M-Audio Oxygen 8 25 Key Midi Keyboard Controller

by M-Audio

Product Features

• Control the parameters of any soft synth
• This software takes you deeper into the capabilities of your music
• It also gives you greater freedom when you're on stage
• Program your drums in real-time
• Input & output for up to 16 different MIDI channels

Product Details

Product Manual [1.17mb PDF]

• Item Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00006I5HL
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,595 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

The portable soft synth controller for today's electronic musicians!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good first keyboard, February 26, 2006

By 

jd (Harrisburg, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: M-Audio Oxygen 8 25 Key Midi Keyboard Controller (Electronics)

I too am a guitar player and I bought this guy about 2 years ago to use with Sonar. I didn't plan on becoming a keyboard player, but I have, and I can thank this little guy for that. It is wonderfully non-intimidating with its small stature, only 2-octave keyboard. The knobs work inside your soft synths (Reaktor and Reason) just as advertised. The thing is, I always end up reaching for the mouse and so have almost never used the knobs on this guy. The 2-octave keyboard gets really cramped after awhile, so I just bought an M-Audio Keystation 88 ES. It's kinda like the exact opposite of the Oxygen - it has 88 weighted keys, and only a slider and 2 buttons (other than the wheels. of course).

If you plan on "really" playing keyboards, you are better off looking at the bigger M-Audio keyboards. If you just want a small keyboard to play around with soft syths, the Oxygen will definitely fit better on you computer desk or in your backpack!

All in all, it does what it says and it does it well.

4 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Never Again, December 24, 2009

By 

D. Jackson (Seattle, WA. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: M-Audio Oxygen 8 25 Key Midi Keyboard Controller (Electronics)

M-Audio has turned its back on its customers and has refused to release updated drivers for the Vista 64 bit system. Even though they have released 2 different version of 64 bit drivers for MAC OS 10.
Snip from the support forums:
M-Audio Tech Support
There are not going to be Vista 64-bit MIDI drivers.
End snip.
M-Audio has left us high and dry with a pricey paperweight; and is expecting the public to buy a newer version of the keyboard. Well I may very well buy a new one, but it will not form M-Audio. Not now, not ever.