ae AXBO PROGRAMMABLE POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZERM1 Power requirements Power requirements for electrical equipment differ from area to area. Please ensure that your machine meets the power requirements In your ‘area, indoubt, consult qualified sloctricien. 120V, 60 Hzior USA and Canada 220,V, 60 Hzlor Europe except UK 240V,60 Hztor UK and Australia. 110V/120 V/220 V/240 V, 60/60 Hz convertibie fer other counties. Voltage conversion Models for Canada, USA, Europe, UK and Australia are not equipped “with thie facity. Each machine ie preset at the factory scvording to te ‘estination, but some machines canbe set to 110 V, 120 V, 220 V or 240 Vas required. It your machine's votage can be converted: Before connecting the power cord, urn the VOLTAGE SELECTOR locat- fed on the bolton panel wth a screwdriver until the correct voltage is In- dicated” ov 2aov ‘CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OF BACK) NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. Istmonded elt tne vor the prosance of uninslted "aangor- ous tgs wit he products orciesure ha may be of suctent Imapitugeloconsblutearscf elec shock, “The ightrna ash with te arowheed symbo superingesed cross + graphical eprsoriaion ds person, within an aque ange, “The exclamation point within an equltaal viangl ie iteted to «der the user othe presence of portant operting end mao. ‘nce oomcinginsrutonsin the berate Sesampaning he a> Baca Precautions FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE UK IMPORTANT FOR YOUR SAFETY ‘The flex supplied wth your machine will have either two wires or thre, as'shown inthe iustrations. THREE CORE FLEX WARNING THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED IMPORTANT “The wire in thie maine lead aro colour accordance withthe following code: ‘Green-and-yellow: Earth, Blue: Neural Brovn: Live ‘As the colours of the wires inthe mains lead fl this apparatus may not correspond withthe ‘coloured markings identiying the terminals in your plug, proceed as flows: The wire which {coloured green-and-yellow must be con- ‘marked by the letter E or by the safety earth ‘symbol , or coloured green or coloured sie ‘een-end-yellow. (Wiest) hve). ‘The wire which le coloured bive must be connected tothe terminal which i marked with the letter Nor coloured black ‘The wire which is coloured brown must be connectedto the term’ ‘which i marked with he letter Lor coloured red. TWO CORE FLEX IMPORTANT uve ‘The wires in this mains oad are coloured In accordance with the fllowing code: ‘Blue: Neutral Brown: Live {As the colours of the wires inthe mains toad Of this apparatus may not correspond withthe Coloured markings identiying the terminals in {your plig proceed as flows: The wire which WPcoloured biue must be connected to the terminal which fe marked with the letter N or sstouy Coloured back. ‘The wire which ie coloured brown must be ve Brown ‘connected tothe terminal whieh Is marked Bt ‘withthe eter Lo coloured rea ” (ve) ‘Do not connect any wire tothe larger pin markedE or when Wiring @ plug. Ensure that al terminals are securely tightened and {hatno loose strands of wire existTable of Contents Warning jecautions. Specifications. Nomenclature Unit Connections. Playback Procedure EDIT mode........ MIDI Interface Specifications Voice. Key touch sense Preset tones (samp sounds) «..2......00. ‘O8C-1 ose.2 ver LFO. External jack Dimensions. Weight * Forimprovement 61 key Cscle Bvoice—16 o8e. 82 tones ‘Rand B, each 32 ton 1. FREQ. RANGE (16',8°4?) 2.WAVE (OFF, " MIX) 8. PW (DUTY 50% {0 100%) 4. PWM ‘sp90d (Rate0.1% 1020 Ha) 5. SUB, (OSC (ON, OFF) 6. OXC-1 Level 7-FREQ. RANGE (16,8 4,2" ‘adjustment by 100 cent step) 8. Detune (3-36 cent) 9. WAVE (OFF, .__ ,MIX) 10CROSS MOD (OFF, 1,2) 11EG depth 12. EG select (WCF, VCA) 13. 