Worth Burning $100!? |Nektar Impact LX Mini Review!|

[@Johnmike]

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[@williampeake9357]

I bought this board as a secondary midi controller. The features are great as is the daw support, but as with all the other Nektar boards I have bought, the keybed leaves alot to be desired. The klacky key noise was driving my wife crazy, so I opened the thing up and replaced a thin rubber strip where the keys hit the bottom of the case with a strip of felt. The result was amazing! It completely eliminated the key noise and made the whole keybed feel a lot more premium. I only did the white keys, but they were the culprits. It took me about 30 minutes. If you do it make sure you use a really small Phillips head screwdriver. Mine was a little too big and I ended up stripping one of the screws partially. (Nektar was kind enough to send me some replacements)

[@Johnmike]

Interesting!!

[@adrianus6928]

Is it difficult to do that (replace the rubber strip with a felt one)? I'd like to do the same, but don't want to try it and end with no strip and no functional keys.

[@kentwood9821]

Excellent review, you hit on all salient points and quickly!

[@qwe1231]

Good overview. It's a pretty nice option at its price for features it offers (knobs, transport controls, sustain peda) that others in the price range don't. But as you point out the keybed is not great. I wish the Keystep or M32 had its controls, but those are the tradeoffs.

[@Johnmike]

Yup!

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

The Akai is much better, better pads, smaller with the exact same function.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Its obviously a direct competition to Akai MPK Mini just with the pads and knobs the opposite way around. I went for the MPK mini mk3.

[@mbanini6848]

Hi thank you for th review. Do you think the LX 25 (bigger keys) the keybed feels the same when playing? or would be a better feeling when playing?

[@YourUncleMorty]

Great review and great review style

[@Byronic19134]

Man I got the Akai Mini and the Novation Launchkey Mini and while I enjoyed them, I was looking for a bigger one, initially, I saw the NI M32 and because of the integration and controls it comes with I almost got it until I went to Guitar Center and played with the NI a25 which has full-size keys and thought this is what I been missing. So I think I legit hate mini keys and felt like it was so much easier playing full-sized keys, specifically ones that are semi-weighted. So now I'm looking at the Nektar LX 49, Arturia Keylab 49, and NI a49. Only trying to spend around $200 and want it to integrate with Studio One, Ableton, and Logic. Is that a big ask? Does it exist? I do like Komplete Kontrol but I hate how much extra space the presets take up on a hard drive.

[@Johnmike]

A49 is good…presets don’t take up that much space…you can alternatively save them on an external drive as well…

[@illusio_]

thanks for the review, I’ve been looking at buying this board. have you reviewed the Nektar Impact XL25+ ? I’ve been trying to see what their differences are but can’t see to find any videos explaining that, but pretty much are the same price.

[@Johnmike]

I haven’t don’t that but I have done a review on the 49 key version…which is basically the same just more keys…it’s here on the channel in the playlist I mentioned at the end

[@DerFeindmarkierer]

Good review, John. Just one thing: Bitwig 8 Track isn't "kinda like" Live Lite - it's *exactly* like Live Lite used to be in terms of limitations, which makes it useless for just about anyone. Live Lite on the other hand has dropped those ridiculous limitations and is basically the same thing as the (paid) Live Intro with half the track count, which is great for beginners and people that feel like some limitations help with creativity. :D Maybe some comparison review of the free / super-cheap / bundled DAWs in the future? Might be good for beginners, and there are a few options now.

[@damianpinto3497]

thx for the video man. do you know if the knobs have more banks? i want to use this as a cheap midi fighter twister to control a poly hector.

[@Billy_Dino]

how it compares against the lx25+? which one is better in your thoughts?

[@Simonfromtheblock]

Does anyone know what exactly this thing weighs? Just says 1kg in the specs...

[@kevgh3869]

Hi John. Any problem using this with garage band? (I know I'm a noob).

[@Johnmike]

Should work fine

[@tonylancer7367]

These small keyboards are missing one thing, Bluetooth MIDI. To be really "portable", they should incorporate Bluetooth MIDI, that would really make these smaller portable keyboards stand out (and very convenient).

[@Johnmike]

I totally agree with you about that!! And I’d pay more for controllers that had that functionality built in…

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Nope, bluetooth is not powerful enough to run without massive latency. I tried using Bluetooth headphones to make music on My Android massive delay.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@Johnmike Impossible to much latency.

[@Johnmike]

@@HOLLASOUNDS Bluetooth and audio def isn’t ready…but there is significantly less latency with Bluetooth midi…I’ve reviewed and tried several Bluetooth midi devices on this channel all with really good results…the tech is there for Bluetooth midi…there’s only a handful of companies that are actually implementing it

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@Johnmike Really, that's interesting.

[@blakedaschofsky4561]

“The file couldn’t be opened” 😂

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Its substantially bigger then the MPK mini.

[@Johnmike]

Keys are bigger and more playable on the mpk

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@Johnmike The Nektar has that large bit on the side of the keys making it about 3rd bigger the the MPK mini. That's to big in My opinion.

[@Johnmike]

@@HOLLASOUNDS literally they are almost the same size…I just stacked them on top of each other…the Nektar is literally like an inch longer…either way I prefer the mpk over this any day

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@Johnmike Ahhh you have both together ok. Maby you could do a comparison video a full vid if you have the time or just a short, either way some might find that interesting.

[@MacMiggity]

Good content, but what's going on with your framerate? It's not a good look my friend.

[@MustacheVerra]

Dude you lost weight right? off topic o know but congrats.

[@Johnmike]

Yes I did thanks!