Nektar Impact GX49

Nektar Impact GX49 is a straightforward USB controller keyboard with 49 synth-action keys and full Nektar DAW integration. Instead of an elaborate control section you get what actually saves time: transport, project navigation and instrument control that works without configuration.

A controller you do not have to program

The biggest time sink with cheap keyboards is mapping: an hour to assign transport, then another for the mixer. Nektar installs an integration package for your DAW and the buttons work immediately — start, stop, record, track switching. That single thing separates a controller used daily from one that lives in a drawer.

One cable, zero configuration

In place of pitch and modulation wheels there is a small spring-loaded joystick — it takes less room and returns to centre by itself, so you will not leave a note accidentally detuned. Besides USB there is only a sustain pedal input, and that is enough: the point is one cable and playing.

KEY FEATURES

• 49 synth-action keys, velocity sensitive
• Nektar DAW integration: transport and navigation with no manual mapping
• Extended transport control compared with the SE series
• Small spring-loaded joystick instead of pitch and modulation wheels
• Sustain pedal input
• USB bus power and MIDI over one cable

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

• Keyboard: 49 synth-action keys, velocity sensitive
• Expression control: spring-loaded joystick
• Connectors: USB, sustain pedal input
• Power: USB bus powered
• Integration: Nektar DAW Integration