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1. Ei ARN C Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL FINA gt The following statement is provided to comply with FCC regulations in the U S A and the precautions and 4 C corrective measures are applicable world wide D 2 Xy e USA WARNING This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuantto Part 15 ofthe FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio freguency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with this instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this eguipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be reguired to correct the interference at their own expense AXIS and its accessories have been tested to exceed the reguirements of the above FCC rules however this does not guarantee that interference will not occur especially if connected to other devices that do not comply with these rules If interference is experienced after installation of this equipment turn it off to determine whether it is the source If interference is still experienced try to correct the situation by one or more of the following measures Relocate either AXiS and its associated equipment and2. KSC OC Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL POWER It is always best to use the Power Adapter provided with the original equipment The Power Adapter is a simple wall connector which plugs directly into the power inlet on the back of AXIS AXIS runs on 9 15 VDC and draws a current of 300mA POWER UP amp RESET Plug the Power Adapter into the Power Inlet Plug the Power Adapter into the mains supply The red PWR light glows reassuringly If not e Check that the light on the Power Adapter is on if not e Check mains is switched on and the cable is fully plugged in e Check the fuse in the mains plug if it has one e Check the DC cable amp connector for damage On power up AXiS goes through a Power up Sequence as follows e shows a Start up page on the display with software version number e self test e puts the PLAY page on the display When this sequence is complete the LCD is lit If the red PWR light is on and the LCD is lit and otherwise AXiS is not working contact C Thru Music on 0845 260 5556 or email support c thru music com Note When AXIS is sending MIDI data the green SND light flickers if you are not receiving MIDI data check your equipment E Eier SHUTDOWN Hold down PLAY and press UTIL Press to confirm or to cancel MEMORY STORAGE WITHOUT POWER Memory is retained for approx 10 years without power so normally all settings will be the same
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4. 8 Pitch bend wheel Self centring wheel normally assigned to the pitch bend control 9 Modulation wheel Similar to the pitch bend wheel but not self centring The default assignment is the modulation control 10 Control Knobs A pair of control knobs with the default assignments of left knob Volume and right knob After touch U1 RWN All panel control knobs wheels and remote analogue inputs foot controls etc may be assigned to any high or low resolution MIDI controller See MIDI screen section for more details KSC C Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL OVERVIEW The natural keyboard in the main body of the instrument is set out according to the Harmonic Table note layout details of which may be found on the Internet Operating these keys transmits musical note information for playing notes on a connected MIDI device Additional on board control is provided through two Knobs a Pitch Bend wheel and Modulation wheel There is also support for two external Foot Controls Edit keys are used to modify settings shown on the Display These settings determine how AXIS will behave Pages shown on the Display are changed with the Page keys A 1 Hot Key and Choice keys 1 8 provide useful one key shortcuts LIGHTS To the right of the Display there are two indicator lights PWR light Red light indicating that the internal microprocessor is running SND light Green light indicating that MIDI me
