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Nektar Impact LX49, LX61 & LX88 User Guide www.nektartech.com
Introduction
Thank you for buying our Impact LX controller keyboard from Nektar Technology.
The Impact LX controllers are available in 25, 49, 61 and 88 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 and you can focus on
expanding your creative horizon with your new controller. The Nektar DAW support adds functionality that makes the user
experience more transparent when you combine the power of your computer with Nektar Impact LX. Throughout this guide
we refer to Impact LX where the text is applicable to LX49, LX61 and LX88. The models operate largely identically, except
where indicated in this manual.
You also get a full version of Presonus Studio One Artist 2.6 software which of course feature Impact LX integration.
In addition, the Impact LX range allow for complete user configurable MIDI control so if you prefer to create your own setups,
you can do that too. We hope you will enjoy playing, using and being creative with Impact LX as much as we have enjoyed
creating it.
Box Content
Your Impact LX box contains the following items:
The Impact LX Controller keyboard
Printed Guide
A standard USB cable
DVD containing DAW installation files and full version of Presonus Studio One Artist.
If any of the items above are missing, please let us know via email:
stuffmissing@nektartech.com
Impact LX Features
Minimum System Requirements
As a USB class compliant device, Impact LX 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.
49, 61 or 88-note full-sized velocity sensitive keys
8 velocity sensitive MIDI pads
9 MIDI assignable faders
9 MIDI assignable buttons
8 MIDI assignable controller pots
6 transport buttons
Assignable Pitch Bend and Modulation Wheels
Octave up/down buttons (LX49 & LX61 only)
Transpose up/down buttons
Mixer, Instrument and Preset selection buttons
5 Function buttons including Mute, Snapshot, Null,
Pad Learn and Setup
5 User configurable presets
2 read-only presets (Mixer/Instrument)
4 pad map presets
Shift functions for Nektar DAW integration
3 character, 7 segment LED display
USB port (back) and USB bus powered
Power on/off switch (back)
1/4” jack Foot Switch socket (Back)
Connect to iPad via Apple USB Camera Connection Kit
Nektar DAW support integration
PreSonus Studio One Artist 2.6 included
Semi-weighted keybed (LX88 only)
Layer and Split buttons (LX88 only)
MIDI out (LX88 only)
DC socket (LX88 only)
Mac
Mac® OS X 10.7.2 or later
Intel® Core™ Duo processor (Intel Core 2 Duo or Core
i3 or better recommended)
2 GB RAM (4 GB or more recommended)
Windows
Windows® 7 x64/x86 SP1, Windows 8 x64/x86
Intel Core Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2 processor (Intel
Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon X4 or better recommended)
2 GB RAM (4 GB or more recommended)
Mac and Windows systems
Internet connection (not required on machine where
Studio One is installed but needed for activation)
DVD-ROM drive
Monitor with 1280x768 resolution
20 GB hard-drive space