0SC-2 Level 14.Cutoff req, (less than 10 Hz, more than 20 Hz) 15. Resonance 16.EG depth 17. Key follow (0 to 150%) 18, Key velocity 19. HPF. --20.Depth 21. Speed (0.1 to 20H2) 22.Delay (0105 sec) 23. WAVE( » 1) 24.LFO select (OSC-1, os¢-2, vcr) 25. Altack 26. Decay 27. Sustain 28. Release 29. Key follow $0.EG select (WCA, VCANGF, VCF) 31, Key velocity, 32. Level +50 cent Modulation (OSC, VCF)/Pitch bend (41200 cent (100 cent step) Note number, Key velocity, Pitch bender, Program change, Control ‘change (Modulation wheel, Sustain 'SW,, Transmission/ Receiving Channel select ‘Audio ou¥/1 V (Monophonic), Headphone (Stereo), Sustain pedal, Program up pedal, Tape memory (IN, ‘OUT), MIDI bus (IN, OUT THRU) 4,018 (W) x102 (H) x392 (D) mm 40.1 4.0 26.4 inches) 15.2kg (83.4 Ibs)\48 Nomenclature PEDAL PREM. UP jack MEMORY PROTECT switch. ‘TAPE MEMORY IN/OUT jacks — ‘This is used together withthe pec This switch prevents new data trom ‘These aro used to copy the voles data unit to change the preset voice data, being accidentally written into the of the respective memory banks onto ‘one ata time. Write-enable memory banks A and 8, Ceassette tape, orto register thevoice The jack accepts a 6.3 mm diameter ‘hereby protecting their data contents Gata recordad on cassette tape iro the phone pug. trom accidental erasure ‘memory bank of the AX-80. Turning the switch ON enables the IN: Conrect to the output jackot the [2] Household 7 ‘C100 V outletSt Playback Procedure Preset voice data playback The AXB0 is equipped with a preset ‘memory bank, and two memory banks, A {and B. The voice data for 32 voices are ‘st Into each memory bank for a total of 96 voices. Operation procedure Etim on the POWER sich t turn on the power. The AXBO wil now be sat {o the proset playback mode, with appearing inthe FUNCTION MODE Gisplayrandvoice data willbe set When using volce data memorized in titner memory banks Aor B: Press sither button Aor 8 Either 1 or b { will appear on the FUNCTION MODE display. At the same time, the AXBO willbe setto voice data 1 2. Using buttons 1~32, select the esired voice data 8. Adjust the output level by using the UTPUTKnob. By using the EDIT CONTROL UP/DOWNDut- tons, it fs possible during playback to change the voice data of each bank by fone step ata time. ‘When changing the data directly: Press one of the buttons 1 —32. Coates TUNEcontrol Use this control io adjust the tuning. Nor- mally, it should be set to the center posi- tion. The tuning range is +50 cents. Turning it towards % will increase the pitch and turning towards b will decrease the piteh, a PITCH BENDcontrol Use this control when adding pitch bend effects, ‘The contro! knob selects the pitch- variable range of the pitch bend effect. ‘Setting i to MIN means that the range is 0 (pitch bend effect zero) while setting it ‘to MAX means that the pitch bend range |g 1200 cent (1 octave) The pitch bend wheel controls the pitch bend effect selected by the pitch bend ‘control knob. Moving the control towards Pwnit inerease the piten, end moving it towards —will decrease the pitch. ‘The pitch bend whee! will automatically return to the center position when the pressure on it is released, causing the pitch bend effect to revert 100.M.WHEEL control Use this control when adding modulation effects. When using the modulation wheel control. It is necessary to press either the M. WHEEL OSC or M. WHEEL VOF button, or both. The control knob adjusts the degree of ‘modulation. Set at MIN for a modulation effect of 0, and the modulation will be at its maximum when the control is set to max Use the wheel to control the modulation effects set by the modulation control knob. Moving the wheel towards MAX will increase the modulation effect, while ‘moving it towards MIM will decrease the ‘modulation effect. MODULATION wax Transposing with the KEY TRANS mechanism (key transpose) This enablee the key 10 be transposed Upwards