MIDI/SELECT, Function Key and Data Entry Slider: Allows you to select the transmitting value of the velocity, reverb depth, chorus depth, pan pot, volume, or CC data.MIDI/SELECT Button and the MCH (MIDI Channel) Key: Allows you to select the transmitting channel for your keyboard.MIDI/SELECT button: Use this button to select different MIDI commands on certain keys from your KEYSTATION keyboard.Data Entry Slide: This slide controller allows you to adjust Volume, Velocity, Chorus, Reverb, and Pan pot, directly from your keyboard.Modulation Wheel: The Modulation wheel produces a vibrato effect shortly after the sound is generated.Pitch Bend Wheel: The Pitch Bend wheel is used for raising or lowering the pitch of a voice during performance.Power the Oxygen 8 with the USB port or 6 “AA” batteries for complete portability, or with included power supply.Capable of sending all MIDI messages, such as modulation, pitch-bend, MIDI volume, and more Fully functional, velocity sensitive 25 key MIDI controller keyboard.Inputs and outputs 16 channels of MIDI to and from your computer using the power and convenience of your USB port.8 MIDI assignable knobs, 1 assignable slider.People that are looking for a controller for a home studio will find the Oxygen 8 a great tool, but may prefer a larger controller with more knobs and sliders. They are inexpensive, and give you enough controllers to work live. The Oxygen 8 has been popular with laptop techno artists since they came out.
#OXYGEN 8 KEYBOARD PORTABLE#
It gives you immediate access to 8 track parameters, so you can adjust the volume of each track as you play through a mix.īecause of it’s small size and light weight, the Oxygen 8 makes a great portable keyboard controller for making laptop music. The Oxygen 8 makes it easier to mix music with popular sequencers, too. There’s a transpose switch, so you can quickly jump the keyboard up or down and octave to get to the range that you want. It’s a two-octave synth keyboard, which means it’s great for playing basslines and leads, or for pad backgrounds, but it’s not going to cut it if you’re looking for piano-style action, or if you want to play Rachmaninov. With the Oxygen 8, you can play with one hand while you tweak with the other. Doing this with a mouse would require that you stop playing, move to your computer, change a couple of settings, and then start playing again. Typically, you’ll want quick access to two or three synth parameters while playing, such as filter cut-off, resonance, and tuning. It won’t replace the need for using your mouse when programming new sounds, but it does the job when performing. This gives you enough control to change synth settings on-the-fly.
#OXYGEN 8 KEYBOARD SOFTWARE#
The Oxygen 8 is great for use with software synthesizers, because it gives you instance access to 8 parameters. They rely on your computer to generate the sounds. USB controllers to not have any sounds built-in. The Oxygen 8 lets you control any 8 MIDI-assignable parameters within your favorite software programs. MAudio’s Oxygen 8 is one of the more popular tools for avoiding mouse fatigue when your making music with your computer. As soon as you try and change several soft synth parameters, or make a mix, you find that using a mouse is slow, cumbersome, and stands in the way of you and your music. As more and more people make music using laptop and desktop computers, they realize that using a mouse to make changes is a pain.
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