Impulse is a range of professional keyboard controllers designed to help you get as creative as possible when producing and performing electronic music\nAn ultra-responsive and expressive keyboard with fully assignable controls, Impulse integrates seamlessly with Ableton Live and works brilliantly with other major music making software.\n\n- Ultra-responsive expressive keyboard\n- Velocity sensitive backlit drum pads\n- Knobs, faders and buttons that work in major music making software like Ableton Live\n- Large LCD control screen\n- Rock solid build quality\n- Total control over your music making software and seamless integration with Ableton Live\n- USB-powered with MIDI inputs\n- Plug in and play with Mac or Windows\n- Includes Ableton Live Lite, Loopmasters sound library and Bass Station synth\n\nBe More Creative\nNovation's 20+ years of innovation in synths and controllers have culminated in Impulse: a flexible keyboard controller designed to make you more creative in your studio productions and on stage. Tough enough to handle the most demanding live situations, you can simply plug Impulse into Mac or Windows and get started straight away, without the need for a power supply.\n\nProduce Great Music Even Faster\nMix and sculpt your sound using smooth knobs, chunky faders and precision buttons that work seamlessly in your music making software. Roll beats, arpegiate chords and launch clips using large velocity-sensitive drum pads.\n\nImpulse's MIDI connections mean you can also control the rest of your plug-ins, instruments and effects, including Native Instruments, Waves, FXpansion and Garage Band.\n\nControl Your Music Software\nImpulse comes with Ableton Live Lite, the music making software favoured by countless leading artists and producers. This seamless integration provides:\n- Mixer control (all channels)\n- Transport control\n- Clip launch (using Impulse's back-lit drum pads)\n- Scene launch\n- Plug-in/Device control\n\nIt also includes an impressive library of free samples from Loopmasters and the Novation Bass Station software plug-in, which recreates the sound of our legendary analogue bass synthesizer. Impulse also gives you instant hands-on control of other major music software, including:\n\nImpulse also gives you instant hands-on control of other major music software, including:\nPro Tools\n- Mixer control (all channels)\n- Transport control\n\nCubase\n- Mixer control (all channels)\n- Transport control\n- Plug-in instrument/effects control\n\nLogic\n- Mixer control (all channels)\n- Transport control\n- Plug-in instrument/effects control (instant control of Logic's own plug-ins and 3rd party VST/AU plug-ins)\n\nReason/Record\n- Mixer control\n- Transport control\n- Instant control of rack devices (Thor, Dr Octo Rex etc.)\n\nSonar\n- Mixer control (all channels)\n- Transport control\n- Plug-in VST instrument/effects control\n\nCreate Beautifully Expressive Performances\nImpulse’s keybeds feature semi-weighted action with aftertouch, whilst our unique High Rate Scan (HRS) technology scans the keyboard 10,000 times per second to ensure true, accurate and expressive performance.\n\nProduce Music Even Faster\nIntegration with major music software allows you to produce electronic music even faster in Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic, Reason, Cubase and Sonar. Sculpt your sound and mix with ease using smooth knobs, chunky faders, precision buttons, and a custom LCD screen, whilst controlling your plug-ins, instruments and effects, such as Native Instruments, Waves and FXpansion.\n\nDo More with Your Drum Pads\nCreate unique sequences and rhythms using pressure-sensitive drum pads to trigger arpeggios, launch clips, and warp and roll beats. These pads also function as multicoloured clip launchers, so you can tell whether clip is loaded (yellow), playing (green), or recording (red).\n\nConnect To Just About Anything\nIts rugged and professional build quality makes Impulse tough enough to handle the most demanding live situation. Simply plug in and play on Mac or Windows without the need for a power supply. MIDI I/O means you can connect to the rest of your production gear, too\n\nMake Music Straight Out of the Box\nImpulse comes complete with Ableton Live Lite, the music production and performance software favored by countless leading artists around the world. It also contains an impressive collection of production-ready samples from highly-esteemed sample boutique, Loopmasters.\n\nAdd Some Character\nImpulse controllers include Bass Station software, the virtual version of the iconic analogue synth. Bass Station’s combination of warm oscillators and fat analogue filters creates distinctive sounds that add character to your music productions.
