Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product OXYGEN 8 M-Audio
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User Guide Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Oxygen 8 Featur es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Oxygen 8 Overview . . . . . . . . . .
Introduction Congratulations on your pur chase of the Oxygen 8, par t of the USB K eystation series of MIDI controllers br ought to y ou by M-Audio .Y ou ma y use your Oxygen 8 in conjunction with a USB equipped PC or Macintosh computer and a ppr opriate music softwar e to enter a full range of MIDI note and controller information.
Contained within the Oxygen 8 is a USB MIDI interface. Simply plug the Oxygen 8 into your computer’ s USB por t, install the included drivers and enable the MIDI interface within your m usic software.
Guide to Getting Started Here’ s an outline of steps to begin using your Oxygen 8 on either Mac or PC: 1. Attach the Oxygen 8 to your computer (see “Hardwar e Installation”). 2. Install the Driver (see “Software Installation”). 3. Hook your sound module to the Oxygen 8 (see “Setting Up Y our MIDI Studio”).
To v erify your Windows installation after you ha v e carefull y follow ed these instructions, you ma y check y our system’ s “Device Manager , ” located in the Control Panel under “System.
7. Y ou will see a “New Har dware found” dialog. (If you don’ t see this dialog at first, unplug y our Oxygen 8 and tr y again.) Click Next. 8. Y ou will see another warning that the product has not passed Windows logo testing. Click "Continue an ywa y".
11. Again, the computer reminds y ou that the product has not passed Windows Logo testing. Click "Continue anywa y". 12. The driv er has been installed. Windows XP Installation is now complete. W indows 2000 1. Ser vice Pack 2 or higher is r equir ed for pr oper operation of the Oxygen 8 driver .
The installer will scan your har d drive (this can tak e some time) and will then install the necessar y files and perform setup actions on your system. A series of progr ess bars will show y ou how the pr ocess is going. 6. At the next prompt, the installer will warn you that this product does not ha ve a Windows Digital Signature.
10. The installer will warn y ou again, a second time , that this product does not ha ve a Windows Digital Signature - again, click “Y es. ” 11. The next scr een informs you that the installer has completed. Click “Finish” to continue. 12. Windows 2000 will prompt y ou to r estar t the computer , in order to complete the installation.
click “Next” to continue. The installer will scan your har d drive (this can tak e some time) and will then install the necessar y files and perform setup actions on your system. A series of progr ess bars will show y ou how the pr ocess is going.
system OS 9.2.2 or higher . Some updates ar e offer ed free to Apple owners. Please check the Apple website at http://www .info .apple.com for update information.
First Time OMS Configuration Instructions If you ha v e installed the Oxygen 8 in Mac OS 9, it is now time to configur e OMS (this is not necessar y in Mac OS X). Go to the Chooser under the Apple Menu, and mak e sur e AppleT alk is turned off (this is recommended, although OMS will sense that it is on and prompt y ou to turn it off).
1. The Oxygen 8 is connected to the computer via the USB port connectors, using the supplied USB standard cable. 2. The Oxygen 8 can pla y the synthesizer that is part of an internal sound card, as well as an y softwar e synthesizers that are installed in y our system.
Using the Oxygen 8 in your Application Software Once the Oxygen 8 driver has been installed, y ou will need to configure y our MIDI application softwar e to utilize the Oxygen 8. The manner in which this is done varies between a pplications, so we can just cov er the basics her e .
1. Po wer up the Oxygen 8, using either a 9vDC adapter or using 6 AA batteries. Set the pow er switch to the the 9V/Batter y setting. If a 9V pow er adapter is present, the Oxygen 8 will use power fr om the adapter . If a 9V adapter is not present, and the Oxygen 8 has the requir ed battery power , the unit will pow er up using the batteries.
manuals of y our devices for inf ormation on how to change the Pitch Bend range. T o bend the pitch up, mov e the wheel a wa y from y ou. T o bend the pitch down, move the wheel towar ds you.
F or example, if you want to change the value of the velocity offset, first press the MIDI/SELECT button and then the velocity k e y . Second, change the data entr y slider to the value you want. Finally , press the MIDI/SELECT button again to finish the change.
“Flat” & “Sharp” keys: By pr essing the MIDI/SELECT button and the flat or the sharp k ey , you will shift the activ e k e yboar d pitch one note (half-step) higher , or low er . For example, if you want to change the pitch 2 notes do wn, press MIDI/SELECT button and the “flat” key twice.
Rear Panel 1. Sustain jack: This jack allows you to connect an optional foots witch to the ke yboard. When the footswitch is depr essed, notes play ed on the k eyboard will continuously sound as long as the f ootswitch is held, while MIDI controller inf ormation is sent from the Oxygen 8.
20 Specifications Model: Oxygen 8 Keyboard T ype 25 dynamic key Simultaneous Output 10 note (reverse priority) Control Switches MIDI Channel Reset Octave -2, -1, center , +1, +2 Program Change CC-00/CC-32 (GS Bank Selection) CC-No.
T echnical Support & Contact Information F or additional technical assistance, contact M-Audio T echnical Suppor t by telephone (626-445-8495, 9-5 PST M-F), by fax (626-445-7564) or by e-mail (techsupt@m-audio .
Appendix A-Midi Charts MIDI Controllers: Number Definition Parameter 0 Bank Select 0-127 1 Modulation Wheel 0-127 2 Breath Control 0-127 3U ndefined 0-127 4F oot Controller 0-127 5P ortamento Time 0-1.
MIDI Implementation: Model: Oxygen 8 V ersion: 1.0 Function T ransmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel Default 1 x Changed 1-16 x Mode Default Mode 3 x Messages x x Altered ************* x Note Num.
Oxygen 8 W arranty Information M-Audio warrants that this pr oduct is free of def ects in materials and w orkmanship under normal conditions f or 90 da ys, so long as the pr oduct is: o wned by the or.
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