Settings

Goal: Find any setting, know what it does and what it was out of the box.

Open Settings (pad 16, labelled Setup on the MODE map). The categories are listed in the order below. Turn the encoder to move, press it to open or change a row, and click the power button to go back. Most changes apply at once and are saved.

Defaults are what a new CrossPad starts with. A row marked “info” only shows something. On this page, rows few players need are folded under Advanced in each category; on the CrossPad they sit in the same list as the others.

Settings you will change most

Where	Setting	Default
Settings → Audio	Speakers, Headphones (volume)	64, 64
Settings → Display	Brightness (screen)	100
Settings → Pads & LEDs	RGB Brightness (pad lights)	100
Settings → Analog / Velocity	Velocity → Curve (how hits become loudness)	Linear
Settings → USB	Mode (USB audio mode or serial mode)	MIDI + Audio
Settings → WiFi	WiFi allowed	off
Settings → BLE MIDI	Enabled (Bluetooth MIDI)	off
Settings → Updates	Channel	Stable
Settings → System	Dim After, Sleep After	10m, 30m

Lite firmware

The Lite firmware has fewer settings: no Backup (SD), no Per-Pad Tuning editor (global pad sliders instead) and no Perf Stats. Settings → Info → Profile shows which firmware you have.

Display

Setting	What it does	Default
Brightness	Screen brightness, 5 to 100.	100
Theme Color	The accent colour of the screens: Neon Green, Yellow, Cyan, Purple, Orange, Pink, Blue or Red.	Neon Green
Touch Sensitivity	How lightly the touch screen reacts: Low, Medium or High.	Low

Advanced: Display

Setting	What it does	Default
Perf Stats → FPS, CPU, Memory	Shows that number in the status bar.	all off
Launcher	No visible effect: the home screen is always the MODE map.	Icon grid
Quick Settings Drawer	Leave it as it is.	on

Audio

Setting	What it does	Default
Speakers (auto on play)	Lets the speakers switch on by themselves while there is sound. Off keeps the speakers silent.	on
Speakers	The Speakers volume slider, 0 to 100.	64
Headphones	The Headphones volume slider, 0 to 100.	64

Advanced: Audio

Setting	What it does	Default
Audio Engine	No effect: sound plays either way. Leave it on.	on
Engine → Sample Rate	44100 or 48000. Other values on the list run at 48000. Restart required.	44100
Engine → Frame Count	How quickly the sound follows your hit, 32 to 512. Smaller reacts faster but can crackle; larger is safer. Restart required.	64

USB

Setting	What it does	Default
Mode	MIDI + Audio (USB audio mode: the CrossPad is a sound card and a MIDI device) or MIDI + Serial (serial mode: MIDI plus the link for browser updates). The computer reconnects to the CrossPad when you change it.	MIDI + Audio
Active	info: the mode in use now.	—
Serial console / OTA	info: available in serial mode, unavailable in USB audio mode (OTA means updates).	—
Ask before USB serial	When a computer asks for serial mode, the CrossPad first shows USB serial mode? with Allow and Deny.	on
SD card as USB drive	Start restarts the CrossPad so your computer sees the SD card as a drive. See Your sounds.	—
Recording Source	What the CrossPad sends to the computer over USB audio: Microphones, Line in, Speaker bus, Headphone bus, Mix (mics + line), Sampler. Custom appears when the advanced rows no longer match one of these.	Microphones
DAW Output dB	Extra level on what goes to the computer, 0 to 36 dB.	0

Advanced: USB audio routing

Setting	What it does	Default
Routing (advanced) → Capture Codec, Codec 0 Input, Codec 1 Input, Codec 0 Output, Codec 1 Output, Mute Codec 0, Mute Codec 1	The audio chips’ inputs and outputs, row by row. Recording Source sets them for you; change them only if you know you need to.	set by Recording Source

Pads & LEDs

Setting	What it does	Default
RGB Brightness	Pad light brightness, 0 to 255.	100
Behavior → Pad MIDI Output	The pads send MIDI notes. Off: the pads still play sounds but send no MIDI.	on

Advanced: Pads & LEDs

Setting	What it does	Default
Behavior → Note Off on Release	No effect: a note-off is always sent when you let go of a pad.	off
Behavior → Upper Row Functions	No effect. Leave it off.	off

Vibration

Setting	What it does	Default
Vibration Enable	Turns the vibration motor on. Off hides the rows below.	on
On Touch	A short buzz when you touch the screen.	on
Audio to Vibe	The motor follows the sound.	on

Advanced: Vibration

Setting	What it does	Default
On Error	No effect. Leave it on.	on
Input Range → Input Min, Input Max	The sound levels (0 to 255) where Audio to Vibe starts and tops out.	10, 127
Output Range → Output Min, Output Max	The weakest and strongest vibration, 0 to 255.	5, 200
Debug Mode	Leave it off.	off

MIDI

On screen, STM means the pad controller (the chip that also runs the second USB port) and ESP the main processor. The MIDI jacks are described in With a computer.

