Way Important: KNOB MODES
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KNOB MODES
The AX2 is, as you’re probably already well aware, pretty much all about having your
cake and eating it too. We’ve tried to give you about as much stuff as could possibly be
crammed into one portable black box, while still keeping it simple and easy to use.
When using you AX2, you’ve got two options for accessing that power. Each has its
advantage, and each will likely appeal to different people. Here are the choices:
INSTANT ACCESS
The default mode for the AX2 knobs is Instant Access. You grab any knob on the AX2
and start turning it, and whatever it does will start happening immediately. This is
pretty much the standard way for knobs to behave in the world, so you probably won’t
notice it as anything special.
PASS THROUGH EDIT KNOBS
The other option is called Pass Through, and it only applies to the six knobs in the
center of the AX2 front panel (the Guitar, Aux, and Master knobs are always in
Instant Access mode). This mode can be used to give you more seamless sound as you
are tweaking the settings on your AX2.
Let’s say you recall a saved channel on the AX2, which has a low setting for the Drive
– like 10, for instance (Drive has a range of 0-99). Now let’s say your Drive control
knob happens to be at its maximum position. In Instant Access mode, if you grabbed
the knob and started turning it, your Drive would jump instantly to the maximum
level (99).
In Pass Through mode, a knob does not become ‘active’ until it ‘passes through’ the
current value for the particular setting that you are controlling with the knob. So, in
our example, when you first started turning the knob, it wouldn’t be anywhere near 10.
You would have to turn it all the way down to ‘pass through’ 10 before anything would
happen; once you passed through 10, the knob would become active, and the Drive
setting would start changing, and affecting your tone.
Why would you want to use Pass Through? People who do a lot of sound editing may
find that Pass Through is handy because it generally lets them check a particular
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