Impetus turns your MPE keyboard into a professional DAW control surface.
No new hardware required.
THE LIVE 49-KEY MAP — EVERY ASSIGNMENT, COLOR-CODED BY FUNCTION, WITH LIVE VISUAL FEEDBACK
8 faders, panning, banking, solo, mute, record-enable — all mapped to the keys you already play, with Absolute, Relative, Hybrid, and Fine modes for exactly the fader response you want.
Play, stop, record, fast-forward, rewind, punch, and loop — all from assigned keys. Your hands never have to leave the keyboard.
Any key can fire any keyboard shortcut or multi-step macro, with all modifier combos included. Fully customizable, and works in any application,
not just your DAW.
Turn any function on or off, and assign it to any key — click Learn, press a key, done. Build exactly the control set you need, with conflict detection to make sure no two functions ever fight over the same key.
Works with Pro Tools, Logic Pro, REAPER, DaVinci Resolve's Fairlight page, or any other HUI or Mackie Control compatible DAW, so Impetus fits right into your existing setup.
Key mapping, shortcuts, and settings — all in one tabbed window, with live visual feedback as you work. Pop out a compact status window for at-a-glance visuals. Switch presets instantly with no restart. Keep either window open, both, or none at all.
A macOS app that turns MPE keyboards into full professional DAW control surfaces — 8-channel faders, transport, track controls and banking — plus a system-wide programmable shortcut and macro commander. It does the work of a dedicated hardware control surface on your desk.
Over HUI or Mackie Control — the same industry-standard protocols used by $500–$2,000 hardware control surfaces. Your DAW sees a control surface it already knows. No plugins, no scripts.
No. Just disable Impetus with one click and your keyboard behaves exactly as before.
Any MPE keyboard with slide (Y-axis) on the keys. The ROLI Seaboard, Seaboard M, and the KMI K-Board Pro 4 are the keyboards we test against most.
Any DAW supporting HUI or Mackie Control — including Pro Tools, Logic Pro, REAPER, Ableton Live, Cubase, Studio One, and more. It also works with video editors that support the same protocols, like DaVinci Resolve's Fairlight page.
Yes — that's the part no usual hardware surface can do. Any key can trigger system-wide keyboard shortcuts or multi-step macros in any application on your Mac.
macOS 13 and later, Apple Silicon (M1 and newer).
*Intel Macs are not supported.
Yes — each license includes 2 activations, so you can install Impetus on two Macs (a laptop and a studio machine, for example).
Full features, no card required. After that, Impetus still runs with reduced functionality. Factory presets, faders, panning, and banking stay available.
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