M Audio Oxygen Pro Mini Midi Keyboard is one of our favourite series when it comes to midi keyboards. Mainly because of how smooth the keynotes are, and the keynote sensitivity is pretty much on point.
This is a small, little, powerful addition to any music production studio!
When it comes to music production, there are many music producers looking for that smooth and slick looking midi keyboards to improve their music production experience and creativity.
The M Audio Oxygen Pro series comes in 4 sizes, targeting all sorts of music production and sound engineering studio spaces.
M-Audio Oxygen Pro series comes in;
- Oxygen Pro Mini, which has 32 keys.
- Oxygen Pro 25, which has 25 keys.
- Oxygen Pro 49, which has 49 keys.
- Oxygen Pro 61, which has 61 Keys.
In this article, we are going to be looking at the Oxygen Pro Mini
M Audio Oxygen Pro Mini Midi Keyboard
Oxygen Mini
Oxygen Mini comes with 32 keys and loads of cool midi controller settings, the fact it’s so small makes it easier to carry it around, making it a perfect portable midi keyboard. Also, if the music production studio or sound engineering room is lacking in space, then Oxygen mini keyboard would be an ideal fit.
The fact that this keyboard is so compact and durable makes it the ideal beat producer midi keyboard.
M Audio Oxygen Pro Mini Midi Keyboard will support DAW’s such as FL Studio, Cubase, Logic Pro, Logic Pro X, Ableton Live, and many other major digital audio units.
Size and Weight
- Dimensions in centimetres – 40.1cm x 19.1cm x 5cm
- Weight – 1.2kg
Main Features
- Backlit, assignable and velocity sensitive pads, designed for beat production.
- Modulation knobs and buttons, including 4 Assignable faders which support DAW controls, great for mixing and mastering.
- DAW button which adds auto DAW control mapping, syncing the midi-keyboard with your DAW, making beat production experience much smoother and quicker.
- Smart scale function, which simply eliminates wrong keynotes, making music production a lot smoother.
- Advanced Arpeggiator functions.
- Slick and smooth pitch and modulation wheel.
- Supports 1/4 sustain pedal input.
- Supports input and output USB-MIDI connection.
- OLED screen for easy and quick controls in edits.
- Comes with a free CD, including a full version of 6 paid virtual instruments and a free MPC pad software. (Check all the included virtual instrument software shown below).
Software Included
The best part is that all the Oxygen Pro Midi Keyboards series comes with free virtual instruments software, these been loaded onto a single CD, and packed neatly inside the packaging.
The free music production software and plugins which are included with M Audio Oxygen Pro mini midi keyboard;
- MPC Beats Drum pad MPC player which is free to download.
- Hybrid 3.0 a virtual instrument, which has over 1200 inspirational presets.
- Air Music Velvet a virtual instrument which has over 350 professional presets.
- Air Music Mini Grand, a piano virtual instrument keyboard with 7 piano modes.
- Air Music Tube Synth, a virtual synth instrument with 300 pro presets.
- Air Music Electric, a virtual instrument with 80 presets.
- Air Music Bassline, a virtual bass instrument which comes with 150 bass presets.
To be quite honest, the oxygen pro mini keyboards come with music production software, which would cost more than the keyboard itself.
Do we recommend this midi keyboard?
If you’re looking for something that’s cheap, small, durable, portable and comes with many functions, modulations, includes a pad and looks very modern and slick, then don’t think twice! This is simply an amazing addition to any modern music production studio.
