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    Allen & H eath 1 XONE:K2 U ser Guide USER GUIDE Publicat ion A P8509[...]

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    Allen & H eath 2 XONE:K2 U ser Guide Limited One Y ear W arranty This product is warranted to be free from d efects in m ateria ls or workmanship for peri od o f one year from the d ate of purchase b y th e original owner. To ensure a high level of per formance and relia bility for which this equipment has been designed a nd manufact ured, rea [...]

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    Allen & H eath 3 XONE:K2 U ser Guide P A CKED ITEM S Type A-B USB Lead To connect t he Xone:K2 to your computer. Xone:K2 Software Contr oller Xon e:K2 Carry Case Xone:K2 CD-ROM RJ45 patch lead for connecting to other X:LINK enabled pr o d- ucts[...]

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    Allen & H eath 4 XONE:K2 U ser Guide CONTEN TS Congratulations on purchasing the Allen & Heath Xone:K2 so ftware co ntr oller and audi o in ter fac e. To ensu re t hat yo u get th e max im um benefit from the uni t pleas e spare a few minutes f amiliarizing yourself with the cont r ols and setup procedures outlin ed in this user g uide. For[...]

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    Allen & H eath 5 XONE:K2 U ser Guide PRODUCT O VER VIEW The XONE:K2 is a software controller and audi o interf ace designed to work with a ll D AW applications that implement M IDI. The main featu res of the Xone:K2 are: • 52 hardwa re controls providing up to 171 MIDI c o ntrol command s across three layers • Custo misable L atching L ayer[...]

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    Allen & H eath 6 XONE:K2 U ser Guide SOFTW ARE INST ALLA TION MA C The Xo ne: K2 i s class c ompli ant an d enum erate s as a MID I devic e and f our-c hanne l audio devi ce on a Mac. AGGR EGATE AUDIO To aggr egate two Xo ne:K 2 uni ts to geth er, cli ck the ‘+’ bu tt on in t he bot tom left of t he au dio de vices win dow t o cre ate a n e[...]

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    Allen & H eath 7 XONE:K2 U ser Guide SOFTW ARE INST ALLA TION PC Th e X one: K2 is c lass compli an t an d enu merate s as a MIDI de vic e a nd two-cha nnel au dio d evice on a PC. To benefit fr om the full four-channels of audio provided , the Xone:K2 ASIO Driver must be installed. Softwa re Insta llati on (Wi ndows 200 0, XP, Vista a nd Windo[...]

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    Allen & H eath 8 XONE:K2 U ser Guide SOFTW ARE INST ALLA TION PC The Xone:K2 will now initialise. 5— Once the driver installation is complete you will be pr o mpted to reboot your c o mpu ter. The USB drivers will now initialise.[...]

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    Allen & H eath 9 XONE:K2 U ser Guide MIDI CO NTROLS 1 3 Ro tary E ncod ers Turn ing an e nco der pro duce s MID I CC (continuo us controller) messages with a unique controller number in two’s compliment binary encod ing These encoders feature a built in mom en tary push switch. Press ing down on the enc oder k nob activate s the s witch and s[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 10 XONE:K2 Us er Guide FRONT AND R EAR P A NEL CONNE CT ORS 1 2 3 4 1 Audio C onne ctors RCA Phono connectors fo r connecting t o an e xternal device s uch as a mixer or amplifier. 2 X:LINK In Sock et RJ45 socket for proprietary conne ct ion to ano ther X :LINK enabled Xone device. 4 USB Conne ctor Socket for connect ing the Xone[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 11 XONE:K2 Us er Guide MIDI CHANNE L NUMBE R By default the MIDI Channel number is set to 1 5 to prevent control interaction with Xone DB series mixers which default to channel 16. To change the MIDI channel number on yo ur XO NE:K2, you m us t firs t enter setup mode. Setup Mo de To enter setup mode, press and ho ld d own the e [...]

