XSONIC AIRSTEP, Manual

Page 1: ...e backward and forward of YouTube guitar lessons page turning of the music score completely freeing your hands AIRSTEP has 5 footswitches and can wirelessly expand 5 more footswitches by AIRSTEP Lite...

Page 2: ...r keyboard and AIRSTEP s footswitches can be used as any key value or combination keys on the computer keyboard AIRSTEP connects to mobile phones or computers via Bluetooth to send HID messages which...

Page 3: ...output interface can be specified to output different MIDI messages Footswitch output interface A total of 4 footswitch output interfaces are included Footswitch output can be used as a traditional f...

Page 4: ...confirm the message type by stepping on 5 footsteps by the factory default preset 5 External footswitch Footswitch s Polarity Tip 1 ring 1 are corresponding to the tip and ring of f s output 1 Tip 2...

Page 5: ...necting to computer please use USB cable in the accessories to connect When connecting with MIDI keyboard or ZOOM MS series please use the attached OTG cable to connect At this time the USB works in h...

Page 6: ...hat AIRSTEP supports Expression pedal interface Support all types of expression pedals TRS type or RTS type select the expression pedal type in the APP TRS cable should be used to connect External Ant...

Page 7: ...er supply While charging the red indicator light next to it lights up When fully charged the indicator lights green The maximum charging current is 500mA Power Switch Turn up to turn on the power and...

Page 8: ...switch indicator lights up when triggered for the first time and turns off when the Footswitch indicator is triggered for the second time Five Footswitch indicators are also used to indicate the curre...

Page 9: ...HID signals which means that functions such as controlling video shortcut keys cannot be realized so it is recommended to use a Bluetooth connection to connect smart devices Bluetooth pairing Turn on...

Page 10: ...Bluetooth 4 0 or above after successful pairing if there is a Swift Pair option please enable 2 Bluetooth MIDI function Bluetooth MIDI function only supports WIN10 A Download LoopMIDI link http www to...

Page 11: ...If you want to edit the preset or check the working status of AIRSTEP you need to connect the AIRSTEP with AIRSTEP APP First go to the APP Store or Google Play to search for AIRSTEP to download the AP...

Page 12: ...data current battery level local preset number and other information A Enter the AIRSTEP APP and click Touch to Connect AIRSTEP to connect with AIRSTEP LITE B Click AIRSTEP C If the interface at the b...

Page 13: ...is a simplified version of AIRSTEP All wired control interfaces are removed including the traditional MIDI interface Relay output interface USB interface and expression pedal interface The Bluetooth c...

Page 14: ...es tablets and computers to send MIDI messages and HID messages At this time the connection and usage of Lite are the same as AIRSTEP so please refer to AIRSTEP for these points In the wireless extern...

Page 15: ...6 Connect to AIRSTEP Lite...

Page 16: ...oth connection method is the same as AIRSTEP please refer to the section 4 Connect to Smart Devices and APP wireless extended footswitch mode Lite should be paired with AIRSTEP and connected and both...

Page 17: ...ter AIRSTEP is paired with the phone s Bluetooth click on the bottom of the APP screen to connect You can also pre edit and save the preset data through the APP so that you can use AIRSTEP without the...

Page 18: ...EP are stored as presets A complete set of presets consists of the following parts Parameters such as the trigger mode message type specific definition of the message the output interface of the messa...

Page 19: ...Msg Message definition display number of messages or toggle mode MIDI IN parameters Forward The name of MIDI IN can be freely customized Thru to ALL The MIDI Forward interface will show which interfac...

Page 20: ...essages and the output interface Each expression pedal can send up to 8 MIDI messages Mod The expression pedal input s name can be freely customized RTS Expression pedal type RTS or TRS The default is...

Page 21: ...TEP and the local storage position of this preset You can load new presets from the APP preset list into AIRSTEP and the new presets will enable immediately after loading You can also click to enter t...

Page 22: ...xpression pedal can all send messages Enter the corresponding edit page in the APP to set the sent messages Now take the footswitches as an example to explain how to set the message 1 Click to open th...

Page 23: ...nd then click Done Here s taking MIDI as an example 4 Then edit the specific parameters of your message such as MIDI parameters HID key value Relay Momentary or latch After editing click done return t...

Page 24: ...ious preset position or jump to any of the five local preset positions The setting method is as follows 1 Select Device in the Message Type 2 Then select the method you want to switch in Preset Action...

Page 25: ...d is not a global message so it is only valid within the preset that been defined 13 Footswitch Settings AIRSTEP s footswitches can be set to three trigger modes press release and long press Each foot...

Page 26: ...hree LED modes Normal toggle and Off When AIRSTEP is connected to the AIRSTEP Lite Lite works as wireless external footswitches the number of footswitches on the system increases to 10 In wireless ext...

Page 27: ...one trigger action you can add more messages and set them to the same trigger mode or different trigger modes Example 1 One press to send multiple messages Example 2 Press release to send different me...

Page 28: ...he toggle mode button is on it means toggle mode is enabled Toggle mode is to send different messages with twice trigger of one same action e g press two times The message or messages sent each time c...

Page 29: ...mode In the LED Display Mode column you can set three modes Normal Toggle Off Normal Mode of the Footswitch Indicator Among all the footswitch indicators set to the normal mode in a preset which foot...

Page 30: ...dicator is not just limited to be used as an indication of the toggle mode of the footswitch Any two successive trigger actions can respectively correspond to the on and off of the footswitch indicato...

Page 31: ...xample messages through a traditional MIDI input interface can be forwarded to the USB output MIDI messages input through the USB can be forwarded to the Bluetooth output and MIDI messages input throu...

Page 32: ...in the picture example on this page is for MIDI trigger If you only use the MIDI forward function you don t need to set it If you want to know about the MIDI trigger function please read next section...

Page 33: ...be sent by MIDI Trigger to achieve the same function AIRSTEP s footswitches For example you can connect a traditional MIDI foot controller to AIRSTEP as an extended pedal When AIRSTEP detects a speci...

Page 34: ...ter triggered 16 Expression Pedal Inputs After AIRSTEP is connected to the expression pedal it can send MIDI messages through the 5 Pin MIDI output interface USB Bluetooth and up to 8 different MIDI m...

Page 35: ...rs as figure Depress and lift the pedal at a constant speed throughout the entire range of the expression pedal If the progress bar moves at a constant speed with the expression pedal s moving the val...

Page 36: ...out USB device MIDI in 5 Pin MIDI out x 2 5 Pin MIDI in Send all kinds MIDI message MIDI in can through to all MIDI out MIDI in with CC and PC can trigger to all message type HID OUT RELAY OUT Blueto...

Page 37: ...able to press release and long press trigger No 5 Pin MIDI in out No USB HID Bluetooth HID only No relay switch out No expression pedal in Can be used as a wireless extension foot switch for AIRSTEP M...

Page 38: ...be switched by all triggers except EXP FUNC button and App AIRSTEP is battery powered and rechargeable by 5V 9V DC Local presets can work without App Firmware Wireless Communication Distance Firmware...

Page 39: ...Compatible Device iOS device iOS 10 and above Mac device OS X 10 6 and above Android device Android 4 0 and above Windows device Windows 10...