Nektar Impact LX - black keys issue fix (Windows)
Posted: 18 May 2017
Hello!
The Impact LX series from Nektar is pretty good. However the "black keys issue" is really annoying. Forget about playing piano like instruments where velocity is a key (aptly called). Black keys are significally louder. Finally I got Roland A-88 for these tasks, which is outstanding piece of hardware.
My LX88 started to collect a dust. I looked at him and realized that synth instruments are that kind type of gear which requires keys of Impact. But "black keys"...
Making the long story short I managed a fix for black keys (for now Windows only). It consists of two components:
- loopMIDI
- ImpactFixer (my little program, which decreases the velocity for black keys)
Both free of charge.
Thanks to loopMIDI, MIDI signal is internally routed from Nektar to ImpactFixer and then to Reason. Works like a charm. Now I'm happy again using Nektar Impact LX 88 with a second life chance!
Download and setup: http://redsparrow.eu/nektar/
Cheers,
Grecco
The Impact LX series from Nektar is pretty good. However the "black keys issue" is really annoying. Forget about playing piano like instruments where velocity is a key (aptly called). Black keys are significally louder. Finally I got Roland A-88 for these tasks, which is outstanding piece of hardware.
My LX88 started to collect a dust. I looked at him and realized that synth instruments are that kind type of gear which requires keys of Impact. But "black keys"...
Making the long story short I managed a fix for black keys (for now Windows only). It consists of two components:
- loopMIDI
- ImpactFixer (my little program, which decreases the velocity for black keys)
Both free of charge.
Thanks to loopMIDI, MIDI signal is internally routed from Nektar to ImpactFixer and then to Reason. Works like a charm. Now I'm happy again using Nektar Impact LX 88 with a second life chance!
Download and setup: http://redsparrow.eu/nektar/
Cheers,
Grecco