The AX100 MkII can be bought as a complete system including a suitable split magnetic pickup for use with your guitar, the necessary connection cable, and a footswitch, or you can buy the main rackmount unit on its own if you already have a suitable pickup. This technology was used in the older Axon AX100, but the latest incarnation is the AX100 MkII, which includes many features not present in earlier models, not to mention a lower price tag. Once the note is playing, more conventional pitch-tracking technology is then used to follow it. Built around the technology developed by German company Blue Chip ( see the SOS May 1998 review of the Blue Chip Axon AX100), the AX100 MkII uses 'Neural Net'-derived algorithms to enhance the speed and accuracy of tracking, enabling the device to work out the initial pitch of a note based on the shape of its picking transient, so that the system locks onto the note pitch very fast. The quest for the perfect guitar-to-MIDI controller has been a long one, and there's probably still some way to go yet, but the 1U rackmount Axon AX100 MkII system adds a new dimension to existing pitch-tracking technology. We strum its sounds and test its triggering. Take Blue Chip's advanced Axon MIDI guitar system, bundle it with new editing software and a Terratec soundcard, and you have the new Axon AX100. Here an old split pickup is being used on the guitar, but any GK-compatible split pickup can be used, or alternatively, one is available from Terratec themselves (the AIX101).
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