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Hoop Drum – Free Ableton Impulse Kit. Written by Critical Vibrations on. The bodhran of Ireland, the daf of Iran, the bendir of Morocco, and the kanjira of India. The one we recorded for this Impulse kit is a traditional Native American one from Taos, New Mexico. Drums, ethnic, free downloads, Impulse, Live Packs, percussion.
- Mar 18, 2012 Creating arrangement on Ableton Live 8 and Impulse 49 keys. Track download: Flux inc.
- Drum Rack vs. Sampler I've been using drum racks for years since it makes it extremely easy and fun to make beats with push, but the more production vids I watch, the more it seems like advanced producers prefer splitting their drums onto multiple tracks with impulse or sampler.
Impulse is our ultra-responsive and expressive keyboard with loads of fully assignable controls. Designed for people who love to play keys, it's a pleasure to play and integrates seamlessly with Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Pro Tools and other major music software.
Our Most Expressive Keyboard
We specifically designed the Impulse keyboard to let you create truly expressive performances. Ultra-responsive with semi-weighted action and aftertouch, its full-size piano style keys adapt perfectly to any instrument you want to play, including organs, synths and pianos.
While you’re playing, our unique High Rate Scan (HRS) technology will scan the keyboard 10,000 times per second to capture every nuance of your performance.
You can choose between a 61, 49 and 25-key version of Impulse. The only difference is that the 25-key sacrifices its faders to make it easier to carry around.
Produce Better Music
Mix and sculpt your sound using endless smooth-action knobs, low-profile 45mm faders, loads of buttons and a custom LCD screen. All controls work seamlessly with major music software and can be mapped to any parameter.
'It's so easy to use - everything's just assigned to everything. So simple.'
- Jimmy Mac, Keys - Lorde
Do More with Your Drum Pads
Play drums in real time with pressure-sensitive pads for rolling beats, looping drum samples and designing arpeggios. These pads also function as multicoloured clip launchers in Ableton Live, so you can tell whether clip is loaded (yellow), playing (green), or recording (red).
Connect To Just About Anything
Impulse is class-compliant and USB bus-powered, so you can simply plug it into Mac or Windows and get started straight away, without the need for a power supply.
Impulse is gig-ready, too; 5 pin MIDI outputs allow you to connect to your favourite synth or module.
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“With its very responsive keys, full complement of controls, and plug-and-play integration with major DAWs and plug-ins, the Impluse is simply an outstanding value.”
Music Tech
“...the impulse has a good feature set both as an instrument and a performance controller and is sufficiently equipped for navigating a Live session.”
Make Music Straight Out of the Box
Ableton Live Lite comes in the box and integrates seamlessly with all the controls to provide:
- Mixer control (all channels)
- Transport control
- Clip launch (using Impulse's back-lit drum pads)
- Scene launch
- Plug-in/Device control
You’ll also get an impressive library of free samples from Loopmasters, as well as our Bass Station software plug-in, which recreates the sound of the legendary analogue bass synthesiser.
Impulse also gives you instant hands-on control of other major music software, including:
- Pro Tools: Mixer control (all channels), Transport control
- Logic: Mixer control (all channels), Transport control, Plug-in instrument/effects control (instant control of Logic's own plug-ins and 3rd party VST/AU plug-ins)
- Cubase: Mixer control (all channels), Transport control, Plug-in instrument/effects control
- Reason/Record: Mixer control, Transport control, Instant control of rack devices (Thor, Dr Octo Rex etc.)
- Cakewalk/Sonar: Mixer control (all channels), Transport control, Plug-in VST instrument/effects control
'The keys are just right for me too (not too weighty) and overall it's an awesome looking keyboard.'
- Amir Amor, keys Rudimental
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Automap
Automap 4 is the brand new version of Novation's Automap control software. It works with all Novation's Automap controllers and is a free upgrade to all users. Automap 4 is now easier to set up and has a more streamlined workflow than ever before. Click here for more information about the changes which have been made in Automap 4.
What is Automap?
Automap is a piece of software that comes with all Novation controllers. It has been designed to make the job of assigning your hardware controls to various software parameters quick and easy.
Despite having knobs and sliders, most MIDI controllers are no good at controlling plug-ins. It is difficult to assign the controls and you cannot see what is controlling which part of your music software.
Automap 4 is the newest and most powerful version of Automap. It enables knobs, faders and buttons to instantly control plug-in instruments/FX, as well as your sequencer's mixer, transport controls and more...
Automap's edit page
Automap's edit page graphically shows you the entire control surface, labelling each control so you can see exactly what is assigned to what.
Automap Mixer and Transport Control Mixer and transport control
It gives you instant access to your DAWs mixer and transport controls.
See what you are controlling
When you open a plug-in instrument of effect, you have access to its parameters - and you can move them in an instant! Automap Parameter control.
Automap Instant “Learn” Controls
The 'learn' function means you can instantly assign knobs, faders and buttons.
Automap MIDI Made Easy
If you want to assign knobs, faders and buttons to MIDI continuous controller numbers, just type them in!
Hardware Compatibility
- SL MkII
- Impulse
- Nocturn Keyboard
- Nocturn
- ReMOTE SL
- Launchpad (original)
- UltraNova
- iPhone/iPod Touch
Software Compatibility
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- Ableton Live
- FL Studio
- Cubase
- Reason
- Pro-Tools
- Logic
- Sonar