www.nektartech.com Nektar Impact LX25 User Guide
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Bank LSB (F4)
This function will send a Bank LSB MIDI message from the keyboard. Note, most software products don’t respond to Bank
change messages but many MIDI hardware products do. Here is how you send out a Bank LSB message
Press the F4 key on your keyboard to select Bank LSB. The display show the last sent Bank message or 000 by default
Press [Enter] (last C key on your keyboard) to confirm menu selection
Change the value in decrements/increments using the keys with the -/+ symbols screened above (C3/C#3). Press Enter
(C5) to accept the change and send out the selected Bank LSB message.
You can also enter a specific selection (0-127) using the white number keys spanning G3–B4 (G4-B5 on LX61). Press
Enter (C5) to accept the change
Bank MSB (F#4)
This function will send a Bank MSB MIDI message from the keyboard. Note, most software products don’t respond to Bank
change messages but many MIDI hardware products do. Here is how you send out a Bank MSB message
Press the F#4 key on your keyboard to select Bank MSB. The display show the last sent Bank message or 000 by default
Press [Enter] (last C key on your keyboard) to confirm menu selection
Change the value in decrements/increments using the keys with the -/+ symbols screened above (C3/C#3). Press Enter
(C5) to accept the change and send out the selected Bank MSB message.
You can also enter a specific selection (0-127) using the white number keys spanning G3–B4(G4-B5 on LX61). Press
Enter (C5) to accept the change
Memory Dump (G4)
The Memory Dump function will back up your current controller assignment settings including the 5 user presets by sending
out MIDI sysex data. The data can be recorded in your DAW or other application capable of recording sysex data and
replayed/sent back to your Impact LX25 keyboard when you want to reload your settings.
Sending out a memory dump for backup:
Make sure your MIDI software program is set up and capable of recording MIDI Sysex data
Start recording
Press the G2 key on your keyboard to activate the memory dump. The display reads {SYS} while the data is being sent.
Stop recording when the display reads {000}. The content of your Impact LX memory should now be recorded in your
MIDI software program
Restoring a backup:
A memory dump/backup MIDI sysex file can be sent to the Impact LX25 at any time, while the unit is powered on, in order to
restore a backup. Make sure the Impact LX is the output destination of the MIDI track containing the backup data. The
display will read {SyS} when data is received. Once the data has transmission has been completed, the backup has been
restored.
USB Port Setup (A4)
Impact LX25 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.
You only need to change the USB Port Setup setting if the Impact LX25 setup instructions for your DAW specifically advises
that this should be done.