One thing that might be tricky about programming certain controls on the Axiom-- e.g., the aftertouch strip-- is that each control has an ID, but the ID isn't necessarily printed on the Axiom's casing. For instance, the bottom left rotary encoder is labeled "B1," which is its ID, but the assignable buttons below the faders or sliders don't have their IDs printed under them. And what about the expression pedal, sustain pedal, and aftertouch strip?
The control's ID starts with a letter, which indicates which of the four control groups the control belongs to-- A, B, C, or D. The letter is followed by a number, which is the number you use to select the control if you're using the CTRL SELECT method of choosing a control to program. I believe the control IDs for the various controls are as follows:
- 8 rotary encoders ...... B1 - B8
- 9 sliders .............. D9 - D17
- Pitch Bend wheel ....... A18
- Modulation wheel ....... A19
- Aftertouch strip ....... A20 (?)
- Expression pedal ....... A21 (?)
- Sustain pedal .......... A22 (?)
- 8 pressure pads ........ C23 - C30
- 6 transport buttons .... B31 - B36
- 9 assignable buttons ... D37 - D45
I'm not certain about the IDs of the aftertouch strip, expression pedal, and sustain pedal, but they're in Group A, the Enigma software lists them in the order shown above, and it lists the other controls in control number order, so I think the above is correct.
So to select the aftertouch strip for programming, you would press CTRL SELECT (i.e., CHAN ASSIGN and CTRL ASSIGN together), then enter 20 on the numeric keypad. After than you can use CTRL ASSIGN to assign one of the CC numbers to the aftertouch strip-- e.g., CC# 1 for modulation. Keep in mind that this will program the aftertouch strip for all zones which are currently active, so if you want aftertouch to control different things in the different zones, you'll need to activate each zone one at a time so you can program the aftertouch strip for each individual zone.
As for Enigma, changing a setting in Enigma won't do anything until you save the change in a settings file, transfer the settings file to the Axiom, make sure the pertinent control group is active on the Axiom, then recall the patch in question. You may also need to use the control-- e.g., you might need to press a button so it will send the message that it's programmed to send when it's pressed.
Did you ever figure out how to select multiple zones at once? Whenever you press one of the zone buttons, it activates that zone and deactivates the other zones. But you can activate multiple zones at once by pressing their zone buttons at the same time.
Note that the voices you select from the Axiom will be used when you play on the Axiom's keyboard, but the voice used when you play on the YPT's keyboard will (normally) be whichever voice you've selected on the YPT itself. For instance, you could play an organ voice (which traditionally doesn't need a velocity-sensitive keyboard) on the YPT itself, and simultaneously play a piano voice from the Axiom.
Do you have a copy of the MIDI Implementation Chart for the YPT-220? That will show you which types of MIDI messages the YPT-220 will respond to. It isn't included in the
Owner's Manual; instead, it's found in the
Data List manual, which you can download from Yamaha's web site.
The MIDI Implementation Chart can be a little tricky to interpret. For instance, it almost seems to show that Note Off messages can't be used, but in fact they can be. What the chart actually shows is that the velocity values of Note Off messages will be ignored. The YPT does use Note On events with velocities of 0 to turn off the notes-- which is a common practice, since it allows consecutive Note events to be shortened a little bit using "running status"-- but it also responds to actual Note Off events; it just doesn't respond to Note Off events in different ways depending on their velocities, as is possible on some instruments.
The MIDI Implementation Chart also appears to show that the YPT-220 responds to channel mode change events-- i.e., Omni On, Omni Off, Poly On (Mono Off), and Mono On (Poly Off). However, it indicates up near the top of the chart that mode 3 is used, and that the mode cannot be changed. Near the bottom of the chart, where it shows the YPT-220's response to the four mode change events, it actually shows that these events will be treated the same as All Notes Off and All Sound Off events-- i.e., they won't be completely ignored, because they will turn off all notes and sound (as is normal with these events), but won't affect the keyboard's mode.
