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Oxygen Series User Guide 5
6. Function Buttons:
All Oxygen Series keyboards feature 5 function buttons for programming, access to settings and advanced
features as outlined below.
Advanced
The Advanced button allows access to the extended parameters listed along the top edge of the keyboard.
When the Advanced button is pressed, the LED screen shows three dots along the bottom of the display,
indicating that the keyboard is in Advanced mode. Please refer to Section 8 - Advanced Keyboard Functions
and Section 9 - Advanced Programming Functions for more information on how this function is used.
Mute
When the Mute button is activated, the Knobs and Sliders will not transmit MIDI data and the LED screen will
display "OFF" while adjusting them. This allows changes to Slider and Knob positions without affecting the
settings of connected MIDI devices or applications.
As shown in the following example, the Mute function can be used to prevent "jumps" caused by differences
between the physical positions of sliders and knobs on an Oxygen keyboard, and the expected values of the
corresponding software parameters:
When loading a new sound patch for a virtual instrument in your DAW software, its settings will likely not match
the current positions of the knobs on the Oxygen keyboard and will be "out-of-sync" with what the virtual
instrument is expecting. In other words, an Oxygen Knob may be set to 64 (center position) while the sound
patch expects this value to be at zero (all the way to the left). This may cause this synthesizer setting to jump or
"snap" from zero to 64 when the Oxygen Knob is adjusted, which can be a jarring experience if the knob is
controlling a parameter like Master Volume or Filter.
These value jumps can be prevented by first pressing the Mute button, and then setting the Knobs and Sliders
to their expected positions before using them with a new sound patch. Press the Mute button a second time to
exit Mute mode.
NOTE
: The Mute function does not affect the buttons, keys or the sustain pedal and pressing any of them
automatically cancels Mute mode.
Snapshot (Advanced & Mute)
Pressing the Advanced and Mute buttons at the same time activates the Snapshot function. The LED screen
momentarily shows "S-S" and the Oxygen keyboard immediately sends the current values of all knobs and
sliders. This feature can be used to simultaneously change multiple parameters within the software you are
controlling to match the settings on your Oxygen keyboard.
Select
The Select button assigns the "-" and "+" buttons to one of three parameters as indicated by a dot along the
lower edge of the LED display:
GLOBAL; The - / + buttons set the global MIDI channel.
PGM (program); The - / + buttons transmit program change messages.
PRESETS; The - / + buttons step through and load Oxygen presets from its 10 memory locations.
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-" and "+" Buttons
These buttons are used in combination with the Select button, to decrease (-) or increase (+) the
value of the currently active function or parameter (Global MIDI channel, Program Change, Preset
Number).