AXIS 8 Premium CD Player Owner Manual ©2002 Industries; R33 http://www.numark.
AXIS 8 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS a) Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be read before this product is connected and used. b) Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be kept for future reference. c) Heed Warnings - All warnings on this product and in these operating instructions should be followed. d) Follow Instructions - All operating and other instructions should be followed. e) Placement – place the unit in a clean dry location.
AXIS 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS Safety and Warnings (PLEASE READ) 2 Table of Contents 3 Introduction Letter from the Engineers and Registration 4 Setup and Connections 5 Description of the Features 6 Basic Operation Play, Pause, Cue, Pitch, General CD control 8 Advanced Operations Pitch Change, Key Change 10 Beatkeeper 10 Matching Beats 11 Looping 12 Stuttering (Hot Starts) 13 Special Effects 14 Program Functions (A MUST READ!!!) 16 Fader Start, Relay 17 Cue Point Storage 18 Updating
AXIS 8 ® AXIS 8 PREMIUM TABLETOP CD PLAYER Congratulations, you are now the owner of one of the most technically advanced pieces of DJ equipment ever developed. The AXIS 8 is the result of many years of development and several NUMARK exclusive patents. The developers and engineers behind the AXIS 8 all have a significant amount of DJ experience and understand your needs. As we like to say, “this unit was designed by DJs for DJs”, like the rest of the NUMARK’s product line.
AXIS 8 SETUP AND CONNECTIONS Typical connection with a mixer is illustrated below. 1. Find a level surface free of excessive vibration to place your equipment 2. Connect the line output connections using the supplied audio cable from the CD Player to the line inputs of your mixer. 3. Connect Fader start cable. Attach your CD play to a similarly equipped DJ mixer with this supplied cable. (This connection can also be used with a remote switch (Page 17)) 4.
AXIS 8 FEATURES 1. PLAY/STUTTER- To start the music from the initial cue point. 2. PAUSE- To pause the music. 3. CUE- To move the music to the cue point and preview the selection. 4. WHEEL- Used for various functions such as cueing, scratching, pitch bend, searching, and effect control 5. LCD DISPLAY- Indicates all the functions, as they are occurring, with the CD. 6. OPEN/CLOSE- Pressing will open or close the disc tray on the transport. 7. SING- To set play mode in single or continuous play.
AXIS 8 30. Relay Connector- If you wish to use the relay function plug in your 3.5mm stereo control cables into here and then into your other unit. The cable must be a stereo style plug for the units to work properly 31. Remote Start Connector – Use this connector to plug into your fader start compatible mixer or remote switch. This function is always active. To use this connector for fader start, connect the supplied fader start cable to a fader start compatible mixer.
AXIS 8 BASIC OPERATIONS Open/Close: Press to load or eject the disc. The drawer will automatically close to protect the tray from accidental damage while open. NOTE: Tray will not open if the disc is in play. In order to program the automatic close time press and hold followed by . The display will indicate options of 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 120 seconds, and (no) for no auto close. This setting will be remembered at power down.
AXIS 8 SETTING CUE POINTS PLAY and CUE Pressing the “PLAY” button starts the disc. Pressing the “CUE” button will reset the disc to the last place where the disc was started. This is called the cue point. By alternately pressing the “PLAY” button and the “CUE” button, the disc may be returned and played from the cue point any number of times. This function is called back cue. PLAY, PAUSE and CUE Pressing “Play” to start then pressing “Pause” and then “Play” again, a new cue point will be set.
AXIS 8 ADJUSTING PITCH Pitch Range: actives the pitch slider and adjusts the amount of control the pitch slider has on the overall speed of music. On depression of will toggle the slider on and off. Range adjustments of 6, 12, 25, and 100% can be achieved by holding down power down. and then pressing to cycle through the range options. This setting will be remembered at Pitch Slider: By moving the slider toward the front the speed of the music speeds up. By moving away the speed slows down.
AXIS 8 BPM: This button is used for resetting the downbeat and also re-calibrating the BPM. The Beatkeeper is considered by many to be the most accurate automatic beat counter on the market today, however, it occasionally may have trouble determining the correct BPM. This will happen when the music contains complex rhythms or may start without a beat at all. If the BPM showing in the display you know is incorrect or the beat LEDs are not flashing with the beat you have 2 options to reset the Beatkeeper.
AXIS 8 LOOPING OPERATIONS LOOPING A loop is any area of a CD that you choose to repeat with no breaks. On the AXIS 8 two seamless loops are possible. LOOP IN The “LOOP IN” point is where you wish for the loop to start. The initial “CUE” point of the CD is also the default “LOOP IN” point for both loops or “Hot Start” point. If you wish to set a new “LOOP IN” point, just press when it reaches the desired point.
