manuals of your devices for information on how to change the Pitch Bend
range. To bend the pitch up, move the wheel away from you. To bend the
pitch down, move the wheel towards you.
2. Using the Modulation Wheel: It is very common to use the modulation wheel
to change the intensity of effects, such as Vibrato (pitch change), Tremolo
(change in volume), and Modulation (change in tone).The Modulation Wheel
produces a vibrato effect shortly after the sound is generated, and is most
effective for solo instruments such as saxophone, strings, and oboe. Similar
to the pitch wheel, the actual effect and range of that effect will be set within
your MIDI sound module.
3. Data Entry Slider: This slide controller allows you to adjust the value of
parameters such as Volume, Velocity, Aftertouch, and virtually any assignable
MIDI control parameter directly from your keyboard. Setting the data slider
is covered in the next section.
4. MIDI/SELECT button: Use this button to select different MIDI commands using
certain keys from your keyboard. Activating this key is indicated by a lit LED on
the MIDI/Select button.When MIDI/SELECT is activated, the keyboard becomes
a set of function keys for setting MIDI parameter commands.
5. Octave Up & Down / Preset buttons: Pressing these buttons during normal
use will allow you to select the octave orientation of the Oxygen 8’s
keyboard. Following a pressing of the MIDI/SELECT button, they allow you,
instead, to select the preset-bank setting (P1-P5) of the Oxygen 8’s keyboard.
Pressing the MIDI/SELECT button again, after a preset-bank selection, will
return these buttons to their normal octave-select function.
6. Rotary Controller Knobs: These eight programmable rotary knobs can be
used to send any MIDI controller data on any MIDI channel. This is perfect
for use with hardware and software synthesizers, for automating software
mixers, or for controlling any devices that will respond to MIDI commands.
In the next section, the “Set Controller Key” instructions will show you how
to program this special feature.
7. Key Programming Assignments: After pressing the MIDI/SELECT button, the
keys on the Oxygen 8 become function keys that allow you to assign
particular MIDI parameters as well as Program Change and MIDI Channel
selections using the numbered key group.
Utilizing the Key Programming Assignment Keys
This section contains the information you will need to program the Oxygen 8,
and to send any MIDI parameter data from the Oxygen 8 keyboard.You may set
the data slider to send MIDI controller data of your choice, send program change
data from the keyboard, select the MIDI transmit channel of the Oxygen 8, set
the octave or pitch of the keyboard, and program the eight rotary controllers.
DATA ENTRY assignments: Pressing the MIDI/SELECT button then pressing
a key labeled by its MIDI function (such as velocity offset, aftertouch, reverb
depth, pan pot, volume, CC data) and then moving the data entry slider, allows
you to select the transmitting value of the chosen function.
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