Fractal Audio Axe Fx Ii Owners Manual Mkii 2013 09 10 User

2017-08-31

• Foreword
• Table of Contents
• What’s New
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 What is the Axe FX II?
  • 1.2 The Inventory/Grid Concept
  • 1.3 Connectivity and More
    • 1.3.1 My Head Hertz…
• 2 Overview
  • 2.1 The Front Panel
  • 2.2 The Rear Panel
  • 2.3 Computer Integration
    • 2.3.1 Minimum Requirements
    • 2.3.2 Software Installation
    • 2.3.3 Capabilities
• 3 Connections
  • 3.1 Setting Levels
  • 3.2 The PEDAL Jack
  • 3.3 System Parameters
  • 3.4 Connection Diagrams
    • 3.4.1 Axe-Fx II into Self-Powered Full-Range Speakers
    • 3.4.2 Axe-Fx II into Studio Monitors
    • 3.4.3 Axe-Fx II with Power Amp and Guitar Speakers
    • 3.4.4 Axe-Fx II Effects Loop
    • 3.4.5 Axe-Fx II Digital Audio Interconnection
    • 3.4.6 Axe-Fx II Four Cable Method (“4CM”)
    • 3.4.7 Direct to FOH plus Real Amps on Stage
    • 3.4.8 Axe-Fx II as Effects Processor Only (with Guitar Amps)
    • 3.4.9 Axe-Fx II as a Computer Audio Interface
    • 3.4.10 Axe-Fx II and MFC-101
    • 3.4.11 Axe-Fx II: One Possible “Big Rig”
• 4 Basic Operation and Editing
  • 4.1 Presets
  • 4.2 The Grid
    • 4.2.1 Inserting and Removing Blocks
    • 4.2.2 Shunts
    • 4.2.3 Connector Cables
    • 4.2.4 Moving Blocks on the Grid
    • 4.2.5 Example Presets on the Grid
  • 4.3 Editing Sounds
    • 4.3.1 Quick Control
  • 4.4 X/Y Switching
    • 4.4.1 X/Y Quick Jump
  • 4.5 Bypassing a Block
  • 4.6 Loading Effects from another Preset
  • 4.7 Saving Changes
    • 4.7.1 Swapping the Locations of Two Presets
• 5 Effects Guide
  • 5.1 Amplifier [AMP]
    • 5.1.1 Basic Amp Parameters (TYPE, PRE, PWR, EQ Pages)
    • 5.1.2 Amp Speaker Parameters
    • 5.1.3 Amp Dynamics Parameters
    • 5.1.4 Advanced Amp Parameters
  • 5.2 Cabinet [CAB]
    • 5.2.1 User Cabs
  • 5.3 Chorus [CHO]
  • 5.4 Compressor [CMP]
  • 5.5 Crossover [XVR]
  • 5.6 Delay [DLY]
    • 5.6.1 Mono Delay
    • 5.6.2 Stereo Delay
    • 5.6.3 Dual Delay
    • 5.6.4 Ping-Pong Delay
    • 5.6.5 Sweep Delay
    • 5.6.6 Reverse Delay
    • 5.6.7 Tape Delay
    • 5.6.8 Delay Common Parameters
  • 5.7 Drive [DRV]
  • 5.8 Effects Loop [FXL]
  • 5.9 Enhancer [ENH]
  • 5.10 Feedback Send [SND] & Return [RTN]
  • 5.11 Filter [FLT]
  • 5.12 Flanger [FLG]
  • 5.13 Formant [FRM]
  • 5.14 Gate/Expander [GTE]
  • 5.15 Graphic Equalizer [GEQ]
  • 5.16 Looper [LPR]
  • 5.17 Megatap Delay [MGT]
  • 5.18 Mixer [MIX]
  • 5.19 Multiband Compressor [MBC]
  • 5.20 Multi Delay [MTD]
    • 5.20.1 Quad Tap Delay
    • 5.20.2 Plex Delay
    • 5.20.3 Plex Detune
    • 5.20.4 Plex Shift
    • 5.20.5 Band Delay
    • 5.20.6 Quad Series Delay
    • 5.20.7 Ten-Tap Delay
    • 5.20.8 Rhythm Tap Delay
    • 5.20.9 Diffusor
    • 5.20.10 Quad Tape Delay
  • 5.21 Tremolo/Panner [PAN]
  • 5.22 Parametric EQ [PEQ]
  • 5.23 Phaser [PHA]
  • 5.24 Pitch Shifter [PIT]
    • 5.24.1 Detune
    • 5.24.2 Fixed Harmony
    • 5.24.3 Intelligent Harmony
    • 5.24.4 Classic Whammy
    • 5.24.5 Octave Divider
    • 5.24.6 Crystals
    • 5.24.7 Advanced Whammy
    • 5.24.8 Arpeggiator
    • 5.24.9 Custom Shifter
  • 5.25 Quad Chorus [QCH]
  • 5.26 Resonator [RES]
