M-Audio Oxygen 61 MKV

With auto-mapping, the Oxygen MKV’s faders, pan, knobs, transport buttons, record arm, solo, mute, and more are able to control the corresponding functions in most popular DAWs. Whether you use Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Studio One, Ableton Live, MPC Beats, Cubase, or others, the MKV will help you settle into a comfortable and smooth workflow.

The Smart controls on the MKV make producing music both easier and faster. Thanks to Smart Chord, you can play full chords from a single note, while Smart Scale only allows the correct notes in a selected scale to be played. There are 15 scale variations as well as a custom mode, so you can forget about hitting wrong notes and running out of fingers.

Designed to impart excitement and rhythmic movement to your music, the onboard arpeggiator can repeatedly trigger the notes you play according to a selected sequence, and it works in the keyboard’s BPM, or locked to the tempo of your DAW session. It is customizable with Latch and Momentary operating modes, and other parameters such as swing, gate, octave, and type.

The bundled software features Ableton Live Lite and MPC Beats, the latter with five expansion packs. These DAWs can take you from sequencing and recording all the way to mixdown, and they’re compatible with the included Hybrid 3 synthesizer and Mini Grand piano virtual instruments from Air Music Technology. Additionally, you get 60 free lessons from Melodics and a 3-month Skoove membership to strengthen your playing skills and elevate your musical knowledge.MPC Expansion Packs

• MPC Beats Producer Kits: Multigenre beat-production pack
• F9 Instruments Beats Edition: 25 high-quality instrument samples
• LANIAKEA Sounds: Trap Soul & Lofi production pack
• MSX Audio: Soulful drums collection
• ADSR: LoFi producer collection

• 61 full-size, velocity-sensitive keys
• Preset and DAW buttons for auto-mapped DAW instruments and plug-ins
• Smart Chord mode enables playing of enharmonic or custom chord voicings
• Smart Scale mode eliminates wrong notes making it easy to craft a perfect song
• Arpeggiator with Type, Octave, Gate, and Swing controls
• 2 banks of 8 velocity-sensitive trigger pads with Note Repeat for beat production
• 8 assignable knobs for manipulating virtual instruments and plug-ins
• 9 assignable faders for mixing
• Transport buttons let you control your DAW without a mouse
• Display provides instant parameter feedback
• Pitch and modulation wheels, and 1/4″sustain pedal input
• MIDI editor software and a complete software production package