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25 note version:

Select the control as described in section 2.4.2.

Press the Advanced button.

Press the Chan. Assign key.

The LCD display will ﬂash the currently assigned MIDI channel.

Use the numeric data entry keys to enter the new MIDI channel in the range 00 to 19 (19 MIDI channels?? – we explain this below).

The Channel assignment of each control is saved if the group to which that control belongs is active when you store to any of the 20 memory
locations.

3.6.7.1 Tying Controls To Zones

If you assign a control to channel 17, 18, 19 or 20 the control is tied to the transmit channel of Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3 or Zone 4 respectively
(remember that the 49 and 61 note versions of the Axiom have four possible zones and the 25 note version has three). Therefore, as you
alter a zone’s channel, you are also altering the control’s channel at the same time.

Note

that although a control may be tied to a zone, if you want to save this assignment to any of the 20 memory locations, it is necessary

to ensure you select the group to which the control belongs. Group A does not cover this.

3.6.7.2 About Sys Ex Messages & Device ID

When transmitting Sys Ex messages, the individual control channel number does not deﬁne a transmit channel, but a device ID instead.
This is a difference that is indicated on the LCD display when it DOES NOT show a ‘c’ for channel.

Device ID values range from 00 – 127. In most cases, you should set the device ID to 127, which is a value that allows Sys Ex messages to
be received by all connected devices.

Please note that the device ID assigned to a controller cannot be changed using the Dev ID button. This button is used for setting the global
device ID of the Axiom.

For more information on Device ID’s and Sys Ex messages please see section 5.3.

3.6.7.3 The Global Channel

The Global Channel of the Axiom can be altered easily on the ﬂy and any control or zone that is assigned to channel 00 will transmit on
whatever channel the Global Channel is set to.

The Global Channel can be stored to any of the 20 memory locations, as long as Group A is selected.

3.7 ‘Group A’ Controls

Note

: For information on Group A memory recall, please review section 3.2.1.

The term ‘Group A controls’ refers to the pitch-bend wheel, modulation wheel, after-touch, sustain pedal and expression pedal. Each of these
controls differs from other controls on your Axiom because these can be programmed to be active or inactive in each zone independently.

This means for instance, that you can set the sustain pedal to work on Zone 1, but not Zone 2, or the pitch-bend wheel to affect Zone 3, but not
Zone 1.

In order for the Group A control to transmit on all zones, the channel assignment must be set to 0. If a Group A control is assigned to any channel
other than 0, it will behave in the same way as any other control on your Axiom.

If a Group A control is selected, when you press Ctrl Assign, the MIDI controller message you assign to the Group A control will apply to all the
zones that are active at that time. This means the MIDI controller you have assigned to the Group A control will be transmitted on all the channels
the selected zones were assigned to.

In order to prevent the Group A control transmitting on more than one active zone, you can simply assign the Group A control to the desired zone’s
channel. This will prevent the Group A control having an affect on any of the other zones, as long as they are not assigned to the same channel.

Alternatively, you can set the controller message to OFF if you do not want a Group A control to affect certain zones:

Select the Group A control.

The LED in the Zone/Group button lights to conﬁrm your move.

Select the zones that you do NOT want the Group A control to affect.

Use the Ctrl Assign button to set the value to ‘000’ as described in section 2.4.2.

Press the minus (–) button to set the control to OFF.

Note

: If a zone is not enabled, the Group A controller will NOT transmit the data that is assigned to that Zone.

Section 3: Advanced Features