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BLUE CHIP AXON NGC 77 User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Features of the AXON ....................... 8 How to use the Hold Pedal......................9 How to use the Mono Input....................... 9 How to use the optional sound module ................... 10 First settings..........................10 How to install the guitar interface and the pickups ..............10 How to connect your MIDI equipment..................
  • Page 3 Arrange Mode.......................... 20 STRG SPLIT........................21 FRET SPLIT ........................22 PICK SPLIT 1 and 2 ...................... 22 E D T SEGM........................23 ARRANGE NAME....................... 23 Segmentparameter........................24 PROGRAM........................24 VOLUME........................24 TRANSPOSE......................... 24 QUANTIZE........................24 PAN POS........................25 PAN SPREAD........................ 25 REVERB ........................

  • Page 6: Front Panel

    FRONT PANEL Level of the MONO input The LCD-Display is rich in contrast and shows the current presets as well as the different parameters. Parameter selection; the + button moves the cursor to the next, the - button moves the cursor to the previous parameter.

  • Page 7: Back Panel

    System exclusive data can also be sent to the optional sound board SB-676 which is sold by BLUE CHIP, too. MIDI THRU jack. All data arrive via MIDI IN and are transmitted further through this jack.

  • Page 8: Features Of The Axon

    MIDI controller with the pick position. Keyboard players often use a modulation wheel in order to produce vibrato or filter effects. With the pick control function you have the same possibilities, only by changing the pick position. AXON NGC 77 - VERSION 4.00...

  • Page 9: How To Use The Hold Pedal

    There are no limits to your imagination but you can not foresee the results in each case. We had already achieved good results using guitar and bass. AXON NGC 77 - VERSION 4.00...

  • Page 10: How To Use The Optional Sound Module

    How to use the optional sound module If your AXON is fitted by an embedded sound module, 128 GENERAL MIDI SOUNDS in excellent quality will immediately be available for you. Additionally, the sound module has an installed reverb as well as a chorus effect which can be called up by the AXON.

  • Page 11: How To Mount An Axon In A 19 " Rack

    How to mount an AXON in a 19 " rack You can mount your AXON in a 19" rack by using the optional installation frame. In order to fix, use only the original screws. If you prefer another form of mounting, remove first the rubber foot from the bottom of the AXON.

  • Page 12: Global Parameter

    Global Parameter If you use your AXON for the first time you have to check the settings of some global parameter in correspondence to your MIDI instrument: Please check the basic MIDI channel and tune your guitar with the embedded tuning aid of your AXON. If you are in a hurry and if you would like to play immediately with your AXON, read the explanations in the sections BASIC CH and tuning of the guitar.

  • Page 13: Send Pbdrg

    SEND PBDRG Send Pitchbend Range ON/OFF This parameter has to be ON if your MIDI instrument stores Pitch Bend Range in each preset separately. In this case the AXON sends the Pitch Bend Range information after each program change immediately again. This is necessary by most KORG synthesizers, and probably by some other manufacturers.

  • Page 14: Vu Meter

    VU METER Level Meter ON/OFF When strings are played, the display shows 6 small VU-Meters for six strings. The normal display appears again when the decay reaches -40dB. This function can be suppressed by turning the VU-Meter OFF (key). TUNE BASE Tune Base -99...+99 Your AXON generates MIDI sounds relating to a tune base of 440 Hz plus a deviation which is set by this parameter.

  • Page 15: Guitar No

    GUITAR NO The AXON allows you to set preferences for up to four different totally separate guitars or bass guitars. If for example, you change guitars during a concert, you don't have to change all the sensitivity settings for that instrument, you merely change to the appropriate guitar number (name) in your AXON.

  • Page 16: Copy Arrange

    want to complete the copy, move the cursor to another line, and press OK. This will return you to the main Global Menu page. COPY ARRANGE How to copy Arrange Presets Press the OK button and move the cursor with the +- parameter keys in the line "SOURCE ARR:".

  • Page 17: Send Scratch

    ^BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER SEND SCRATCH How to send a Scratch preset (as a system-exclusive-message = sysex) Please set the Scratch number you would like to send with the +/- value buttons. Position the cursor in the line "SEND:" with the +/- parameter keys and hit OK.

