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Initial Setup – Virtual Instrument/Plugin Setup
Now that you've selected the correct Operating System and DAW. we'll set your Oxygen Pro to work
with all of the Virtual Instrument plugins included with your Oxygen Pro, and any other Virtual
Instrument plugins you may have.
1.
Press and hold the
PRESET Button
to open the PRESET Select menu on the
Display
.
2.
Turn the
Select/Scroll Encoder
to cycle through the available Presets on the
Display
. As you
turn the Encoder, the currently selected Preset will appear on the
Display
. You can create your
own custom virtual instrument presets, as described in the
section.
3.
When the Preset you want is shown on the Display, press the
Select/Scroll Encoder
to confirm
your selection.
Note:
To exit out of Preset Selection Mode without changing the currently selected Preset, press
the
Back
Button
.
There are Presets for all of the Virtual Instruments included with your Oxygen Pro. For Virtual
Instruments that aren’t included with your Oxygen Pro, we suggest using MPC Beats as a plugin
wrapper in your favorite DAW, and the Oxygen Pro’s
MPC PI
preset. MPC Beats opens as a plugin
in all mainstream DAWs to merge the best of all DAW worlds. This gives you the freedom to use
MPC Beats as a soft synth/Virtual Instrument plugin wrapper, enabling you to have all of your
Oxygen Pro controls auto-mapped to your favorite soft synth/Virtual Instrument plugin.
To download the included MPC Beats software, follow the instructions on the included software
download card.
Initial Setup – Hardware Synth
If you will be using your Oxygen Pro series keyboard with a hardware synth rather than your
computer, connect the keyboard’s
MIDI Out
port to a synth with a standard 5-pin MIDI cable. Then
make sure that your keyboard is set to operate with one of its custom presets selected (as instructed
in
the
section) and that the keyboard is set to send MIDI data from the 5-pin MIDI out port
in the Global Settings. In order to use an external hardware synth, you will need to connect the
keyboard to a computer, laptop, or to a powered USB hub.
Your Oxygen Pro gives you the option select what messages will be sent from its 5-pin MIDI output.
You can choose
USB
to send only messages from your connected PC to an external hardware
synth,
KEYS
to send only messages from your Oxygen Pro to an external hardware synth, or
KEYS/USB
to send messages from your connected PC and the keyboard to an external hardware
synth. In order to have these controls set properly please use the following steps:
1.
Press and hold the
SHIFT
button and press the
BACK/GLOBAL
button (Oxygen Pro 25) or the
SHIFT
button and press the
MODE/GLOBAL
button (Oxygen Pro Mini, 49 and 61) entering into
the
GLOBAL EDIT
mode
2.
In the
GLOBAL EDIT
menu use the
ENCODER
to scroll to
MIDI OUT
. Once you have
MIDI OUT
highlighted, press the
ENCODER
to
enter into
MIDI OUT
selection. Then use the
ENCODER
to
select what messages you want sent from your Oxygen Pro’s 5-pin MIDI Out.
a.
OFF:
No messages sent from the 5-pin output.
b.
KEYS:
All controls, keys, and pad messages from the Oxygen Pro will be sent from the 5-pin
output.
c.
USB:
Only messages received on the Oxygen Pro’s MIDI Port 2 from a connected PC will be
sent from the 5-pin MIDI out.
d.
KEYS/USB:
Messages from the Oxygen Pro and the Oxygen Pro’s MIDI Port 2 from a
connected PC will be sent from the 5-pin output.
3.
Once you have selected your
MIDI OUT
setting, press the
BACK
button to exit out of the
GLOBAL EDIT
menu.
