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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<ArdourMIDIBindings version="1.0.0" name="M-Audio Axiom 61">
+
+<!-- 2015-04-25 Edgar Aichinger: initial version -->
+<!-- I'm assuming Factory default, preset 1 in the Axiom 61. -->
+
+<!-- Faders, mapped to track faders 1-8 and Master -->
+
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="74" uri="/route/gain 1"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="71" uri="/route/gain 2"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="91" uri="/route/gain 3"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="93" uri="/route/gain 4"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="73" uri="/route/gain 5"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="72" uri="/route/gain 6"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="5" uri="/route/gain 7"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="84" uri="/route/gain 8"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="7" uri="/bus/gain master"/>
+
+<!-- Zone/Group buttons, below the faders -->
+<!-- these toggle Mute for the corresponding tracks (1-8) and Master -->
+
+  <Binding channel="1" pgm="0" uri="/route/mute 1"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" pgm="1" uri="/route/mute 2"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" pgm="2" uri="/route/mute 3"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" pgm="3" uri="/route/mute 4"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" pgm="4" uri="/route/mute 5"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" pgm="5" uri="/route/mute 6"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" pgm="6" uri="/route/mute 7"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" pgm="7" uri="/route/mute 8"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" pgm="8" uri="/bus/mute master"/>"
+
+<!-- Encoders, mapped to pan direction. -->
+
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="75" uri="/route/pandirection 1"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="10" uri="/route/pandirection 2"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="76" uri="/route/pandirection 3"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="2" uri="/route/pandirection 4"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="92" uri="/route/pandirection 5"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="12" uri="/route/pandirection 6"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="95" uri="/route/pandirection 7"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="13" uri="/route/pandirection 8"/>
+
+<!-- Transport controls -->
+
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="21" function="transport-start"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="22" function="transport-end"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="23" function="transport-stop"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="24" function="transport-roll"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="20" function="loop-toggle"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="25" function="rec-enable"/>
+  <Binding channel="1" ctl="25" function="rec-disable"/>
+
+
+</ArdourMIDIBindings>