5. Poly Off also causes ANO 127 Poly Mode On Mono Off also causes ANO KSC C Thru Music 2006 www c thru music com USER MANUAL www c thru music com USER MANUAL Appendix B Program Change Instrument Assignment Bank 1 This chart shows the numbers and names of all 128 General MIDI Instruments which you are likely to find in your MIDI sound equipment These are arranged into sixteen families of eight instruments PIANO CHROMATIC PERCUSSION 1 Acoustic Grand 9 Celesta 2 Bright Acoustic 10 Glockenspiel 3 Electric Grand 1 Music Box 4 Honky Tonk 2 Vibraphone 5 Electric Piano 1 13 Marimba 6 Electric Piano 2 4 Xylophone 7 Harpsichord 5 Tubular Bells 8 Clavinet 6 Dulcimer ORGAN GUITAR 17 Drawbar Organ 18 Percussive Organ 19 Rock Organ 20 Church Organ Reed Organ 22 Accoridan 23 Harmonica 24 Tango Accordian NO BASS 33 Acoustic Bass 34 Electric Bass finger 35 Electric Bass pick 36 Fretless Bass 37 Slap Bass 1 38 Slap Bass 2 39 Synth Bass 1 40 Synth Bass 2 25 Nylon String Guitar 26 Steel String Guitar 27 Electric Jazz Guitar 28 Electric Clean Guitar 29 Electric Muted Guitar 30 Overdriven Guitar 31 Distortion Guitar 32 Guitar Harmonics SOLO STRINGS 41 Violin 42 Viola 43 Cello 44 Contrabass 45 Tremolo Strings 46 Pizzicato Strings 47 Orchestral Strings 48 Timpani SE C Thru Music 2006 ENSEMBLE BRASS 49 String Ensemble 1 57 Trumpet 50 String E
6. for another or e acontrol is not working as you wish The Calibrate page displays the Control name at the top with Min and Max below as 0 1023 decimal If using a footswitch or on off control e click the footswitch or control to the other position e Press the or key to confirm e The displayed readings will change to e Calibration is now complete If using a continuously variable control e Move the control to its minimum and maximum positions The display shows low and high values Ensure you move the control back to its central position Press the or key to confirm The displayed readings will change to Calibration is now complete Note The values shown never go all the way to O or 1023 unless the Noise Margin is zero They are always the margin short of each end N B All controls must have a centre because any may be assigned as a Pitchbend The center of an on off switch coincides with either the minimum or maximum SC OC Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL Reference ONLINE RESOURCES AXiS support page www cthru music com support MIDI Manufacturers Association www midi org USER SERVICABLE PARTS There are no user servicable parts Contact C Thru Music for advice CLEAR AND PANIC Clear and Panic are sequences of MIDI data which may be sent by using the Hot key Off Key does nothing All Notes Off send All Notes Off for
7. armonic Table increase in pitch going up 5ths and going to the right semitones As you can see there is more than one instance of each note To clarify see the octave map on the next page Diagonal lines contain either augmented or diminished chords See chord shapes on page 7 KSC OC Thru Music 2006 AXIS Natura Keyboard www thru music om USER MANUAL 08208 R SO OR Om A il eo OS oe ox 230 OF 002 D ga VA SOS Octave 6 200005700250 OMA er SDD SND ona 0 7 030 0 02 0270 Me OWS Gorgas REE KR Dea Dee 2 O e eR Octave 2 SN Octave 1 Octave 3 Octave 7 Octave 6 Octave 5 Octave 4 Octave 3 Octave 2 te he Shs ass Octave 2 Octave 1 Cu C Thru Music 2006 ANS AXiS Natural Keyboard wiw c thru fnusic tom USER MANUAL Shape Direction Chord or Major Triad Major 7th Major 9th Major 11th Major 13th Minor Triad Minor 7th Minor 9th Minor 11th Minor 13th Y w aY a Q AN Dominant 7th Dominant 9th Dominant 11th Dominant 13th The AXIS can help you greatly expand your creativity control and productivity in your live or studio MIDI set up Whether you are using one multi timbral sound module or a rack full of them the AXiS s Natural Keyboard layout will help you expand your creative abilities Aside from its use of the Harmonic Table the AXIS works in a similar way to other MIDI controllers I
