On the control panel a myriad of buttons, potentiometers, and sliders for remote control of DAWs, sequencers, and virtual instruments. Black chassis, entirely of plastic but of good quality.

I have not seen a better option out there for the price, other than ones with mini keys, or the occasional used stuff, but you never know how much life they still have in them.Well equipped and with everything you need on board to set up a virtual environment to be used for music production in the home and project studio, the M-Audio home keyboard does not disappoint expectations, making it one of the best currently in circulation in its market segment.īy Luca Barbieri M-Audio Oxygen Pro 49 features 49 full-size keys that are responsive to dynamics and aftertouchįull-size, piano-style, semi– weighted, velocity-sensitive keys with aftertouch and 4 octaves of extension. I've had some excellent experience with M-Audio products and this is no exception. It's also great to not need a separate power cord, as the USB cable powers it along with midi controlling. There are also many midi settings that I'll never use, but for more seasoned midi enthusiasts, there is some great overall control that you can achieve with this. I am using this to trigger virtual instruments like Massive, Kontakt, etc., and it works perfectly with no latency issues.

Changing octaves is quick and easy, so I am getting by just fine without a full sized board.

The keys, although they don't feel like a more expensive unit would have, do work well and the touch sensitive key velocity works great in my opinion. I absolutely love that I can control the record, play and rewind, etc., right on the keyboard. I use Cubase 5, and was thrilled to find a midi map file on the M-Audio site that imported into Cubase perfectly for me. Nonetheless, I plugged it in and it worked right off the bat. I was concerned about using this via USB with Windows 10 after reading a couple of discussion boards, and the fact that M-Audio doesn't produce drivers for Windows 10. It has pitch and modulation wheels, which are essential to me, and they work great. After doing some research, I found the M-Audio Oxygen 8 V2 on eBay for about $50 brand new in the box. I also have limited space, and even though I would love a full sized keyboard, it really wouldn't fit well in my current setup, and it exceeds my budget. I produce my own music and I'm not a keyboard player, but I do construct keyboard lines, which I edit together and create loops with. This keyboard is not for a serious keyboard player, but for what I assume is it's target demographic (like myself), it is perfect.

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