User guide

Chapter 4: Advanced Keyboard Functions
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Axiom User Guide
Curve
The Curve key is used for changing the touch sensitivity of the keyboard and Trigger Pads, as well as the Ac-
celeration Curve of the Encoder Knobs. This setting lets you decide how the force with which you hit a key
or Pad affects the volume at which a note plays, or how fast the knobs “sweep” through value changes.
Keyboard Sensitivity Options:
1 = C1 is a sensitivity setting that generates lower velocity values for the same force. This setting is useful for
playing more quietly, even if you tend to strike the keys harder.
2 = C2 is the default setting, and is designed to be useful for most players with an “average” touch (people
who play with an average amount of force).
3 = C3 is a sensitivity setting that generates higher velocity values for the same force. This setting is useful
for playing more loudly, even if you tend to strike the keys with less force.
4 = C4 is a sensitivity setting that generates an equal velocity value for a given amount of force, resulting in
a linear (or neutral) keyboard response.
5 = F1 is a setting that effectively disables sensitivity, meaning the keyboard will generate a fixed velocity
value of 64 (on a scale of 0 – 127) regardless of how hard or soft the keys are struck. This replicates velocity
settings used in Organ presets.
6 = F2 is a setting that effectively disables sensitivity, meaning the keyboard will generate a fixed velocity
value of 100 (on a scale of 0 – 127) regardless of how hard or soft the keys are struck. This also replicates ve-
locity settings used in Organ presets.
7 = F3 is a setting that effectively disables sensitivity, meaning the keyboard will generate a fixed velocity
value of 127 (on a scale of 0 – 127) regardless of how hard or soft the keys are struck. This also replicates ve-
locity settings used in Organ presets.
To select a Keyboard Velocity Curve:
1 Press the Edit button.
2 Press the Curve key. The LCD screen will read “V Crv” and display the current velocity curve (for example,
“C2”).
3 Do one of the following:
• Type the Velocity Curve number (1 through 7) using the number keys.
– or –
• Use the Patch “Up” and “Down” buttons to scroll through the Velocity Curves (C1 through F3).
4 Press the Enter key.