Nektar Impact LX49+ 5-stars Reviews

Very happy with the keyboard. Does the job and more. Would definitely buy again!

Great for price

I thought it was bigger, but for me it's just the right size.

The manual is pretty good, and I managed to get it to work with cubase, logic and reaper in seconds. Their site has all the drivers ready to download (requires an account)

The pads feel great, and the keys are a bit better than on most midi keyboards. They are still light and don't have a lot of weight to them, but spring up. Overall feels like quality

Perfect keyboard

I have used it many years... at least 8 years and it works fine still. I have used it in Logic, Reason and in Ableton. Just wheels are little bit worn and sticky, but works perfectly.

Great keyboard and controller for a low price.

This keyboard does what it is made for, and easily so.

I just plugged it in, and it worked well. Just find it in the list of controllers in your DAW, and voila!!

I had expected the keyboard to be a bit more plasticky from some reviews, but it feels and looks as solid as any four octave synthesizer I have played on.

This is definitely a keyboard I can recommend to anyone who does not wish to spend hundreds on a MIDI keyboard, but still wants enough sliders, knobs, assignable buttons, AND MIDI pads!!!

This keyboard has just enough of everything. Great for beginners, but definitely also for the professional it is a good budget choice, I think.

Good keyboard

I'm very happy with this purchase, albeit for a specific reason; I mostly use organ emulators and my previous Midi keyboard hurt my fingers when I did arpeggios.

This keyboard, on the other hand, has a similar feel to my vintage combo organ. And the build quality is very good.

I'm sure all the knobs and sliders will be great when I get around to using them :-)

This is AWESOME with Reaper recording

worked perfect ( not a keyboard player buts its handy for the odd bass line ( sacked the Bass player now )& I won't be getting him back.

Brilliant Keyboard

The perfect keyboard for my music production classes in college.

Smooth finish and its easy to use!

great functional kit

does exactly what it is supposed to. very solid bit of kit. amazing value for money.

Good quality, minor problems

I use this in my home studio as a midi input device for notes/ drums and for quick mixing of drums and bass, depending on how many tracks I have.

Pros:

Instant integration with Studio One, probably my favourite thing. No mapping of faders or knobs to parameters.

Easy to understand layout and cool visuals (the most important part of course!)

Cons:

Some of the faders are slightly insensitive. For example, I've figured out 0.97 is the fader value for +0.2dB in studio one, and some of the faders are tough to get at that value.

Keys are not exactly grand piano feeling, but for the price, they work really well

Summary:

This is by far the best money I have spent on my home studio. It really made my workflow faster and took as long as the download for the driver did to set up. Very happy with my buy!

All-Around Excellent Midi Controller

Made the decision to upgrade from my teeny-tiny controller to a 49 with normal-sized keys for my sausage fingers, and after having looked at some of the other options available, I'm glad I spent those extra pennies on this.

For starters, the actual aesthetics of the keyboard are nice, a lovely matte-finished grey that'll fit right in with any contemporary setup. The LEDs or display aren't too obnoxious either. Everything feels sturdy and well built, can't see anything breaking soon, even with expressive or extensive playing. The keys are "synth action" which despite not being weighted; feel great to play on. The addition of velocity sensitive drum pads is also a nice touch, and are pretty fun to use and easy to program.

The I/O is fairly straight-forward, albeit limited with only a USB port and a 1/4 sustain pedal input. For folks like me it's enough, but having more ports for expression pedals or MIDI output would be nice. Not a deal-breaker though.

The area where this keyboard really shines however, is it's DAW integration and compatibility. Following the easy setup and registration guide, I was able to install the appropriate drivers and manuals for Cubase, and was up and running within a matter of minutes. Being able to use it as a generic controller is all fine and well, but having the option to optimize it for maximum control within your DAW is a very nice touch.

Overall, I'd definitely recommend this controller to any aspiring producers or hobbyists looking to get more mileage out of their VSTs. Despite the lack of weighted keys or I/O ports, there's positively nothing I can fault about this controller. Good job Nektar.

Ten-outta-ten.