2.3.0-beta1

New Feature : Custom Light Patterns

You can now create your own custom light patterns for LinnStrument’s note lights, independently setting each note pad to any of 10 colors or off. You can create 3 different custom light patterns, and they remain stored after turning power off.

The Scale Select feature (in Global Settings, column 1) is now used to also select or create the custom light patterns. Until now, there were 12 Scale Select memories, named C through B. (These are merely identifiers, using the 12 printed labels printed below the buttons, with no relation to the musical keys C though B.) The first 9 memories (C through G#) work exactly as before and as described in the Panel Settings page. The upper 3 Scale Select memories (A, A# and B) are now changed to hold the 3 new custom light patterns.

‍Note: when you update to version 2.3.0 software, any scales you had previously entered into Scale Select memories A, A# or B will be deleted.

Here's how the custom light patterns feature works:
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‍To display one of the 3 custom light patterns, enter Global Settings then:

1. In column 1 (“View”), press Scale Select.
2. In columns 2 through 4, briefly press Scale Select button A, A# or B. By default, Scale Select “A” contains traditional guitar neck dots. Scale Select “A#” is a C major scale with a different color for each scale note. And Scale Select “B” is blank.
3. Press Global Settings to turn it off. Your selected light pattern will appear.

To Edit one of the 3 custom light patterns, enter Global Settings then:

1. In column 1 (“View”), press Scale Select.
2. In columns 2 through 4, HOLD Scale Select memory A, A# or B. You have now entered the light editor screen and the existing contents of the selected memory will appear.
3. To set the color of a pad: repeatedly press the blinking Switch 1 button until it shows your desired color, rotating through the 10 available colors. Then press any note pad to change it to that color.
4. To erase any note pad: hold it.
5. To erase many note pads: press 2 pads that are 2 corners of a rectangle that includes the pads to be erased.
6. To save your changes and exit the editor: press Global Settings to turn it off and return to the normal performance lights.

Note: these 3 custom light patterns are not part of the 6 All Settings presets in the Presets screen, so they are unaffected by loading or saving any of the All Settings presets.

Note: the custom light patterns always use the entire playing surface, even if Split is on. However if Split is on, playing the note pads will still work the same-- divided into left and right splits.
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As before, you can still load a light pattern from MIDI by sending MIDI CCs 20, 21 and 22 to LinnStrument, as described in the Panel Settings page, Global Settings tab, Note Lights section, “Setting the note lights remotely via MIDI messages” subsection. As before, any received messages will add to whatever light pattern is displayed. If you wish to save your loaded pattern, load it while the above light editor screen is showing, then exit Global Settings to save it. Also, two more MIDI CC numbers are now accepted by LinnStrument:

CC23: Save loaded light pattern to flash.
After sending a new light pattern to LinnStrument, send a CC23 message with value 0, 1 or 2 to save it to Scale Select memory A, A# or B, respectively.
CC24.: Clear custom light pattern from flash.
Send a CC24 message with value 0, 1 or 2 to clear Scale Select pattern A, A# or B, respectively.