KORG TONEWORKS AX3A - Manual (Page 5)

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AX3A Owner’s manual
Introduction
Welcome!
Thank you for adding the TONEWORKS AX3A Modeling Signal Proces-
sor to your r ig. Whether you’re playing live or in the studio, or practicing
with headphones, the AX3A will give you countless hours of great sounds!
To ensure a long and trouble-free relationship with your AX3A, please
read this manual carefully, and use it as directed. When you’ve finished
reading this manual, please keep it for future reference.
Main features
❑ Detailed and powerful modeling sounds delivered by Korg’s
modeling technology.
What is ?
(Resonant Structure and Electronic circuit Modeling System)
is Korg’s proprietary sound modeling technology which digitally simu-
lates a wide range of factors that affect the sound, including the
sound-producing mechanism of acoustic, electric, and electronic in-
struments, the body and cabinet resonances of these sounds, their
acoustical sound field, the electrical and electronic response of the
mics and speakers that propagate, these sounds, and even elec-
tronic circuit components such as vacuum tubes and transistors.
❑ 43 different modeling effect variations are built-in, and you can use
up to seven different effects simultaneously (including noise reduc-
tion and notch filter).
❑ All parameters of the effects in the five effect categories (pre-effect,
mic & body, tone, modulation, delay/reverb) can be fully edited.
❑ Use these modeling effects to create your own sounds and store
them in internal memory as one of 40 user programs. In addition, 40
more programs are provided as presets for immediate use.
❑ The built-in notch filter lets you eliminate unwanted acoustic feed-
back.
❑ Connect an optional Korg EXP-2 foot controller or XVP-10 expres-
sion/volume pedal, and use it as a wah pedal or volume pedal.
❑ The delay sound is preserved when you switch between programs
that have the same delay type and TIME parameter [P1] setting. Simi-
larly, the reverberation is preserved when switching between pro-
grams that have the same reverb type.
❑ A built-in auto chromatic tuner lets you tune while bypassed or muted.
Front and rear panel
This section explains the switches and connectors on the AX3A’s front
and rear panels.
Front panel
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1. Function selector
The operation of the up/down buttons and value knob will depend on the
mode that’s chosen by this selector. You’re in Program mode when this
selector is at the [PROGRAM] position, Write mode when at the [WRITE]