over a range of ll semitones, feterenced to C. This can be used 10 transpese a piece writon in a key with many and into.a key that le mere Convenient to payin ‘Transposing up or down in octave units shouldbe done by using the OS0-1 FIET selecTan Operation procedure Press the KEY TRANS button. The cor- responding indicator will light up. 2, Referenced to C, press the key (from D=8, including black keys) to be transposed to. No sound will be pro- duced when this procedure is carried out ‘The key hae been transposed when the blinking KEY TRANS button indica torgiows steadily To cancel the KEY TRANS function: Press the KEY TRANS button, causing the corresponding indicator to go out. Changing the voice data with the foot pedal By connecting a separately available pedal unit to the PEDAL PROS. UP jack. it |s possible during playback to change the voice data by one step ata time. BN Turning the PEDAL SUSTAIN effect ON/OFF By connecting a separately available ‘pedal unit to the PEDAL jack iti possible toturn the sustain effect on/off. © The jack is for a 6.3mm phone plug. | ES ‘PEDALS PRGM.UP SUSTAIN ©®\Y9 EDIT mode The edit mode selects voice data memorized in the preset memory bank or memory banks Aand Band modifies it to create new voice data. During the edit mode, the parameter tobe changed will appear the FUNCTION MODE display, and the daia itself will appear on th DATAdisplay. Basic procedure for editing |. Set the AXBO to the vole data to be changed by pressing either buttons A, Bor PRESET, and then by pressing one of the buttons 132. 2. Push the EDIT button. 8. Salect the parameler to be changed from among the buttons 1-32. 4, Change the data by using the CONTROL knob, EDIT CONTROL UP/DOWN or the parameter button depressed in the above slep 3. For maior changes in the data (coarse adjustment of the irequoncy and canbe uses to a achieve a rich and mild sound by 86 cent 5 Goturnhg the OSC~2ovclion : so frequency rom ato OSC-1 cent £8 a The frequency (pitch) can be s $ adjusted over a range of +36 +36 cent 99 con 9 WAVE ‘Turns the oscillator ON/OFF OFF é SAR imc | detrei setang te waveterm, IN ; Eg (Pulse waveform) JL 2 MX (Mixed waveform, 3V/i11 OSC-2 BUTTON CONTENTS DISPLAY, FUNCTION MODE DATA 10 | GROSS MoD. | Thisis used to attain waveforms [OFF | a OFF,1,2 that are not possible witnonly af 1 7 | single or two independent | : | oscilators. 2 1 2 4. Oscillation frequency of OSC-1 1 eng and OSC-2. ; &4 2. The OSC-2 oscillation frequency is the OSC-1 osc frequency. 11 | EGDEPTH This sets the degree of modulation |_EG DEPTH a when contulling OSC-2 with the = | EG signals. EaWNO & $ § : i +26 (MAN) 39 12 | EGSELECT ‘Sets the circuit which wiluse the | VOF “ VOFVCA ‘envelope generators. WOK 7 ‘The EG SELECT will notfunction it £22 {theEG DEPTH of the above lis not 13 | 08-2 ‘Sets the output evel of 086-2, | LEVEL a | £3 5 | 93 CONTENTS BISPLAY _ FUNCTION MODE] DATA Sets the cutoff frequency of the VOF. @ ex | 5 | 8 15 | RESONANCE. This enables the area of the cut-off | point determined by the cut-of 8 frequency, tobe emphasized. £4 5 33 16 | EGDEPT-H This enables the VCF cut-off =EG (MAN) ° frequency tobe controled by the r\/| ‘ EG signals, causing the preset ° £48 5a | \VGF cut-off frequency te change. ah ‘ | +EG (MAN, 8 17_| Kevrouow Thisenables the cutoff trequency tobeshitied by the position on the a keyboard, and adjusts the amount en 5 of hit. “ 9 18 | KeYveLocry ‘Aithough the E16 EG DEPTH will contol the VF cut-off equency, the KEY VELOCITY adjusts the amount by which the EG DEPTH is 8 Controlled by the velocity wth £8 ‘ which the keys of the keyboard are struck. 