Novation Impulse 61 manual

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2 English Novation A divis ion of Focusr ite Audio Engineerin g Ltd. Winds or Hous e, T urnpike Road, Cressex Busin ess Park, High Wyc ombe, Bucks, HP1 2 3FX . United K ingd om T el : +4 4 1 494 4 62246 Fax: +4 4 1 49 4 459 920 e- mail: sales @nova tionmus ic.com Web : ht tp : //w w w .novationmusi c.com Disclaimer Novation ha s taken all pos sib l[...]

3 English IMPORT ANT SA FET Y INSTRUCTIONS 1 . Read these ins truct ions. 2. Keep these ins truc tions. 3. Heed all warnin gs. 4. Follow all instr ucti ons. 5. Clean only wit h dr y cloth. 6. Do not inst all near any heat sources s uch as rad iators, heat register s, stoves, or other apparatus (inc luding am plie rs ) that produc e heat. 7 . Pro[...]

4 English ENVIR ONMENT AL DE CLARA TION Compl iance Informat ion Statement: Declaratio n of Complian ce pr oced ure Product I denti cati on : Novation Impulse Keyboar d Respon sible pa r t y: Ameri can Mus ic and Soun d Address: 53 04 Derr y Avenue #C Agoura Hills, CA 9 1 301 T elepho ne : 80 0 -9 94 - 498 4 This device co mplies with par t 1 5 [...]

5 English For Canada T o th e Use r: This Clas s B digit al apparatus c ompli es with Canadian ICES- 0 03. Cet appareil numé rique de la c lass e B est c onforme à la norm e NMB - 0 03 du Canada . RoHS N otic e Novation has conform ed and pr oduc t conform s, where app lica ble, to the European Union’ s Direc tive 20 02/ 95/ EC on Restricti ons[...]

6 English CONTENTS IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ENVI RONMENT AL DECLARA TIO N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 For USA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

7 English USING IMPULS E WITH A UTOMAP 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Introdu ctio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 9 Install ing Automap 4 on your com puter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

8 English INTR ODUCTION Thank you for purc hasing th e Novation Impulse MIDI co ntroller keyboard. As well as the mus ic ke yboar d itself, Impulse i s equipp ed with a ran ge of contro llers to all ow the mode rn music ian to create great music in the stu dio, in live per formanc e or on the move. Easy integration with your music s oft ware has b [...]

9 English Howev er , t here are a few general point s that are useful to know ab out before you continue reading this ma nual. W e’ve adopted s ome grap hical c onventions with in the text, whi ch we hop e all t ypes of use r will nd hel pful in navigating throu gh the information to n d what they need to know quic kly: Ab brevia tio ns, co[...]

10 English Po we r Requireme nts Impulse i s powered via its rear pa nel USB conne ctor . Norma lly , DC p ower will be supp lied by the co mputer to whic h Impulse i s conne cted thr ough a stan dard USB cab le. W e re comm end that you conne ct Imp ulse direc tly to a co mputer’s native USB port , and not via a USB hub. Correc t operati on cann[...]

1 1 English Ma p/ Map ping In Automap 4, mappin gs dene how the a ssi gnable c ontrols o n Impulse relate to the various contr ols on the Th ing you are contr olling. Map pings wi ll generally have multiple pag es. For ex ample, with a s oft ware synth, the vario us pages of the map will de ne whic h synth parameters (o f the osc illators, ?[...]

12 English Hardware Overview T op Vi ew – as signa ble an d non - assign abl e contr ols 3 5 16 13 5 16 17 7 17 2 4 1 1 6 1 1 14 9 10 2 6 1 1 14 12 9 4 7 8 18 18 15 8 15 Each of Impuls e ’s controls is eit her assig nab le or non - assignabl e . As sig nable c ontrols are ‘ free’ – their funct ion will var y acc ordin g to which pl ug-i n[...]

13 English Assign abl e contr ols: 1 8 x rotar y enc oder s. Thes e are ‘36 0°’ contr ols with n o end stop s, and are use d to control plug -in parameter s. These c ontrols have spee d- dep endent reso lution, so tur ning the en cod er slowly gi ves ner resoluti on than turning i t quick ly . 2 9 x 45 mm fader s ( s lider c ontrols) , used[...]

