M-audio OXYGEN user guide

Controlling Reason from Oxygen

General Overview

DirectLink is designed to give you intuitive, “hands-on” control of the Sequencer and Devices within Reason.

The Transport controls give you instant access to the transport and let you start, stop, record, loop, fast-forward, and rewind straight from Oxygen:

When a track is selected using Track <> button on Oxygen, the track is highlighted in dark gray within the sequencer and it is automatically record-enabled to help you begin recording quickly.

Many of the other Oxygen controls (slider buttons1, knobs, sliders1, etc.) automatically adjust their functionality depending on the Device that is currently selected within the Sequencer.

Reason includes a variety of different “Devices” that can be created and added to your “virtual rack” of equipment. New Devices are selected from the “Create” menu and fall under three basic categories:

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Mixers

Instruments

– Mixer Devices include the Mixer 14:2 and the Line Mixer 6:2.

– Instrument Devices include Subtractor, Thor, Malström, NN19, NN-XT, Dr.

Rex, Redrum, Matrix and RPG-8.

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Effects

– Effects Devices includes all of the Devices between “MClass” and “Spider” in the

Create drop-down menu.

When using the DirectLink preset (Preset 10 on Oxygen), the functionality of the Oxygen sliders1, knobs and slider buttons1 will vary depending on the Device track that is selected within the Reason Sequencer. For example, if you have a new song with one NN-XT Device and one Thor Device, the Reason sequencer will have a track for each of those Devices. Selecting the “NN-XT” sequencer track will result in Oxygen “focusing” on the NN-XT Device, whereas selecting the Thor track will shift the DirectLink focus to the Thor Device. The Device that is in focus will have the Oxygen controls (knobs, sliders1, etc.) update to match the parameters of that device (this is covered in greater detail later in this User Guide).

IMPORTANT: To control a Reason Device using DirectLink, the

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Device must be assigned to a sequencer track; If a sequencer track is not assigned to a Device, Oxygen will not be able to control that Device.

When you create instrument Devices, a sequencer track is automatically created and assigned to that Device. However, when you create Mixer and Effects Devices, a sequencer track is not automatically created for those Devices. To create a track for these types of Device, right-click on the Device (CtrlClick for Mac OS X users) and select “Create Track” from the bottom of the context menu which appears.

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Not available on Oxygen 25.

Some Devices have multiple groups of similar parameters. Slider buttons C25 and C26 can be used to step

through all of the available groups.

Note that if the knobs have no assignment for the currently active Device within Reason, turning a knob will

have no effect.

The following control mappings are common across all devices:

Button C23 Select Previous Patch Button C24 Select Next Patch

Button C25 Select Previous Group Button C26 Select Next Group

Slider C9 Master Volume

You can also press [Ctrl]-[Alt] (Windows) or [Command]-[Option] (OS X) and one of the number keys on the main part of the computer keyboard to jump to a specific group. The number of variations available depends on the control surface and which Reason device has MIDI input. To select the default variation, press [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[1] or [Command]-[Option]-[1].

Oxygen 25 users:

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As the Oxygen 25 does not have slider buttons for changing the selected group you can still use the computer keyboard to access the different Groups instead. To select a keyboard shortcut variation, press [Ctrl]-[Alt] (Windows) or [Command]-[Option] (OS X) and one of the number keys on the main part of the computer keyboard. The number of variations available depends on the control surface and which Reason device has MIDI input. To select the default variation, press [Ctrl]-[Alt]-[1] or [Command]-[Option]-[1].

Reason Device Mappings

Mixer Devices

Mixer 14:2

The sliders always control the Channel Volumes.

The Slider Buttons control Mute by default, but Solo if an ‘Aux’ group is selected. Note that since C25 and C26 are used to navigate groups muting track 8 is only possible when the default group is selected.

Groups 1-3 focus on Channels 1-8, and Groups 4-6 focus on Channels 9-14. On the Oxygen 25 there are 2 additional Groups to access the Channel Volume parameters. In this case groups 1-4 are focused on channels 1-8 and groups 5-7 are focused on channels 9-14.

C9 controls the Master Volume.

Group

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Oxygen 25 Oxygen

Ch 1-8 Volume Ch 1-8 Pan Ch 1-8 Pan Ch 1-8 Aux 1 Ch 1-8 Aux 1 Ch 1-8 Aux 2 Ch 1-8 Aux 2 Ch 9-14 Pan Ch 9-14 Volume Ch 9-14 Aux 1 Ch 9-14 Pan Ch 9-14 Aux 2 Ch 9-14 Aux 1 Ch 9-14 Aux 2 -

Mixer 6:2

The sliders always control the Channel Volumes.

The Slider Buttons control Mute by default, but Solo if an ‘Aux’ group is selected.

There are only 6 Channels. Control C7 is mapped to the Aux Send Return Level, and C8 has no purpose. On the Oxygen 25 there is an additional Group to access the Channel Volume parameters.

C9 controls the Master Volume.

