Pro’s
-Keys feel pretty good, lots of controls, ergonomics are good.
Con’s:
-Occasionally locks up and needs to be rebooted to be seen by GP.
-Doing fast B3- style Palm swipe glissando, often get a hung note. I’ve contacted M-Audio support but no response to my question… However I repeatedly get an email back asking if I was happy with the response to my problem… Even tho I never get a response.
Those are fairly minor complaints tho, overall I am happy with it.
I once had a M-Audio Code61, which i actually liked… except from the occasional lockups and hanging notes, which was not acceptable - even if I am just a hobby musician.
Some research in their support forums showed that it seems to be a hardware fault in their controller circuits, no chance for a remedy.
So M-Audio is off the game for me now.
I sold my Arturia keylab 61 mkII for stuck note reason (one every few minutes). With M-audio Oxygen Pro 61 I have played a dozen of rehearsal and two gigs without a single problem…
Update- I just did a bit more reading and apparently there may be a fix for the hanging notes. Will do more research. The lockup seems to happen about every 3- 4 weeks of being on constantly so for me, while annoying, not a show stopper… speaking of which it’s never happened in a gig yet… but if/when it does, that could certainly change it from annoyance to show-stopper…
The platform where i found the complaints over this issue unfortunately isn’t existent anymore, but there still is a video on YouTube where that guy tells something about removing the cable from the Aftertouch strip would solve the issue, but i am sceptic somehow…
My only sure opinion. Native Instruments Kontrol S 61 never fails… No sliders and few controls, but perfect keybed.
Another point:old oxygen was a disaster, new oxygen pro is miles better
I’ve used the Oxygen49 for several years and never really had a problem. It has never “locked up” while in use but it does seem to “go to sleep” after a period of non-use and has to be restarted.
Not usually more in my practice environment when it may be idle for hours. Even if though, it is literally a 10-15 second process. The strange part is when you turn it off GP says Oxygen49 disconnected which means GP still “sees” it, there is just no MIDI being received.