cause the LFO to modulate faster LFO DELAY 0 127 This is the delay time after a MIDI Note On event before the LFO is activated This applies only to pitch modulat...

Page 59: ...half steps can be set using DETUNE DETUNE 50 50 These values represent Cents 1 Cent 1 100 of a half step PITCH SCALE 0 5 10 20 50 100 This parameter allows you full control of the tonal environment in which you want to work Under normal western musical circumstances each fret on your guitar raises the pitch of the string by one half step Some eastern and middle eastern cultures however use tonal s...

Page 60: ...mines the frequency at which the filter no longer allows sound Lower values produce warmer duller sounds higher values produce brighter crisper sounds VEL FEG LEV 7 7 Setting this parameter determines the velocity sensitivity level how much influence touch sensitivity the various dynamic levels of your playing has on the filter envelope With a value of 0 zero velocity has no effect on the filter e...

Page 61: ...alue determines how long after a string is played on your guitar the filter is totally open DECAY1 RATE 0 63 This is the time it takes for the level to reach the value in DEC1 LEVEL DECAY2 RATE 0 63 This is the time it takes for the level to reach the value in DEC2 LEVEL REL RATE Release Rate 0 63 This is the time after a MIDI Note Off event is received before the filter level falls all the way to...

Page 62: ...lues have increasing effect on the pitch envelope s effect according to your play velocity Negative values cause more pitch envelope s effect the softer smaller velocities you play VEL PEG RATE 7 7 Setting this parameter determines how the speed of the pitch envelope is affected by the various dynamic levels velocities you play Posi tive values change the pitch envelope faster the louder harder yo...

Page 63: ...lease Rate 0 63 This is the time after a MIDI Note Off event is received before the pitch envelope level effect all the way to zero INIT LEVEL 64 64 Set the beginning pitch for the pitch envelope s effect at the beginning of the note ATTCK LEVEL 64 64 Set the maximum pitch envelope effect to be reached after the attack time is reached DEC1 LEVEL 0 127 Here you set the first decay effect level whic...

Page 64: ...n copy all of the parameters of one element of your voice to the other and thereby save you a lot of duplicate programming You can then modify individual parameters in one element or the other to fit your needs Select the element that you want to receive the parameters from the other one and press the ENTER button In order to then use both elements simultaneously in your voice you need to set the ...

Page 65: ...g REVERB TYPES NO EFFECT Turns the reverb off HALL1 Simulates the reverb found in a concert hall HALL2 A variation of HALL1 ROOM1 Simulates the reverb found in a normal room ROOM2 A variation of ROOM1 ROOM3 A variation of ROOM1 STAGE1 For use with a solo instrument s reverb program STAGE2 A variation of STAGE1 PLATE Simulates the reverb effect generated by metal plate reverb units found in recordi...

Page 66: ...ss Filtercutoff Dry wet 1 127 Amount of effect RevDelay 0 1ms 99 3ms Amount of reverb delay Density 0 3 Reverb Intensity Er rev Bal 1 127 Balance Fdbck Level 63 63 Level of Feedback PROGRAMS WHITE ROOM TUNNEL BASEMENT RevTime 0 3s 30 0s Reverb length Diffusion 0 10 Diffusion of Reverb Reflections PreDelay 0 1ms 99 3ms Delay before Reverb HPF Cut 20Hz 8 0kHz High Pass Filtercutoff LPF Cut 1 0kHz 20...

Page 67: ...ifferent parameters available for customizing CHORUS TYPES NO EFFECT Turns Chorus off CHORUS1 Conventional chorus effect for a full sound CHORUS2 Variation of CHORUS1 Effect CHORUS3 Variation of CHORUS1 Effect CHORUS4 Variation of CHORUS1 Effect with Stereo Input CELESTE1 LFO modulated in 3 Phases CELESTE2 Variation of CELESTE1 Effect CELESTE3 Variation of CELESTE1 Effect CELESTE4 LFO modulated in...

Page 68: ...dB 12dB EQ level for lower frequencies EQ Hi 500Hz 16 0kHz Equalization for high Freq EQ HiGain 12dB 12dB EQ level for high er frequencies Dry wet 1 127 Amount of effect Input MONO STEREO Input signal MONO or STEREO PROGRAMS FLANGER1 2 3 LFO Freq 0 00Hz 39 70Hz Frequency of the Low Freq Osc LFO Depth 0 127 Modulation depth Fdbck Level 63 63 Feedback level Delay Offs 0 0 50 0 Delay offset for Modul...

