Numark AXIS 8 - Manuals

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 s...

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 DISPLA...

AXIS 8 25. Power Switch- Turn on and turn off the machine with this button. The unit should always be shut down with this button first before any external power is removed. Typically it is recommended that the CD player is powered on before amplifiers and off after amplifiers to avoid an audio spike...

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 ...

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 pl...

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 and then pressing to cycle t...

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 ...

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 lo...

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. ...

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 activatio...

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 i...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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. Switch off the power after the disc holder has been closed wi...

AXIS 8 SPECIFICATIONS TECHNICAL Disc Type Standard Compact discs (12 cm & 8 cm) Time Display Track Elapsed, Track Remain, or Total Remain Quantization 1 bit linear/Channel, 3 Beam Laser Oversampling rate 8 Times Sampling Frequency 88.2 kHz Frequency response 20 Hz to 20 kHz T.H.D. + NOISE Less T...

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