User guide

Chapter 4: Advanced Keyboard Functions

Axiom User Guide

Zone Channel (Zone Chan)

The Zone Channel (ZONE CHAN) function specifies which MIDI Channel a Zone will use when transmitting

MIDI data. Assigning each Zone to its own channel will allow you to play up to 4 different sound patches on

a connected synthesizer or virtual instrument. This setting is saved as part of a user patch when stored to a

Memory Location. For instructions on how to save a user patch, see “Store” on page 22.

Assigning an Axiom control to a Zone MIDI Channel (z1– z4) as described in the following section (“Channel

Assign (Chan Assign)” on page 18), causes that control to transmit MIDI data on the same MIDI Channel as

the corresponding Zone.

For more information about Keyboard Zones and their related functions and parameters, see Chapter 6, “Key-

board Zones.”

To set the MIDI Channel for a Keyboard Zone:

1 Press the Zone button followed by one of the Zone selection buttons. See Chapter 6, “Keyboard Zones.”

2 Press the Edit button.

3 Press the Zone CHAN key. The LCD screen will display the current function (“CHAN”), the active Zone num-

ber (for example “z1”) and the current Zone Channel number.

4 Enter the new MIDI Channel number using the number keys or Patch buttons (+/–).

5 Press the Enter key.

6 Repeat steps 1 – 5 to assign set the MIDI channel for the remaining Zones.

After setting the Zone channel and exiting Edit mode, activate all desired Zones by simultaneously pressing

their respective Zone buttons.

Default Zone Channels

Zone MIDI Channel

1 0 (Global Channel)