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Compact audio interface with advanced guitar tone shaping USER MANUAL English 日本語...
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Compact audio interface with advanced guitar tone shaping USER MANUAL...
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Contents Table of Contents Contents English AXE I/O SOLO Register your AXE I/O SOLO Front panel Rear panel 1 Installation and setup 1.1 Software installation 1.2 Setup 2 Dedicated guitar features 2.1 Direct amplifier output & Re-Amplification 2.2 JFET / PURE input (only for Instrument Input 1) 2.3 Pick-Up selector (only for Instrument Input 1)
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• USB cable AXE I/O SOLO is the most compact interface in the AXE I/O family, with 2 inputs and 3 outputs. As with the original AXE I/O, it has been created from the ground-up with the goal of designing the best possible interface for guitar players, and sports a series of features that can’t be found individually or combined in any...
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English Front panel 1. Instrument input 1 - 1/4” (6.35mm) jack type - Connect your instrument here (e.g., guitar). 2. GAIN 1 and GAIN 2 - adjust the input gain for the signals at Inputs 1 and 2 respectively. 3. Peak Meters - each input has a dedicated 5-segments peak meter, with 1-second hold on CLIP , that indicates the level of the input signal.
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2. MIDI IN/OUT - standard 5-pin DIN sockets for connection of external MIDI equipment. 3. USB 2.0 port - Type B connector - connect the AXE I/O SOLO to your computer with the supplied cable. 4. EXTERNAL CONTROL - use these 1/4” (6.35mm) jacks to connect external controller pedals (single or dual switches, continuous expression pedals).
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English 1 Installation and setup 1.1 Software installation All software required by the AXE I/O SOLO is available for download from the IK Multimedia website (www. ikmultimedia.com/products/axeiosolo). By downloading the “AXE I/O SOLO Drivers and Control Software” you’ll find: MAC users: the installer contains the AXE I/O SOLO Control App.
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English 2. Connect the AXE I/O SOLO to your computer with the supplied USB cable. 3. You can connect instrument signal to the front Jack 1/4” Instrument input 1, or microphone and line level signal to the back combo XLR input 2.
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MIC RE-AMPLIFICATION Among the features that make AXE I/O SOLO the definitive guitarist interface is the Re-Amplification feature. The “AMP OUT” is a third physical output which is independent from main Output 1-2. With this output, you can feed a DI recorded guitar to external analogue stomps or a real amplifier, still being able to monitor the session from main Output (1-2).
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English 2.2 JFET / PURE input (only for Instrument Input 1) Thanks to the front panel selector it is possible to select two different preamp topologies for your connected instrument: JFET preamp type and Pure preamp type. The discrete JFET (field-effect transistor) circuitry adds a tiny bit of color and harmonics to the signal, giving your instruments a bit of added warmth.
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“worse” than the other: indeed they have different behaviors. To properly couple this diversity of guitar pickups in the most musically pleasing manner, AXE I/O SOLO offers a pickup selector that allows the artist to select between Active (when using an active pickup) and Passive (when using a passive pickup).
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English Note: AXE I/O SOLO is very useful for feeding analogue stomp boxes from DAW tracks using the AMP output. The best way to get the Stomp signal back into the DAW is by using Instrument input 1. This way the Z-TONE circuit will also be very useful because most vintage stomps can actually change the way they sound depending on the load impedance, so experimentation in this usage is very welcome as well.
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Please refer to your DAW’s documentation (or Help files) if you are unsure where to select the ASIO/Core Audio driver. Once the AXE I/O SOLO is set as the preferred Audio Device in your DAW, all 2 inputs and 3 outputs will appear in your DAW’s Audio I/O preferences.
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English 5 Connecting instrument INSTRUMENT Connect your guitar, bass or any other mono instruments to the instrument input on AXE I/O SOLO using an 1⁄4” plug unbalanced (TS or “mono”) guitar cable. Please refer to Section 2 of this manual for the complete description of features dedicated to the instrument input. NOTE: In your audio software, select the Input 1 as the source of the track you will be recording to. Adjust the channel gain knob until you have a sufficient audio signal without clipping.
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For this reason these outputs are also ideal for use onstage, when directly feeding the FOH without any need for isolators or DI boxes. The AXE I/O SOLO has a solid strong signal free from ground loops that will work perfectly in these situations.
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This delay, called latency, is caused by the computer processing required to process the audio. Since this delay can be distracting, AXE I/O SOLO provides a direct monitoring path from the inputs to the outputs, and this is controlled by the Monitor knob. The Monitor knob allows you to blend your input signals with the playback streams from your computer.
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State: This LED shows when an AXE I/O SOLO unit is connected and active. MIDI IN, OUT: these LEDs shows when there is MIDI activity on the AXE I/O SOLO physical MIDI ports. Sample Rate: Here you can set the working sample rate for the AXE I/O SOLO unit, from 44.1 to 192 kHz.
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Depending on what else is connected to the AXE I/O SOLO and what grounding scheme is implemented in the setup the amp connection can be cleaner with GND LIFT active or not active.
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English 8.2 Controller tab The CONTROLLER tab gives you control over the 2 controller inputs. Set behavior, MIDI channel, MIDI CC#, minimum and maximum values, and more, to dial in the best settings for whatever application you want to control.
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English 9 Specifications Common AD and DA Resolution: 24-bit Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz and 192 kHz Host Connection: USB Type-B receptacle. USB 2.0 (High Speed). Line Outputs 1-2 (Monitor) Configuration: Electronically balanced and floating, automatically compensates level when connection is balanced or unbalanced, tip hot.
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English THD, PURE mode: 0.002 % (-1dBFS input) THD, JFET mode: 0.5 % Mic Input Configuration: Class-A discrete differential microphone preamp, pin 2 hot Input impedance: 4 kOhms differential Input level, min gain: 0 dBFS is obtained with a +9 dBu signal at the XLR input Input level, max gain: 0 dBFS is obtained with a -44 dBu signal at the XLR input Frequency response: From 7 Hz to 32 kHz within 0.5 dB (96 kHz sample rate) Dynamic Range: 116 dB(A)
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AXE I/O SOLO, AmpliTube and SampleTank® are trademarks property of IK Multimedia Production Srl. All other product names and images, trademarks and artists names are the property of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with IK Multimedia. iPad, iPhone, iPod touch Mac and Mac logo are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
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