M-Audio Oxygen 8 25 Key Midi Keyboard Controller
September 8th, 2010 | 
Author: M-Audio Oxygen 8 25 Key Midi Keyboard Controller
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 List Price: $179.99 Sale Price: Too low to display. Availability: unspecified 
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Product Description
The Oxygen 8 v2 is an updated version of the mobile MIDI controller that started the mobile studio revolution. You get a fully functional MIDI keyboard with great action, plus eight MIDI-assignable knobs to control any MIDI parameters you desire in your hardware or software. It?s perfect for composing on the go or performing live bass lines and pads, firing samples, or triggering audio and/or visual effects. New features include full MIDI message support, plus 6 transport controls that can be reassigned to any MIDI parameter. The Oxygen 8 v2 also offers 10 non-volatile memory locations and is compatible with the free Enigma software for computer-based storage, retrieval and management of an unlimited number of patches.
Details
- Control the parameters of any soft synth
- This software takes you deeper into the capabilities of your music
- It also gives you greater freedom when you're on stage
- Program your drums in real-time
- Input & output for up to 16 different MIDI channels
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I too am a guitar player and I bought this guy about 2 years ago to use with Sonar. I didn’t plan on becoming a keyboard player, but I have, and I can thank this little guy for that. It is wonderfully non-intimidating with its small stature, only 2-octave keyboard. The knobs work inside your soft synths (Reaktor and Reason) just as advertised. The thing is, I always end up reaching for the mouse and so have almost never used the knobs on this guy. The 2-octave keyboard gets really cramped after awhile, so I just bought an M-Audio Keystation 88 ES. It’s kinda like the exact opposite of the Oxygen – it has 88 weighted keys, and only a slider and 2 buttons (other than the wheels. of course).
If you plan on “really” playing keyboards, you are better off looking at the bigger M-Audio keyboards. If you just want a small keyboard to play around with soft syths, the Oxygen will definitely fit better on you computer desk or in your backpack!
All in all, it does what it says and it does it well.