  • Page 18: How To Store Scratch Versus Arrange Data

    ^BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER How to store Scratch versus Arrange data All changes made on the actual preset don't destroy the original preset data. In order to store the Scratch/ Arrange parameter permanently after a change in a preset, please press the store button.

  • Page 19: Strg Mode

    ^BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER STRG MODE String mode (separate/common) SEPARATE A separate MIDI channel is assigned to each string in the following order: El: Basic MIDI channel B2: Basic MIDI channel+1 G3: Basic MIDI channel+2...

  • Page 20: Edtsegm

    ^BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER maximum value of 127 (7Fh) is given out. Play notes on your guitar. Every note you play as long as you have the Pedal pressed will be sustained, much like the sustain pedal on a piano.

  • Page 21: Strg Split

    buttons of your guitar interface just like by Scratch presets. To edit the Arrange parameter, move the cursor with the +/- parameter keys to the line with the text "ARRANGE_NO:" and press the OK button. This brings you to the main page of the current arrange preset.

  • Page 22: Fret Split

    FRET SPLIT (OFF/0...23) You can also divide the fretboard of your guitar into two groups of frets so that when you play within one of these groups of frets, regardless of what strings you play, you will hear one synth sound. If you then move to a position outside of this group of frets, you will hear another sound.

  • Page 23: Edt Segm

    EDT SEGM The three types of splits are combined and superimposed upon each other to give you a synthesis of up to 12 different combina- tions of splits. Within these combinations, depending on where your split points are, the possibilities are innumerable. •...

  • Page 24: Segmentparameter

    Segmentparameter The basic element of your AXON is a segment, both in the Scratch mode and in the Arrange mode. A segment is a package of Midi information which are assigned to a sound in your synth. The segment includes not only the patch numbers of the sound, but also important information to convert your guitar signal into MIDI information that comprehends the synth.

  • Page 25: Pan Pos

    OFF: All Pitch changes ( for example pulling strings, hammer on's or other playing techniques) are converted as exactly as possible (see also Global Parameter: Pitch bend range). Each pitch change won't be converted with Pitch Bend until the next semitone is reached; then another Pitch bend value gives out the new pitch.

  • Page 26: Reverb

    REVERB Reverb portion of a sound (MIDI controller 91) : OFF/I.. 128 If your MIDI instrument is fitted with an embedded Reverb, this parameter allows you to decide about the Reverb portion of your used sound. This parameter must set to OFF, if your MIDI instrument does not have an installed Reverb.
  • Page 27 MIDI VELOCITY VALUES BY DIFFERENT SETTINGS OF VELOCITY SENSITIVITY AND VELOCITY OFFSET S=Sensitivity 0=0ffset...

  • Page 28: Pick Ctrl

    PICK CTRL Pick Controller (OFF, 0...127) As mentioned above, your AXON has the unique possibility to recognize the picking position. You can assign this picking position to one of several MIDI controllers. Set the value for example to 1 and you can simulate the modulation wheel of a keyboard by the picking position.

  • Page 29: Chain Mode

    Chain Mode Presets (I...64) In live performance you will often want to change from one scratch or arrange preset to another. You can do this very easily by creating chains of presets in chain mode.You have the option of creating up to 64 different chains with up to 32 scratch and/ or arrange presets (=steps) in each chain.

  • Page 30: Type And Value

    TYPE and VALUE A chain element can be one of six different types: a scratch preset, a patch change for MIDI bank A, a patch change for MIDI bank B, an arrange preset, a loop, an end of chain element. To define a chain step using a scratch preset, you need to select the SCRATCH option in the MODE parameter and then the number of the scratch preset in the VALUE parameter.

  • Page 31: Appendices

    Appendices MIDI channel/ string assignment You can connect to your AXON bass guitars with 4, 5 and 6 strings provideded that a corresponding HEX-Pickup exists. The string assignment relating to the BASIC CHAN is: MIDI channel Offset Guitar with 6 strings MIDI channel Offset Bass guitar with 4 strings —...

