Every physical controller on your Axiom can be assigned to its own individual channel, allowing you to control several instruments at the same time. It is also possible to tie a physical controller to a zone or to the Global Channel.

To assign the transmit channel for a control:

49- and 61-note versions:

• Press or move the physical controller to select for editing.
• Press the Chan Assign button.
• The LCD display will show the currently assigned MIDI channel.  Use the numeric keypad to enter the new MIDI channel in the range 00 to 20*.

25-note version:

• Press or move the physical controller to select for editing.
• Press the Advanced button.
• Press the Chan Assign key.
• The LCD display will show the currently assigned MIDI channel.  Use the numeric data entry keys to enter the new MIDI channel in the range 00 to 19*.
• Press the Enter key to confirm.
• The channel assignment of each physical controller is saved if the group to which that controller belongs is active when you save to any of the 20 memory locations.

* See below for an explanation of channels 17-20.

Tying Controls to Zones

If you assign a physical controller to channel 17, 18, 19 or 20 the controller is tied to the transmit channel of Zone 1, Zone 2, Zone 3 or Zone 4 respectively (remember that the 49- and 61-note versions of the Axiom have four possible zones and the 25-note version has three). Therefore, as you alter a zone’s channel, you are also altering the physical controller’s channel at the same time.

Note that although a physical controller may be tied to a zone, if you want to save this assignment to any of the 20 memory locations, it is necessary to ensure you select the group to which the physical controller belongs. Group A does not cover this.