User manual BLUE CHIP AXION AX-100 SB

[. . . ] 0 I USERS MANUAL AX-100 AX-100 SB Contrast DISPLAY 3. Edition Dezember 2003 BLUE CHIP AXON AX-100 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER Table of Contents Accessories AX-100 / AX-100SB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 AXON Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Front Panel AX-100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] With your AXON in GM MODE (see Utility Parameters), you will see all GM ( General MIDI) Sound names in your display. For our example here, select the group Bass instruments (e. g. : Acou. Bass ). 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. ED: Akou. Bass VOLUME Volume level (0. . . 127) Every split allows for an independent volume level that you set here. Using the +/- Value buttons set the level for your Bass sound to a value of your choosing. TRANSPOSE Transposition (-36. . . +36) You can set a pitch offset in half step increments to affect the tuning for this split. This is a way for you to play notes with your guitar that you couldn't normally reach with the guitar alone. For our example set this value to ­12 (­1 octave), so that the Bass will play within its typical range. QUANTIZE Pitch Quantization (AUTO, OFF, ON, TRIGGER) With this parameter you tell your AXON to execute pitch changes using your normal pitchbend settings or step-wise (quantized): User manual AXON AX-100 / AX-100 SB 25 BLUE CHIP AXON AX-100 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER AUTO: This setting corresponds to your AXON's unique ability to recognize your intentions as you play with respect to pitch quantization and then translate them appropriately. Chords for example, are interpreted exactly (no pitchbend information), whereas for melodic notes of a solo which contain string bends and slides, hammer-ons and pulloffs, pitch quantization is turned off, allowing for normal pitchbend information to be sent. OFF: All pitch changes (hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, etc. ) will be translated into pitchbend information allowing for true representation of what you play. ON: Any variation in pitch will NOT be translated in pitchbend information until the given pitch reaches the next half step and will at that point jump to the new pitch chromatically, but using pitchbend information and NOT sending new note information. The pitches you play are then locked (quantized) to the nearest half step. TRIGGER: This setting turns pitchbend off altogether, affecting simple chromatic half steps when playing bends or slides. It is the same as setting the global setting PBEND RANGE to OFF (see Global Parameters), but only affects this one particular split zone. It is recommendable to use this setting when using a piano sound, for example, which characteristically cannot be bent. It applies to the Bass split and allows for string bending (pitchbend), whereas the piano sound will be triggered in half steps. PAN POS Panorama Position (L15. . . L1, MID, R1. . . R15) This is where you place the selected sound of your MIDI instrument in the overall panorama left to right in stereo. The values L15 to L1 represent the left side, L15 being all the way to the left and R15 to R1 being the same in reverse. MID is exactly centered in the stereo panorama. 26 User manual AXON AX-100 / AX-100 SB AXON AX-100 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER BLUE CHIP PAN SPREAD Panorama spread (­15. . . +15) So that not all sounds (up to six 6 per Split) aren't all in the same panorama position (see above), you can use this parameter to separate each of the sounds within the general panorama set above in PAN POS. Set the PAN POS to MID, for example, and then while you play your guitar, adjust the PAN SPREAD value, keeping in mind that your MIDI instrument must be capable of interpreting Panorama information. If you need to, read your user's manual for the MIDI instrument in question. REVERB Reverb mix (0. . . 127) If your MIDI instrument is equipped with built-in reverb, you can control it with this parameter. The higher the value, the more reverb will be added to the mix in the output signal of your MIDI instrument. CHORUS 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 signal of your MIDI instrument. VEL SENSE Velocity Sensitivity (0. . . 127) You can limit the dynamic range of your MIDI instrument by adjusting the value of this parameter. [. . . ] · The MIDI channels of both instruments need to be correctly set. · Make sure the audio cable between your MIDI instrument and the amplifier is correctly connected. · The select button on your guitar interface could be set to "GUITAR". (This would cause no signal to the AXON. ) String bending does not function properly. [. . . ]