| MusiciansNews | GuitarsMusicGear | BassMusicGear | DigitalPianosKeyboards | DrumsMusicGear | SingingSongwriting | GuitarSheetMusicTabs | DJmusicEquipment | CRMAV | LiveSoundPASystems | RecordingMixingMastering |
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturers | Behringer Peavey Samson Yamaha Roland DigiTech River String Fender Sarulean sE Electronics Korg Ibanez Gibson Hartke Alesis Shure Boss Epiphone Mackie Zoom Akai Marshall Focusrite M-Audio Vestax SKB Silvertone Novation AKG CBI Martin Nady Fostex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Guitar | Bass | Drum | Piano | Keyboard | Singing | Songwriting | DJ | Recording | Artists | Music Gear | Forums | Reviews | Musicians Wanted | Chords | Sheet Music | Tabs | MIDI | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Alesis AirFX Hand Controlled Digital Effects Unit
airFX is the first product from Alesis to incorporate patent-pending Axyz (pronounced ax-is) technology. Developed by co-founder and CEO of Alesis, Keith Barr, Axyz technology consists of an infrared beam that can be manipulated in three dimensions, along the X, Y, and Z axis. Using triangulation, up to 5 different parameters can be controlled in each preset program. Designed to draw more people into the world of making music, airFX is easy to operate because 'playing' it is largely based on human intuition. According to Barr, "The exciting thing about airFX is that anyone can play it — from the avid music buff who has never touched or played an instrument to the club DJ who's looking for a new sound to set him apart. Virtually anyone who wants to be part of the musical process now has the power to make music themselves and they'll find out how truly fun it is. Kids can simply hook it up to a stereo in their bedrooms, wave their hands and they've made new music. airFX makes the process seem almost magical." airFX eliminates the learning curve associated with playing a traditional instrument or learning a piece of audio gear and provides immediate gratification. The simple interface consists of a single knob, which is used to select, engage, by-pass, freeze, and release a given effect, and an LCD that indicates the current program. 'Playing' airFX involves pressing the knob to engage the effect and then moving a hand through the invisible infrared sphere to create sounds or to alter the incoming audio signal. The 50 preset programs include effects like panning, flanging, pitch shifting, and resonance filtering. airFX offers a host of other esoteric digital signal processing effects that include programs like Vinylizer(tm) a scratchy vinyl simulator, and a scratching effect that emulates the sound of 'rocking' a vinyl record as it plays on a turn-table. airFX also features real Sub-harmonic synthesis (which creates low frequency harmonics for very low bass sounds), vocoding, synthesizer, and percussion/effect sounds. airFX program names include: Haunted Landscape, Gender Bender, Decimator, SunSpot, Tokyo Phase, Percolator, Overdrive, Psychofase, Ghost Flange, Phasors on Stun, Pitch Transporter, Snake Bite, and Bow Wow. One of the first Alesis products to feature the company's new industrial design, the unit also features stereo RCA inputs and outputs, a frequency range of 20Hz-20kHz, 24-bit converters, and ships with a 9-volt DC external power supply. Alesis Corporation manufactures a full line of professional audio and musical instrument products capitalizing on its strengths in digital, analog, vacuum tube, and transducer technologies. Fifty programs designed to modify any audio signal — from CDs and vinyl to real-time live performances and studio tracks: 0 Pitch Out 1 Lord of the Flies 2 Vinylizer 3 Percolator 4 Frankenstein's Lab 5 Overdrive 6 Kenneth's Frequency 7 Horror Show 8 Decimator 9 SunSpot 10 Telephone 11 Big Bottom 12 Snake Bite 13 Bow Wow 14 Smoke 15 AutoWah 16 Formented 17 Orlyfilter 18 Streetsweeper 19 Killswitch 20 Tokyo Phase 21 Phasors on Stun 22 Liquid Metal 23 Spin Cycle 24 Psychofaze 25 AutoFaze 26 Ghost Flange 27 Satellite 28 Fazed Out 29 Forever Flange 30 Strobe Gate 31 Nervous 32 Psychic Pan 33 Kung-Fu Panner 34 Stop it! 35 Freq It! 36 Pitch Transporter 37 Gender Bender 38 Waterbed 39 Spin the Bottle 40 Centrifuge 41 Bottom Feeder 42 Skratch! 43 Haunted Landscape 44 Headhunter 45 Beatbox 46 Slap Synth 47 Jungle Rip 48 War! 49 Sci-Fi Theatre AirFX Digital Effects Unit Specifications• I/O: Stereo RCA in and out• Nominal Input Voltage: -10dBu • Max Input Voltage: 11.96dBu (4.34Vpp) • Dynamic Range: 102.8 dB (A-weighted) • Signal to Noise Ratio: -102.4dB (A-weighted) • THD+N: 0.0065% • Frequency Response: 20-20000Hz +0/-2.0 dB • Sampling Frequency: 44.1KHz • Converter Resolution: 24-bit (ADC and DAC) • Processor Resolution: 28-bit • All measurements done over a 20Hz-22 • 000Hz range with 1KHz sine wave at Full Scale • except for the dynamic range • which was done with a -60dBFS 1KHz sine wave.
|
Alesis Alesis AirFX Digital Effects Unit • Alesis • Add Comment or Question • Write a review!
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Europe Gear Shop
| [Contact] [©1999-2010 Musiciansnews.com All rights reserved] [Advertising] |