User Manual
Table Of Contents
- USING THE UNIT SAFELY
 - Important notes
 - 1. The AXSynth in a nutshell
 - 2. Panel descriptions
 - 3. Making connections
 - 4. Playing the AXSynth
 - 5. Using the AXSynth’s performance functions
 - 6. Editing Tone settings
 - 7. Using the AXSynth as MIDI controller
 - 8. Using the AXSynth’s USB port
 - 9. About V-LINK
 - 10. Additional functions
 - 11. Appendix
 - 12. Specifications
 - 13. MIDI implementation chart
 - 14. Index
 
Panel descriptions
10
Front panel
A
PGM CHANGE INC & DEC buttons
These buttons are used to transmit program change 
messages on the selected MIDI channel. They work in 
a sequential fashion (incremental or decremental). 
Program change numbers can also be entered 
directly, however (see p. 28).
B
TX ON button
This button is used to enable (button lights) or disable 
the transmission of MIDI messages. Pressing it while 
holding down the 
[SHIFT]
 button allows you to use 
the keys in the highest octave (NUMERIC KEYPAD) 
and the keys in the lowest octave (TX MIDI CHAN-
NELS) for numeric entry of program change or MIDI 
channel numbers.
C
TRANSPOSE button
Press this button to display the current transposition 
interval. Holding it while pressing the OCTAVE/VARI-
ATION 
[+]
/
[–]
 buttons allows you to set the interval in 
semi-tone steps.
D
V-LINK button
Press this button to activate the AX-Synth’s V-LINK 
control function (see p. 33).
E
SHIFT button
Pressing this button allows you to select the second-
ary (hidden) function of some of the other buttons.
F
Display
This three-character display keeps you posted about 
the selected Tone, mode or the parameter value you 
set.
G
TONE buttons
These buttons are used to select the desired Tone 
family, SuperNATURAL, SPECIAL or FAVORITE Tone 
(the button you press lights blue).
H
VARIATION DEC/– & INC/+ buttons
These buttons allow you to select a Tone from the 
active Tone family (see above) in a sequential fashion. 
This function can also be assigned to the OCTAVE/
VARIATION 
[+]
/
[–]
 buttons (page 18).
A third, usually faster, way to select Tones is by hold-
ing down 
[SHIFT]
 while using the keys in the highest 
octave (NUMERIC KEYPAD).
I
FAVORITE A, B buttons
These buttons allow you to select the corresponding 
bank of “favorite” Tones. 
J
WRITE button
The 
[WRITE]
 button is used to assign the desired 
Tones to the 16 memories of FAVORITE banks “A” and 
“B” and to save all settings you change. 
2. Panel descriptions
A
B
C D
E
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