Setting	What it does	Default
Keypad Routing → Send to BLE	Pad notes go out over Bluetooth MIDI.	on
Keypad Routing → Send to USB	Pad notes go out over the main USB port.	on
STM32 Routing → MIDI -> Thru	What you play into the MIDI IN jack plays the CrossPad itself. Turn it on to play the CrossPad from a keyboard on MIDI IN.	off
STM32 Routing → MIDI -> USB	What you play into MIDI IN reaches your computer through the second USB port.	on
STM Pads (MIDI) → STM MIDI Channel	The channel of the pad notes on the second USB port, 0 to 15 (0 is channel 1).	0
STM Pads (MIDI) → Note Offset	Shifts those notes: −24, −12, −7, −5, 0, +5, +7, +12 or +24 semitones.	0

Advanced: all MIDI routes

Setting	What it does	Default
Keypad Routing → Send to STM	No effect on this CrossPad.	off
Keypad Routing → Send CC	Keep it off unless your setup needs CC instead of notes.	off
STM32 Routing → Routing Enabled, MIDI -> ESP, USB -> MIDI, USB -> Thru, USB -> ESP, ESP -> MIDI, ESP -> USB, ESP -> Thru, Buttons -> MIDI, Buttons -> USB, Buttons -> ESP, Config Btns as MIDI	No effect you can use on this CrossPad. Leave them as they are.	as set
ESP32 Routing → BLE -> MIDI	No effect on this CrossPad.	on
ESP32 Routing → MIDI -> BLE	Passes the computer’s MIDI clock and controllers (CC, pitch bend, program change, pad pressure) on to Bluetooth MIDI. Notes are not passed on.	on

Analog / Velocity

Setting	What it does	Default
Velocity → Curve	How hit strength becomes velocity: Linear, Exp Soft or Exp Hard.	Linear
Velocity → Floor	The lowest velocity a hit can have, 0 to 127.	1
Per-Pad → Per-Pad Tuning	Open shows the pad tuning editor (below).	—

Per-Pad Tuning: press a pad, then set its Sensitivity (how lightly it reacts), L/R Ratio, Velocity Curve, Velocity Floor (or Floor Inherit to use the floor above) and Analog Mode: Disable, CC, Aftertouch or Both (default Aftertouch). Changes are live; Close saves them.

Advanced: pressure and position

Setting	What it does	Default
Pressure / Pan CC → Pressure CC base	The first CC number for pad pressure, used when a pad’s Analog Mode is CC or Both.	16
Pressure / Pan CC → Pan -> CC	Reports where your finger sits on the pad, left to right.	on
Pressure / Pan CC → Pan CC base	The first CC number for that left-right position.	48
Stream rate → Min interval (ms)	The shortest time between two pressure messages, 4 to 100 ms.	16
Stream rate → Min delta	How much pressure must change before a new message goes out, 0 to 32.	2

Backup (SD)

Setting	What it does	Default
All settings → crosspad-settings.json	Export writes every setting to that file on the SD card. Import reads it back.	—
Pad tuning only → crosspad-pads.json	The same for the pad tuning alone.	—
File format	info: the backup file’s format version.	—

See Back up and restore your settings.

Programming

Setting	What it does	Default
STM32 running	info: the pad controller’s firmware version.	—
The row with the pad controller version this firmware carries	Update when it is newer, or Reflash to write it again. See Updates.	—
STM32 firmware → DFU Mode	Puts the pad controller in its recovery mode (DFU), for the companion’s Recovery page. The pads do not work in that mode. Use it only for recovery.	—
ESP32 firmware	info: how the main firmware is updated over USB.	—

Info

All rows are info. Useful when you ask for help:

• Platform, Profile — the hardware and the firmware edition.
• Firmware, Built — the firmware version and build date.
• Update — appears when a newer version is known, with where to get it.
• One row per software part — the versions of the parts inside.
• MAC, Serial — the CrossPad’s network address and serial number.
• STM32 firmware, STM32 protocol, PCB revision, STM32 boots — about the pad controller and the board.

