M-Audio Axiom Pro manual Edit Mode

Axiom Pro User Guide 23

Edit Mode

!IMPORTANT:

If you are using Axiom Pro in HyperControl Mode, nearly all of the configuration that would normally take place using Edit Mode (described in this chapter) happens automatically. However, if your application does not support HyperControl or if you are using Axiom Pro to control a hardware MIDI device, this section will cover all of the inner workings of the controller.

Axiom Pro has two primary modes of operation: Edit Mode and Performance Mode. Most of the time, the controller stays in Performance Mode so you can use the keyboard to control your MIDI compatible hardware and software; Edit Mode is only used when you need to configure various parameters such as button, knob, or pad assignments or to change keyboard-specific parameters such as the global MIDI output channel or the velocity response curve of the keys and pads.

Pressing the Edit button illuminates the button and places the Axiom Pro keyboard into Edit Mode. Pressing the button again exits Edit mode and the Edit button will no longer be illuminated.

Edit Mode contains a main menu and six sub-menus. This chapter explains each of these six pages in detail.

✓TIP: This section of the User Guide is written as a “reference” manual and describes every parameter and setting on a menu-by-menu basis. This is useful if you are on a specific page within Edit Mode and want to know more about an individual parameter or setting. However, if you would like to learn how to accomplish a specific task (e.g., “How do I change the MIDI assignment of an encoder knob?” or “How do I change the global MIDI channel?”) please see the “How To:” section earlier in this User Guide. The “How To:” section presents tasks in a logical fashion and provides shortcuts to the page (and parameter within that page) to help you quickly accomplish your tasks.

A note on Edit Mode navigation: There are a number of ways to select and modify the parameters contained within Edit Mode:

<To select a parameter for editing:

•Press Soft Keys 2 or 3

OR

•Turn encoder knob E1

<To change a parameter’s setting:

•Turn encoder knob E5

OR

•Use the “+” and “-“ buttons on the numerical keypad (Axiom Pro 49/61 only)

Certain pages and parameters will require you to use additional encoder knobs or other controls. These pages and parameters will be discussed individually throughout the rest of this section.