Up- Vs. Down-Stroke Fx Switching - Fractal Audio AX8 Owner's Manual

UP- VS. DOWN-STROKE FX SWITCHING

By default, the AX8 uses both "tap" and "press-and-hold" actions on its footswitches. This gives the
F-Switches double functions, and it allows Footswitches 1-8 to be used for both bypass/engage and X/Y
switching.
Because of this, the AX8 must execute all tap functions on the up-stroke of the
footswitch, rather than the down-stroke. When your foot goes down, the AX8 begins
waiting. If the switch does NOT come up after a critical time window has passed, the
Press-and-Hold function is executed. If the switch DOES come up, the tap function is
executed.
If you would rather have your effect footswitches engage on the down-stroke, you can turn off press-and-
hold X/Y switching in two ways:
OPTION ONE: DISABLE PRESS-AND-HOLD IN THE GLOBAL MENU
This convenient global option turns off Press-and-Hold for X/Y Switching so effects fire on the down-stroke.
 Press SETUP (Shift + Store)
 Press footswitch 1 for the GLOBAL menu
 Make sure you are on the SETTINGS page.
 NAV to
PRESS/HOLD X/Y
 Use the A knob to turn it ON or OFF.
 Press EXIT twice to finish.
OPTION TWO: ASSIGN ANY X/Y MODE TO ANY F-SWITCH
When you assign either Single X/Y or Sticky X/Y to one of the F-Switches, the AX8 assumes that you don't
want Press-and-Hold X/Y action. Changing F-Switch functions is easy. Here's a review:
 Press SETUP (Shift + Store)
 Press footswitch 1 for the GLOBAL menu
 Press PAGE to turn to the F-SWITCH page.
 Select one of the available F-Switches using the E/NAV knob.
 Assign an X/Y function using the A knob.
 Press EXIT two times when you're done.
If you set the "HOLD" function of any F-Switch to "NONE", its TAP function switch will
execute on the switch down-stroke instead of the up-stroke.
This is useful for switches assigned to PRESET UP and PRESET DN because you'll often
want to make this kind of change right on the downbeat.
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