Nektar impact LX 25, User Manual

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Page 2: ...strument Control 9 10 First time Setup Open close the Instrument Window Changing Patches and Controlling an Instrument Viewing Assigned Controls Customizing Plug in Mapping Navigating Insert Plug ins Studio One Drum Instrument 11 Learning Studio One Impact Sounds to the Pads Mixing Studio One Impact Drum Sounds Keyboard Octave and Transpose 12 Octave Shift Program MIDI Channel and Preset Control w...

Page 3: ...s These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interfer ence will not occur in a particular installati...

Page 4: ...em Requirements As a USB class compliant device Impact LX25 can be used from Windows XP or higher and any version of Mac OS X The DAW integration files can be installed on Windows Vista 7 8 or higher and Mac OS X 10 7 or higher The included Studio One Artist minimum system requirements are listed below 25 note full sized velocity sensitive keybed 8 velocity sensitive MIDI pads 1 MIDI assignable fa...

Page 5: ...s supported with Nektar DAW integration software locate the Impact LX DAW Integration folder and run the installer you will find in that directory In the same directory there is a Documentation folder Open it and locate the PDF file that s applicable to your DAW Follow the instructions in the PDF for any additional setup as well as learn how the integration works If you are not able to find instal...

Page 6: ...ct Run the DAW Integration Installer in that folder and follow the on screen instructions selecting Studio One as your DAW Booting up Studio One Artist you will see an initial setup screen similar to image 1 Click on Configure External Devices highlighted in the red box in image 1 Next you will see the Options menu Click on External Devices The options window should now look like image 2 If your S...

Page 7: ... Mixer and hit any of the 8 pads while Shift is pressed This should activate mute for each of the corresponding tracks If every thing at this point is working correctly you are ready to learn more about how Impact LX25 works with Studio One Artist If you are not getting the results described please check your installation one more time as well as the Nektar support tab on our website www nektartec...

Page 8: ... controlling mixer channel volume 1 8 and the fader controlling channel volume 12 Mute Channels Using the Pads You can use the pads to control mute for tracks 1 8 Press and hold Mixer while hitting pads 1 8 This will toggle mute on or off for the corresponding channels Release the Mixer button and the pads revert to trigger MIDI notes Banks Over 1 8 9 16 etc If your song contains more than 8 mixer...

Page 9: ...t Once done you should not have to worry about this again unless your setup changes Open close the Instrument Window When you are on an instrument track you can press Shift Inst to bring the instrument GUI window in to view Press the same button combination again to close the instrument window Impact LX25 s Instrument preset will control the parameters in the plug in window that s in focus You can...

Page 10: ... box Double click on the Impact LX25 Control surface as indicated by the red box to open the Focus window 2 In any plug in window double click on the Impact LX25 Control surface as indicated by the second red box in the Mojito window This will open the Focus window The Focus window will show you the name of each parameter assigned to Impact LX25 s Instrument preset controls at any one time and the...

Page 11: ...ant to assign a new note value to The display blinks and updates to show the number of the pad you selected 3 Press the key on the keyboard that plays the Studio One Impact sound you want to assign to the pad You can keep playing notes on the keyboard until you have found the note you want 4 When you are done press Pad Learn to exit and start playing your pads with the new assignment You can keep ...

Page 12: ...lso be used to send out MIDI program messages change the Global MIDI channel or select the Impact LX25 s control presets To change the buttons function Press the two Octave buttons simultaneously The display will now show the current assignment abbreviation for a little over 1 second Press the Octave up or down button to step through the options Below is the list of the functions that the Octave b...

Page 13: ...on by default Both the Pitch bend and the Modulation wheel are MIDI assignable with settings stored over power cycling so you don t lose them when you switch the unit off Pitch bend and Modulation assignments are not part of the Impact LX25 presets Foot Switch You can connect a foot switch pedal optional not included to the 1 4 jack socket on the back of the Impact LX keyboard The correct polarity...

Page 14: ...5 user configurable presets though in reality the total amount of useable presets is 7 That s because pressing the Mixer or Instrument button each recall a read only preset A preset contains control settings for the fader and 8 pots The Preset button recalls the currently selected user preset Since any of the 5 user presets can quickly be selected using either the Octave or Transpose buttons this ...

Page 15: ...re 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 cycling As you change presets or adjust your preset controls global controls remain unchanged This makes sense since Transport and keyboard controls typically are set up to do one thing specifically ...

Page 16: ...ur parameter settings when you change between presets so you catch up parameter values or null Example 1 Select Preset and make sure Null is set to on 2 Set the Transpose or Octave buttons to change presets as described earlier and select Preset 1 3 Move Fader 1 to maximum 127 4 Select Preset 2 using the Transpose buttons 5 Move fader 1 to minimum 000 6 Select Preset 1 using the Transpose buttons ...

Page 17: ...using Map 2 Pad Learn It s easy to change a pad note assignments using the Pad Learn function It works as follows 1 Press the function button labeled Pad Learn The display will now blink showing P1 pad 1 as the default selected pad 2 Hit the pad you want to assign a new note value to The display blinks and updates to show the number of the pad you selected 3 Press the key on the keyboard that corr...