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    Allen & Hea th 12 XONE:K2 Us er Guide LA TCHING LA YE RS Latching Layers’ provide embedded layer cont rol via the ‘LAYER’ button o n the Xone:K2. If Latching Lay- ers are on, the LAYER switch is used to toggle bet ween the RED, AMBER then GREEN layers. From this, if the LAYER switch is RE D , any switch used on this la yer will illuminate[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 13 XONE:K2 Us er Guide LA TCHING LA YE RS If Lat ching Laye rs a re ‘on ’ (s tates [2], [3 ], [4] an d [5]) , the LA YER s witch is u sed to toggl e betw een th e three layers. LATCHIN G LAYER O PTIONS Us e the rota ry action o f the Setup encod er to s elect b etween the Latching Layer opti ons. Th e Latch ing Lay er st ates[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 14 XONE:K2 Us er Guide MID I IMP LEMEN T A TION SEND ▼ E3 ▼ F3 ▼ F#3 ▼ G3 ◄► CC0 ◄► CC1 ◄► CC2 ◄► CC 3 ▼ E6 ▼ F6 ▼ F#6 ▼ G6 ◄► CC2 2 ◄► CC 23 ◄► C C24 ◄► CC25 ▼ E9 ▼ F9 ▼ F#9 ▼ G9 ◄► CC4 4 ◄► CC45 ◄► CC 46 ◄► CC47 ◄► CC4 ◄► CC5 ◄► CC6 ◄► CC7 ?[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 15 XONE:K2 Us er Guide MID I IMP LEMEN T A TION SEND ◄► CC1 2 ◄► CC 13 ◄► CC 14 ◄► CC15 ◄► CC3 4 ◄► CC 35 ◄► CC 36 ◄► CC37 ◄► CC5 6 ◄► CC 57 ◄► CC 58 ◄► CC59 ■ E2 ■ F2 ■ F# 2 ■ G2 ■ E5 ■ F5 ■ F# 5 ■ G5 ■ E8 ■ F8 ■ F# 8 ■ G8 ◄► CC16 ◄► CC17 ◄► CC 1[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 16 XONE:K2 Us er Guide MID I IMP LEMEN T A TION SEND LATCHIN G LA YERS OFF LATCHIN G LA YERS ON LATCHIN G LA YERS OFF LATCHIN G LA YERS ON ■ C 0 ▼ C# 0 ▼ D0 ■ D #0( Eb0) ■ E0 ▼ F0 ▼ F# 0 ■ G0 ■ G#0 ▼ A0 ▼ A#0( Bb0) ■ B0 LATCHIN G LA YERS OFF LATCHIN G LA YERS ON ◄► CC20 ◄► CC21 ◄► CC42 ◄► C[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 17 XONE:K2 Us er Guide MID I IMP LEMEN T A TION RETURN ▼ E9 ▼ F9 ▼ F#9 ▼ G9 ▼ E3 ▼ F3 ▼ F#3 ▼ G3 ▼ E6 ▼ F6 ▼ F#6 ▼ G6 ■ C 3 ■ C# 3 ■ D3 ■ D#3(Eb3) ■ C 6 ■ C# 6 ■ D6 ■ D#6(Eb6) ■ C 9 ■ C# 9 ■ D9 ■ D#9(Eb9) ■ G#2 ■ A2 ■ A #2(Bb2) ■ B2 ■ G#5 ■ A5 ■ A #5(Bb5) ■ B5 ■ G#[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 18 XONE:K2 Us er Guide MID I IMP LEMEN T A TION RETURN ■ C 2 ■ C# 2 ■ D2 ■ D#2(Eb2) ■ C 5 ■ C# 5 ■ D5 ■ D#5(Eb5) ■ C 8 ■ C# 8 ■ D8 ■ D#8(Eb8) ■ G#1 ■ A1 ■ A #1(Bb1) ■ B1 ■ G#4 ■ A4 ■ A #4(Bb4) ■ B4 ■ G#7 ■ A7 ■ A#7(B b7) ■ B7 ■ C 1 ■ C# 1 ■ D1 ■ D#1(Eb1) ■ C 4 ■ C# 4 ■[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 19 XONE:K2 Us er Guide MID I NO TE IMPLEM ENT A TION T ABLE DEC HEX NOTE 0 00 C-1 1 01 C#-1 2 02 D- 1 3 03 D#- 1 4 04 E-1 5 05 F- 1 6 06 F#-1 7 07 G-1 8 08 G#-1 9 09 A-1 10 0A A#-1 11 0B B-1 12 0C C0 13 0D C#0 14 0E D0 15 0F D#0 16 10 E0 17 11 F0 18 12 F#0 19 13 G0 20 14 G#0 21 15 A0 22 16 A#0 23 17 B0 DECI MAL HEX NO TE 24 18 C1[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 20 XONE:K2 Us er Guide MID I NO TE IMPLEM ENT A TION T ABLE DECI MAL HEX NOTE 72 48 C5 73 49 C#5 74 4A D5 75 4B D#5 76 4C E5 77 4D F5 78 4E F#5 79 4F G5 80 50 G#5 81 51 A5 82 52 A#5 83 53 B5 84 54 C6 85 55 C#6 86 56 D6 87 57 D#6 88 58 E6 89 59 F6 90 5A F#6 91 5B G6 92 5C G#6 93 5D A6 94 5E A#6 95 5F B6 DECI MAL HEX NO TE 96 60 C7[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 21 XONE:K2 Us er Guide THE X: LIN K PR O T OCOL The X:LINK protocol is a proprietary Allen and Hea t h protoco l for connection between X:LINK enabled prod ucts. XONE :K2 