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    User’ s Guide Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 M-Audio Ozone Featur es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 M-Audio Ozone Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 What’ s in the Box . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    Introduction Congratulations on your pur chase of the M-Audio Ozone. The M-Audio Ozone is an innovativ e product—a po werful combination of MIDI controller and audio interface with micr ophone and instrument pr eamps that will turn your computer into a virtual music pr oduction studio . Y ou ma y use your M-Audio Ozone in conjunction with a USB-e[...]

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    addition of eight pr ogrammable rotary knobs) allow it to send virtually any type of MIDI controller inf ormation. Additionally , the M-Audio Ozone can operate as a “standalone” MIDI controller , independent of the computer . The rear panel MIDI port mark ed “K eyboard” is used for this purpose. Within the M-Audio Ozone is a USB MIDI interf[...]

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    Guide to Getting Started Here is an outline of the steps needed to begin using y our M-Audio Ozone on either a Mac or a PC: 1. Install the Driv er (see “Software Installation”). 2. Attach the M-Audio Ozone to your computer (see “Hardwar e Installation”). 3. Connect y our sound module to the M-Audio Ozone (see “M-Audio Ozone MIDI Setup”)[...]

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    3. Data Entry Slider : This slide controller allows y ou to adjust the value of parameters such as V olume, V elocity , Aftertouch, and vir tually an y assignable MIDI control parameter dir ectly from y our k eyboard. Making settings with the data slider is cov ered in the “Utilizing the Programming K eys” section of this manual. 4. MIDI/SELECT[...]

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    Rear Panel 1. P ow er Switch: The Pow er Switch turns on the M-Audio Ozone. Y ou probabl y figured that one out f or yourself. 2. Po wer Jack: This jack is used to connect the k eyboard to the supplied 9V AC 1000mA “wall-wart” type power supply . 3. USB Port: This USB connector jack is used to connect the M-Audio Ozone to the computer’ s USB [...]

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    12. Mic In (Channel 1): This is an XLR Balanced preamp input for microphones. Mic In preamp gain is contr olled by the top panel “Mic Gain” control. This input also gets defeated if the Aux Input is plugged in, and the Monitor/Record button is pressed to the “Record” position. 13. Direct Monitor Ster eo/Mono Switch: When this switch is set [...]

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    W indows XP: 1. The M-Audio Driver CD should be inserted into the computer's CD-R OM drive. In this example the CD-R OM drive is letter "D ." (The letter of your CD-R OM drive ma y be different, and you should change it accordingly .) 2. Now na vigate to your CD-R OM drive. Browse the the Ozone F older and double-click the EXE driver[...]

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    5. Another “Digital Signature Not F ound” Window will appear . Click “Continue Anywa y” to continue . 6. Another “Digital Signature Not F ound” Window will appear . Click “Continue Anywa y” to continue . 7. An M-Audio Setup Window will appear next. Mak e sure both the “Enable Digital CD” and “Enable DMA T ransfer Mode” bo xe[...]

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    8. An M-Audio Setup Window will appear to confirm a successful setup . Click “Next” to complete installation of the M-Audio Ozone . 9. Windows will prompt y ou to restart the computer . Mak e sure that “Y es, r estart m y computer now , ” is checked and then click “Finish” to restart. 10. When you are completel y restarted, please conne[...]

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    12. Another Windows Logo T esting window will appear . Click “Continue Anywa y” to continue. 13. The next window informs y ou that the wizard has finished installing the software. Press “Finish” to continue. 14. Another Windows Logo T esting window will appear . Click “Continue Anywa y” to continue. 12[...]

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    15. The “Found New Har dware Wizard” will again appear . Click “Next” to continue. 16. Another Windows Logo T esting window will appear . Click “Continue Anywa y” to continue. 17. The next window informs you that the Wizard has finished installing the software. Press “Finish” to continue . Y our installation is now complete. W indow[...]

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    on your computer . Pr oceed with the DirectX installation b y clicking, "Next. ” 2. V erify that you wish to continue installing Dir ectX 8.1 by clicking "Y es. ” 3. V erify that you ha ve r ead the license agreement and agr ee to the terms. Click, "Y es," to continue . 4. Windows will need to restart your machine to complet[...]

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    5. This is the first setup window for installing the M-Audio Ozone drivers after the installer has confirmed that you ha ve Dir ectX version 8.1 (or higher) installed on your system. Make sur e your M-Audio Ozone is pow ered off and that no other Windows programs ar e running, then click, “Next, ” to continue. 6. A “Digital Signature Not F ou[...]

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    8. An M-Audio Setup Window will come up , confirming a successful setup. Click, “Next, ” to successfully install the M-Audio Ozone . 9. Windows will pr ompt you to r estart the computer . Make sur e that “Y es, r estart m y computer now , ” is checked and then click, “Finish, ” to restart 10. When you ar e completely r estar ted and at [...]

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    Wi ndows ME: Note: Windo ws ME comes installed with DirectX v ersion 7. Y ou must ha ve DirectX v ersion 8.1 in order to install the M-Audio Ozone. The M-Audio Ozone installer will automatically check for the corr ect version of DirectX and install the latest Dir ect X update. This update will be skipped if y ou already ha ve Dir ectX version 8.1 ([...]

