FLpad Mini's Settings menu

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FLpad Mini’s settings and setup menu allows you to set your preferences across many of its aspects.

To enter the settings menu, hold the Sequencer button.

LED settings

LED settings lets you adjust settings relating to the pad and button lights.

  1. Pad row six adjusts the LED brightness in eight steps, from minimum to maximum brightness, left to right. The brightly lit pad shows which LED brightness level is currently selected.

  2. The left-most two pads in pad row eight toggle LED feedback.

    • The left LED feedback pad (internal) sets if the pads light when pressed in Custom Modes. Bright green shows LED feedback is enabled, whereas dim red shows it's disabled. The setting is enabled by default

    • The right LED feedback pad (external) sets if the pads light when you send MIDI to the FLpad Mini in Custom Modes. Bright green shows LED feedback (external) is enabled, whereas dim red shows it's disabled. The setting is enabled by default.

  3. The fourth pad on row eight sets the MIDI Destination. This toggles MIDI data sent to both USB MIDI ports (brightly lit) or only the second USB MIDI port (dim). This setting is ignored in DAW mode where no Note or Custom data is sent to the first USB MIDI port.

  4. The bottom right pad in row eight enables LED sleep. This pad turns off all lights. To start using your FLpad Mini again, press any button or pad. This is useful for when you are not using FLpad Mini, but you don't want to unplug it.

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What's an LED?

An LED, or Light Emitting Diode, is an electrical component that emits light.

We can control the colour of the light and put it behind controls like pads and buttons and give you useful feedback on what they control.

Bootloader Menu

The bootloader menu allows you to change settings that need to be set before the FLpad Mini has booted up or global settings.

To enter the bootloader menu, hold Shift when plugging in FLpad Mini.

The settings available in the bootloader menu are:

  1. Device ID – this allows you to use multiple FLpad Mini device at once.

    When a different ID is selected on each FLpad Mini, they each have their own Session Ring (grid outline) to navigate independently.

  2. Easy Start toggles the onboarding mode of your FLpad Mini on or off. When on, when you connect your FLpad Mini it appears as a Mass Storage Device (MSD). Inside the folder is a link to Easy Start, to help you set up your FLpad Mini. Once you’re set up, you might not need the mass storage device. Use this toggle to disable the behaviour completely. When the pad is brightly lit Easy Start is enabled, and it is dimly lit when disabled.

  3. Pad row six adjusts the LED brightness in eight steps, from minimum to maximum brightness, left to right. The brightly lit pad shows which LED brightness level is currently selected.

  4. The FLpad Mini's firmware is split into two halves, the bootloader and the application.

    Press the left-hand pad to show the bootloader version number on the pads, press the right-hand pad to show the application version number on the pads. 

  5. The green pad in the bottom right boots up your FLpad Mini so it's ready to use.

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