Novation Impulse

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The Novation Impulse is an ultra-responsive and super-expressive keyboard that has a load of assignable controls to let your musical passion ignite. The keyboard has been thought through especially for piano or keyboard enthusiasts that need to feel the best key bed sensation possible. Impulse is ready to integrate seamlessly with Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton and other great music production software. Impulse has been also designed to give you hands-on the best expressiveness possible with its semi-weighted keys that also include aftertouch. The keyboard can adapt perfectly to any instrument you want to trigger through it, from pianos to synths and other instruments.

Impulse comes with Novation’s high rate scan tech that will scan your keybed then thousand times per second, capturing every single detail in your performance. Impulse comes in three versions 25 without faders, 49 and 61 keys giving you the option to choose whether you are planning to take your keyboard around or making it stationary at your studio. You can design and blend your sound thanks to the action knobs, faders and buttons in the company of an LCD screen making it a great hands-on experience. All of these controls can be mapped and linked to any parameter on basically all music software platforms. Included drum pads will give you the sensation you are playing in real-time thanks to their pressure-sensitive technology. Looping drums, creating arpeggios and samples will come easy to you with all these multicoloured functions.

The keyboard is class-compliant and USB powered, making it possible to connect to about just anything there. Just simply plug into a Windows or Mac computer and kickstart your musical journey without the need to connect it to a power supply. Buying this keyboard will also come with great extra features like Addictive Keys virtual instrument and Loopmaster packed with pro-quality loops and one-shots

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