Akai AFX User's Guide download pdf (Page 4)

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Features

Connections

1. USB Port: Use a standard USB cable to

connect this USB port to your computer.

The computer's USB port provides ample

power to AFX. This connection is also

used to send and receive MIDI data to and

from your computer.

2. Kensington

®

Lock: You may use this

Kensington lock slot to secure AFX to a

table or other surface.

Global Controls

Important: These controls affect all decks in

the software.

3. Shift: Press and hold this button to access

the secondary functions (in red lettering) of

other controls on AFX.

4. Touch: Press this button to activate the

functions of AFX's touch-capacitive knobs:

the FX 1 Knob, FX 2 Knob, FX 3 Knob,

Beat Knobs, and Parameter Knob. When

the Touch button is activated, touch any

of these knobs to activate or deactivate

their corresponding functions momentarily.

5. Quantize: Press this button to activate or

deactivate Quantize, which "snaps" your

cue points and loops to your Beatgrids.

6. FX1 Button, FX2 Button, FX3 Button:

These buttons have different functions on

each Deck depending on the current FX

Mode: Single-FX Mode or Multi-FX Mode.

7. FX1 Knob, FX2 Knob, FX3 Knob: These

knobs have different functions on each

Deck depending on the current FX Mode:

Single-FX Mode or Multi-FX Mode.

8. Tap / FX Mode: Tap this button repeatedly

at the desired tempo to set the rate of the

effects' low-frequency oscillators (LFOs).

Press and hold this button to reset Beat

Multiplier to the Deck's BPM. Press and

hold Shift and then press this button to

switch between Single-FX Mode and

Multi-FX Mode.

9. Beat Knob: Turn this knob to set the Time

Division for the selected effects.

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