System

Setting	What it does	Default
Maintenance → Factory Reset	Puts most settings back to their defaults at once. See Factory reset.	—
STM Power / Input → Auto Sleep	Dims and then sleeps the CrossPad when you leave it alone.	on
STM Keypad Scan	The pad controller reads the pads. Off: the pads are switched off. Leave it on.	on
Dim After	Idle time before the screen dims: Never, 30s, 1m, 5m, 10m, 30m, 1h. If it is not shorter than Sleep After, the CrossPad changes the other one and says so.	10m
Sleep After	Idle time before the CrossPad sleeps, same choices.	30m
Power Long-Press	How long you hold the power button to switch off: 1s, 1.5s, 2s, 3s or 4s.	4s
USB Suspend Off	When the computer goes to sleep, the CrossPad switches off after: Never, 15s, 30s, 1m, 2m.	30s

Advanced: System

Setting	What it does	Default
Wake Brightness	No visible effect: after waking, the screen returns to Display → Brightness at once.	50

Motion MIDI

Tilt or turn the CrossPad to send MIDI.

Setting	What it does	Default
Enabled	Turns Motion MIDI on.	off
Messages sent	info: how many messages went out.	—
Slot 1 to Slot 4 → On	Turns that slot on.	slots 1 and 2 on
Source	What drives the slot: Tilt front/back, Tilt left/right, Turn X, Turn Y, Turn Z.	1: Tilt front/back · 2: Tilt left/right · 3: Turn Z · 4: Turn X
Sends	Control change or Pitch bend.	slots 1–3: Control change · 4: Pitch bend
CC number	The CC the slot sends, 0 to 127.	1: 1 · 2: 74 · 3: 11
Channel	The MIDI channel, 0 to 15 (0 is channel 1).	0

BLE MIDI

Setting	What it does	Default
Enabled	Turns Bluetooth MIDI on.	off
Role	Server (advertise): other devices find the CrossPad. Leave it on Server (advertise).	Server (advertise)
Send transpose	Shifts the notes the CrossPad sends over Bluetooth: Default, or −48 to +60 semitones in octaves.	Default
Status → State, Peer	info: the connection state and the connected device.	—
Connection	Disconnect drops the current connection.	—

More in With a computer.

WiFi

Setting	What it does	Default
WiFi allowed	Lets the CrossPad use WiFi when it needs it.	off
Remote management	Lets a linked crosspad.app account manage the CrossPad over WiFi. Account linking opens soon. Turns Bluetooth MIDI off while it runs.	on
Status	info: off, connecting, or connected with the network name.	—
Find networks	Scan lists networks in reach; pick one and type its password.	—
Test connection	Test checks that crosspad.app answers (Connection OK).	—
Saved networks	Up to 5 networks; pick one to Connect or Forget.	None yet
crosspad.app account → Account	info: Not linked or Linked: with your name.	Not linked
Link this CrossPad	Account linking opens soon.	—
Remote	info: the state of Remote management.	—

Updates

Setting	What it does	Default
Firmware updates → Check at startup	Checks crosspad.app for new firmware at each start (needs WiFi).	on
Channel	Stable or Beta. Updates are published on the Beta channel.	Stable
Running	info: the firmware version running now.	—
Status	info: Not checked yet, Up to date, Update available:, or why the last check failed.	—
Check now	Check looks for an update now.	—

How to install: Updates.

Back up and restore your settings

The backup files go to the top folder of the SD card.

1. Open Settings → Backup (SD). Under All settings, press Export.

   You should see: the message Settings exported to SD. The card now holds crosspad-settings.json.

2. To restore, press Import under All settings.

   You should see: the message Settings imported. Brightness, volumes, pad tuning and the rest change to the saved values at once.

Pad tuning only works the same way with crosspad-pads.json. Its messages are Pad tuning exported to SD and Pad tuning imported.

A backup copied off the card (see Your sounds) is also a way to move your settings to another CrossPad.

Factory reset

Note

Factory Reset starts right away and restores the default settings. Export a backup first if you may want your settings back.

1. Open Settings → System. Under Maintenance, press Factory Reset.

   You should see: the message Settings reset to defaults. The screen brightness, volumes and theme go back to the defaults on this page.

What it resets: the Display, Audio, Pads & LEDs, Vibration, MIDI, Analog / Velocity (including your per-pad tuning), System, BLE MIDI and WiFi settings, the saved WiFi networks, the Updates settings and the link to your crosspad.app account.

What it keeps: the USB settings (Mode, Ask before USB serial, Recording Source, DAW Output dB), Motion MIDI, and everything on the SD card — kits, recordings, arrangements, firmware packages and settings backups.