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| - | Terratec is selling two versions, one without pickup and one bundled with a Seymour Duncan hexaphonic pickup + a 5 meter cable. (this costs bout 40€ ed. note) It accepts all input from the 13-pin cable manufactoring standard which makes it compatible with Roland, RMC, Piezo and other manufactorers. It has 500+ built-in sounds that can be stored along with other parameters in one of the 128 user presets. On the backplate there is MIDI-out/thru, a stereo pair for synth output as well as a output for the straight guitar signal. | + | Terratec is selling two versions, one without pickup and one bundled with a Seymour Duncan hexaphonic pickup + a 5 meter cable. (this costs bout 40€ ed. note) It accepts all input from the 13-pin cable manufactoring standard which makes it compatible with Roland, RMC, Piezo and other manufactorers. It has 500+ built-in sounds that can be stored along with other parameters in one of the 128 user presets. On the backplate there is MIDI-in/out/thru, a stereo pair for synth output as well as a output for the straight guitar signal. Also there is input for two expression pedals and two hold/sustain pedals (or what You assign them to do). |
Revision as of 09:11, 12 December 2009
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General Information
Original Author: Staffay
Weapon: Guitar Synth / Guitar to MIDI controller
Make: Terratec
Model: Axon AX-100 mkII
Price: 489 € / 625 € (with pickup + cable)
Product Description
Axon Ax-100 mk II is the update of Blue Chip's Music AX-100 guitar-to-midi converter and is now produced by the German company Terratec. Several updates has been made as well as adding an onboard GM/GX compatible synth and a computer editor. It is also bundled with Cubase 4 LE and comes in the 19' standard rack format.
Terratec is selling two versions, one without pickup and one bundled with a Seymour Duncan hexaphonic pickup + a 5 meter cable. (this costs bout 40€ ed. note) It accepts all input from the 13-pin cable manufactoring standard which makes it compatible with Roland, RMC, Piezo and other manufactorers. It has 500+ built-in sounds that can be stored along with other parameters in one of the 128 user presets. On the backplate there is MIDI-in/out/thru, a stereo pair for synth output as well as a output for the straight guitar signal. Also there is input for two expression pedals and two hold/sustain pedals (or what You assign them to do).
The module can be edited directly from the front, however this may be not recommended since the computer editor is far better and faster to deal with. Effects like chorus/reverb is built-in as a part of the GM/GX standard sound systems.
Technology
As said before the original inventor of this product is Blue Chip Music, who also made the patent for Axon's ETS-system. (Early Transient System) This system is built on an early-recognition technique that immediately recognizes the strings pitch, attack etc. and converts it into MIDI-data. Also this system is built on that every string has its own pickup (even that they are mounted in the same unit) and hence is separated from eachother and are processed separately in the unit.
By separating the strings and the recognition od where You pick, different play areas can be set-up in the module. Eg. You can have one sound on the bass string, an other one on the treble strings. Or You can have three different sounds depending on where You pick, eg. near the bridge, in the middle or in the neck position.
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