6 Nektar Impact GX49 & GX61 User Guide www.nektartech.comTransport Buttons and PotentiometerThe Transport and navigation buttons are located above the Octave and Transpose buttons. The buttons are used for DAWcontrol in conjunction with the Impact GX DAW integration files. If you plan to use your Impact GX49 with a supported DAW,make sure to download the files you need, by first creating a Nektar user account as described on page 4. Once you havedownloaded the package applicable to your DAW, make sure to read the included PDF guide which describes how to set it upand how it all works.Assignable MIDI buttons (14)The Transport/Navigation buttons can be used as generic MIDI buttons when noNektar DAW integration is present. There are 7 buttons, each with a transportfunction icon and each able to send a MIDI message when pressed.Pressing the top left button activates a secondary level of button assignments,providing another 7 MIDI assignments, which means you can have quickaccess to 14 MIDI buttons in total.You can use the default MIDI assignments for MIDI learn immediately, or eachcan be programmed as needed. To program the buttons with your own MIDImessages, access the Setup menu as explained on page 7.PotentiometerThe potentiometer can be assigned to any MIDI cc message but is by defaultassign to send MIDI cc 7 (volume). To change the assignment, access the Setup menu as explained on page 7.The two LED’s below the potentiometer are only used with Nektar DAW integration.