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The basics

Connecting the AX-7

Note: Switch off both the AX-7 and the external instru-

ment(s) before establishing or breaking the MIDI connections.

The AX-7 is a MIDI controller. It contains no sound-

generating circuits of its own. You need to connect

it to at least one external MIDI instrument in order

to hear what you are playing. See right for the basic

connections.

Note: Do not forget to connect the module, synthesizer,

etc., to an ampliﬁer. See its manual for details.

Working with a computer or sequencer

If you want to use the AX-7 as Master keyboard for

recording applications that involve a computer with

sequencing software, or a hardware sequencer (like

the Roland MC-80), here is the most useful connec-

tion system:

This setup only works as expected if the follow-

ing conditions are met:

• The computer (if that is what you use) must be

equipped with a MIDI interface.

• You need to switch on the sequencer’s MIDI

Soft Thru/MIDI Echo function. Otherwise you

won’t hear what you are playing. (See the

sequencer’s/software’s manual for details.)

Note: The MIDI channel you set on the AX-7 (see p. 14)

may be changed to another number by the sequencer. If

that is not the case, be sure to set at least one of the

AX-7’s zones to the MIDI channel the module (not the

sequencer) is receiving on.

Note: Yet other conﬁgurations are possible, but the

above usually cover most of your MIDI needs. You could

connect the MIDI IN socket of a second module to the a

MIDI THRU socket of the module pictured above for an

even larger system.

Or you could establish the following connection:

[Sequencer] MIDI OUT → [AX-7] MIDI IN

[AX-7] MIDI OUT → [Module] MIDI IN

(See also “About MIDI Merge” (p. 17)).

Powering up

Power to the various devices should be turned on in

the appropriate order. First, switch on the units that

transmit MIDI messages (computer, AX-7). Next,

switch on the sound module(s)/synthesizers, then

the ampliﬁcation system.

Set the AX-7’s power switch (rear panel) to the ON

position.

Power off your system in the reverse order.

Note: The AX-7 is equipped with a circuitry protection fea-

ture. At power-up, a brief interval is required before it will

operate normally.

Note: If the AX-7 is powered using batteries, be sure to

switch it off whenever you are not planning to use it for a

while (5 minutes or more). But before doing so, you may wish

to save the current settings to a Patch memory (see p. 17).

MIDI OUT

MIDI IN

AX-7 (transmits MIDI messages)

Module, synthesizer, etc. (receives MIDI messages)

MIDI OUT

MIDI IN

AX-7 (transmits MIDI

messages)

Computer or sequencer

(records and transmits

MIDI messages)

Module, synthesizer, etc. (receives MIDI messages)

MIDI OUT

MIDI IN

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