Description
- The GX49 by Nektar is a compact but robust 49-key USB MIDI keyboard controller featuring key elements like pitch and modulation wheels, along with a footswitch socket. It boasts illuminated octave buttons for adjusting the keyboard’s range and dedicated transpose buttons for shifting octaves or managing MIDI functions. Offering velocity-sensitive keys, transport controls, compatibility with major DAWs, and more, it serves as a versatile tool. Additionally, the bundled Nektar DAW Integration software transforms it into a full-fledged remote control for 11 popular DAWs, simplifying transport functions and project navigation without relying on the mouse. Seamlessly capture your creative concepts!
Dynamic Keyboard Experience
The GX49 is equipped with a 49-note full-size velocity-sensitive keyboard, ensuring an immersive musical journey. It offers four velocity curves and three fixed options, letting you adapt the keyboard's response to match your playing style, be it expressive or percussive.
Versatile Performance Controls
Explore an array of performance-enhancing features with LED buttons dedicated to octave and transpose functions. Effortlessly shift the keyboard's pitch, and LED indicators show the octave or interval status in vibrant colors. Customize the transpose buttons to manage MIDI channels or send program messages, while the modulation wheel provides articulation control.
Seamless DAW Integration
The Impact GX streamlines DAW control via eight buttons and a potentiometer. When paired with Nektar DAW Integration, these controls enable direct operation of your digital audio workstation, reducing reliance on mouse navigation. Additionally, the buttons can be configured for MIDI messages in non-supported software, providing up to 14 programmable options, including shift functions.
Enhanced Workflow Management
The GX49 is a compact yet potent MIDI keyboard with dedicated transport controls and extensive support for 11 major DAWs. It's compatible with various operating systems, offering streamlined access to crucial functions during recording and performances. Additionally, it comes with Bitwig 8-Track DAW, offering over 50 instruments, effects, loops, and samples for immediate creative use.
- 49 Velocity-Sensitive Keys
- 4 Velocity Curves + 3 Fixed
- Modulation and Pitch Bend Wheels
- Transpose and Octave Shift Buttons
- Full Transport Controls
- Bitwig 8-Track Software
- USB Bus Powered
- Transport Control for Major DAWs
- Keyboard: 49 Full-Size Keys, Synth Action with Velocity.
- MIDI Control Surfaces: 1 x Wheel (Pitch-Bend), 1 x Wheel (Modulation), 1 x Rotary Encoder.
- Performance Functions: Octave Shift, Transport Controls, and Transpose.
- Connectivity: 1 x USB Type-B Bus-Power/Host Connection, 1 x 1/4″ TS Footswitch Input.
- OS Compatibility: macOS 10.7 or Later, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Later, Windows XP or Later, iOS, Linux.
*As of November, 2018: Check with manufacturer for the most up-to-date compatibility - Power Options: USB Bus Power.
- USB Power Requirement: 500 mA.
- Modulation wheel (MIDI assignable ).
- Potentiometer / control knob (MIDI assignable).
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