  • Page 32: Troubleshooting

    Bank 0, program 0..63 : ARRANGE Presets SCRATCH Presets Bank 0, program 64.. 127 : Bank 1, program 0..127 : SCRATCH Presets You change within the CHA JN mode by using: Bank 0, program 0..63 : CHAIN Presets !..( Troubleshooting •Question When I play the guitar, the Axon reacts with level meter response, but the synth does not play.
  • Page 33 Question : There is an irritating dynamic difference between notes. Area: Velocity mapping problems Solutions'. The velocity sensitivity settings in the Axon for a given sound should match the synth patch. Experiment with decreasing the velocity sensitivity parameter in the segment page and eventually adding small amounts of velocity offset.
  • Page 34 AXON-NGC 77 Internal Structure...

  • Page 36: Specifications

    Specifications Display 2-lines 16-character LCD Connectors (rear panel) Guitar IN Connector (GK) Guitar Audio OUT (1/4") Hold Pedal (1/4") Chain Pedal (1/4") MIDI connectors (IN, OUT, THRU) AC IN Power Supply 12V AC (AC adaptor included) 1000 mA Dimensions Depth: 21.5cm Width: 22 cm Height: 4.4 cm (1 rack unit) Weight...

  • Page 37: System Exclusive Implementation

    SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE IMPLEMENTATION Received: l.DUMP: SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE 0: FOH header for 3 byte manufacturer' s ID 1:OOH 2: 20H 1 st byte of manufacturer' s ID 3: 2DH 2nd byte of manufacturer's ID 4: OBH AXON model ID device number (not evaluated) y= 1 :ALL, y=2:SCRATCH, y=3:ARRANGE d=0: dump coming;...

  • Page 38: Midi Implementation

    MIDI IMPLEMENTATION AXON MIDI Implementation Chart Transmitted Recognized Remarks Function... Basic Default 1-10 Channel Channel 1- 10 Default Mode 3,4 Mode Messages Altered Note 0- 127 Number True Voice Velocity Note On 09n v=l-127 Note Off 08n v=10 After Key's Touch Ch's Pitch Bender...

  • Page 39: General Midi (Gm) Tables

    =BLUE CHIP USER MANUAL AXON NGC 77 GUITAR TO MIDI CONVERTER GENERAL MIDI (GM) tables (Source : MIDI 1.0 Detailed Specification 4.2 ) GENERAL MIDI Sound Set Groupings (all channels except 10) Pros ^Instrument Group Prog# Instrument Group 1-8 Piano...

  • Page 40: General Midi Percussion Set

    GENERAL MIDI Percussion Set (Channel 10) MIDI Key Drum Sound MIDI Key Drum Sound MIDI Key Drum Sound High Agogo Acoustic Bass Drum Ride Cymbal 1 Low Agogo Chinese Cymbal Bass Drum 1 Cabasa Side Stick Ride Bell Tambourine Maracas Acoustic Snare Hand Clap Splash Cymbal...