8. cabling or the equipment affected by the interference e Utilise different mains power outlets Try installing a filter in the mains of the other equipment Inthe case of radio interference where 300 ohm ribbon antennas are used try changing to 75 ohm coaxial cable If for any reason you should need additional information relating to radio and TV interference you may find a booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission helpful How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems This booklet is available from the U S Government Printing Office Washington D C 20402 Stock 004 000 00345 4 This product is fully compliant with the European EMC Directive 89 336 EEC which applies to apparatus which is liable to cause electromagnetic disturbance or is itself liable to be affected by such disturbance Test performed and passed are EN50082 1 2002 EN55022 2002 Class B SE C Thru Music 2006 ANS www c thru music com USER MANUAL First Edition 2005 CThru Music Ltd AXiS and Harmonic Table are Trademarks or Registered Trademarks Macintosh is a Registered Trademark of Apple Computers All other manufacturers trademarks are acknowledged MIDI refers to the Musical Instrument Digital Interface published by the MIDI Manufacturer s Association Copyright The AXiS 64 Natural keyboard music interface is a computer based device and as such contains and uses software in ROMs T
9. each channel Reset all Controllers send Reset all ontrollers for each channel Clear send All Notes and Reset Controllers for each channel Panic send All notes off ntrollers All sound Off Centre Pitch Bend Zero Modulation e O A O Reset All Co O EG la ff Sustain O Volume on individually turn of each note for each channel Active Sensing Delays are inserted in the above string to ensure the MIDI output buffer does not overflow At this time there is no support to load alternative events to the Hot Key but there is sufficient memory to support this feature them x OC Thru Music 2006 www c thru music com USER MANUAL Appendix A Controller Numbers The following MIDI controllers may be assigned to any of the analogue controls in the MIDI assign screen 0 63 64 69 70 119 120 127 High resolution continuous controllers 0 31 MSB 32 63 LSB Switches Low resolution continuous controllers Channel Mode messages High resolution continuous controllers MSB 0 3 COND ON FPN gt ds md je col o ed NO CO SI m gt Bank Select Not assignable Modulation Wheel Breath Controller Foot Controller Portamento Time Data Entry Channel Volume Balance Pan Expression Controller Effect Control 1 Effect Control 2 General Purpose Controller 1 General Purpose Controller 2 General Purpose Co
10. formation Select 1 to 16 ASSIGN CONTROL Assign each control to a MIDI parameter Control Default Factory 2 a a 13 i 0 e vii w ee ae ae ey w a i kg a a a a a ad ES oo INVERT CONTROL Each control may operate normally or inverted Inverted operation may be useful if you have a control that works the opposite way to that which you prefer Eg Volume controlled by a pedal may be set to be high when the foot is all the way back or high when the foot is all the way forward SE Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL VELOCITY TABLE Select a velocity table from five available These tables determine how velocity information is interpreted Factory defaults are as follows Table E Use for P rnus 002 PR a ACTO a ae 1 2 i JA pai E a aa Pi ua n a Notes e Table 4 is set up to be useful on some equipment which expects the maximum level to be 100 rather than the full 127 possible MIDI values Table 5 is set up for velocity insensitive operation and will make all notes have a MIDI value of 64 for velocity RUNNING STATUS On Off When set On redundant Channel Status bytes are removed from the Output data according to Running Status protocol to reduce possible accumulative delays This is reset after any 90ms pause to ensure that Data does not become separated from its Status ACTIVE SENSING On Off When set On a MIDI Active Sensing Clock FEh is automatically generated approximatel
11. his software and all related documentation including this operators Manual contain proprietary information which is protected by copyright laws All rights are reserved No part of the software or its documentation may be copied transferred or modified You may not modify adapt translate lease distribute resell for profit or create derivative work based on the software and its related documentation or any part thereof without prior written consent from C Thru Music Itd Legal The product is supplied subject to the terms of sale available on the website at www c thru music com These terms prevail over the contents of this manual and this manual does not constitute a representation warranty or guarantee of any