Novation Impulse 25 USB Controller Keyboard

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The Novation Impulse 25 sets a new standard for two octave controller keyboards everywhere! Utilising Novation's innovative Automap technology, Novation have made the Impulse keyboards tactile physically and intuitive operationally!

The Impulse 25 features a fader, 8 rotary encoders and full transport controls which can be assigned to various functions of your DAW. With Impulse, you are getting a high quality USB MIDI keyboard and a DAW control surface all in one! Add to this an LCD screen and drum pad buttons and the Impulse cements its authority as a great live performance tool too as well as a studio centrepiece MIDI controller. Integrated closely with major DAWs including the included Ableton Live Lite, the Impulse keyboards are a breath of fresh air in the MIDI controller keyboard market.

Here's what Novation say about the Impulse Series of Controller Keyboards

Impulse is a range of professional USB/MIDI controllers. As well as a precision keyboard, drums pads and a full control surface, it comes with a brand new version of Novation's award-winning Automap control software - Automap 4 - which makes getting hands-on with your DAW/plug-ins fast and simple. Impulse also comes with Ableton Live Lite, Novation's Bass Station synth and a Loopmasters sample pack.

The ultra-responsive keyboard is semi-weighted with aftertouch so it feels like a musical instrument. Impulse enables highly expressive playing styles due to its high scan-rate. This means it sends very accurate information about your playing style to your music software, translating subtle differences in dynamics extremely effectively. You can add further character to your performance with the pitch and modulation wheels. The 8 drum pads are perfect for sketching beats and triggering samples, but they do so much more: All 8 are back-lit with multi-coloured LEDs which means they can step through arpeggiator sequences, allowing you to warp and change the pattern in real time! There is also a beat roll function, which enables you to improvise with drum patterns on the fly. In addition to this, the drum pads can be used to trigger clips in Ableton Live. They light up yellow if a clip is loaded, green if it is playing and red if it is set to record.

Impulse is designed to give you full hands-on control of your music-making software. The knobs, faders and buttons give you control over your DAW's mixer as well as plug-in instruments and effects. The included Automap control software has been designed solely to connect hardware controls to your software - even VST/AU/RTAS instruments and effects that don't come bundled with your DAW. The large custom LCD screen shows important information about what you are controlling. Impulse has transport buttons that allow you to play, stop, record, loop and move forwards and backwards in your software.

Impulse can be USB powered from your computer or if you want to power it independently you can use a simple USB power adapter (not included). There are expression and sustain pedal inputs on the rear panel, and it has MIDI in and out ports so you can use it as a USB-MIDI interface. This means that you can control external MIDI instruments with Impulse, and you can also use it to enable your music software to trigger external MIDI instruments.

Key Features

Precision semi-weighted keyboard with aftertouch
Professional control surface gives you full control of your DAW including mixer, transport and plug-in instruments and effects
Novation's Automap control software makes it fast and simple to assign knobs, faders and buttons to your music software
Back-lit drum pads allow you to warp arpeggios and improvise with rhythm patterns - they also launch clips in Ableton
Large LCD screen displays control information
Hardware design is tough and rugged
Comes with Ableton Live Lite, Novation's Bass Station synth and a Loopmasters sample pack
USB powered, with expression and sustain pedal inputs as well as MIDI in and out ports for connecting external MIDI instruments

Videos

Novation // Impulse MIDI Controller Keyboard Overview
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Novation // SL MkII and Impulse Controlling Cubase and Nuendo
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Novation // Impulse: MIDI Controller Keyboard

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I chose the Impulse 25 over the Remote SL 25 mainly for the piano-style keys, although it is a lot lower in price too It also looks and feels far more substantial, it actually looks like a really cool synth in its styling, and build materials are excellent it is quite a sturdy unit.
The key action is the best I've experienced on a controller.
The LCD display and mod wheel are gorgeous. Aftertouch is excellent, and as the keys are the chunkier, piano-style keys, you don't feel as though you are going to snap a key off when you press down to trigger aftertouch, as it sometimes feels with, say, the thinner Arturia keybeds.
My only gripe is that the relative lack of sliders and trigger buttons makes soft-synth control quite limited, but obviously that is the trade-off when getting this smaller unit. I do wish they would produce a 37 key version though!
On the whole very pleased with this, it lives up to expectations and the new Automap 4 software is much better then it used to be.

Paul > read review

I chose the Impulse 25 over the Remote SL 25 mainly for the piano-style keys, although it is a lot lower in price too It also looks and feels far more substantial, it actually looks like a really cool synth in its styling, and build materials are excellent it is quite a sturdy unit.
The key action is the best I've experienced on a controller.
The LCD display and mod wheel are gorgeous. Aftertouch is excellent, and as the keys are the chunkier, piano-style keys, you don't feel as though you are going to snap a key off when you press down to trigger aftertouch, as it sometimes feels with, say, the thinner Arturia keybeds.
My only gripe is that the relative lack of sliders and trigger buttons makes soft-synth control quite limited, but obviously that is the trade-off when getting this smaller unit. I do wish they would produce a 37 key version though!
On the whole very pleased with this, it lives up to expectations and the new Automap 4 software is much better then it used to be.
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Great keyboard, fantastic feel. The Automap recognition software works great, just plug in and you're making music straight away. The included Abelton le is really all you need. Lots of included instruments and synths. You won't find a better value package than the novation impulse 25.

Richard > read review

Great keyboard, fantastic feel. The Automap recognition software works great, just plug in and you're making music straight away. The included Abelton le is really all you need. Lots of included instruments and synths. You won't find a better value package than the novation impulse 25.