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    4. Windows will need to restart your machine to complete the Direct X 8.1 installation. Click, "OK," to restart your system. 5. This is the first setup window for installing the M-Audio Ozone drivers after the installer has confirmed that you ha ve Dir ectX version 8.1 (or higher) installed on your system. Make sur e your M-Audio Ozone is[...]

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    7. An M-Audio Setup Window will come up confirming a successful setup . Click, “Next, ” to successfully install the M-Audio Ozone . 8. Windows will pr ompt you to r estart the computer . Mak e sure that “Y es, restart my computer now , ” is checked and then click, “Finish, ” to r estart.When you are completel y restarted and at your des[...]

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    installation (if you ha ve not pr eviously installed this update). Click “Next” to install DirectX 8.1. 4. Click next to verify that y ou would like to install Micr osoft DirectX 8.1. 5. The next window shows the Micr osoft DirectX 8.1 license agreement. Click “Y es” to continue . 6. Click “OK” at the next window , to restart your compu[...]

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    7. After restart, the next window r eminds you to v erify that the M-Audio Ozone is disconnected from the USB bus bef ore contin uing, and that you ha ve closed all other Windows applications. Do so now , then click “Next” to continue. 8. An M-Audio Setup Window will appear next. Make sur e both “Enable Digital CD” and “Enable DMA T ransf[...]

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    10. The following window pr ompts you to restart your computer . With the checkmark enabled, click “Finish” to restart. 11. After Windows has completely r estarted, turn on your de vice using the pow er button on the back of the M-Audio Ozone . A window will then prompt y ou to click “Next” to continue. 12. The next window will pr ompt you [...]

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    13. The next window defaults to br owse to a specified location. Click “Next” to continue. 14. In the next window , click “Next” to install the recommended driv er . 15. The next window pr ompts you that the driv er will now be installed. Click “Next. ” 23[...]

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    16. The final window tells y ou that installation is complete. Click “Finish”.. After a few mor e ‘automatic’ windows which do not requir e any action, the installation procedur e reaches completion, and your device is r eady to use. M-Audio Ozone and the Windows Sound System After installation, the M-Audio Ozone’ s Windows Multimedia dri[...]

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    OMS Installation To install OMS from the driver CD , locate the OMS 2.3.8 folder on this CD , find the OMS installer program in the f older , and double click on its icon to begin installation. Once this process completed successfull y , you can mov e on to the M-Audio Ozone Installer . M-Audio Ozone Driver Installation The curr ent release v ersio[...]

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    BEFORE Y OU RUN THIS INST ALLER PR OGRAM. Otherwise , the M-Audio Ozone OMS Driver will not be placed in the OMS f older . Once installed, you should ha ve tw o files, one in System Folder: Extensions (M-Audio USB MIDI Support) and the other in System Folder : OMS Pref erences (M-Audio USB OMS Support.) For mor e information, scroll through the Rea[...]

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    4. The “OMS Driver Sear ch” box asks you to choose the port on which y ou’ ve attached the M-Audio Ozone (either Modem or Printer). DO NO T choose a port (since we’ re using USB), just click “Search. ” OMS begins searching. IMPORT ANT : If the USB cable is not corr ectly hooked up to the M-Audio Ozone, setup will fail. 5. “OMS Driver [...]

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    7. Next, “My Studio Setup” appears with a file sa ve dialog box ov er it. Y ou will now need to name and sa ve your ne w studio setup (or use the default name) befor e you can assign an instrument to the M-Audio Ozone’ s output (labeled “Ozone”). Assign your instrument (this step is optional), and you are done. Y ou can run the OMS “T e[...]

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    1. Go to "System Prefer ences" in the Apple Menu. 2. Select the "Sound" prefer ence panel, and click the "Output" tab. 3. Select "M-Audio Ozone" to choose the M-Audio Ozone as your default output device. Y ou can also select the “Input” tab to mak e the M-Audio Ozone the default Input device. The M-Audio [...]

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    Active Channels: A box that is checked indicates that a channel pair is set to “Active. ” Unchecking a box will deactivate that channel pair . When the Control Panel is installed, both Inputs 1 & 2 and Outputs 1 & 2 are set to “Active” by default. Sample Depth: The default Sample Depth setting is “16-bit. ” When the Sample Depth[...]

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    Connection Status: The M-Audio Ozone Control Panel will only be accessible when your M-Audio Ozone is connected to the computer and r ecognized by the system. When the M-Audio Ozone is not connected, the panel will either be gra yed out, or a message will pop up indicating that the M-Audio Ozone is not recognized. In Mac OS X (only), when your M-Au[...]

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    sure that the M-Audio Ozone audio driv er is set to “M-Audio Ozone ASIO . ” Within your m usic application, when you assign an audio track to receiv e its input from the M-Audio Ozone Channel 1 or Channel 2—whether it’ s the Mic In and Instrument In, or when using the Aux Inputs in “Record” mode—you will set the input de vice to: • [...]