kind Yous statutory rights as a consumer are not affected C C Thru Music 2006 AXIS Natural Keyboard wiww thru music tom USER MANUAL Contents 5 Introduction 8 Quickstart 9 Installation 11 Operation 14 MIDI pages 16 UTIL pages 18 Reference 19 Appendix A Controller Numbers 21 Appendix B Program Change Instrument Assignment Bank Cru ANSYS C Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL Introduction The AXiS 64 Natural Keyboard is a MIDI controller Music Interface It uses the Harmonic Table musical note layout which provides a geometric overview of musical notes and their harmonies This makes the AXiS easy and fun to use THE HARMONIC TABLE NOTE MAP Notes on the H
12. nsemble 2 58 Trombone 51 SynthStrings 1 59 Tuba 52 SynthStrings 2 60 Muted Trumpet 53 Choir Aahs 61 French Horn 54 Voice Oohs 62 Brass Section 55 Synth Voice 63 SynthBrass 1 56 Orchestra Hit 64 SynthBrass 2 REED PIPE 65 Soprano Sax 73 Piccolo 66 Alto Sax 74 Flute 67 Tenor Sax 75 Recorder 68 Baritone Sax 76 Pan Flute 69 Oboe 77 Blown Bottle 70 English Horn 78 Skakuhachi 71 Bassoon 79 Whistle 72 Clarinet 80 Ocarina SYNTH LEAD SYNTH PAD 81 Lead 1 square 89 Pad 1 new age 82 Lead 2 sawtooth 90 Pad 2 warm 83 Lead 3 calliope 91 Pad 3 polysynth 84 Lead 4 chiff 92 Pad 4 choir 85 Lead 5 charang 93 Pad 5 bowed 86 Lead 6 voice 94 Pad 6 metallic 87 Lead 7 fifths 95 Pad 7 halo 88 Lead 8 bass lead 96 Pad 8 sweep SYNTH EFFECTS 97 PX1 rain 98 FX 2 soundtrack 99 FX 3 crystal 100 FX 4 atmosphere 101 FX 5 brightness 102 FX 6 goblins 1 1 03 FX 7 echoes O4FX 8 sci fi PERCUSSIVE 113 Tinkle Bell 114 Agogo 115 Steel Drums 116 Woodblock 117 Taiko Drum 118 Melodic Tom 119 Synth Drum 120 Reverse Cymbal www c thru music com ETHNIC 105 Sitar 106 Banjo 107 Shamisen 108 Koto 109 Kalimba 110 Bagpipe 111 Fiddle 112 Shanai SOUND EFFECTS 121 Guitar Fret Noise 122 Breath Noise 123 Seashore 124 Bird Tweet 125 Telephone Ring 126 Helicopter 127 Applause 128 Gunshot AK OC Thru Music 2006 USER MANUAL WWWw c thru music com C Thru Music
13. ntroller 3 General Purpose Controller 4 High resolution continuous controllers LSB 3 33 34 36 37 38 39 40 Bank Select Not assignable Modulation Wheel Breath Controller Foot Controller Portamento Time Data Entry Channel Volume Balance SE C Thru Music 2006 42 43 44 45 48 49 50 51 Switches 64 65 66 67 68 69 Pan Expression Controller Effect Control 1 Effect Control 2 General Purpose Controller 1 General Purpose Controller 2 General Purpose Controller 3 General Purpose Controller 4 Sustain On Off Portamento On Off Sostenuto On Off Soft Pedal On Off Legato On Off Hold 2 On Off Low resolution continuous controllers 70 71 72 73 74 15 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 91 92 Sound Controller 1 Sound Controller 2 Sound Controller 3 Sound Controller 4 Sound Controller 5 Sound Controller 6 Sound Controller 7 Sound Controller 8 Sound Controller 9 Sound Controller 10 General Purpose Controller 5 General Purpose Controller 6 General Purpose Controller 7 General Purpose Controller 8 p ortamento Control Ext Effects Depth Tremelo Depth AXIS Natural Kevbo rd 93 Chorus Depth 94 Celeste Depth 95 Phaser Depth Channel Mode messages 120 All Sound Off 121 Reset All Controllers 122 Local Control On Off 123 All Notes Off 124 Omni Mode Off also causes ANO 125 Omni Mode On also causes ANO 126 Mono Mode On
14. on power up as when powered down If memory is lost e you will be given the option to restore factory settings e you must recalibrate all controls See Calibrate under UTIL pages SE C Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL Operation O m one ree ioooiserav 1 8 TAB KEYS Hee 1 O 4 G 7 2 SES BQIODOR SSA HR RR RROD screen SELECT KEYS PP OA CALA D O RRRKRKRRRKRR PO U RRRER DA CONTROL KNOBS 1 amp 2 aata CS no RER AAAA RICO C THRU MUSIC COM EI O PITCH BEND WHEEL MODULATION WHEEL O On the front panel LCD display displays a series of screens which can be used to modify settings TAB keys Use to move back and forth between functions keys Use to increment or decrement the current setting Screen Select Keys Three keys used to select the Play MIDI and Utility screens Hot Key Sends All Notes Off Reset All Controllers Clear ora Panic MIDI sequence 6 Eight Program Change keys These are short cut keys used to select a single program instrument from the current group of eight 7 Main Keyboard 192 keys in total there is more than one instance of the same note on the keyboard
