NEKTAR Impact LX25 [6/32] Installation

6 Nektar Impact LX25 User Guide www.nektartech.com

Installing and Setting Up Studio One Artist

The included PreSonus Studio One Artist for OSX and Windows is a powerful and complete DAW that allows you to get started

straight away with your Impact LX25 even if you don’t have any other music software.

Installation

The Studio One Artist 2.6 installer can be located on the included DVD and the product key on the white DVD sleeve.

Your Presonus Studio One Artist license is subject to PreSonus’s standard End User License Agreement (EULA) which must be

accepted upon installation. In addition, Studio One Artist requires a personal product registration through the internet and a

computer matching the minimum requirements of the software.

Here are the steps you need to go through to set up Studio One Artist with

the Impact LX25:

 Locate the Studio One Artist installer on the included DVD

 Follow the onscreen instructions to activate, create a user account

and complete installation

 Locate the “Impact LX DAW Integration” folder on the included

DVD or download it from “My Downloads” on www.nektartech.com

after registering your product

 Run the “DAW Integration Installer” in that folder and follow the

on-screen instructions, selecting Studio One as your DAW.

 Booting up Studio One Artist you will see an initial setup screen

similar to image 1. Click on “Configure External Devices…”,

highlighted in the red box in image 1

 Next you will see the Options menu. Click on “External Devices”.

The options window should now look like image 2

 If your Studio One program already show 2 Impact LX25 devices,

you may be ready to go. Use the following steps for troubleshoot-

ing. If only 1 Impact LX25 device shows up, you’ll need to com-

plete the following steps.

 Select the Nektar Impact LX25 device and click “Edit”

 In the resulting pop-up window make sure that all the MIDI chan-

nels 1-16 are highlighted in light blue. If they are not light blue,

click the “All” button, just above the indicators. The window

should now look like image 3

 Click “Ok” to close the window

 Back in the “Options” window, click “Add” to open the “Add

Device” Window

 Locate the Nektar folder, click the expand arrow and the click on

the Impact LX25 Control option.

 In the “Receive From” field select Port 2 or MIDIIN2. The window

should now look like image 4

 Click “OK” to exit the “Add Device” menu and “OK” again to exit

the “Options” menu

Studio One Artist is now set up to work with your Impact LX25.

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