DJX, I have an Oxygen 8 25 key keyboard c 2003. Did they ever make Win 7 or Mac OSX Lion drivers for it? K. On Jun 14, 2012, at 11:57 PM, D!J!X! wrote: > Hi Rui, I was looking for the messsage I had sent a while back with the > description of it but can't find it; the oxygen is very easy to configure; it > doesn't even use a display! > > It has: 61 touch sensitive keys (with programmable velocity) > Pitch bend wheel, modulation wheel, octave shift up and down buttons (for > shifting the entire keyboard), transpose button (for shifting the keyboard in > semitones), it has 9 sliders, 8 nobs, 9 push buttons, and 6 mmc (play, stop, > pause, rewind, fast-forward, recordetc). All those buttons except > transpose/octave shift are assignable to whatever. You can assign to midi cc, > rpn, nrpn, bank/program change or toggle messages. The best part is that to > program it you use the keys on the keyboard itself, to enter numbers and > select values, no having to scroll or do any of that! > The oxygen can save upto 10 presets for easy recall, and if you have reason, > it comes configured to work with it out of the box; reason6 can even update > the reason preset and make it work with the new stuff on its own! > > If you don't like programming or don't want to deal with it, you can just use > the basic preset and use sonar's midi learn function or your soft synth's > midi learn to assign any slider or nob to the oxygen's nobs or sliders, you > can even use the push button to toggle things on screen, send bank and patch > changes, increase programs by one or decrease by one etc. > Also, since it has a midi out port and can be externally powered, you can use > it to controll another keyboard, sequencer, a rack sound module etc. I used > it in combination with my motif; i like the fact that it has 2 buttons that > let you move the ouput channel up and down, so you can have the oxygen send > out midi on just 1 of the 16 channels; good for multitrack situations, or > when you have something like the motif which has different sounds on each > track/channel, all you do is move the oxygen's output to the desired channel, > and start playing the new sound! > > The manual is also easy to read and understand; I was able to get up and > running just by reading the manual and poking around with it; that's good > accessibility in my opinion. > > HTH, D!J!X! > > From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Rui Vilarinho > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 7:32 PM > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: enable sonar jaws surface > > Yeah, exist a bunch of equipment around! > I only mention the Oxigen midi controler because it's obvious that exist > some nowhow between blind users. > > Regarding the one you refer, i dont have an opinian, try to no more about how > accessible it is. > > > regards, > Rui Vilarinho > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Johan Piryns > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 11:55 PM > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: enable sonar jaws surface > > hi Rui, > > the cakewalk A800pro r is one of them. > but I go to look. > By the cakewalk 800 there are much more knobs to use. > > regards > Johan > > Van: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Namens Rui Vilarinho > Verzonden: donderdag 14 juni 2012 9:04 > Aan: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Onderwerp: [ddots-l] Re: enable sonar jaws surface > > Hi Johan, > > Folowing DancingDots recommendations you just need to instal the Patches > 8.5.2 plus 8.5.3. > > Regarding midi keybords; exist several to choose, it all depends of how much > you will want to pay! > > The one I use, is a midi arranger, the Roland EXR 5S. > > However, if you dont want a midi keybord with speackers or a expensive > synthesizer, use midi keybord controlers that have knobs, modulations keys, > a bunge of possibilitys to be use with in a DAW. > Some in this list use the Oxigen midi controler per example. > > regards, > Rui Vilarinho > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Johan Piryns > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2012 12:32 AM > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: enable sonar jaws surface > > I have forgotten installed patch 8.5.1. > There should be another problem: > the midi-keyboard for using. > In belgium, there is a blind musicproducer who says that we need the yamaha > motif e-8 unit. > > regards > Johan > > Van: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Namens Mike Christer > Verzonden: woensdag 13 juni 2012 21:26 > Aan: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Onderwerp: [ddots-l] Re: enable sonar jaws surface > > Are you sure you installed it correctly? > > l8r > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Johan Piryns > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:20 PM > Subject: [ddots-l] Re: enable sonar jaws surface > > Hi, > > I have installed the first installation in my life. > this is new for me. > > regards > Johan > > Van: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Namens Mike Christer > Verzonden: woensdag 13 juni 2012 21:12 > Aan: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Onderwerp: [ddots-l] Re: enable sonar jaws surface > > Try reinstalling CT, if that's what you're using? > > l8r > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Johan Piryns > To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 8:10 PM > Subject: [ddots-l] enable sonar jaws surface > > Hi, > > I have a problem: > when you are in sonar, you must first push control and f12 for doing > enable contral jaws surface. > > I do it but he said: > unable to do this process. > i don't understand what the problem is. > > is there a reason that it don't proceed? > > Groeten, > Johan > > Johan Piryns > Pianist/muzikant > Meer info: johan.piryns@xxxxxxxxx >