Product Overview
The Nektar Impact LX88+ is a unique USB MIDI keyboard with semi-weighted action and medium tension. It offers 4 velocity curves that gradually increase in dynamics to match any playing style with 3 fixed velocity levels that cater for a consistent output while transpose buttons allow you to quickly shift the keyboard up or down as needed, or apply articulation with the wheels.
The LX88+ hooks up automatically to your DAW for simple, intuitive workflow, and currently supports Cubase, Digital Performer, FL Studio, Garageband, Logic, Nuendo, Reaper, Reason, Sonar and Studio One creative and editing needs.
Nektar Impact LX88+ Features:
- Split, Layer & Transpose Buttons
- Control Center: 9 30mm faders, 9 MIDI buttons, 8 encoders
- LED Buttons: 9 programmable LED buttons with a variety of MIDI messages
- Pads: 8 velocity sensitive pads
- Nektar DAW Integration
- Transport & Navigation: 6 dedicated transport buttons
- Connectivity Ports
- USB port for power and data connection to your computer or iPad (via optional USB camera connection kit)
- Foot switch jack, assignable (pedal not included)
- MIDI Output. Can be routed individually for zones, from your DAW or directly from the LX88+
- On/off switch
- Power Supply socket: 9v 600mA, center positive, 2.1mm barrel connector, (PSU not included)
- Bitwig 8-Track Included
Nektar Impact LX88+ Specifications:
- Keyboard
- 88 note, velocity-sensitive semi-weighted keyboard
- 4 velocity curves + 3 fixed
- Pitch bend & Modulation wheels
- Transpose shift buttons
- Controls
- 8 potentiometers
- 9 30mm faders
- 9 assignable buttons
- 6 dedicated transport buttons
- 5 preset locations store control settings
- Page button (for Nektar DAW Integration only)
- Nektar DAW Integration for major DAWs
- Pads
- 8 velocity sensitive pads
- Each pad LED illuminated with 4 color options: Green, Yellow, Orange and Red
- 4 velocity curves plus 3 fixed
- Note-learn
- Pads assignable notes and MIDI cc messages
- Load or Save to any of 4 pad maps
- Clips and Scenes LED buttons
- Connections
- 1/4” TS jack foot switch input (MIDI Assignable)
- MIDI Out (can be routed from LX88 or from DAW)
- USB port on rear panel, and USB bus powered
- Connects to iPad via Apple Camera Connection Kit (not supplied)
- Power supply socket (PSU optional) 9v 600mA, center positive, 2.1mm barrel connector
- Dimensions (LxWxH): 50.25" x 11" x 3.5"
- Weight: 18 lbs
- System Requirements
- USB Class compliant, no driver is needed for:
- Apple iOS, Apple OSX, Windows XP, or higher, Linux (MIDI driver software required)
- Nektar DAW Integration
- Mac OS X 10.7 or higher
- Windows Vista, 7 & 8 or higher
