M-Audio Axiom 25 - Discussion + Troubleshooting

[dj_hamzter]

I am thinking about getting the Axiom 25... Looks awesome and has pads... SWEET!!!

[ramangill]

Hey Guys,

Aweome forum...already helped me a lot!!!! One quick question though....

Has anyone tried to Program the ReDrum from Reason 3.0 to the lower Keys on the controller instead of the 8 trigger pads? If this possible, how do you do this???? I would really like to use the keys instead of the Pads but I can not seem to figure it out. Can someone please help me.

[moneytraks3480]

Jus got it this past weekend..... Str8 smooth

Finally!!!

[bluchippa5]

subscribing to this thread....Getting my axiom 49 on tuesday along with ableton 6...also upgrading my reason from 2.5 to 3.0, and adding recycle...and my tracks already go hard...

[moneytraks3480]

hello !
I have a problem with pad c17 from axiom 25 . Althought it sends midi signal (midi input from reason lightens up) , i cannot change the cc ..
so , here's what i do :
i press the c 17 pad, then > Advanced > ctrl assign> data 1 ( but the little musical note that should appear on the lcd , near the "midi " sign, doesn't appear! - on the other touchpads it appears, but not on the tab c17 ....
the data 1 key is working ( it sends midi signal while playing) , and so does the c 17 , but it controls the send 1 from control 9 , in redrum, and it won't change ....
the problem is that , when i press data 1 after " ctrl assign" , nothing happens.
does anyone have a solution for this ??

Soundforsoul, did u ever get your question answered???

[StoxOBX]

Hi guys ! Go for the Novation SL keyboards. They are awesome - automapping lets you concentrate on the important stuff (make music) and the keyboard is very comfortable.

[phalaris]

Hi,

I recently formatted my PC coz my Axiom 25 wasn't working at all. Now I've installed it and it worked fine. Then I downloaded the M-Audio/Reason patch, which makes Reason (3.0.4) recognize the thing as an Axiom 25, and not as a generic keyboard.
Now the transport controls work (yippe).

Anyway now I just want to know what Data numbers I should assign to the knobs to make them function the same way the Evo does.
I'm currently using the Evo locked to the main mixer, and I'm using the Axiom as the master keyboard..
Those of you who own the Evo will know that when you switch to a device (esp. effects and stuff) the knobs are configured such that the top row of knobs will control the knobs on the effect by default.

eg. If I switch to a flanger which has 4 knobs, I know damn well that the first four evo knobs will control these 4 knobs.

But with the Axiom I have to constantly use remote override which is bent. SO how do I configure my Axiom knobs such that they control the knobs on any effect device and other items by default.

Cheers,

[dvsn23]

Also another quick question, is it possible to use the pads with anything other than redrum &/or reason itself? just kinda curious, the only apps that i've used the axiom w/ is reason, fruity loops, & various vst's.

& within reason how can you have the sample "cut itself" whenever you trigger it agian, like you can in fruity loops?

well i got to this question late (better than never)...i'm pretty sure you can use the pads with pretty much any DAW....

as far as making the sample "cut itself"....if you mean only playing the sample while holding down the key....there is no accurate way to manipulate this in reason (that i know of)...but you can mess with the knob on each redrum channel that says "length"...obviously this controls how long the note will be played.....big ups!

[wehdat]

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/M-Audio_Enigma/

-cF

more people should pay attention to this, that's all i needed to fix my problem and i havent even had the axiom for a day.

[akissfan]

Thanks for the help Doctrine...I got my Axiom 25 to talk to Redrum...seems to be working great. Thanks.

Next step...

Since I'm triggering the drums using the Axiom 25, how do record the drums? I was hoping I could record right into the pattern maker using my Axiom 25 but it doesn't seem to work that way?

Brent

I just learned that very step tonight and I was already planning on posting it on here...

What you must learn are what 'CC, Channel, Data1, Data2, Data3' mean, not only in Enigma but on the controller itself. I'll tell you how to do it through the CONTROLLER (not Enigma software) because I have yet to fully understand transferring banks from the software to the Axiom...

If you look in the help file for reason's Redrum sampler, it says the 'note #' for the 10 channels on Redrum go from 36-45...

Stay with me, it's easier than you think.

You need to tell drum pad 1-8 that they need to control reasons note #'s 36-45, but you only have 8 pads on the Axiom so we'll do it 36-43...You access this feature by setting the "DATA 1" parameter on the Axiom...

How do you do that?

> Press the first pad (bottom left) on the axiom.

> Press "advanced" button

> Press the "Ctrl Assign" key (first piano key on Axiom 25, dunno 'bout others) then the number on the right should read "147" that is not the "DATA 1" parameter, that is CONTROL...

> Press the "Data 1" key (third black key from the left) and you probably will already see the number 36 on the screen now (that's the default). Still we will RE-Program it to the same thing for the sake of example.

> With the corresponding keys, punch in '36' then press the last white key which is 'enter' and you have that first pad now set for Note 36 wich will trigger channel 1 in redrum...

Now do the same steps with the second pad making IT'S Note number/Data 1 entry '37' and so on...

Pad 1 - DATA 1 = 36 for Redrum Channel 1
Pad 2 - DATA 1 = 37 for Redrum Channel 2
Pad 3 - DATA 1 = 38 for Redrum Channel 3
etc...

More to come...