Novation Impulse 61 61-Key USB MIDI Keyboard Controller w/ Semi-Weighted Keys - Fresh Stock Dated February 2026

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Novation Impulse 61 61-Key USB MIDI Keyboard Controller w/ Semi-Weighted Keys
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Manufacturer's Description
Novation's ultra-responsive, highly expressive 61-key MIDI keyboard hosts a comprehensive array of fully assignable controls, integrates seamlessly with Ableton Live, Apple Logic Pro, Avid Pro Tools and other major music software, and is built to be a true player's instrument.
Our Most Expressive Keyboard
In designing Impulse 61, Novation went all-out to create a supremely expressive performance keyboard. Ultra-responsive with semi-weighted action and aftertouch, its full-size piano style keys adapt beautifully to virtual organs, synths and pianos. Novation's High Rate Scan (HRS) technology 'reads' the keyboard 10,000 times per second, capturing every nuance and detail of your performance to an incredible degree of precision.
Produce Better Music
Take control of your mix and sculpt your sounds with Impulse 61's endless smooth-action knobs, low-profile 45mm faders, plentiful buttons and LCD screen. Each control can be manually mapped to any DAW or plug-in parameter via MIDI.
Do More with Your Drum Pads
Impulse 61's eight pressure-sensitive, backlit pads are perfect for playing and recording drum and percussion tracks, with Roll mode making light work of automatic note repeats. Going beyond beats, Arp mode uses the pads for real-time arpeggio design, while in Ableton Live, they can even be assigned as multi-coloured clip launchers – yellow for a loaded clip, green for a playing clip, or red for a recording clip.
Connect To Just About Anything
Being class-compliant and USB bus-powered, Impulse 61 only has to be plugged into a Mac or PC to get up and running – no power supply required. It's gig-ready, too, with a 5-pin DIN MIDI Out port enabling connection to hardware synths and sound modules.
Make Music Straight Out of the Box
A great controller keyboard needs great software to bring it to life, and music software doesn't get much greater than Ableton Live, the Lite edition of which is included in the box and integrates with Impulse 61's controls to provide:
Mixer control (all channels)
Transport control
Clip launching (using Impulse 61's backlit drum pads)
Scene launching
Plug-in/Device control
Impulse 61 also ships with a massive library of Loopmasters samples, as well as the Bass Station plug-in, which brings the sound and vibe of Novation's legendary analogue bass synthesiser to your VST/AU-enabled DAW.
As well as Ableton Live, Impulse 61 integrates with Logic Pro, Cubase, Reason, Sonar, Pro Tools and other major music production applications.
Key Features:
Create Expressive Performances
Ultra-responsive, full-size piano-style keyboard with semi-weighted action and aftertouch, plus Sustain and Expression pedal inputs.
Accurately Capture Your Playing
Novation's High Rate Scan (HRS) technology scans the keyboard 10,000 times per second to accurately capture every nuance of your performance.
Easily Assign All Controls
Get hands-on with any major music production software, including Ableton Live, Logic Pro and Pro Tools.
Shape Your Sound
Manipulate your sounds and mixes using Impulse 61's endless smooth-action knobs, low-profile faders and assignable buttons, with feedback provided by the LCD display.
Do More with Your Drum Pads
Eight velocity- and pressure-sensitive backlit pads enable you to play beats, design arpeggios and launch clips in Ableton Live.
Tough Enough to Tour
Solid and rugged enough to handle the most demanding live situations.
Plug-In and Play
Fully class compliant and USB bus-powered, Impulse 61 'just works' with Mac OS X and Windows, requiring no power supply or drivers.
Connect To Just About Anything
Plug in to your hardware synths and sound modules via 5-pin DIN MIDI output.
Make Music Immediately
Comes with Ableton Live Lite and a huge collection of royalty-free samples from Loopmasters.
Specifications
What's in the box:
Impulse 61
USB cable
Printed Getting Started guide
System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks.
Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7.
iOS8, iOS7 - Camera Connection Kit or Lightning to USB Camera
Adapter required (not included).
Impulse is class compliant, so will work on any modern Mac, Windows or Linux PC.
Included Software:
Ableton Live Lite music making software
1 GB of Loopmasters sounds and samples
Product Hardware
61 note velocity sensitive piano style keyboard with assignable aftertouch
8 multi-colour large backlit velocity sensitive drum pads
8 endless encoders (infinite rotation)
9 sliders
6 dedicated transport controls
Pitch bend and modulation wheels
2 octave / transpose buttons
Custom blue-backlit LCD display
6 function buttons (4 with LED indicators)
4 control switch buttons with LEDs  3 control switch
9 mute / solo buttons plus toggle button
Arpeggiator with tap tempo and roll
USB socket
DC power socket
Sustain pedal 1/4" jack socket
Expression pedal 1/4" jack socket
MIDI In and MIDI Out din sockets
Kensington security slot
Software Compatibility
Ableton Live Lite 10 is included
If you already have Ableton Live it must be version 8 or greater to work with Impulse. We recommend that you update to the latest version as previous versions of Ableton Live do not include the Impulse integration. Impulse will also work as a standard MIDI controller.
Power Requirements
Fully USB bus powered
Power supply not included
Product Dimensions
Impulse 61: 1022mm (40.2") length x 332mm (13") depth x 100mm (3.94") height