99 NOTE: The KEY VELOGITY effect willbe “O" when the EGDEPTH is "0" (data 80)124% LFO ‘The contents will change, depending on the setting of the LFO select button (button 24). surton ENTS DISPLAY ann cow FUNCTIONMODE| DATA 19 [HPF ‘This adusis the amount ot o | low-frequency signals that are fb ‘ | allowed to pass through tunimpeded, 39 20. OEPTH This seis the depth of LFO £20 ‘modulation for the OSC-1 e a ‘oscillaton frequency. £33 ‘ ei 33 21 | SPEED This adjusts the LFO modulation fe ° speed. f a ea 5 £38 99 22 | vELav This aquststhe amount aime PR ; | olay fom when the key (of the 8 | keyboerd) was struck until the £35 5 UFO modulation stars totake £33 9 23 | WAVE This select the LFO oscillation | (Pulse waveform) JL 2 Ll waveterm K 2 FLINAA (Sawtooth wavetorm) 5% (sewoorwavetoemi0 A] yp 3 | - (Triangular waveform /\ ° ¥ 24 | FO Tissot the destination one | o8C-1 7 SELECT LFO signals. Itis possible to independently set | OSC-2 fat £ the LFO modulation for OSC-1, | FOF a | 086-2, and the VOF. is — EG ‘The contents wll change, depending onthe setting of the EG SELECT button (button 30) BUTTON ‘CONTENTS : “| os ay ~ _ FUNCTION MODE| DATA 25 | ATTAGK ‘Sols thealtack ime. Os the minimum setting and 99 8 £25 ‘the maximum setting ew 26 | DECAY ‘ote the decay time. Oe the minimum setting and 00 ie 26 the maximum setting £42\A 3 EG ‘Thecontents will change, depending on the setting of the EG SELECT button (button 20) BUTTON CONTENTS |__ispty __ FUNCTION MODE| DATA 28 | RELEASE ‘Sets the release time. O's the minimum setting and 99 is > > the maximum setting. fat a ‘ 643 93 27 ~—_| SUSTAIN the maximum setting. £28 a 5 ew 99 29° ‘| KEYFOLLOW ‘Sets the output level of he VA. O's the minimum setting 2 ‘and99 is the maximum setting. £29 8 5 £45 99 30 | 7SELECT ‘Sotecis the circultusing the EG. | VCA 7 VCA-VOr 2 vor £30 3 VCA BUTTON CONTENTS oeney FUNCTION MODE] DATA 31 | Key “This adjusts the amount by which the positon on th > VELOoMTY keyboard affects the release time, so that lower k 6 the keyboard will cause a longer release tine, and higher ex 5 | | Keyson the Keyboard will cause a shorter release time. 98 32 [LeveL “This adjusts the amount by which the VGA\s controlled by the velocity with which the keys (on the Keyboard) are a | struck: ER 5 9314% Saving voice data onto cassette tape SAVE/VERIFY/LOAD ‘The AX80 is equipped with a tape interface function and input ‘output ack tat enable io eave voles dala memrized in he respective memory banks onto cassette ‘The tape Interace functions include the SAVE/VERIFY/LOAD modes. The SAVE mode outputs the voice data from a memory Recording v cassette tape © Ibis advised to always use the same cassette tape brand and {ype as well as the same tape recorder. © Be sure to protect the cassette tape recorder used for voice data save/load from shock or vibration. Failure to observe this precaution will result in improper save/load of voice data, © Its recommended to create a copy (back-up) of each voice data tape. If something should happen to one tape, causing ‘the voice data to be leat or damaged, the back-up will ome in handy. © Ibis not recommended to create copies of voice data tapes by ‘dubbing between tape recorders. Aitempting this procedure will result in the creation of an incorrect voice data back-up tape. ice data ontoa onnections vonnect a separately available tape recorder to the MEMORY IN {and MEMORY QUT acks of the AX8O. PHONESLINEOUT | veworvd Cassette ave bank and records it onto a cassette tape. The VERIFY mode checks @ voice data recorded onto cassette tape to see that tis correct. The LOAD mode registers the voice data recorded on ‘cassette tape back into the memory banks of the AXBO. | Saving voice data (recording onto a cassette tape) Save the voice data for 32 voices that are contained in each memory bank (A, Bor PRESET) are recorded onto a cassette tape as.a single group. Additionally, when saving the voice data of the AX-80, its possible to save the data numbers simultaneously ‘rom 130. By labeling the voice data in this manner, it becomes Possible to retrieve the desired voice data only from a tape with the data for 2 number of voices recorded on it Operation procedure 1. Sette connected tape recorderto the recording mode 2. Press the TAPE button. The TAPE indicator will now Tight up, and the markere on $0, 31 and32 of the EG/VGA mede dis: Bay wil aso begin tofcker- 3, Press the 30/SAVE button. S Rwill appear on the FUNCTION 'MODE DISPLAY, and the DATA DISPLAY wll bogin to licker. 