15. ssages are being sent EDIT KEYS There are four edit keys From left to right SO Name a nl re Se a Back Tab Cursor to previous field Meet st DO ee o AET a E UE ET A a Sete een AAA A o PRESA Le eo mall and keys will repeat if held down e Use the Back Tab and Tab keys to move the flashing cursor between fields e Use the and keys to change a value SE C Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL PAGE KEYS The Display shows a single page at any given time normally with a flashing cursor There are three keys to navigate between pages Rw E PLAY puts the AXiS into normal playing mode and shows a page giving access to make changes to Program Group and Bank Pressing MIDI or UTIL scrolls from PLAY page through various MIDI or UTILity related pages and back again to PLAY See MIDI pages and UTIL pages below CHOICE KEYS Eight Choice keys 1 8 can be found along the top Choice keys choose a Program from the current Group of eight shown in the Play page 9 0 0 0 0 101010 OP The key can be found to the right of the Display The action taken by the Hot key in normal operation can be chosen in a UTIL page SEC C Thru Music 2006 AXIS Natural Keyboard gt www thru music tom USER MANUAL MIDI pages TRANSPOSE Choose a number of semitones by which to transpose musical notes Range 24 to 25 semitones TRANSMIT CHANNEL Select the channel on which to output MIDI in
16. t can be used as a MIDI input device playing notes and chords like a pianoforte style master keyboard It can also give you a central point of control over your slave modules in a given MIDI network The AXIS has very flexible and simple calibration routines so that a range of external controls can be accommodated SE C Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL Quick Start 1 Plug the AXIS into the power supply using the Power Adapter provided 2 Plug the MIDI OUT socket on AXiS to MIDI IN socket on your synthesizer sound expander or other MIDI device 3 Press PLAY 4 AXiS is now ready to use EC C Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL Installation GENERAL Please take the normal precautions for siting an electronic instrument do not place on a source of direct heat in direct sunlight or near another instrument that may cause or be subject to interference CONNECTIONS So NE SIE e C THRU MUSIC COM FO amp MIDI FOOT FOOT USB POWER OUT CONTROL 1 CONTROL 2 PORT INLET MIDI OUT Connect to a MIDI IN of another device USB May be connected to a computer via USB port for downloading firmware upgrades FC1 FC2 Works with most available pedals and foot switches and possibly some other controls Power Inlet Earth Point 2 Use if required for your live or studio set up
17. y every 90ms whenever no MIDI data is being transmitted This feature is essential for some MIDI devices that require Active Sensing and will shut down if not received within 300ms of the last MIDI byte received SE C Thru Music 2006 www c thru music com USER MANUAL UTIL pages LCD BACKLIGHT The light on the Display is turned off after a period of inactivity Set the delay between last activity and light off from the following values On 15secs 30 secs 1 min and Off HOT KEY ASSIGN The Hot key may be assigned to transmit one of the following Clear Panic Clear Panic All Notes Off on all MIDI channels Reset All Controllers on all MIDI channels Off Details of Events and Clear Panic sequences can be found in the Reference section NOISE MARGIN Set the number of bits of noise to ignore Min 6 bits Max 13 bits All the AXIS control inputs have an independend noise filter that defaults to 6 bits wide Under certain electrically noisy conditions Eg stage lighting interference being picked up by the foot control leads it may be necessary to increase this value EC C Thru Music 2006 AXiS www c thru music com USER MANUAL CALIBRATE Choose a control and calibrate its center upper and lower limits N B AXiS does NOT send MIDI while in this page Do this when e AXIS has lost its memory through long term disuse or e when you add a new external control or e when you change an external control
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