The Oxygen series also features intelligent Smart Scale technology. The note of the key you press will serve as the root of the chord and all the parameters can be edited right on your Oxygen keyboard controller. For example, if you select Custom Mode, and play a 1-b3-5-b7 chord, every key will then be assigned to play this chord structure.

Smart Chord also has a Custom Mode which lets you determine the chord structure that will be assigned to each key by manually playing it. The rest of the chord’s properties (Major, Minor, and Voicing) are determined by the settings you choose. The key you press will determine the root note in the chord. With Smart Chord activated, pressing a single key will play a full chord rather than just one note. With Smart Chord and Smart Scale technology, creating music and unleashing your unlimited creativity has never been easier. The Smart Chord feature helps bring out your inner musical genius by playing full chords with a single key press, and with the Smart Scale feature, the Oxygen 49 (MKV) keys transform into a perfect scale, playing the exact notes within a chosen scale.

Getting both is always an option, but I'd like to keep this limited, I'm not trying to make a home studio, just need a good physical MIDI controller for general audio rec, supplementary to the eventual real studio process.Smart Chord and Smart Scale technology are the bridges between your musically creative mind and your final productions. I have no allegiance to any brand so would just really be anxious in reading your opinions. I realize a lot of you mix bands and work as engineers, but I respect you gear heads and know you all make music too so I'm just curious to hear your thoughts? Looking at weighted and semi-weighted midi keyboards is giving me a headache and I feel like the launchpad would be more of a catch all for rudimentary compositions on the go, or as building reference scratch tracks before taking it to the actual studio.īut i'm also attracted to the abilities of the launchpad(or any MPC really) for live sound. I want to get a launchpad pro, but I've been reading that people seem to not like it so much for composition and prefer keys. sound and I'm really pretty happy with the offerings, they are great for doing little references to send to my mates who can practice parts making writing sessions more productive. Ive been playing around with some of the iOS apps for rec.

Mpc live with midi keyboard