M-Audio Oxygen Pro 49 is a powerful, 49-key USB powered MIDI controller complete with an arsenal of must-have production tools to streamline your creative process. It doesn’t matter if you want to create music on the go or in the studio, the M-Audio Oxygen Pro series is perfectly flexible for any workflow. Premium Response, Hands-on Control Fusing 49 best-in-class, velocity-sensitive, semi-weighted keys with after touch and assignable zones with a built in arpeggiator, 16 RGB, backlit, assignable, velocity-sensitive drum pads with Note Repeat, 8 assignable knobs and 9 assignable faders, Oxygen Pro 49 comes complete with everything you need to get the most out of your virtual instrument collection and DAW. Seamless DAW & Performance Control with Auto-Mapping With the easy to read OLED screen, configuring the Oxygen Pro 49 with any mainstream DAW couldn’t be simpler. Whether you use MPC Beats, Ableton Live, Cubase, Logic, Studio Keyboard One or any other music making platform, simply select the map and Auto-Mapping will take care of the rest. Smart Controls With Smart Chord and Smart Scale technology, Oxygen Pro 49 removes any and all barriers to your production. With Smart Chord activated, pressing a single key or pad will play a full chord with easy-to-use options to set chord properties and customized progressions across the keybed. With Smart Scale, Oxygen Pro 49’s keybed can be configured to one of 16 scale variations, so only notes in the selected scale are played. Premium Software Suite Record, sequence, arrange and mixdown your tracks with a choice of two professional DAWs including MPC Beats and Ableton Live Lite. Find and create any sound imaginable with a virtual instrument collection from legendary developer AIR Music Tech and dive into a world of cutting-edge sound content with a collection of Expansion Packs from Akai Professional’s legendary MPC Series.
It’s simple to use the Oxygen Pro 49 controller with any DAW with the Oxygen Pro 49’s automatically mapped controls such as Transport, Faders, Channel controls (Record Arm, Solo, Mute, and Select), Pan controls and more. Whether you use Ableton, Pro Tools, MPC Beats, Cubase, Logic, Studio One or any other major DAW, just select your DAW in the Oxygen Pro 49 and select the correct configuration in your DAW, and the Oxygen Pro 49’s controls will be completely integrated into your DAW! It also instantly maps to all the virtual instruments included with the Oxygen Pro 49 (Velvet, Mini Grand, Hybrid 3, TubeSynth, Electric, Bassline). These world-class Air Music Tech plugins can be fully controlled by the Oxygen Pro 49 and used in real-time as you create and mix your music.
The Oxygen Pro 49 also features intelligent Smart Scale technology. With Smart Scale, you can set the key bed so that only notes in the selected scale are able to be played. This allows you to play within a chosen scale without the risk of playing any “wrong” notes. You can choose from 16 different scale variations when assigning a scale to the keyboard. Smart Scale is easy to activate and deactivate and allows you to set the scale parameters you need to keep you focused on creating.