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Oxygen 88 User Guide
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Oxygen 88 User Guide 1 1: Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Oxygen 88, a premium 88-note, graded hammer-action, velocity-sensitive performance keyboard for studio and stage. Oxygen 88 features DirectLink, which provides support for qualified Digital 1 Audio Workstations (DAW) such as Pro Tools. DirectLink automatically maps the track and master volume sliders, slider buttons, pan k
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2 User Guide Oxygen 88 3: Minimum System Requirements Minimum system requirements can be found at our website, www.avid.com. 4: Setup Oxygen 88 recognized by your computer without the need to install additional drivers. Simply use the included USB cable to connect the keyboard to an available USB port on your computer and set the power switch to the On position. Windows users who are planning to: • use the keyboard to control more than one application at the sam
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Oxygen 88 User Guide 3 6. For Windows XP only, do the following: After Windows XP identifies the keyboard and asks if you want to search for a driver. Select "No, not this time" and press "Next." When the Found New Hardware Wizard appears, select "Install the software automatically" and click "Next." Once the Wizard has completed, click "Finish." If you are presented with another Found New Hardw
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Oxygen 88 User Guide 4 5: DirectLink DAW Support DirectLink automatically maps the track volume and master sliders, slider buttons (mute/solo), pan knobs, and transport controls to their corresponding functions in qualified recording applications such as Pro Tools. Please check www.avid.com for a list of compatible DAW applications, and the latest DirectLink installers. Installation 1. Close the DAW
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Oxygen 88 User Guide 5 6: Controls and Connectors About DirectLink: Once installed and configured, DirectLink automatically maps many of the top panel controls of Oxygen 88 to their corresponding functions in qualified recording applications. Where applicable, the following section will explain both the operation of these controls when using DirectLink, as well as their default MIDI assignments.
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Oxygen Series User Guide 6 3. Octave/Transpose Buttons: Pressing the Right Octave/Transpose button (>) shifts the keyboard upwards in one octave increments (for example, note F3 becomes F4), and pressing the Left Octave/Transpose button (<) shifts the keyboard downwards in one octave increments (for example, note F3 becomes F2).Pressing both buttons simultaneously, then pressing the Right Octave/Trans
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Oxygen Series User Guide 7 6. Function Buttons: Oxygen 88 features 5 function buttons for programming various settings and advanced features as outlined below. Advanced The Advanced button allows access to the extended parameters listed along the top edge of the keyboard. When the Advanced button is pressed, the LED screen will display three dots, indicating the keyboard is in Advanced mode. For more
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Oxygen Series User Guide 8 Select The Select button assigns the Plus (+) and Minus (-) buttons to one of three parameters as indicated by a dot along the lower edge of the LED screen: GLOBAL: The Plus (+) and Minus (-) buttons set the global MIDI channel. PGM (program): The Plus (+) and Minus (-) buttons transmit program change messages. PRESETS: The Plus (+) and Minus (-) buttons step through an
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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
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Oxygen Series User Guide 10 11. Knobs: Oxygen 88 features 8 MIDI Control Knobs. DirectLink Operation: These knobs map to control the panorama or balance setting for the currently active bank of eight tracks in a qualified DAW application. When working with stereo tracks in Pro Tools 8, the knobs default to control the left pan controls. Pressing and holding the right-most Slider button (C26), will map t
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Oxygen Series User Guide 11 16. Expression Pedal Input: This socket accepts a standard expression pedal such as EX-P for adding expressive changes during performances. 17. MIDI Out Port: This standard 5-pin MIDI connector transmits MIDI data to any compatible device such as a synthesizer, sound module, or drum machine. 18. USB Port: The USB 2.0 port (backward compatible with USB 1.1) delivers power to t
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Enter 9 Zone Tran 8 Zone Cut 7 Zone Chan 6 Zone Range 5 Zone MSB 4 Zone LSB 3 2 Zone Prg 1 Zone Voice 0 Store Dev ID Mem Dump Draw Bar Vel Curve Panic Bank MSB Bank LSB Prog Data 3 Data 2 Data 1 Global Chan Chan Asgn Ctrl Asgn Ctrl Sel Cancel 12 User Guide Oxygen 88 7: Advanced Keyboard Functions Oxygen 88 includes extended programming capabilities through secondary functions of the keys. The available parameters are listed along the top edge of the keyboard, and
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Oxygen 88 User Guide 13 Control Assign, Data 1, Data 2, Data 3 The Control Assign function (CTRL ASGN) assigns a MIDI continuous control number (MIDI CC), or other MIDI parameter from the table in Appendix B to the selected Knob, Button, Slider, or the Sustain Pedal jack. The Data 1, Data 2, and Data 3 keys define various related aspects of the parameter or function assigned to a control. For example,
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14 User Guide Oxygen 88 Global Channel The Global Channel function (GLOBAL CHAN) sets the default MIDI channel for the keyboard and all MIDI controls, except those that already have a specific MIDI channel assignment. 1. Press the Advanced button. 2. Press the Global Channel key - The LED screen will display the current Global channel (for example, "c.0.1."). 3. Enter the new channel number using the number keys. 4. Press the Enter key. The Global Channel can als
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Oxygen 88 User Guide 15 Bank MSB The Bank MSB function sends bank change messages on the Global MIDI channel. These messages are used to access additional banks of sound patches, if available, on virtual instruments or sound modules. Refer to the documentation for the virtual instrument or synthesizer to confirm it will respond to these messages. 1. Press the Advanced button. 2. Press the Bank MSB key
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16 User Guide Oxygen 88 When a new Velocity Curve is selected using either method described below, the LED screen will display the first 4 Velocity curves as C1 - C4, and the three fixed velocity settings as F1 - F3. 1. Press the Advanced button. 2. Press the Velocity Curve key - the LED screen will display the current velocity curve (for example, ".C.2"). 3. Type the Velocity Curve number (1 through 7) using the number keys. 4. Press the Enter key. Or: 1. Press th
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Oxygen 88 User Guide 17 Device ID The Device ID function (DEV ID) allows the assignment of a unique SysEx Device ID to differentiate between multiple MIDI devices of the same model, when sending or receiving SysEx data. The default setting of 127 lets the keyboard respond to all incoming SysEx messages compatible with the same type of controllers. However, if the Device ID is changed to any other val
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18 User Guide Oxygen 88 8: Zone Keys The Zone feature allows splitting the Oxygen 88 keyboard into a maximum of four programmable non-overlapping or overlapping sections, while transmitting MIDI notes of each on separate MIDI channels. This makes it possible to play up to 4 different instrument sounds of a connected multi-timbral synthesizer, by playing notes in different sections (zones) of the keyboard. If Zones are configured to overlap partially or completely
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Oxygen 88 User Guide 19 Zone Program The Zone Program (ZONE PRG) key is used to specify the Program Change number that will be sent for a keyboard Zone, when a Preset Patch is recalled. Note: Program Change messages are only sent for a Zone upon recalling a Preset Patch, if the Zone Voice function is set to "ON" for that Zone. 1. Select a Zone by pressing its Zone button. 2. Press the Advanced button