Page 69: ...VARIATIONS EFFECT TYPES NO EFFECT Turns variation effects off HALL1 Simulates reverb in a concert hall HALL2 Variation of HALL1 Effect ROOM1 Simulates reverb in a normal room ROOM2 Variation of ROOM1 Effect ROOM3 Variation of ROOM1 Effect STAGE1 For use with a solo instruments reverb program STAGE2 Variation of STAGE1 Effect PLATE Simulates the metal plate reverb system found in recording studios ...

Page 70: ... popular by Phil Collins REV GATE Reverse Gated Reverb Effekt KARAOKE 1 A Karaoke typical reverb effect KARAOKE 2 Variation of KARAOKE 1 Effect KARAOKE 3 Variation of KARAOKE 1 Effect CHORUS1 Conventional chorus effect for a full sound CHORUS2 Variation of CHORUS1 Effect CHORUS3 Variation of CHORUS1 Effect CHORUS4 Variation of CHORUS1 Effect with Stereo Input CELESTE1 LFO with 3 Phase Modulation C...

Page 71: ... Effect ROTARY Simulation of a Leslie cabinet TREMOLO Effect based on amplitude variation AUTO PAN Effect based on panorama variation PHASER1 Effect based on phase shifting PHASER2 Variatiion of PHASER1 Effect with Stereo Input DISTORTION Distortion simulator OVERDRIVE Simulation of overdriving a tube guitar amplifier GUITARAMP Simulation a tube guitar amplifier 3BANDEQU A MONO Equalizer with cont...

Page 72: ...er Fdb Dly 0 1ms 715 0ms Feedback Delay Fdbck Level 63 63 Feedback level Cch Level 0 127 Center level High Damp 1 10 Highs roll off Dry wet 1 127 Amount of effect signal EQ Low 50Hz 2 0kHz Equalization for low freq EQ LowGain 12dB 12dB EQ Level for low freq EQ Hi 500Hz 16 0kHz Equalization for high Freq EQ HiGain 12dB 12dB EQ Level for high frequencies PROGRAM DELAY L R Lch Dly 0 1ms 715 0ms Delay...

Page 73: ...y 0 1ms 355 0ms Crossdelay Left Right R L Dly 0 1ms 355 0ms Crossdelay Right Left Fdbck Level 63 63 Feedback level Inp Select L R L R Input selection for L R or both High Damp 1 10 Highs roll off Dry wet 1 127 Amount of effect signal EQ Low 50Hz 2 0kHz Equalization for low Freq EQ LowGain 12dB 12dB EQ Level for low frequencies EQ Hi 500Hz 16 0kHz Equalization for high Freq EQ HiGain 12dB 12dB EQ l...

Page 74: ... High Damp 1 10 Highs roll off PROGRAMS KARAOKE1 2 3 DlyTime 0 1ms 200 0ms Delay Time Fdbck Level 63 63 Feedback level HPF Cut 20Hz 8 0kHz Low frequency Cutoff LPF Cut 1 0kHz 20 0kHz High frequency Cutoff Dry wet 1 127 Amount of effect signal PROGRAMS CHORUS1 FLANGER3 see Chorus Parameter PROGRAM SYMPHONIC LFO Freq 0 00Hz 39 70Hz Frequency of the Low Frequency Oscillators LFO Depth 0 127 Modulatio...

Page 75: ...litude modulation PM Depth 0 127 Depth of pitch modulation EQ Low 50Hz 2 0kHz Equalization for low Freq EQ LowGain 12dB 12dB EQ Level for low frequencies EQ Hi 500Hz 16 0kHz Equalization for high Freq EQ HiGain 12dB 12dB EQ level for high frequencies LFO Phase 180 180 LFO Phase difference Input MONO STEREO Input MONO or STEREO PROGRAM AUTOPAN LFO Freq 0 00Hz 39 70Hz Frequenz of the Low Frequency O...

Page 76: ...MONO STEREO Mono or Stereo LFO Phase 180 180 LFO Phase control PROGRAMS DISTORTION OVERDRIVE Drive 0 127 Amount of overdrive EQ Low 50Hz 2 0kHz Equalization for low Freq EQ LowGain 12dB 12dB EQ level for low Frequencies LPF Cut 1 0kHz 20 0kHz Cutoff of upper frequencies Output Level 0 127 Output level EQ Mid 500Hz 10 0kHz Equalization for midrange Freq EQ Mid Gain 12dB 12dB EQ Level for midrange f...