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    Each 1/4” line out jack (Output 1 and 2) sends a -10dB unbalanced signal on 1/4” TS plugs (tip-sleev e). They are designed to be plugged into a mix er , stereo r eceiver , po wer ed speak ers, or any other line lev el input such as a mixdown deck or tape r ecorder . Channel 1 of the M-Audio Ozone pro vides a microphone input on a balanced XLR c[...]

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    Using the Mic and Instrument Inputs Channel 1 of the M-Audio Ozone gives y ou a high gain, low noise microphone pr eamp. It pr ovides a low impedance micr ophone input on an XLR connector with optional phantom pow er . A dynamic , condenser , or any other type of lo w impedance microphone will interface easil y with the M-Audio Ozone’ s Mic Input[...]

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    Setting Input Gain The M-Audio Ozone pro vides up to 60dB of gain on the Channel 1 Mic In and 40dB of gain on the Channel 2 Instrument In. Microphones typicall y emit a low signal lev el, requiring a "pr e-amp" such as the M-Audio Ozone pro vides. Other instruments, such as guitar pickups and ev en some ke yboard sound modules, will also [...]

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    to be safe, check y our mic’ s documentation to see if it will accept or needs phantom pow er . Some ribbon mics definitely should NO T receiv e phantom pow er , as this could damage them. Using the Aux Inputs The M-Audio Ozone has a pair of “Aux Input” line inputs, both on a single 1/4” TRS jack. It is designed so that a single connector c[...]

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    Also , as w e mentioned, using Record mode def eats the Mic and Instrument inputs, so you will not be able to listen to or recor d from those inputs when the Aux Input is in Record mode . Another example is to use the Record mode only to s witch Channel 1 and Channel 2 to line inputs, for the purpose of r ecording a ta pe deck, CD pla yer , or othe[...]

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    monitoring, mute the channels you ar e recor ding to , or send their output to another bus. In a typical Direct Monitor a pplication, plug your micr ophone and guitar into Channel 1 and Channel 2 on the rear panel. Arm a pair of inputs in y our computer r ecording software and set their r ecording le vels using the Gain controls on the M-Audio Ozon[...]

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    In the following setup , the M-Audio Ozone is being used as a MIDI controller as w ell as a MIDI interface , inputting MIDI data to the computer and its application softwar e, and outputting MIDI to a sound module from which sounds will be produced. The M-Audio Ozone as a contr oller ma y also send MIDI information to an y installed software synthe[...]

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    The k eys on the M-Audio Ozone, in conjunction with the MIDI/SELECT button, giv e you the extra pr ogramming capability that is unique to M-Audio’ s line of MIDI controllers (including the M-Audio Ozone, Oxygen8 and Radium). Y ou can use the Data Entr y k ey to enter in values, or the k eys that are labeled with n umbers. The keys labeled f or sp[...]

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    of your choice, send pr ogram change data from the k eyboard, select the MIDI transmit channel of the M-Audio Ozone, set the octa ve or pitch of the k eyboar d, and program the eight r otar y controllers. DA TA ENTR Y Assignments: Pr essing the MIDI/SELECT button then pressing a k ey labeled by its MIDI function (such as v elocity offset, aftertouc[...]

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    4. Assign the MIDI channel number on number k ey group (1-16) then press Enter . This channel assignment will apply only to the contr oller knob that you ar e programming. 5. Y ou can select up to five banks of presets f or the M-Audio Ozone’ s ke yboard, P1-P5, b y pressing the MIDI/SELECT button. This is most effectiv e for stand-alone mode, no[...]

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    5. Press the CC Data k ey . 6. Press the number k eys 1, 2 and 3, in order . 7. Press the Enter k ey , to specify the value 123, then press the MIDI/SELECT button. This completes the process. Pro gram K ey: By pr essing the MIDI/SELECT button and the Program k ey , then numeric k eys, and finally the Enter k ey , you can select an y patch n umber b[...]

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    M-Audio Ozone Pr eset Char t 44[...]

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    T echnical Support & Contact Information F or additional technical assistance, contact M-Audio T echnical Support by telephone (626-445-8495, 9-5 PST M-F), by fax (626-445-7564) or by e-mail (techsupt@m-audio .com). If you ha ve questions, comments or suggestions about this product, or an y M-Audio product, we in vite you to contact us dir ectl[...]

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    M-Audio Ozone W arranty Information M-AUDIO war rants that this product is fr ee of defects in materials and w orkmanship under normal conditions f or 90 da ys, so long as the product is: owned by the original pur chaser ; the original purchaser has pr oof of purchase fr om an authorized M-AUDIO dealer ; and the purchaser has r egister ed his/her o[...]

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    M-Audio Ozone T echnical Specifications General • Supports 24-bit or 16-bit audio input or output • Supports the following sampling frequencies (Hz): 8000, 11025, 12000, 16000, 22050, 24000, 32000, 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000 • (Note: Because of USB bandwidth and device har dware constraints, there ar e limitations on what combinations of bit [...]

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    Appendix A - MIDI Controller Information 48[...]

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    Appendix B - M-Audio Ozone Block Diagram 49[...]