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Index Introduction 4 Box Content Impact LX Features Minimum System Requirements Getting Started 5 Connection and Power Nektar DAW integration Register for Updates Installing and Setting Up Studio One Artist 6 Installation Studio One Pro Studio One and Impact LX25 Working Together 7 All Working

Index Pads 17 Pad Maps Pad Learn Programming MIDI Messages to Pads Pad Velocity Curves Pad Maps Default Settings 18 Setup Menu 19 Assigning Controls to MIDI Messages 20-22 Control Assign MIDI Channel Assign Assignment Types Data 1 and Data 2 Values Drawbar (on/off) Save Presets and Pad Maps Load a

Introduction Thank you for buying our Impact LX controller keyboard from Nektar Technology. The Impact LX controllers are available in 25, 49 and 61 note versions and come with setup software for many of the most popular DAWs. This means that for supported DAWs, the setup work has largely been done

Getting Started Connection and Power The Impact LX25 is USB Class compliant. This means there is no driver to install to get the keyboard set up with your computer. Impact LX25 uses the built-in USB MIDI driver which is already part of your operating system on Windows and OS X. This makes the first

Installing and Setting Up Studio One Artist The included PreSonus Studio One Artist for OSX and Windows is a powerful and complete DAW that allows you to get started straight away with your Impact LX25 even if you don’t have any other music software. Installation The Studio One Artist 2.6 installer

Studio One Artist and Impact LX25 Working Together Presonus Studio One Artist comes with it’s own documentation which cover all its functionality and powerful features. It’s a good idea to read and reference the documentation regularly to get the most out of your Studio One Artist product. But

Studio One Mixer Control To control the Studio One mixer, press the [Mixer] button to select the mixer preset. The display’s left dot is illuminated while the preset is selected and the Studio One mixer is being controlled. Open/Close the Studio One Mixer Window If the Studio One mixer is not in

Studio One Instrument Control Press the [Inst] button to select the Instrument preset. The display’s center dot is illuminated while the preset is selected. To control an instrument you must however be on an instrument track. To create one, first click on “Instruments” in the Studio One browser

Viewing Assigned Controls The Studio One Focus window will show you what’s assigned to each of instrument presets controls. If you have space on your computer screen this can be a good window to keep in view. There are a few ways to open the Focus window. The below image shows 2 different ways: 1)

Studio One Impact Drum Instrument The Studio One Impact (no relation, really) Drum instrument can be played from the Impact LX25 keyboard or 8 pads. Operating the drum instrument works the same way as any other instrument and using the Pad maps 1+2 you are able to play drum sounds straight away.

Keyboard, Octave and Transpose The Impact LX25 features as 25note keyboard. Each key is velocity sensitive so you can play expressively with the instrument. There are 5 different velocity curves for the keyboard so you can chose a less or more dynamic curve to suit your playing style. In addition,

Wheels and Foot Switch Pitch bend and Modulation Wheels The two wheels below the Octave and Transpose buttons are typically used for Pitch bend and Modulation. The Pitch bend wheel is spring loaded and automatically reverts to it’s center position upon release. It’s ideal to bend notes when you are

Controlling MIDI Software Impact LX25 has incredible flexibility when it comes to controlling a DAW or other MIDI software. There are typically 4 different ways to set up Impact LX25 many controls though it’s not uncommon to use a combination of different approaches. 1. Install the included

Controlling MIDI Software (cont) Global Controls Global controls are controls that are not stored in a preset and therefore Pitch bend/Modulation wheels plus the Foot Switch fall in this category. The 6 transport buttons in addition, are also global controls and assignments are stored over power

Function Buttons The second row of buttons below the display contains 5 function and menu buttons. Each work a little different so here is an overview of what they do. Shift/Mute When you press and hold this button, the MIDI output from real-time controls is muted. This allows you to reposition

Pads The 8 pads are velocity sensitive and programmable with either note or MIDI switch messages. This means you can use them as regular MIDI buttons as well as to punch out your drum beats and percussive melody parts. In addition, the pads have 5 velocity curve options and 3 fixed value options

Pads Maps Default Settings Map 1 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 Note C1 C#1 D1 D#1 E1 F1 F#1 G1 Note No. 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 Data 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Data 2 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 Data 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chan Global Global Global Global Global Global Global Global Note G#1 A1 A#1 B1 C2 C#2 D2

Setup Menu The Setup menu gives access to additional functions such as control assign, load, save, selecting velocity curves and more. To enter the menu, press the [Setup] button. This will mute the MIDI output of the keyboard and instead the keyboard now is used to select menus. When the Setup

Assigning Controls to MIDI messages Since the Mixer and Instrument presets are read-only, the first 4 functions C1-E1 applies only to Presets and cannot be selected if either Mixer or the Instrument [Inst.] preset is selected. To enter the Setup menu’s assign functions, please do the following: 

Assignment Types (E3) Most of the controls in the default presets are assigned to MIDI CC messages. But there are several other options and the below chart shows you which are available for the two types of controls. Controller Type Assignment Type Pitch bend, Modulation Wheel, Fader, Pots 1-8 MIDI

Save Presets and Pad Maps (F3) When you make assignment changes to a control or pad, the changes are stored in a current working memory area and the settings are also stored over power cycling. However if you change preset or pad map your settings will be lost because the loaded data will overwrite

Global Functions and Options Unlike the Control Assign functions, Global functions can be accessed regardless of what preset has been selected. And just to recap: Pressing the [Setup] button will activate the Setup menu and the display will show {S.E.t.} with the 3 dots blinking for as long as the

Pads Velocity Curves (D4) There are 4 different pad velocity curves and 3 fixed velocity levels to choose between, depending on how sensitive and dynamic you want the Impact LX pads to play. Name Description Normal Focus on mid to high velocity levels Display abbreviation PC1 Soft The most dynamic

Bank LSB (F4) This function will send a Bank LSB MIDI message from the keyboard. Note, most software products don’t respond to Bank change messages but many MIDI hardware products do. Here is how you send out a Bank LSB message  Press the F4 key on your keyboard to select Bank LSB. The display

User Preset 1 GM Instrument Pots Ctrl P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 Msg Type MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC CC 74 71 5 84 78 76 77 10 Data 1 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 Data 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chan Global Global Global Global Global Global Global Global Param

User Preset 4 “Learn Friendly” 1 Pots Ctrl P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 Msg Type MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC MIDI CC CC 89 90 96 97 116 117 118 119 Data 1 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 127 Data 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chan Global Global Global Global Global Global Global Global Fader

MIDI Implementation Chart Function Transmitted Recognized Notes Global Channel Default Changed 1 No 1-16 Mode 3 No 0-120 No After Touch No No Pitch Bend Yes No Control Change Yes No Program Change 1-128 No Yes Yes :Clock No No :Commands No No :Local on/off No No :All Notes off Yes No :Active Sense

Factory Restore If you need to restore factory settings for example if you by mistake managed to change the assignments needed for DAW integration files, here is how you do that.  Make sure your Impact LX25 is switched off  Press the [Octave up]+[Octave down] buttons and hold them  Switch your

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