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USERS MANUAL

AX-100

AX-100 SB

1. Edition
July 1998
Version 2.02

Summary of Contents for Axon Ax-100

Page 1: ...USERS MANUAL AX 100 AX 100 SB 1 Edition July 1998 Version 2 02...

Page 2: ...L 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 GUIT...

Page 3: ...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...

Page 4: ...7 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...

Page 5: ...REQ 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 LE...

Page 6: ...pendix 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 d...

Page 7: ...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 Inte...

Page 8: ...TER 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 contro...

Page 9: ...character to the right In UTILITY mode there are various special functions available output of sysex system exclusive data for archival purposes access to the pattern oriented drum sequencer built in...

Page 10: ...rt on your external instrument 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...

Page 11: ...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 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...

Page 13: ...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 inst...

Page 14: ...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...

Page 15: ...ton 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 gi...

Page 16: ...en 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 av...

Page 17: ...ters 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 n...

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 pu...

Page 19: ...ame 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 e...

Page 20: ...I 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...

Page 21: ...sing 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...

Page 22: ...evel 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...

Page 23: ...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 EF...

Page 24: ...t 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...

Page 25: ...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 int...

Page 26: ...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 wh...

Page 27: ...ty 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...

Page 28: ...utton 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 1...

Page 29: ...ng 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 advantageou...

Page 30: ...HORUS 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 si...

Page 31: ...ers 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 pi...

Page 32: ...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 SE...

Page 33: ...et 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 rig...

Page 34: ...bend 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 e...

Page 35: ...F 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...

Page 36: ...e 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 y...

Page 37: ...nel 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 pla...

Page 38: ...peggiator 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...

Page 39: ...s 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 effect...

Page 40: ...t 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...

Page 41: ...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...

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 Portame...

Page 43: ...ly 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 T...

Page 44: ...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...

Page 45: ...ntrol 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 firs...

Page 46: ...ea 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 o...

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 o...

Page 48: ...lete 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 Ch...

Page 49: ...nthesizer 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 setti...

Page 50: ...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 Gen...

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 t...

Page 52: ...osing 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...

Page 53: ...iation 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 d...

Page 54: ...he 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 decrea...

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...

Page 56: ...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...

Page 57: ...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...

Page 58: ...N 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...

Page 59: ...alf 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...

Page 60: ...ines 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...

Page 61: ...lue 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 Th...

Page 62: ...ues 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 Set...

Page 63: ...ease 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 eff...

Page 64: ...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 y...

Page 65: ...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...

Page 66: ...s 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...

Page 67: ...fferent 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 CHORUS...

Page 68: ...B 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...

Page 69: ...ARIATIONS 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 E...

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 Conventio...

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 PHASER...

Page 72: ...r 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...

Page 73: ...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 w...

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 Cut...

Page 75: ...itude 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...

Page 76: ...ONO 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 f...

Page 77: ...requencies 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...

Page 78: ...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...

Page 79: ...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 quant...

Page 80: ...ass 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...

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 synthesize...

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 1...

Page 83: ...he 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 arpeggi...

Page 84: ...e 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...

Page 85: ...set 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...

Page 86: ...t 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 soun...

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...

Page 88: ...ngs 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 PRESET MODE and then try adding...

Page 89: ...ts 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...

Page 90: ...ll 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...

Page 91: ...e 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...

Page 92: ...NCE PATTERN PRESET SEQUENCE TEMPO HOLDSEPARATE SEQUENCE TRACK SEQUENCE PATTERN VOLUME PRESET NAME HOLDMODE SELECT ZONE WHEEL FINGERPICK STRINGSPLIT FRETSPLIT PICKSPLIT 1 PICKSPLIT 2 HOLDCOMMON REVERBT...

Page 93: ...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 VARI...

Page 94: ...RM 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_S...

Page 95: ...e 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...

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