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Nektar Impact iX49 & iX61 User Guide

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  • Page 1 User Guide www.nektartech.com www.nektartech.com Nektar Impact iX49 & iX61 User Guide...
  • Page 2 Reason Setup & Configuration Reason and Impact iX Working Together Sonar Setup & Configuration Sonar and Impact iX Working Together Transport Control without Nektar DAW Integration USB Port Setup & Factory Restore Nektar Impact iX49 & iX61 User Guide www.nektartech.com...
  • Page 3: Bitwig Studio Setup & Configuration

    Make sure Bitwig Studio is already installed on your computer. If not, please install Bitwig Studio first and open Bitwig Studio at least once, before running the installer for Nektar DAW integration software.  With Bitwig Studio installed, locate the “Impact_Bitwig_Support” file in the folder that you downloaded from “My Downloads”...
  • Page 4 The process for assigning the buttons to change the patch in your virtual instrument is the same, only press E2 instead of D#2. 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.nektartech.com Soft Take-Over When changing tracks and adjusting Bitwig Studio’s mixer volume with a control, you would normally experience parameter...
  • Page 5 Cubase/Nuendo Installation and Setup The Impact iX Cubase Integration is compatible with Cubase 6, 6.5 and 7, Elements, Artist, AI, LE as well as Nuendo 5 or later. Earlier version may be compatible but check the Nektar support website for additional information: www.nektartech.om/support These instructions assumes you have a compatible Cubase or Nuendo program installed running on either Windows (Vista, 7, 8 or higher) or Mac OS X 10.6 or higher.
  • Page 6 Cubase/Nuendo and Impact iX49 Working Together With installation complete, it’s time to take a look at how the Impact iX49 integrates with Cubase and Nuendo. In the below, we refer only to Cubase but Impact iX49 works the same way with Nuendo.
  • Page 7: Digital Performer Setup & Configuration

    For 'MIDI Input', select MIDIIN2 (Impact iX) in Windows or Impact LX Port 2-16 in OS X  For 'MIDI Output', select Impact iX49 in Windows or Impact iX49 Port 1 in OS  Click 'OK' to close the Control Surface Setup window.
  • Page 8 The process for assigning the buttons to change the patch in your virtual instrument is the same, only press E2 instead of D#2. 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.nektartech.com Nektar Impact iX49 &...
  • Page 9: Garageband Setup & Configuration

    Create an Audio or Instrument track That’s it, setup is now complete. *You may have to complete this step again if you are using Nektar supported DAWs other than Logic with your Impact iX. www.nektartech.com Nektar Impact iX49 & iX61 User Guide...
  • Page 10 The process for assigning the buttons to change the patch in your virtual instrument is the same, only press E2 instead of D#2. 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.nektartech.com Nektar Impact iX49 &...
  • Page 11: Logic Setup & Configuration

    Logic has detected a new control surface. You can close this window That’s it, setup is now complete. *You may have to complete this step again if you are using Nektar supported DAWs other than GarageBand with your Impact iX. www.nektartech.com...
  • Page 12 The process for assigning the buttons to change the patch in your virtual instrument is the same, only press E2 instead of D#2. 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.nektartech.com Nektar Impact iX49 &...
  • Page 13 Impact iX. The mode should be “Enable+Control”. The other 2 Impact iX ports should remain disabled.  Click “Apply” and OK That’s it, setup is now complete and you can move on to the fun part, learning how it all works. www.nektartech.com Nektar Impact iX49 & iX61 User Guide...
  • Page 14 The process for assigning the buttons to change the patch in your virtual instrument is the same, only press E2 instead of D#2. 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.nektartech.com Soft Take-Over When changing tracks and adjusting Reaper mixer volume with a control, you would normally experience parameter jumping.
  • Page 15: Reason Setup & Configuration

    Nektar Model Impact iX Impact iX Controls In Port MIDIIN2 (IMPACT iX) Impact iX Port 2 Keyboard Port IMPACT iX Impact iX Port 1 Out Port IMPACT iX Impact iX Port 1 www.nektartech.com Nektar Impact iX49 & iX61 User Guide...
  • Page 16  Move the fader all the way up and down. The Impact iX49 fader now controls the volume of the device associated with the currently selected track. To avoid parameter jumping we also implemented soft-takeover. Read the section at the bottom of this page for more information about how that works.
  • Page 17: Sonar Setup & Configuration

    MIDIIN2 (IMPACT iX) Output Port: IMPACT iX  Image 3 Click OK  Image 3 shows how the Control surface window should now look. Click Apply and Close. That’s it, setup is now complete. www.nektartech.com Nektar Impact iX49 & iX61 User Guide...
  • Page 18 The process for assigning the buttons to change the patch in your virtual instrument is the same, only press E2 instead of D#2. 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.nektartech.com Soft Take-Over When changing tracks and adjusting Sonar mixer volume with a control, you would normally experience parameter jumping.
  • Page 19: Transport Control Without Nektar Daw Integration

    Transport Control without Nektar DAW Integration The Nektar DAW Integration files automatically map the Octave and Transpose buttons so they can be used to control transport. If your DAW is not supported directly , you may still be able to control your DAWs transport controls using MIDI Machine Control.
  • Page 20: Usb Port Setup & Factory Restore

    USB Port Setup Impact iX49 has one physical USB port however there are 2 virtual ports as you may have discovered during the MIDI setup of your music software. The additional port is used by the Impact DAW software to handle communication with your DAW.
  • Page 21: Future Updates

    If you want to get automatic notifications of any updates and other news you can create a Nektar user account and subsequently register your product with us. Here is the URL to get started Http://www.nektartech.com/registration...

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