  • 5.27 Reverb [REV]
  • 5.28 Ring Modulator [RNG]
  • 5.29 Rotary Speaker [ROT]
  • 5.30 Synth [SYN]
  • 5.31 Tone Matching [TMA]
  • 5.32 Vocoder [VOC]
  • 5.33 Volume/Pan [VOL]
  • 5.34 Wahwah [WAH]
  • 5.35 Input Noise Gate
    • 5.35.1 Input Impedance
  • 5.36 Output Mixer
  • 5.37 Common Mix Parameters
• 6 Global Blocks
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Using Global Blocks
    • 6.2.1 Saving to a Global Block
    • 6.2.2 Loading and Linking a Global Block
    • 6.2.3 Loading Global Blocks without Linking
    • 6.2.4 Unlinking Preset and Global Blocks
    • 6.2.5 Backing Up/Sharing Presets Containing Global Blocks
• 7 Modifiers & Controllers
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Creating a Modifier
    • 7.2.1 Transformations
    • 7.2.2 Scale and Offset
    • 7.2.3 Damping
    • 7.2.4 Auto Engage
    • 7.2.5 Program Change Reset
  • 7.3 Control Sources
    • 7.3.1 LFO1 & 2
    • 7.3.2 ADSR 1 & 2
    • 7.3.3 Sequencer
    • 7.3.4 Envelope Follower
    • 7.3.5 Pitch Detector
    • 7.3.6 Manual Knobs
    • 7.3.7 External Controllers
    • 7.3.8 Modifier Power!
• 8 Global Parameters
  • 8.1 Configuration Parameters
  • 8.2 Output Parameters
  • 8.3 Custom Scales
• 9 Input/Output Parameters
  • 9.1 Input Parameters
  • 9.2 Audio Parameters
  • 9.3 MIDI Parameters
  • 9.4 Control Parameters
  • 9.5 Pedal Parameters
  • 9.6 X/Y Quick-Jump Assign
• 10 Utilities
  • 10.1 LCD Contrast
  • 10.2 Preset Utilities
  • 10.3 Status Meters
  • 10.4 Reset System
  • 10.5 IR Capture
  • 10.6 Firmware
• 11 Tuner
• 12 Tempo
  • 12.1 Setting the Tempo
  • 12.2 Synchronizing Sound Parameters
  • 12.3 Tempo to Use
  • 12.4 Auto Delay
  • 12.5 Metronome
• 13 Backing Up and Restoring
  • 13.1 MIDI/SysEx Backup and Restore
    • 13.1.1 Dumping to a computer
    • 13.1.2 Restoring from a Computer
  • 13.2 Onboard ROM Backup and Restore
  • 13.3 Machine-to-Machine Transfers
• 14 Firmware Updates
  • 14.1 Firmware
• 15 Troubleshooting
• 16 Appendix
  • 16.1 Table of Amp Types
  • 16.2 Table of Cab Types
  • 16.3 Loading User Cab IRs
  • 16.4 Shortcuts Overview
  • 16.5 60-Second Edit Guide
  • 16.6 Understanding Preset Size Limits
  • 16.7 Signal Flow, Global, and I/O Parameters
  • 16.8 LFO Waveforms, Duty, and Phase
    • 16.8.1 LFO Phase
  • 16.9 Tempo Cross Reference
  • 16.10 Mono and Stereo
  • 16.11 Mixology
  • 16.12 Humbuster™ Technology
  • 16.13 Setting up a Wah Pedal
    • 16.13.1 Using the Onboard Pedal Jack
    • 16.13.2 Using an Expression Pedal on an MFC-101
  • 16.14 Setting Up Spillover
    • 16.14.1 Within a Single Preset
    • 16.14.2 Across Different Presets
  • 16.15 Using Send and Return
    • 16.15.1 Creating Feedback Loops
    • 16.15.2 Extending the Length of Effect Chains
  • 16.16 Scenes
    • 16.16.1 Selecting Scenes
    • 16.16.2 SETTING UP SCENES
    • 16.16.3 SAVING SCENES
    • 16.16.4 SPILLOVER IN SCENES
    • 16.16.5 SCENES AND MIDI
    • 16.16.6 MFC-101 Scene Features
    • 16.16.7 Table of CC# Values for Scene Select
  • 16.17 Glossary & Resources
  • 16.18 Axe-Fx II Bank & Preset Numbers Table
  • 16.19 Factory Default Settings
• 17 Specifications
  • 17.1 Midi Implementation Chart
• Warranty
• NOTES