4, Press oneof the buttons from 130 to label the voice cat, 5. Press the 30/SAVE buon to begin SAVINGoF the voice data. End will appear on the FUNCTION MODE DISPLAY afterall the data has been output, indicating that the SAVING operation has been completed 6. Stop the tape recorder Activate the folowing VERIFY operation I itis desired to check ‘whether tie voice data has been correctly SAVEBor not Press the TAPE button to cane the TAPE mode, causing the Indicator go out\A15 Il Verifying voice data Operation procedure 1. Rewind the cassette tape. 2. Sot the VOLUME control of the tape recorder to a sufficient level 3. Press the 31/VERIFY button. J. will appear on the FUNCTION MODE display. The covtents of the BATAdisplay will change swiftly once the VERIFY procedure begins, there are no errorsin the voice data: Joo d willbedisplaved, theres an error in the voice data: Eee ~~ willbe displayed. ‘The markers on 30, 31 and 92 of the EG/VCA mode display wil begin to licker again. IW an error should be detected during the VERIFY mode, repeat the VERIFY procedure @ number of times, changing the output level of the tape recorder. Wan error should still be indicated, change the tape and save the voice daia once again. Furthermore, enter the respective parameter data onto the fol- lowing cata sheets. Even ifthe data should be damaged or lost due to some unfortunate accident these data sheets, if properly kept, wil enable the original voice data tobe re-created, Ill Loading voice data ‘This procedure loads the voice data for 32 voices, recorded on ‘cassette tape, back into the A or B memory banks of the AXEO. : Set the VOLUME control of the tape recorder to the same set- ting as that used for the VERIFY operation. 8. Press the TAPEbutton. The TAPE indicator will ight up, and the markers on 30, 31 ‘and 32 of the E&/EAmode display willbegin to flicker. 4, Press the 32/LOADbutton. to . will appear on the FUNCT! tionally, the DATA display will start of 65. Press one ofthe buttons from 130 to load the labeled voice dala, 6. Press the 32/LOAD button, and set the tape recorder to the playback mode. 7. Set the tape recorder tothe playback mode. £ nd willappear on the FUNCTION MODE: the data has been loaded. 88, Press the TAPE button to cancel the tape mode. Turn on the MEMORY PROTECT switch. MODE display. Addi play, once all ofMIDI Interface MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) isan industry ‘standard for electronic music instruments. Electronic musical instruments compatible with this standard canbe connected {together with a MIDI cable for automatic performances, remote Derformances, as well as exchanging voice data with other units, Connecting Sequencers Connect the units together with a MIDI cable as shown in the figure. Moree MDieabe Music Seavercer 16\/% Setting the reception channel 41. Press the MIDI button. ¥ .~ - (CH/upper case letters) will appear on the FUNCTION MODE and DATAGIsplays. 2. Set the reception channels by pressing the buttons 116, Any of the channels 1~16 can be designated as the recep- tion channel Setting the transmission channel 4. Press the MIDI button. - - (CH/lower case letters) will ‘appear on the FUNCTION MODE and DATAdisplays. 2. Set the transmission channels by pressing the buttons 1—16. ‘Any of the channels 1—16 can be designated as the tran- mmission channel To cancel the MIDI mode: Press the A. B, PRESET or EDIT button.AKAI KAI ELECTRIC CO, LID.