Page 18: ...1 46 0 127 0 Global P4 B1 47 0 127 0 Global P5 C2 48 0 127 0 Global P6 C 2 49 0 127 0 Global P7 D2 50 0 127 0 Global P8 D 2 51 0 127 0 Global Map 3 Note Note No Data 1 Data 2 Data 3 Chan P1 C3 60 0 127 0 Global P2 D3 62 0 127 0 Global P3 E3 64 0 127 0 Global P4 F3 65 0 127 0 Global P5 G3 67 0 127 0 Global P6 A3 69 0 127 0 Global P7 B3 71 0 127 0 Global P8 C4 72 0 127 0 Global Map 4 Note Note No Da...

Page 19: ... and behavior including Save and Load of the 5 presets and 4 pad maps When you press the keys in this group you first see an abbreviation showing the function This means you can press keys until you find exactly the menu you want without worrying about controls changing assignments Since this group of functions are the ones you most likely will use more regularly this makes the menus easy to find ...

Page 20: ...nge the value in decrements increments using the keys with the symbols screened above C3 C 3 The value assignment is instant so if you exit the Setup menu after making changes those changes remain active You can also enter a specific value using the white number keys spanning G3 B4 Press Enter C5 to accept the change MIDI Channel Assign D3 Each control within a preset can be assigned to send on a ...

Page 21: ...r C 3 or D 3 on your keyboard to select either Data 1 or Data 2 The display reads d1 or d2 Press Enter last C key on your keyboard to confirm menu selection Move or press a control The controls Data 1 or Data 2 value will be visible in the display Change the value in decrements increments using the keys with the symbols screened above C3 C 3 The value assignment is instant so if you exit the Setup...

Page 22: ...ess Enter C5 to save to the selected Preset location applicable for both selection methods Save a Pad Map Press F3 to activate the save menu The display will read SAu yeah that s supposed to be a v Press Enter last C key on your keyboard to confirm menu selection Press Shift and the pad corresponding to the pad map you want to save your pad settings to 1 4 Press Enter C5 to save to the selected pa...

Page 23: ... also enter a specific value 1 16 using the white number keys spanning G3 B4 Press Enter C5 to accept the change Keyboard Velocity Curves C 4 There are 4 different keyboard velocity curves and 3 fixed velocity levels to choose between depending on how sensitive and dynamic you want the Impact LX keyboard to play Here is how you change a velocity curve Press the C 4 key on your keyboard to select V...

Page 24: ... using the Octave and Transport buttons However there may be times where you want to send out a specific MIDI program change message without having to inc dec to get to it This function helps you with that plus also provides an alternative option to step through program changes in increments decrements Press the E4 key on your keyboard to select Program The display show the last sent program messa...

Page 25: ... using the white number keys spanning G3 B4 G4 B5 on LX61 Press Enter C5 to accept the change Memory Dump G4 The Memory Dump function will back up your current controller assignment settings including the 5 user presets by sending out MIDI sysex data The data can be recorded in your DAW or other application capable of recording sysex data and replayed sent back to your Impact LX25 keyboard when yo...

Page 26: ... Data 2 Chan Param P1 MIDI CC 7 127 0 9 CH1 Volume P2 MIDI CC 7 127 0 10 CH2 Volume P3 MIDI CC 7 127 0 11 CH3 Volume P4 MIDI CC 7 127 0 12 CH4 Volume P5 MIDI CC 7 127 0 13 CH5 Volume P6 MIDI CC 7 127 0 14 CH6 Volume P7 MIDI CC 7 127 0 15 CH7 Volume P8 MIDI CC 7 127 0 16 CH8 Volume Fader Ctrl Msg Type CC Data 1 Data 2 Chan Param F1 MIDI CC 7 127 0 Global CH Volume User Preset 3 GM Mixer 9 16 Pots C...

Page 27: ...obal P7 MIDI CC 118 127 0 Global P8 MIDI CC 119 127 0 Global Fader Ctrl Msg Type CC Data 1 Data 2 Chan F1 MIDI CC 3 127 0 Global Pots Ctrl Msg Type CC Data 1 Data 2 Chan P1 MIDI CC 80 127 0 Global P2 MIDI CC 81 127 0 Global P3 MIDI CC 82 127 0 Global P4 MIDI CC 83 127 0 Global P5 MIDI CC 85 127 0 Global P6 MIDI CC 86 127 0 Global P7 MIDI CC 87 127 0 Global P8 MIDI CC 88 127 0 Global Fader Ctrl Msg...

Page 28: ...annel Default Changed 1 1 16 No Mode 3 No Note Number 0 120 No Using Octave After Touch No No Pitch Bend Yes No Control Change Yes No Program Change 1 128 No System Exclusive Yes Yes For backup only System Real Time Clock Commands No No No No Aux Message Local on off All Notes off Active Sense Reset No Yes No Yes No No No No ...

Page 29: ...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 Impact LX25 on ...

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