14 English 1 3 Mute / S olo (Impulse 4 9 and 61 only ) – this sets th e nine per-f ader but tons 3 to act as eit her Mute or Solo but tons for th eir respe cti ve mixer channel when this s ect ion is use d in mixer mode only . 1 4 Dat a kno b – this is a rotar y e nco der used for s elect ing opti ons or alterin g values in the Impulse’s menu[...]

15 English IMPU LSE SETUP E X AMPL ES There are t wo basi c wa ys of using Impuls e : wi th or without c onne ctio n to a comp uter . Inter facing t o a computer If you are intending to us e Impulse wi th your computer mus ic sof t ware, the physical c onnec tion is a simp le USB cabl e bet ween Impulse a nd a USB por t on th e comp uter . Control [...]

16 English Inter facing t o MID I hardware MIDI Out MIDI In USB AC to USB power adapter (not supplied) Y ou ca n also us e Impulse to dire ctly c ontrol oth er MIDI- comp atible hard ware , such a s sound modules , FX pro ces sors, a nd so on. T o d o so, use the stan dard MIDI por ts on t he Impulse rear panel and s tandar d 5 -pin DIN MIDI cab le[...]

17 English MENU O VER VIE W Most of th e con guration and s ett ing up of Impuls e is carr ied out throu gh the menu system an d the LCD screen. The menu system i s also use d to modif y temp lates. LCD f eatures and M enu N a vigation Whilst t he menus thems elves vary wi th funct ion, there are a numb er of basic p rinc iples whi ch always app[...]

18 English EXPL ORI NG IMPULSE Impulse i s a fully as signab le MIDI controll er ke yboar d, whose op eration revolves around the con cept of templates . A template ( see Gl oss ar y) t ells Impuls e ‘w hat to do ’ – it denes how it is set up in terms of thi ngs like its MIDI parameters, keyboard zone limit s, con guration of contr ols,[...]

19 English Note that if you make changes to a template but d o not save those chan ges, when you tr y to load a dif ferent template, Impulse will d isplay a mess age : Di sc ard ? Use the D at a knob to se lect e ith er No or Yes , and pr ess E nter to co n rm. If y ou sel ect Ye s , yo ur cha nges w il l b e l os t He lp Mode Pressing + an d ?[...]

20 English Prev i ew Preview mode is provi ded to co nrm how a co ntrol is currently c ong ured without ac tually trans mit ting any MIDI data to your computer or els ewhere. Ent er Preview mode by holdin g down Shif t a nd press ing the C ontrol s but ton. The LED in the Cont rols but ton blin ks to conrm th e mode. Pressin g or moving an[...]

21 English Page 3: T e mpo ( T em po ) This sets t he tempo of Imp ulse’ s internal MIDI cl ock , in BPM. This can b e useful in live per forman ce for arp eggiator and roll t imings. Th e range is 4 0 to 240, with a default v alue of 1 2 0 BPM. Page 4: Clock so urce ( C l o ck Sr c ) This set tin g selec ts the s ource for Im pulse’ s c loc k [...]

22 English K eyboard Set tings Primar y ke yboar d parameters ca n be set in Keyboard m ode, which is e ntered by pressin g the Keyboar d but ton 8 ; the LED in the but ton conr ms the mo de. Ke y board s ettin gs are per -template, so be sure you are workin g with the c orrec t template before entering thi s mode. Keyboard set tings pag es can [...]

23 English MID I Channel MIDI data can be se nt on any one of 1 6 c hannels, a nd will only be re ceived and i nterpreted cor rectl y if the rec eiving device i s set to the same c hannel. Press the M ID I Cha n but ton to set the cha nnel number . Use the Data kn ob to chan ge the MIDI channel num ber from the default of 1 . Note that MIDI channel[...]

