Founded in 1988 under the name of Midiman, it was only in 2002 that the first of the famous Oxygen series keyboards hit the market under M-Audio, establishing the important new category of portable keyboard controller. M-Audio now offers state-of-the-art products in a wide range of categories that serve both the amateur and professional musical markets, including MIDI interfaces, keyboard controllers, drum machines, recording monitors and subwoofers, headphones, and microphones.