Page 77: ...frequencies EQ Hi 500Hz 16 0kHz Equalization for high Freq EQ HiGain 12dB 12dB EQ level for high frequencies PROGRAM AUTOWAH LFO Freq 0 00Hz 39 70Hz Frequency of the Low Frequency Oscillator LFO Depth 0 127 Modulation depth Cutoff Offs 0 127 Cutoff Frequency Offset Resonance 10 120 Resonance EQ Low 50Hz 2 0kHz Equalization for low Freq EQ LowGain 12dB 12dB EQ Level for low frequencies EQ Hi 500Hz ...

Page 78: ...o only one MIDI channel you can set this value to the channel of your choice You must however also have set VarConnect see above to INS ADC MONITOR This option allows you a small window into the actual ANALOG DIGITALCONVERTER of yourAXON When you press the ENTER button you can see the actual digital HEX data that have been converted by your AXON from the analog string information sent from your gu...

Page 79: ...s sent You can use a hold pedal to play a pad sound in the background 130 EPno2 HdPad Simple preset with no split function Uses an electric piano sound Pitchbend has been turned on but with pitch quantize That meants that for notes played and bent or slid on your guitar that bend the pitch more than one half step the pitch jumps in half step increments You can use a hold pedal to play a pad sound ...

Page 80: ...bass guitar sound Note Transpose has been set to 12 so that the bass guitar sound played on your guitar will be in the correct octave You can use a hold pedal to play a pad sound in the background 138 Strg1 HdPad Simple preset with no split function Uses a basic string sound You can use a hold pedal to play a pad sound in the background 139 Trmp1 HdPad Simple preset with no split function Uses a b...

Page 81: ... guitar 150 PC Synth Pan Preset with Pick Control Uses a synthesizer sound The panorama placement is controlled by where you pick your guitar 151 PC Bass Filt Preset with Pick Control Uses a synthesizer bass sound A filter is controlled by where you pick your guitar 152 WH Organ Mod Preset with Wheel control Basically the same as PC Organ Mod the difference being that now the intensity of the modu...

Page 82: ... piano sound will have Preset 9 Bass2 HdPad added to it when the hold pedal is pressed The bass sound is assigned a separate MIDI channel When the pedal is released only the piano sound will be heard 157 HL Sax Bass Preset with layer function Similar to HL Pian Bass Two presets layered one on top of the other The saxophone sound will have Preset 9 Bass2 HdPad added to it when the hold pedal is pre...

Page 83: ...the above preset The main sound is a distorted guitar sound the arpeggiator is assigned Preset 8 Bass1 HdPad The arpeggiator generates a sim ple driving bass groove 162 HA HouseStuf Preset with arpeggiator The main sound is a synth sound the arpeggiaor is assigned Preset 5 Orgn1 HdPad This example demonstrates once again the use of rhythmic arpeggios Interesting results can be obtained by entering...

Page 84: ...he hold pedal 168 SS Bass Slap Preset with string split The bottom four strings are assigned to a fretless bass sound the upper two a slap bass soud Both are transposed down one octave 169 SS Drum Bass Preset with string split The bottom two strings are assigned to a drum kit the upper four to a bass sound 170 SS Sitr Flut Preset with string split The bottom two strings are assigned to a sitar the...

Page 85: ...eset with 1 pick split 2 different guitar sounds that can be switched between depending on your pick position The split point is approximately in the middle of the pick area 181 PS GuitVar Preset with 2 pick splits 3 different guitar sounds that can be switched between depending on your pick position The split points are divided approximately in thirds of the pick area 182 MS Strg Fret Preset with...

Page 86: ...lt is 12 different play zones This example is not very practical but is here to show the flexibility of the AXON Remember that you you can use multi splits like this one not only to access various sounds but more practically to access various characteristics such as TRANSPOSE QUANTIZE VOLUME REVERB PICK CONTROL thereby maintaining the same sound for all split zones ...

Page 87: ... properly Description When I play a string I hear the right note but hammer ons pull offs slides and string bending do not function like I expect Possible problem The Pitchbend settings on yourAXON do not match the settings in your MIDI instrument or Pitch Quantize is turned on Solution Make sure that the pitchbend range settings in your MIDI instrument correspond to the same settings in your AXON...

Page 88: ...ings in your AXON should correspond to the sound in your MIDI instrument that you are using Try reducing the value in the touch sensitivity parameter of the preset split PRESETMODE and then try adding some value to the Velocity Offset parameter Wrong sounds Description The sounds that appear in the AXON s display do not correspond with the sounds I hear from my MIDI instrument Possible problem You...