24 English Page 3: Zone 1 En d ( Z 1 En d ) Y ou ca n set the upp er note of the Zone in the s ame manner as the lowest. Page 4: Zone 1 Oc tave ( Z 1 Octav ) This enab les you to chang e the oc tave that the k eys in the zone will play . A set ting of 0 (the default ) mean s that the notes in the zone will play at their nor mal pitch. N ote that th[...]

25 English T ranspor t Controls Impulse i s provide d with a sta ndard s et of six ‘ trans por t ’ contr ols 1 8 , which c an be us ed to star t, s top, relocate, etc. , with in your D A W’s timeline. They act as a c onvenient remote contro l for the sof t ware and dupl icate the on -sc reen but tons. The trans por t b uttons a re always acti[...]

26 English Arp eg giator S e tt ings me nu V ario us parameters c ontrolling t he Arp eggiator’s operation c an be set in th e Arpe ggiator Sett ings menu, whic h is entered by hold ing down the S hif t but ton an d pressi ng Arp ; the LE D in the Arp but ton a shes in this m ode. Page 1 : Syn c ( Sy nc 1 /x ) This param eter effect ively dete[...]

27 English Page 4: Arp Mo de ( Arp M od e ) Th e Arpe ggi a to r wi ll pla y all no te s hel d dow n i n a seq ue nce wh ich is de te rmi ned by th e A rp Mode s etti ng . Th e opt ions a re : • Up ( uP )-sequencebeginswiththelowestnoteplayed • Down ( dn )-sequencebeginswiththehighestnote[...]

28 English Rol l Mode Roll mod e gives you a convenient method of rep eatedly trigg ering a sin gle note – t ypi cally a perc ussive ef fect suc h as a drum s ound. Enable Roll by pres sing the Ro ll but ton 1 5 . The Roll but ton LED illuminates and the drum pads gl ow red. Pressing a drum pad will n ow trigg er the sound a ssi gned to it for as[...]

29 English Page 3: V e rsi on ( Ver s i on ) Pressing E nter s hows the rmware version of the B oot Program; press the + but ton to see the vers ion numb er of the main rmware pro gram. A long p ress on the – b utton ( Cancel) will exit this l ev el. Page 4: Resto re Factor y d ef aults ( F ac Rs t ) This will res tore all Impuls e ’s int[...]

30 English Congur ing y our D A W for Aut omap 4 control Automap 4 has t wo separate tas ks to per form in your D AW , an d needs to be c orrec tly con gured to enable f ull contro l by Impulse. Firstl y , you nee d to enable your various plug- ins for use wi th Automap 4. This will not af fect th eir normal o peration in a ny w ay , howev er[...]

31 English The Plugin , Mixer an d MI DI b ut tons These b utton s are central to t he main mo de of operati on of Impulse. The but tons p rovided dif fer on the Imp ulse 25. But to ns ad jac ent to e nc od ers Mi xer and M IDI but to ns adj ace nt to fad er s - Imp uls e 49 a nd 61 Mi xer/MIDI b ut ton - Imp uls e 25 The e nco de r but tons 1 1 Th[...]

32 English Automap M ode Normall y , s elect ion of Automap mod e on Impuls e will be c ompletely automatic. W hen you rst conn ect Im pulse to your com puter , b efore you launch your music sof t ware, you will see that the LED in the MID I but ton [ 1 1 ] is l it. This mea ns that Impulse i s in ‘manual’ mod e, and ready for use as a gene [...]

33 English 2 . Fade rs – I mpulse 2 5 only Click ing the fader area of the Im pulse image i n the Map ping Editor wind ow will cause t he disp lay to change to a set of nine faders (ini tially T rac ks 1 – 8 plus the Mas ter fader) . As Impulse 2 5 has just one physic al fader , it will ini tially be a ssi gned to T rack 1 . Using T rac k Up / [...]

34 English The fader s will normall y be as signe d to Channels 1 to 8, plus Mas ter , an d this will b e conr med by the labels b elow the fader s. Higher-numbered cha nnels and ad ditio nal mixer features ( su ch as Send levels ) c an be found on a dditi onal pages. Y o u can use th e Bank but tons ( Shif t + M ID I , Shif t + M ixer by the fa[...]

