External Controllers - Fractal Audio AX8 Owner's Manual

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EXTERNAL CONTROLLERS

External Controllers are modifier sources controlled by MIDI or connected expression pedal(s).
Each External Controller has its own global assignment set on the CONTROLLERS page of the I/O menu.
You can set any external controller to any MIDI CC, or to either of the on-board PEDAL jacks.
So, for example, "External 1" defaults to "PEDAL1", but if you wanted a computer sequencer to operate your
AX8 instead, you could change External 1 to "16" (MIDI CC 16) -- or any MIDI CC.
To assign a MIDI CC or PEDAL jack to an external controller:
 Press SETUP
 Press footswitch 2 to select I/O
 Press PAGE to select the Controllers page ("CTRL")
 Use NAV to select to whichever external controller you want to change (ex: "EXTERNAL 1")
 Use VALUE to change the assignment. You can also select "NONE" to disable the selected controller.
 Press EXIT two times to finish.
EXTERNAL CONTROLLER INITIAL VALUES
(aka "Help! My volume pedal is missing and my presets are all silent!!" )
When the AX8 is powered on, it checks all connected pedals to set the value for any assigned external
controllers. But what if a pedal is missing? The default for each controller is zero, so the missing pedal is
assumed to be in the heel down position. External Controllers assigned to MIDI are likewise set to "0" until
some MIDI data is received to change them. You can imagine how a missing or broken pedal (or MIDI
controller) might therefore present a problem...
Never fear: the EXTERNAL CONTROLLER INITIAL VALUE parameters can change the startup value for an
external controller to 100%. Now, when the AX8 is powered on, any parameters assigned to the missing
controller will be all the way up instead of all the way down.
To change the initial value for an external controller:
 Press SETUP
 Press footswitch 2 to select I/O
 Press PAGE to select the MIDI page
 Use NAV to select to whichever controller you want to change (ex: "EXT CTRL 1 INIT VAL")
 Use VALUE to change the setting.
 Press EXIT two times to finish.
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