M-Audio OXYGEN 8, OXY8_050503 specifications Utilizing the Key Programming Assignment Keys

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manuals of your devices for information on how to change the Pitch Bend range. To bend the pitch up, move the wheel away from you. To bend the pitch down, move the wheel towards you.

2.Using the Modulation Wheel: It is very common to use the modulation wheel to change the intensity of effects, such as Vibrato (pitch change), Tremolo (change in volume), and Modulation (change in tone).The Modulation Wheel produces a vibrato effect shortly after the sound is generated, and is most effective for solo instruments such as saxophone, strings, and oboe. Similar to the pitch wheel, the actual effect and range of that effect will be set within your MIDI sound module.

3.Data Entry Slider: This slide controller allows you to adjust the value of parameters such as Volume,Velocity, Aftertouch, and virtually any assignable MIDI control parameter directly from your keyboard. Setting the data slider is covered in the next section.

4.MIDI/SELECT button: Use this button to select different MIDI commands using certain keys from your keyboard. Activating this key is indicated by a lit LED on the MIDI/Select button.When MIDI/SELECT is activated, the keyboard becomes a set of function keys for setting MIDI parameter commands.

5.Octave Up & Down / Preset buttons: Pressing these buttons during normal use will allow you to select the octave orientation of the Oxygen 8’s keyboard. Following a pressing of the MIDI/SELECT button, they allow you, instead, to select the preset-bank setting (P1-P5) of the Oxygen 8’s keyboard. Pressing the MIDI/SELECT button again, after a preset-bank selection, will return these buttons to their normal octave-select function.

6.Rotary Controller Knobs: These eight programmable rotary knobs can be used to send any MIDI controller data on any MIDI channel. This is perfect for use with hardware and software synthesizers, for automating software mixers, or for controlling any devices that will respond to MIDI commands. In the next section, the “Set Controller Key” instructions will show you how to program this special feature.

7.Key Programming Assignments: After pressing the MIDI/SELECT button, the keys on the Oxygen 8 become function keys that allow you to assign particular MIDI parameters as well as Program Change and MIDI Channel selections using the numbered key group.

Utilizing the Key Programming Assignment Keys

This section contains the information you will need to program the Oxygen 8, and to send any MIDI parameter data from the Oxygen 8 keyboard.You may set the data slider to send MIDI controller data of your choice, send program change data from the keyboard, select the MIDI transmit channel of the Oxygen 8, set the octave or pitch of the keyboard, and program the eight rotary controllers.

DATA ENTRY assignments: Pressing the MIDI/SELECT button then pressing a key labeled by its MIDI function (such as velocity offset, aftertouch, reverb depth, pan pot, volume, CC data) and then moving the data entry slider, allows you to select the transmitting value of the chosen function.

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Oxygen User GuideIntroduction Oxygen 8 FeaturesOxygen 8 Overview What’s in the Box Hardware Installation Software InstallationUSB Driver Installation for Windows Guide to Getting StartedWindows XP Page Windows Page Windows Me and Windows 98 Second Edition USB Driver Installation for Macintosh Mac OSX Mac OSSetting Up Your Midi Studio First Time OMS Configuration InstructionsPage Midi Functions In Standalone Mode Oxygen 8 Midi FunctionsOxygen 8 Panel Features Default Settings of The OxygenTop Panel Utilizing the Key Programming Assignment Keys Page Page Rear Panel Specifications Technical Support & Contact Information Audio U.S Audio U.KAppendix A-Midi Charts Midi ControllersBasic Channel ModeTrue Voice Velocity After Touch Pitch Bender Control Change Prog ChangeOxygen 8 Warranty Information