Group

1 2 3

Oxygen 25 Oxygen

Ch 1-6 Volume Ch 1-6 Pan Ch 1-6 Pan Ch 1-6 Aux Send Ch 1-6 Aux Send -

Instrument Devices

Subtractor

Oxygen

Fader C1 Amp Env Attack Fader C2 Amp Env Decay Fader C3 Amp Env Sustain Fader C4 Amp Env Release Fader C5 Filter Env Attack Fader C6 Filter Env Decay Fader C7 Filter Env Sustain Fader C8 Filter Env Release

Group 1: Filters & LFO

Knob C10 Filter Freq Knob C10 Osc1 Phase Diff Knob C11 Filter Res Knob C11 Osc1 Octave Knob C12 Filter Type Knob C12 Osc1 Semitone Knob C13 Filter Env Amount Knob C13 FM Amount Knob C14 Filter2 Freq Knob C14 Osc2 Phase Diff Knob C15 Filter2 Res Knob C15 Osc2 Octave Knob C16 LFO1 Rate Knob C16 Osc2 Semitone Knob C17 LFO1 Amount Knob C17 Osc Mix Button C18 LFO1 Wave Button C18 Osc1 Wave Button C19 LFO1 Dest Button C19 Osc2 Wave Button C20 LFO Sync Enable Button C20 Osc2 On/Off

Oxygen 25

Group 1: Filters & LFO

Knob C1 Filter Freq Knob C1 Osc1 Phase Diff Knob C2 Filter Res Knob C2 Osc1 Wave Knob C3 Filter Type Knob C3 Osc1 Octave Knob C4 Filter Env Amount Knob C4 FM Amount Knob C5 Filter2 Freq Knob C5 Osc2 Phase Diff Knob C6 Filter2 Res Knob C6 Osc2 Wave Knob C7 LFO1 Rate Knob C7 Osc2 Octave Knob C8 LFO1 Amount Knob C8 Osc Mix

Group 3: Envelopes

Knob C1 Amp Env Attack Knob C2 Amp Env Decay Knob C3 Amp Env Sustain Knob C4 Amp Env Release Knob C5 Filter Env Attack Knob C6 Filter Env Decay Knob C7 Filter Env Sustain Knob C8 Filter Env Release

Group 2: Oscillators

Thor

Oxygen

Fader C1 Rotary 1 Fader C2 Rotary 2 Fader C3 Osc 1 And 2 Balance Fader C4 Filter 3 Drive Fader C5 Filter 3 Freq Fader C6 Filter 3 Res Fader C7 Delay Dry Wet Fader C8 Chorus Dry Wet Button C18 Button 1 Button C19 Button 2

Group 1: Thor Osc 1&2

Group 2: Thor Filter 1

Knob C10 Osc 1 Oct Knob C10 Filter 1 Freq Knob C11 Osc 1 Semi Knob C11 Filter 1 Res Knob C12 Osc 1 Tune Knob C12 Filter 1 Env Amount Knob C13 Osc 1 And 2 Level Knob C13 Shaper Drive Knob C14 Osc 2 Oct Knob C14 Filter Env Attack Knob C15 Osc 2 Semi Knob C15 Filter Env Decay Knob C16 Osc 2 Tune Knob C16 Filter Env Sustain Knob C17 Osc 1 AM From Osc 2 Knob C17 Filter Env Release Button C20 Osc 2 Sync To Osc 1 Button C20 Filter 1 Type

Group 3: Thor LFO & Mod

Group 4: Thor Amp

Knob C10 LFO 1 Waveform Knob C10 Amplifier Velocity Knob C11 LFO 1 Rate Knob C11 Amplifier Gain Knob C12 LFO 1 Delay Knob C12 Amplifier Pan Knob C13 LFO 1 KbdFollow Knob C13 0 Knob C14 Mod Env Delay Knob C14 Amp Env Attack Knob C15 Mod Env Attack Knob C15 Amp Env Decay Knob C16 Mod Env Decay Knob C16 Amp Env Sustain Knob C17 Mod Env Release Knob C17 Amp Env Release Button C20 Mod Env Loop Button C20 0

Group 5: Thor Delay & Chorus

Knob C10 Chorus Delay Knob C11 Chorus Feedback Knob C12 Chorus Rate

Knob C13 Chorus Amt Knob C14 Delay Time Knob C15 Delay Feedback Knob C16 Delay Rate Knob C17 Delay Amt Button C20 Delay Sync

Thor

Oxygen 25

Group 1: Thor Globals Group 2: Osc 1&2

Knob C1 Rotary 1 Knob C1 Osc 1 Oct Knob C2 Rotary 2 Knob C2 Osc 1 Semi Knob C3 Osc 1 And 2 Balance Knob C3 Osc 1 Tune Knob C4 Filter 3 Drive Knob C4 Osc 1 And 2 Level Knob C5 Filter 3 Freq Knob C5 Osc 2 Oct Knob C6 Filter 3 Res Knob C6 Osc 2 Semi Knob C7 Delay Dry Wet Knob C7 Osc 2 Tune Knob C8 Chorus Dry Wet Knob C8 Osc 1 AM From Osc 2

Group 3: Filter 1

Group 4: LFO & Mod

Knob C1 Filter 1 Freq Knob C1 LFO 1 Waveform Knob C2 Filter 1 Res Knob C2 LFO 1 Rate Knob C3 Filter 1 Env Amount Knob C3 LFO 1 Delay Knob C4 Shaper Drive Knob C4 LFO 1 KbdFollow Knob C5 Filter Env Attack Knob C5 Mod Env Delay Knob C6 Filter Env Decay Knob C6 Mod Env Attack Knob C7 Filter Env Sustain Knob C7 Mod Env Decay Knob C8 Filter Env Release Knob C8 Mod Env Release

Group 5: Amp

Knob C1 Amplifier Velocity Knob C2 Amplifier Gain Knob C3 Amplifier Pan Knob C4 0 Knob C5 Amp Env Attack Knob C6 Amp Env Decay Knob C7 Amp Env Sustain Knob C8 Amp Env Release

Malström

Oxygen

Fader C1 Oscillator B Attack Fader C2 Oscillator B Decay Fader C3 Oscillator B Sustain Fader C4 Oscillator B Release Fader C5 Oscillator A Attack Fader C6 Oscillator A Decay Fader C7 Oscillator A Sustain Fader C8 Oscillator A Release

Group 1: Filter B

Group 2: Filter A