Numark Industries AXIS 9 - Manual (Page 33)

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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 8/9s and have them synchronize beats, add
a MIDI keyboard and have it control the CD players or hook up a drum machine
and play a rhythm pattern in time with the music.
MIDI CLOCK and INTERLOCK MODE: For interlock you will need 2 units
hooked up via 2 MIDI cables input to output. Pressing PROG + BPM
will put the unit in INTERLOCK mode when (2) units are connected via
MIDI. This mode will automatically match the BPM on (2) AXIS 8/9
units and lock them together on the beat. Before using this function it
is important to be sure the Beatkeeper is tracking the correct BPM and
is actually synchronized with the beat. In order to match effectively
one unit will indicate master and the other, slave. The master is
always the first unit to be playing. The slave follows the master.
As soon as the master is stopped for any reason the opposite side
becomes the new master control. Before using this function it is
advisable to activate the key lock since pitch shifts are automatic and
can be audible. When interlock is pressed you will see the BPM
display of the slave automatically change to match the master and the
pitch indication in the display change the amount needed to match
speeds. During interlock all pitch functions of the slave will deactivate
and follow everything you do with the master. All actions of the slave
such as LOOP points, and PLAY will now also be beat aligned with the
master.
• If both units are playing the slave will adjust to match to the
nearest beat of the master.
• If is pressed the slave will now start with the next beat of
the master.
• If “RELAY” is pressed during INTERLOCK, the slave will
automatically start the next time the master matches the beat of
the slave.
SLAVE TO MIDI CLOCK: When the AXIS 8/9 is hooked up to receive
another clock device through it’s MIDI input, such as a drum machine,
beat synchronization can be achieved similarly to the above. In this
case the AXIS 8/9 will receive and synchronize to the global clock and
always remain as the slave device.
GLOBAL MIDI CLOCK TRANSMIT: when the MIDI output of the AXIS 8/9
is attached to another clock receiving device, such as a drum machine,
the device will receive global clock information from the AXIS 8/9.
Play and Pause commands will be sent as well.