Page 89: ...its dl Data n low 7 bits cc Checksum F7H End of exclusive SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE IMPLEMENTATION The following dumps are presently supported Total dump Presetdump All 1 128 Chaindump All 1 32 Patterndump for Arpeggiator All 1 16 Total Effectdump Rev setup all revs chor setup all chors var setup all vars Reverbdump Rev setup all reverb programs Chorusdump Chor setup all chorus programs Variationdump Var s...

Page 90: ...all reverb effects 00 00 06 166h Dump all chorus effects 00 00 07 896h Dump all variation effects 00 00 08 1B80h Dump all QS300 voices 00 00 09 A08h Dump all sequence tracks pattern 00 00 0A 600h Dump all sequence pattern 00 00 0B 400h Dump all sequence tracks Single Preset 00 01 n 00h 7Fh 170h Dump preset 1 128 00 02 n 00h 1Fh 58h Dump chain preset 1 32 00 03 n 00h 0Fh 20h Dump arpeggio pattern 1...

Page 91: ...re 4 8 97 Pc Snare 5 9 98 Pc Snare 6 10 99 Pc SnareBrush 11 100 Pc Tom 1 12 101 Pc Tom 2 13 102 Pc Tom 3 14 103 Pc Tom 4 15 104 Pc Tom 5 16 105 Pc Tom 6 17 106 Pc Kick 1 18 107 Pc Kick 2 19 108 Pc Kick 3 20 109 Pc Kick 4 21 110 Pc GranCassa 22 111 Pc Stick 23 112 Pc Cymbal 1 24 113 Pc Cymbal 2 25 114 Pc Cymbal 3 26 115 Pc Cymbal 4 27 116 Pc LoopCymbal 29 117 Pc Agogo 32 118 Pc Castanet 33 119 Pc W...

Page 92: ...ENCE PATTERN PRESET SEQUENCE TEMPO HOLDSEPARATE SEQUENCE TRACK SEQUENCE PATTERN VOLUME PRESET NAME HOLDMODE SELECT ZONE WHEEL FINGERPICK STRINGSPLIT FRETSPLIT PICKSPLIT 1 PICKSPLIT 2 HOLDCOMMON REVERBTYP CHORUSTYP VARIATIONTYP 11 42 11 PROGRAM BANK_MSB BANK_LSB VOLUME TRANSPOSE QUANTIZE PANPOS PANSPREAD REVERB CHORUS VARIATION VELSENS VELOFFS PICKCNTRL STRINGMODE SEQUENCE TEMPO PRESET NRPN RPN AIX...

Page 93: ...ODE TUNEBASE GUITAR_NR SEQUENCE_CH GUITAR_TYPE GUITAR_PICKUP GUITAR_SENSE_E6 GUITAR_SENSE_A5 GUITAR_SENSE_D4 GUITAR_SENSE_G3 GUITAR_SENSE_B2 GUITAR_SENSE_E1 NOTE OFF LIMIT TRIGGER LEVEL PANORAMA ENABLE REVERB ENABLE CHORUS ENABLE VARIATION ENABLE CC DEFAULTS BANK SELECT MSB DEFAULT 00h CHAIN_PRESET CHAIN_NAME CHAIN_PROG CHAIN_STEP CHAIN_STEP CHAIN_PROG Parameter Overview Global Parameter Overview ...

Page 94: ...TRM NR1 INSTRM NR2 INSTRM NR3 INSTRM NR4 PATTERN EDITOR TEMPO VOLUME REVERB SEND PLAYMODE PATTERN CHORUS SEND TRACK VARIATION SEND WAVE ELEMENT_LEVEL VELO_CURVE PANORAMA AEG LFO TUNING RESONANCE VELO_SENSE CUTOFF_FREQ VEL_FEG_LEVEL VEL_FEG_RATE FEG PITCH_DEPTH VELO_PEG_LEV VELO_PEG_RATE PEG WAVE INIT SPEED DELAY FADETIME PMD CMD AMD NOTE SHIFT DETUNE PITCH SCALE PITCH CENTER ATTACK RATE DECAY 1 RA...

Page 95: ...te Off 09n v 1 12708n v 10 X 1X 1 AfterTouch Key sChannels XX X 1X 1 PitchBend O X 1 ControlChange 012 119 OOO O 1O 1X 1 Bank Select MSBBank Select LSB ProgramChange True 0 127 0 127 1 SystemExclusive O O 1 SystemCommon X X 1 SystemReal Time ClockCommands OO O 1O 1 AuxMessages X X 1 Midi Implementation Chart Model AX100 SB Date 16 07 97 Version 1 0 Notes 1 extended MIDI implementation for AX100 SB...

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