M-Audio Oxygen Pro Mini User Manual page 5

Initial Setup – Hardware Synth
If you will be using your Oxygen Pro Mini keyboard with a hardware synth rather than your
computer, connect the keyboard's MIDI Out port to a TRS 3.5 mm to 5 Pin DIN Female - Type
A cable, and connect that to a synth with a standard 5-pin MIDI cable. Then make sure that
your keyboard is set to operate with one of its custom presets selected (as instructed in the
Basic Concepts section) and that the keyboard is set to send MIDI data from the 5-pin MIDI
out port in the Global Settings. In order to use an external hardware synth, you will need to
connect the keyboard to a computer, laptop, or to a powered USB hub.
Your Oxygen Pro Mini gives you the option select what messages will be sent from its 5-pin
MIDI output. You can choose USB to send only messages from your connected PC to an
external hardware synth, KEYS to send only messages from your Oxygen Pro Mini to an
external hardware synth, or KEYS/USB to send messages from your connected PC and the
keyboard to an external hardware synth. In order to have these controls set properly please
use the following steps:
1. Press and hold the SHIFT button and press the MODE/GLOBAL button entering into the
GLOBAL EDIT mode
2. In the GLOBAL EDIT menu use the ENCODER to scroll to MIDI OUT. Once you have
MIDI OUT highlighted, press the ENCODER to enter into MIDI OUT selection. Then use
the ENCODER to select what messages you want sent from your Oxygen Pro Mini's 5-pin
MIDI Out.
a. OFF: No messages sent from the 5-pin output.
b. KEYS: All controls, keys, and pad messages from the Oxygen Pro Mini will be sent
from the 5-pin output.
c. USB: Only messages received on the Oxygen Pro Mini's MIDI Port 2 from a connected
PC will be sent from the 5-pin MIDI out.
d. KEYS/USB: Messages from the Oxygen Pro Mini and the Oxygen Pro Mini's MIDI Port
2 from a connected PC will be sent from the 5-pin output.
3. Once you have selected your MIDI OUT setting, press the BACK button to exit out of the
GLOBAL EDIT menu.
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