AXIS 8 MOVING LOOP POINTS The “LOOP IN” point can be moved while the music is playing just by pressing at the new desired point. The next time “LOOP OUT” is reached the CD will return to this new “LOOP IN” point. If “LOOP IN” is press after the “LOOP OUT” point it will clear the “LOOP OUT” point. The “LOOP IN” point can also be edited while paused. First hold down then press to move to the loop in point. Next rotate the wheel to search for a new cue point and then press again to set the new point.
AXIS 8 SPECIAL EFFECTS Your AXIS 8 is equipped with some of most advanced effects on the market today. To fully take advantage of these effects it’s helpful to practice and understand their use. EFFECT SELECTION To select and activate an effect tap on it’s button, it will light to indicate activation and effect will indicate in the display. To put the effect into hold mode or active alternate effects press the center button.
AXIS 8 A.D. (Artificial-Dissemination) – Reduces the bit rate of the music creating increasing distortion with intensity. CHOP – This effect works best when the Beatkeeper™ is properly aligned. Chop breaks up the music by turning the volume on and off based upon the BPM of the Beatkeeper™. First activation of the effect plays 1/8th note or half of every beat. In the BPM display will indicate an 1-8 which means one measure (4 beats) of music has been broken into 8 parts.
AXIS 8 PROGRAM FUNCTIONS PLEASE READ!!!! This button provides several programmable functions depending upon the combination of buttons used. Track Sequence Programming - Depress programmed then press erase program hold while the unit is stopped and “ ” will light. Select each track to be between selections. Press “PLAY/STUTTER” to start the track sequence program playing. To exit and for more than 2 seconds while the unit is stopped, open the disc tray, or turn off the power.
AXIS 8 RELAY PLAY This mode will be operational only when 2 units are connected via a relay cable. 1. 2. 3. 4. Insert CDs into both of the units. We recommend putting both sides in SINGLE play mode while learning this function. Press the “RELAY” button on one unit to activate. Press play on the first unit. When that unit has finished play it will send a signal to the second unit to start play. You will see the second unit start play and the first unit pause and cue to the beginning of the next track.
AXIS 8 CUE/LOOP POINT STORAGE AND RECALL To SAVE Cue and Loop points on the current CD: • CD should still in the drawer with cue and loop points set. • • • + . Press Cue points are stored and LCD shows "CUE STORE" for 1 second. If MIDI OUT goes to another CD player’s MIDI IN, the cue point is stored on the other CD player. To RECALL Cue points on the current CD: • • • • + . Press If CD player is open, it will automatically close and LCD will show "CUE FETCH" to indicate cue point loading.
AXIS 8 UPGRADING YOUR UNIT This unit contains the latest software available at the time of manufacturing. Our engineering staff will be working hard to constantly improve and offer additional features in the future. The unit software has been designed to be easily updateable by you through supplied CD updates from Numark. To obtain the latest software version contact your local Numark Dealer or visit us on the web at http://www.numark.com.
AXIS 8 MIDI IN-OUT MIDI – stands for musical instrument digital interface. Basically this means you can hook up 2 MIDI compatible devices and they will talk to each other. In this case you might connect 2 AXIS 8s and have them synchronize beats, add a MIDI keyboard and have it control the CD players or hook up a drum machine and play a rhythm pattern in time with the music. INTERLOCK MODE: For interlock you will need 2 units hooked up via 2 MIDI cables input to output.
AXIS 8 HOOKING UP A MIDI KEYBOARD: attach the MIDI output of the keyboard to the MIDI input of the CD Player. Set your keyboard to transmit on Channel 6. Add a foot pedal to the keyboard for added control. The chart below details key reaction. MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART *note: further MIDI Specs can be found at our web site http://www.numark.com - The Leader in DJ Technology ©2002 Numark Industries - 21 - http://www.numark.
AXIS 8 BEFORE SWITCHING OFF THE POWER: When you have finished using the CD player, be sure that the disc tray is closed with the “OPEN/CLOSE” button before switching off the power. DO NOT switch off the power when the disc holder is open.
AXIS 8 SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL Disc Type Time Display Quantization Oversampling rate Sampling Frequency Frequency response T.H.D. + NOISE S/N ratio (IHF-A) Dynamic range Output level Start Time Pitch control range Pitch bend Digital Output Standard Compact discs (12 cm & 8 cm) Track Elapsed, Track Remain, or Total Remain 1 bit linear/Channel, 3 Beam Laser 8 Times 88.2 kHz 20 Hz to 20 kHz Less Than 0.005% > 96 dB > 94 dB 1.3 Volts R.M.S. within 0.
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