X:L INK In the cas e of the XO NE:K2, X: LIN K prov id es p ower a nd M IDI da ta tran sfer b etween t wo uni ts. NOTE: X:LINK does not include the t ransfer of[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 22 XONE:K2 Us er Guide APPLICA TIO N EXAMPLES The above diagra m shows a basic setup using one Xone:K2 (f ront and rear panels are both shown). In this application the XONE:K2 is being used with headphones only. PC DRIV ER TYPE In this particular applicati on, as only the hea d phones are in use, it is po ssible to use the WDM (W[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 23 XONE:K2 Us er Guide APPLICA TIO N EXAMPLES The above diagra m shows a basic setup using one Xone:K2 (f ront and rear panels are both shown). In this application, the XO NE:K2 Master ou tput is wired to a speaker sys tem. PC DRIV ER TYPE In this particular application, as the Master Output and the head pho nes are in use, the A[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 24 XONE:K2 Us er Guide APPLICA TIO N EXAMPLES P R O T U R N T A B L I S T D J M I X E R The di agram sh ows a se tup using o ne XON E:K2 an d a two - channel ana logue mixer. The front and rear panels of the XONE:K2 a re shown, joined by the dashed line. In this configuration, the XONE:K2 Master Outpu t is connected to one channe[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 25 XONE:K2 Us er Guide APPLICA TIO N EXAMPLES The abo ve diagram show s a setu p usin g two Xon e:K2 s. The f ro nt and re ar pane ls are show n on the ’Master’ unit, joined by the d ashed line. In this configuration, the X ONE:K2’s are linked t og ether using the X:LINK bus. This gives twice the amount of control but still[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 26 XONE:K2 Us er Guide APPLICA TIO N EXAMPLES The abo ve diagram show s a setu p usin g two Xon e:K2 s. The f ro nt and re ar pane ls are show n on the ’Master’ unit, joined by the d ashed line. In this configuration, the X ONE:K2’s are linked t og ether using the X:LINK bus. This gives twice the amount of control but still[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 27 XONE:K2 Us er Guide APPLICA TIO N EXAMPLES + The di agram sh ows a se tup using t wo Xone :K2 s and a fo ur - channel ana logue mixer. The front and rear panels of the XONE:K2’s a r e shown, joined by the da shed line. In this co n f iguration, the f irst XONE:K2 Hea dphone Output is connected to channel one on the m ixer us[...]

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    Allen & Hea th 28 XONE:K2 Us er Guide APPLICA TIO N EXAMPLES CONNECT IN G TO A DB SE RIES MI XER The di agram sh ows a se tup using t wo Xone :K2s and a XONE D B Ser ies m ixe r. In this con figuration, the XONE:K2 units are con nect ed via their X :LINK s o ckets. The OU T connection of the K2 on the le ft is con nec ted to the IN conne ction [...]

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    Allen & Hea th 29 XONE:K2 Us er Guide SPECIFICA TIONS Dime nsions a nd Weights Width Height Depth Weight Xone:K2 135 mm(5.3”) 30 mm(1.2”) 358 mm(14”) 1.0kg (2.2lbs) Carry C ase 170 mm(6.7”) 70 mm(2.8”) 392 mm(15.4”) 0.4kg (0.9lbs) Packed 185 mm(7.3”) 78 m m (3 ”) 426 mm(16.8”) 1.5kg (3.3lbs) Frequency Response 44.1kHz 20Hz to [...]

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    Allen & Hea th 30 XONE:K2 Us er Guide[...]