M-Audio Oxygen 49 USB MIDI Controller $139

Get control of your soft synths with the Oxygen 49. With the onboard knobs and sliders and the 49-keys you can really get the most out of your rig using a portable controller.

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Oxygen 49 gives you the same control, flexibility and power as our Oxygen 61, just with an octave fewer keys to accommodate tight spaces and even greater mobility. You get the same quality keyboard, built-in MIDI interface and knobs, sliders and buttons totaling 35 MIDI-assignable controllers for complete control of your hardware and software. Store 10 different setups in on-board non-volatile memory, plus manage an infinite number with our free Enigma software for Mac and PC. Bus-powered operation and a weight of only 7.5 pounds lets you play, compose, record and mix with ultimate mobility.

M-Audio Oxygen 49 49-key Mobile USB Controller Features:

• 49-note velocity-sensitive synth-action keyboard with USB MIDI interface
• 8 fully assignable MIDI controller knobs
• 9 fully assignable MIDI sliders
• 15 assignable buttons, including 6 transport buttons
• Assignable pitch bend and modulation wheels
• Octave up/down; transpose up/down
• Preset up/down
• MIDI channel/program change up/down
• 7 top-panel function buttons plus additional programming functions on keybed
• 3-segment LED screen
• USB 1.1 port
• Sustain pedal jack
• MIDI Out jack
• Powered via USB or optional power supply
• Class-compliant with Windows XP and Mac OS X
• 10 non-volatile memories
• Memory dump via SysEx
• Includes Ableton Live Lite 5 music production software
• Included Enigma librarian/editor for storing and organizing setups
• All controllers fully programmable to MIDI controller number and channel
• Controller mute function mutes controller output to avoid parameter jumps
• Snapshot function transmits all current controller settings

System requirements

M-Audio suggests that you also check the minimum system requirements for your software, as they may greater than the hardware requirements.