QuickStart guide — for those of you can't wait
Connect your guitar to the AXON AX 100 MKII. If your guitar is equipped with one of the optional interfaces
(PU 100, AIX 103), use the 13-pin cable (AXK 100) to do so. The socket at the left of the front panel labelled
GUITAR INPUT is the one you need.
If you are using an external MIDI instrument for audio output, connect the MIDI OUT of the AXON to the MIDI
IN of the instrument. You can skip this step if you intend to use the internal soundboard, of course.
Now connect the AXON AX 100 MKII to your mixer or amplifier using the SOUNDBOARD RIGHT / LEFT ports
on the rear panel. If you're using an external sound module, ensure that the optional sound module is con-
nected to the mixer or amplifier.
Switch the device on now—but first, set the volume of your amplifier to zero to prevent possible peaks from
damaging your speakers and eardrums.
You're almost finished now. You should check a few basic settings before getting started, however. Press the
GLOBAL button. BASIC CHANNEL will now appear on the display. It should have the value 1. If not, change it
using the VALUE + and VALUE - buttons.
Press the PAR button to navigate to the next menu item, the HOLD CHANNEL. It should have the
value 11. (At any rate, the value should not be lower than 7. Refer to page
19
for more information)
Press PAR again for the SEQ CHANNEL. Ensure that it is set to 10.
We will skip over the next three settings for Sequencer Port and Pitchbend—for more information on these,
refer to page
19
. The next important one is LOCAL MODE, which you can access by pressing the
PAR button. It should be set to ON if you intend to address the internal soundboard of the AXON
AX 100 MKII directly, or if the generated MIDI data are to be sent to the MIDI OUT. You can disable local
mode if you would like to control the AXON using a sequencer or MIDI recording software. The AXON AX 100
MKII then behaves like any other external sound module.
The next item is the TUNE BASE. The AXON AX 100 MKII is preset to a reference pitch of 440 Hz, which is
indicated on the display by a "0". If you would like to play together with other, hard-to-tune instruments (such
as the piano), you can adjust your tuning in cent increments.
8
AXON AX 100 MKII V. 2.0 (English)