M-Audio 88 manual Zone Buttons, Transport Buttons

Oxygen Series User Guide  9

Default Operation:

These buttons send different types of standard MIDI CC, MIDI note, or other advanced MIDI messages (see Appendix B), based on the parameter they are assigned to, or the active preset. Each button can be mapped to various parameters in your DAW, by using its MIDI Learn function (if available check the user documentation for your DAW), or by manual assignment as described in "Chapter 9: Advanced Programming Functions" on page 23.

9.Zone Buttons:

The Zone feature splits the keyboard into a maximum of four programmable non-overlapping, or overlapping sections. Pressing any of the 4 Zone buttons will activate the corresponding keyboard Zone. To activate multiple Zones, simultaneously press their respective Zone buttons.

Parameters such as Zone Range, Zone Channel, Zone Octave and Zone Transpose can be edited for every individual Zone. These settings are saved as part of a User Patch when stored to a Memory Location.

For further information on Zone parameters, see "Chapter 8: Zone Keys" on page 18.

10.Transport Buttons:

Oxygen 88 features 6 Transport Buttons.

DirectLink Operation:

These buttons map to the Transport Buttons in qualified DAW applications, to control playback, record, start/ stop, fast forward and rewind, as well as enabling (or disabling) of the loop function.

Pro Tools 8 users can access additional functions via the Loop button:

Holding the Loop button while pressing one of the other Transport Control buttons gives access to additional Pro Tools transport functions. See Appendix D for more details.

Quickly pressing the Loop button toggles the control knobs on your Oxygen 88 between Instrument Mode and Mixer mode.

Mixer mode (default): The 8 knobs control the corresponding pan or balance settings of the selected track.

Instrument Mode: The control knobs automatically map to 8 parameters on the active instrument or effect plug-in. The instrument mode parameter mapping can be customized by clicking the "learn" button in the upper right corner of the plug-in. Please check the Pro Tools 8 documentation for more details.

Default Operation:

These buttons send standard MIDI CC, MIDI note, MMC (MIDI Machine Control), or other advanced MIDI messages (see Appendix B), based on the parameter they are assigned to, or the active preset. Each button can be reassigned to control various parameters, including the transport controls, by using the MIDI Learn function (if available check the user documentation for your DAW) in your DAW, or by manual assignment, as described in "Chapter 7: Advanced Keyboard Functions" on page 12.