  • Page 41: General Midi Controller Table

    GENERAL MIDI controller table Controller numberController function Dezimal Bank Select Modulation wheel or lever Breath Controller Undefined Foot Controller Portamento time Data entry MSB Channel Volume(formerly Main Volume) Balance Undefined Expression Controller Effect Control 1 Effect Control 2 0E - 0FH Undefined 14-15 10-13H...
  • Page 42 NORM HOLD PROGRAM 0-177 VOLUME 0..127 TRANSPOSE 06-.36 QUANTIZE AUTO AUTO ON/OFF/AUTO PAN POS aiBll5..MIDRI5 PAN SPREAD •15.0-.13 REVERB 0-.1Z7 FINGR PICK ON/OFF VEL SENS 0-127 VE OFFS «3-ifi3 TRIG LEV PICK CNTRL OFTO..127 P1 POS 0-99 P1 VAL 0..127 P2POS P2VAL OJ27...
  • Page 43 NORM HOLD PROGRAM 0-127 VOLUME 0.127 TRANSPOSE <36.-3 QUANTIZE AUTO OWOFF/AUTO PAN POS OflRlS-WO .R15 PAN SPREAD •1SJ.-15 REVERB 0..127 FINGR PICK ONfOFF VEL SENS 0-1 27 VE OFFS «i~S! TRIG LEV PICK CNTRL OFTO..127 P1 POS P1 VAL 0.127 P2POS 0.39 P2VAL...
  • Page 44 NORM HOLD PROGRAM 0-1?7 VOLUME 0.127 TRANSPOSE ;i6-»36 QUANTIZE AUTO AUTO ON/OFF/AUTO PAN POS OlfRl.lS-MID.RlS PAN SPREAD -15-0-*15 REVERB OJ27 FINGR PICK ON/OFF VEL SENS 0..127 VE OFFS •6M3 TRIG LEV PICK CNTRL OFB0..127 PI POS P1 VAL 0..127 P2POS P2VAL 0-127 NORM...
  • Page 45 NORM HOLD PROGRAM 0-127 VOLUME 0-127 TRANSPOSE •3EL.36 QUANTIZE AUTO AUTO ON/OFF/AUTO PAN POS Off/LIS-MlO.RlS PAN SPREAD •15..0..*15 REVERB 0-127 FINGR PICK ON/OFF VEL SENS 0-127 VE OFFS •63-^3 TRIG LEV PICK CNTRL OPR0..127 P1 POS a» P1 VAL 0.127 P2POS P2VAL 0.127...
  • Page 46 NORM HOLD PROGRAM 0-127 VOLUME 0-127 TRANSPOSE W--X QUANTIZE ON/OFFfAUTO PAN POS OHR1.15..HO.H15 PAN SPREAD •15..0..15 REVERB 0..127 FINGR PICK ON/OFF VEL SENS 0..127 VE OFFS «)-6i TRIG LEV PICK CNTRL OFP10..127 PI POS 0..99 P1 VAL 0-127 P2POS P2VAL 0-127 NORM HOLD...
  • Page 47 S1F1P1 S1F1P2 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P2 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P1 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD PROGRAM 0-127 VOLUME 0,127 TRANSPOSE •a6.t36 QUANTIZE " AUTO AUTO AUTO ON/OFFfAUTO PAN POS " 0«F(ll5..MIO.R15 PAN SPREAD I5.j0..ll5 REVERB 0-127 FINGR PICK ON/OFF VEL SENS " 0-127 VE OFFS fii-«6i...
  • Page 48 ARRANGE No.: #2 Fret Split+HD____________________________________________________________________ Description : the lower 9 frets will sound with a trumpet sound, the upper ones will sound with a choir sound, the hold pedal can be used to access a string orchestra. S1F1P1 S1F1P2 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P2 S1F2P3...
  • Page 49 S1F1P1 S1F1P2 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P2 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P1 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD PROGRAM 0-127 VOLUME o-ia TRANSPOSE •3B.438 QUANTIZE AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO OWOFFIAUTO PAN POS OlFdIS-MIO.RlS PAN SPREAD 1S-0..*15 REVERB •- 0-127 FINGR PICK ON/OFF VEL SENS O-liT VE OFFS O-iffl TRIG LEV...
  • Page 50 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F2P1 S1F1P1 S1F1P2 S1F2P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD PROGRAM 0-127 VOLUME 0-127 TRANSPOSE <&»36 QUANTIZE AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO ON/OFF/AUTO PAN POS 0«F<L15..MIOfllS PAN SPREAD 15-0..tl5 REVERB 0-127 FINGR PICK...
  • Page 51 S1F2P2 S1F1P1 S1F1P2 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P1 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD PROGRAM 0.127 VOLUME 0-127 TRANSPOSE 36L*36 QUANTIZE AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO ON/OFRAUTO PAN POS CHRU5..MIO.R15 PAN SPREAD 15-0..<15 REVERB 0-127 FINGR PICK ON/OFF VEL SENS 0-127 VE OFFS Wi63 TRIG LEV PICK CNTRL...
  • Page 52 S1F1P1 S1F1P2 S1F1P3 S1F2P1 S1F2P2 S1F2P3 S2F1P1 S2F1P2 S2F1P3 S2F2P1 S2F2P2 S2F2P3 HOLD PROGRAM 0-127 VOLUME 0-127 TRANSPOSE •aitS QUANTIZE OWOFRAUTO PAN POS OHB1.15..MID.R15 PAN SPREAD i5.n.»is REVERB OJ27 FINGR PICK ON/OFF VEL SENS 0-127 VE OFFS •6>-t6i TRIG LEV PICK CNTRL OFF0..127 P1 POS...

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