Contents Table of Contents Contents English AXE I/O ONE Register your AXE I/O ONE 1. AXE I/O ONE overview 1.1 Top panel 1.2 Front panel 1.3 Rear panel 2. Installation and setup 2.1 Software installation 2.2 Setup 3 Dedicated guitar features 3.1 Direct amplifier output &...
AXE I/O ONE delivers the same great features in a super-compact 1 in / 3 out audio interface. Track pristine vocals through the included PURE mic preamp, explore a massive range of electric guitar tones via IK’s ground- breaking Z-TONE instrument input, and enjoy easy reamplification with the onboard AMP out.
English 1. AXE I/O ONE overview 1.1 Top panel 1. GAIN - adjusts the input gain for the signal at the input. 2. Peak Meters - the input has a dedicated 5-segment peak meter, with 1-second hold on CLIP , that indicates the level of the input signal.
English 8. MONITOR - the Monitor knob allows you to blend your input signals with the playback streams from your computer. This allows you to monitor your input signal with zero latency. If the knob is positioned at 12 o’clock, the input signal and the playback stream will be equally balanced. Turning the knob to the left will increase the level of the direct signal;...
English 1.3 Rear panel 1. USB port - Type C connector - connect the AXE I/O ONE to your computer with the supplied cable 2. Kensington security lock - secure your AXE I/O ONE to a suitable structure if desired.
English 2. Installation and setup 2.1 Software installation All software required by the AXE I/O ONE is available for download from the IK Multimedia website (www. ikmultimedia.com/products/axeioone). By downloading the “AXE I/O ONE Drivers and Control Software” you will find: MAC users: the installer containing the AXE I/O ONE Control Software. Windows users: the package includes the AXE I/O ONE Control Software and the necessary drivers for the interface.
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3. You can connect instrument or microphone to the Combo input and set its gain with the gain knob on the top of the interface. 4. Connect speakers, amplifiers or other line devices to the balanced outputs on the rear panel of AXE I/O ONE.
RE-AMPLIFICATION in from MIC Among the features that make AXE I/O ONE 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).
English 3.2 JFET / PURE input (only for Instrument Input) 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 some added warmth.
Passive electric guitar pickups exhibit significantly higher output impedance than the active counterpart, among other significant tone differences, but neither of the two is “better” or “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 ONE offers a pickup selector that allows the artist to select between Active (when using an active pickup) and Passive (when using a passive pickup).
Using it on active pickups will not provide any significant useful change to the sonics of the instrument. Note: AXE I/O ONE 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 the Instrument input. This way the Z-TONE™...
DAW’s documentation (or Help files) if you are unsure where to select the ASIO/Core Audio driver. Once the AXE I/O ONE is set as the preferred Audio Device in your DAW, the single input and the 3 outputs will appear in your DAW’s Audio I/O preferences.
Please refer to Section 3 of this manual for the complete description of features dedicated to the instrument input. NOTE: In your audio software, select the AXE I/O ONE as the input source of the track you will be recording to. Adjust the channel gain knob until you have a sufficient audio signal without clipping.
This delay, called latency, is caused by the computer processing time required to process the audio. Since this delay can be distracting, AXE I/O ONE 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.
MIDI In/Out. these LEDs shows when there is MIDI activity on the AXE I/O ONE physical MIDI ports. Sample Rate. Here you can set the working sample rate for the AXE I/O ONE unit, from 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz.
English 9.2 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.
English 10 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-C socket 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 +7 dBu signal at the XLR input Input level, max gain: 0 dBFS is obtained with a -42 dBu signal at the XLR input...
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English Output 3 (Amp output) Configuration: Unbalanced, floating, with selectable ground lift Output impedance: 75 Ohms Output level: 0 dBFS corresponds to -3.5 dBu Frequency response: From 20 Hz to 44 kHz within 1 dB (96 kHz sample rate) Dynamic range: 108 dB(A) THD+N: -93 dB(A) Headphone Output Output impedance: Virtually ideal source (zero Ohms) until clipping...
English Warranty Please visit: www.ikmultimedia.com/warranty for the complete warranty policy. Support and more info www.ikmultimedia.com/support https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products/axeioone...
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