Nektar Impact Factory Reset
How to perform a factory reset on a Nektar Impact
This guide will show you how to perform a factory reset on your Nektar Impact LX. When performing a factory reset on your Impact, all user presets will be deleted, so before performing the reset, you’ll want to back up any preset files via SysEx. Follow the instructions below to get started.
Back up Nektar Impact user presets
Before performing a factory reset, it’s always good practice to back up your user presets. Backing up Nektar Impact series presets requires you to transfer them via SysEx on your computer. If you’re not familiar with SysEx and how it works, keep this tab open and please check out our guide on how to send SysEx files on Mac and PC.
- Connect your Impact to your computer and power it on.
- Hold the Shift and Patch >, then press Setup.
- Open your SysEx software and set it up, so it’s receiving (recording) the incoming data.
- Press the G4 key on the keyboard to begin the SysEx data transfer. The display will read Sys.
- Once you see 000 on the display, stop recording your SysEx software.
- Save the SysEx file and give it a unique name such as Impact User Presets.
Perform Nektar Impact factory reset
Now that your presets are backed up, you can now perform a factory reset.
- Turn off your Nektar Impact.
- Press and hold the Octave up + Octave down buttons.
- While still holding the Octave up + Octave down buttons, turn on the Impact.
- Release both Octave buttons after 2 seconds. You should receive a prompt on the display once the Impact’s factory reset has been completed.
Restore Impact user presets
If you need to restore any user presets you backed up before performing a factory reset, you can do so at any time.
- Connect your Impact to your computer and power it on.
- Launch your SysEx software and set your Impact as the MIDI output, so it’s ready to receive the SysEx file you previously saved.
- Send the SysEx file. The display will read Sys when it has been backed up successfully.
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