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AXON AX-100 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER
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User manual AXON AX-100 / AX-100 SB
GLOBAL MODE
The GLOBAL MODE is activated by pressing the GLOBAL button
on the front panel of your AXON. This is confirmed by the lighted
LED just to the right of the GLOBAL button.
Global Parameters
All of the parameters in Global mode apply to all the presets in your
AXON, for example information regarding MIDI channels, the
instrument you are playing, basic tuning, or the sensitivity of each
string you play. Some of these parameters should be checked/changed
before you use your AXON for the first time so that it can operate
optimally with your instrument.
BASIC CHANNEL
Basic MIDI Channel (1…11)
The MIDI information that your AXON generates based on the
vibrations of your guitar strings that are sent to it have to be assigned
to a channel in order for that information to get to the sound module
or the external MIDI instrument that will then play the information.
The ideal scenario (see STRING MODE SEPARATE) is for each
individual string to be assigned its own MIDI channel. 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 channels for
your six strings. The other five will automatically be assigned
respectively. For example, if this value is set to ”1”, then channels 1-
6 will be reserved for the six strings. If you set this value for ”5”, then
channels 5-10 will be reserved, the value ”11” will reserve channels
11-16, etc. Typically this parameter is set to ”1”, reserving channels
1-6 for string input.
HOLD CHANNEL
Hold MIDI Channel (1…11)
In the same way that the first of six channels was set for the BASIC
CHANNEL parameter, so the first of an additional six MIDI channels
is set here for Hold effects such as SEPARATE, LAYER, ARPEG-
GIO. It is important here that basic channels and hold channels do
not coincide. In other words, make sure that the basic channel and the
hold channel values are at least six digits apart. Typically this parameter
is set to ”7”, reserving channels 7-12 for the hold functions.