User guide

Chapter 3: Controls and Connectors

Axiom User Guide

• Channel (Chan) When this button is pressed it illuminates and the LCD screen shows the current Global

MIDI Channel number (for example, “G.CHAN 1.” Pressing either of the Patch buttons (“Up” arrow or

“Down” arrow) will change the Channel number.

Holding the Channel button for at least one second takes Axiom into Edit Mode which overrides both

Performance and DirectLink Modes. The Channel and Edit buttons will illuminate, and the LCD screen

will show the current Global Channel number. This value can be changed by entering the new Channel

number using the numbered keys and Enter key on the keyboard.

• Edit When this button is pressed it illuminates and activates Edit Mode. The LCD screen will read “Edit,”

and display the current Control Number (for example “E 1” - the first Encoder Knob). This function lets

you access the extended parameters listed along the top edge of the keyed. Moving the currently se-

lected Control changes the value.

In Edit Mode, the Patch buttons increment and decrement the selected parameter value at any time.

For more information on Edit Mode, refer to Chapter 4, “Advanced Keyboard Functions,” Chapter 5,

“Advanced Programming Functions,” and Chapter 6, “Keyboard Zones.”

Additional Functions

The Function buttons allow access to four additional Functions as follows:

• Recall In both Performance and DirectLink Mode, simultaneously pressing the Instrument Mode and

Null buttons activates Edit Mode. The Edit button illuminates and the LCD screen will show the current

Patch selection (for example “PATCH 01”). This value can be changed by entering the new Patch num-

ber using the numbered keys on the keyboard, or the Patch buttons. Pressing the Enter key or Edit but-

ton will confirm the new patch number and edit mode is disabled.

• Control Mute (Ctrl Mute) Simultaneously pressing the Null and Program (Prog) buttons will activate

and deactivate Control Mute (Ctrl Mute mode). When this function is active, the LCD screen will read

“MUTE ON.” In Ctrl Mute mode, Axiom controls can be moved without transmitting MIDI Data. This

function will be automatically turned off as soon as a key or button is pressed, or as soon as the Null and

Program buttons are simultaneously pressed again.

• Panic Simultaneously pressing the Program (Prog) and Channel (Chan) buttons will send “All Notes

Off” and “Reset All Controllers” messages on all MIDI Channels. The LCD screen will read “Panic” dur-

ing this operation. This stops stuck notes that continue to play even after their keys have been released.

• Velocity Lock (Vel Lock) Simultaneously pressing the Channel (Chan) and Edit buttons will activate Ve-

locity Lock. The LCD screen will read “VLock ON.” The note velocity sent by the Trigger Pads is re-

stricted to the range of values specified by the Data 2 and Data 3 parameters.

For more information on how to edit the Data 2 and Data 3 parameters, please refer to Chapter 4, “Ad-

vanced Keyboard Functions.”

Pressing the buttons again will de-activate this function, returning it to the default setting. The LCD

screen will read “VLock OFF,” and the note velocity is determined by how hard the Pads are struck. By

default, Velocity Lock is set to off.

The VLock setting can be stored as part of a Patch using the Store function described in Chapter 4, “Ad-

vanced Keyboard Functions.”