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
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
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