M-Audio OXYGEN 8 V2 manual 8 › Function Buttons Defined, Advanced, Mute, Snap Shot, Select, English

Oxygen Keyboard Line User Guide

8 › Function Buttons Defined

Advanced

The Advanced Functions feature will put the keyboard into Edit mode, and the keys on the key bed will then call up the assigned programming function written on the panel above them.

When the Advanced Function button is pressed, and the keyboard enters edit mode, the LED screen will show three dots along the bottom of the display.

Mute

The Mute function mutes all MIDI output from the rotary dials, or faders on your Oxygen controller. This allows for adjustment of controller parameters without altering software settings– useful for preventing parameter jumps in your software. To activate Controller Mute, press the Mute button. The LED display will read “OFF” each time a controller is moved, in order to make it clear that the controller is not sending any MIDI data.

The Mute function does not affect the buttons, the sustain pedal, or the keys. Pressing any of these controllers on your Oxygen keyboard will cancel Mute mode automatically. To exit the Controller Mute mode, press the Controller Mute button again (the LED screen will read “On”).

Snap Shot

The Snap Shot function sends out the current settings for each knob and fader on their current MIDI channel. This feature lets you record the settings of the controllers into your sequencer, or update your software’s parameters to match the settings on your Oxygen.

Snap Shot can be used in conjunction with the Mute function to create interesting effects. For example, Mute can be used to adjust the position of the controllers on your Oxygen without affecting the software parameters, Then, Snap Shot can be used to immediately shift all parameters to the new levels you have changed while muted, all at once.

Select

The Select button is used to select the function of the 2 data buttons. Each time the Select button is pressed, a different dot will light along the bottom of the LED display to indicate which of the functions the Data buttons are currently assigned to.

The functions that can be assigned to the data buttons are Global Channel, Program and Preset Select (Preset is available from these buttons on the 25-note Oxygen 8 v2 only. On the 49- and 61-note versions, there are separate dedicated buttons for Preset). On initial power up, the data buttons will alter the selected preset on the 25-note version. On the 49- and 61-note versions, by default the data buttons will alter the Global Channel. The settings for the Data buttons will be remembered even when you power down your Oxygen.

If the Data buttons are assigned to ‘Prog’ then the buttons have the effect of sending a Program change. This is a useful setting if you want to change quickly between patches on a synthesizer and audition the sound. Program Changes are always sent on the Global MIDI Channel.

If the Data buttons are assigned to ‘Preset’ then the buttons are used to change between various presets of your Oxygen. This means that each time a Data button is pressed, a new preset will be recalled.

If the Data buttons are assigned to ‘Glob.’ the buttons will change the Global MIDI Channel that the Oxygen controller is transmitting on.

Data -/+ Buttons

The left Data button is ‘-‘ and will decrement the assigned function’s value. The right Data button is ‘+’ and will increment the assigned function’s value.

Preset -/+ and Dual Press Memory Recall (49- and 61-note)

Note: the 25-note version does not have Preset – and + buttons. Simply press Preset - (down) or Preset + (up) to toggle through the preset memories. Alternately, you can press both Preset - and Preset + which will put the keyboard into Advanced Function mode, and then enter the memory number on the key bed to load one of the 10 presets from preset memory.

English

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