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Impulse Features
• 25, 49 or 61 note high quality piano-style semi-weighted keyboards
• 8 rotary encoders
• 9 faders (49/61 note versions)
• 8 large tri-colour backlit trigger pads
• Custom LCD with direct feedback from DAW
• Transport controls
• Arpeggiator with pad-based rhythm editor
• Brand new Automap software (v4.0) - far easier to install and use - seamless Plug-in and Mixer control
• Buttons with QWERTY support via Automap (49/61 note versions)
• Clip Launch mode in Ableton Live
• Roll mode on drum pads
• Brand new look and feel
Box Contents
Novation Impulse
USB Cable
Getting Started Guide Impulse Installer DVD-ROM
Bass Station
Ableton Live Lite
Registration Card
Registration Card
About this Guide
This guide is designed to help you through the basic steps in setting up your Impulse for the fi rst time and
getting started with basic music software control.
Minimum System Requirements
Impulse and Automap are designed to work with Mac OS X and Windows. At the time of writing the
supported operating systems are:
MAC -
OS X 10.7 Lion and 10.6 Snow Leopard (32 and 64 bit)
WINDOWS -
Windows 7 (64 & 32 bit), Windows Vista (32 bit only), or Windows XP SP3 (32bit only)
USB class compliant (no driver necessary for basic use). Automap installation includes a driver for
advanced functionality