35 English Le arn M ode Impulse ha s a Learn func tion wh ich sim pli es the proc ess of param eter assig nment. Learn Mod e lets you map addi tional para meters to contr ols, or to overwr ite existing param eters with new ones. In Automap mo de, Learn is acti vat ed with th e Shif t but ton 8 on its own. 1 . On the plug- in its elf, click on th[...]

36 English But ton Se ssi on Vie w Arran ge me nt Vie w Rwd Steps up one sc ene Rwd ; Shif t+Rwd = retu rn to star t FFwd Steps down one s cene FFwd ; Shif t+F Fwd = go to end Stop Stops Stop Play Play Play Loop Play S elec ted Scene Enables/disa bles Lo op func tion Rec Star ts Ar rangement Re cordi ng Recor ds • Impulse can be placed in Clip La[...]

37 English TR OUBLE S HOOTING For the latest information an d ass istan ce with your Imp ulse pleas e visi t: w w w .novationmusic.c om/answerbase Basic T roub le shootin g Exa mple s • Impulse will not power up properly when connected to a laptop computer via USB. When a USB conn ecti on is used to p ower the Impulse from a laptop computer the I[...]

38 English F A CTOR Y TEMPLA TE S No. T em plate Har dware n ame (8 chars) 1 Basi c MIDI template for standard c ontrol an d MIDI learn. Av oids c ommon ly used MIDI CCs Basc MIDI 2 Contr ols send c ommo nly used MIDI CCs UsefulCC 3 General MIDI Mixer T emplate. F ad ers sen d volume and enc oder s send pa ns on dif ferent MIDI channels GM Mixer 4 [...]

39 English A SS IGNABL E CONTROLS – P ARAMETER S AND RANGES Fade rs , enc od ers a nd Mo d Whe e l: Subsequent p resses of the + b utton w ill offer the foll owing parameter set tin g pages: T yp e : CC (Continuous Cont roller) CC# :(Controller number , 0 to 1 27 ) Max : (Ma ximum parameter value, 0 to 1 27 ) M i n : (Min imum parameter value, 0 [...]

40 English within the tem plate Por ts : MIDI por t to be use d ( tPL , US b , M I d , AL L ) Btn . T y pe : M t y Pre ss : ( 0 to 1 27 ) Re l ea se : ( 0 to 1 27 ) Cha nn e l : MIDI Channel to be used ( 1 to 1 6 , or t PL ) ; t PL is a s dened within the tem plate Por ts : MIDI por t to be us ed ( tPL , US b , M I d , AL L ) Btn . T y pe : T g [...]

41 English Cha nn e l : MIDI Channel to be used ( 1 to 1 6 , or t PL ) ; t PL is a s dened within the tem plate Por ts : MIDI por t to be use d ( tPL , US b , M I d , AL L ) T yp e : nr P (Non- registered Parameter Number) MSB : (Most Sig nic ant By te, 0 to 1 27 ) LSB : (Least Signi cant By te, 0 to 1 27 ) Btn . T y pe : sg l Va l u e : ([...]

42 English Btn . T y pe : T g l On : ( 0 to 1 27 ) Of f : ( 0 to 1 27 ) Cha nn e l : MIDI Channel to be used ( 1 to 1 6 , or t PL ) ; t PL is a s dened within the tem plate Por ts : MIDI por t to be use d ( tPL , US b , M I d , AL L ) Btn . T y pe : StP T o : ( 0 to 1 27 ) F ro m : ( 0 to 1 27 ) S te pS i ze : ( 1 to 64 ) Cha nn e l : MIDI Chann[...]

43 English MID I IMPL EMENT A TION T AB LE Fu nct ion T ransmit ted Recognized Remarks Basi c Default Channel Change d 1 - 1 6 1 - 1 6 X X Mod e Defau lt Mess ages Altered Mod e 3 0 **** * X Note Number T rue Voice 0 - 1 27 **** * X V elo cit y Note ON Note OFF 0 X X X Af ter Key’ s T ouch Channel X 0 X X Pitch Bend 0 X Control Change 0 - 1 27 X [...]