Utility Mode
Utility mode can be activated by pressing the UTILITY button on the front panel of your AXON. The state is
ngs for the display of your AXON can be
for loading and storing settings via MIDI
(SysEx), letting you manage and save the parameter settings of your AXON on your computer. These func-
tions are more convenient in the Editor, however. The Editor does not have a special Utility page, as the func-
tions either do not exist in the Editor, are located on the Global page or fill their own page.
signalled by a lit LED next to the UTILITY button. A number of setti
configured using the Utility parameters. It also contains the functions
Display
Utility for display (TUNING, LEVEL)
You can decide w ich utility is to continuously appear on the bottom half
of the display:
r on the bottom half of the display with a VU (LEVEL) meter.
of the played strings.
Sound names
h
Tuning:
If you set the display parameter to this value, your AXON will show a guitar tuner on the lower half of
the display that you can use to monitor the correct tuning of your instrument while playing. Tune each string
until the line is located over the arrow in the middle of the scale. If the Tune Base parameter is set to 0, the
middle arrow corresponds to a tuning calibration of 440 Hz.
Level:
Selecting this value will replace the tune
The positions of the bars correspond to the levels of the individual strings. These levels let you monitor the
dynamics
In the Editor, you cannot change this setting.
Display type for sound names (NUM, GM, WXT)
The AXON can display the sound presets or timbres used
NUM
are managed numerically in the form of a program number and a MIDI bank. A MIDI
numbers. By splitting the MIDI bank into an MSB (Most Significant Byte)
possible to address up to 128 x 128 MIDI banks. Use this
setting if your sound module does not support the GM (General MIDI) standard.
The sounds or timbres are managed according to the GM (General MIDI) standard. The names of the timbres
the GM standard only features 128 timbres, some manufacturers of
ed a number of kits that can be selected via MIDI banks. The
nificant Byte) section,
making it possible to address up to 128 x 128 GM kits. Use this setting if your sound module supports GM.
in a variety of ways.
All sounds or timbres
bank can contain up to 128 program
and LSB (Least Significant Byte) section, it becomes
GM
are shown in plain text on the display. As
GM-capable sound modules have implement
AXON splits the MIDI bank into an MSB (Most Significant Byte) and LSB (Least Sig
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