Kenton Linn LM-1 - Manual (Page 3)

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OPERATION OF DRUM BUTTONS IN ASSIGN MODE – FULL DESCRIPTION
Press the red button and hold pressed for about four seconds. The cabasa will sound to indicate that Assign Mode
has been entered - you can ten release the red button.
Next press the drum sound button that you want to map (all buttons will play cabasa sound to confirm when they’ve
been pressed).
Now play any MIDI note on the remote MIDI keyboard. That drum sound button will be mapped to the key you just
pressed. You may keep assigning drum sounds to keys in the same fashion (drum sound button then key).
When you have assigned all the sounds that you want to, press the CABASA button (bottom row right), you will then
be returned to normal play mode.
To map the cabasa use only the top row cabasa button as the CABASA button is used to exit Assign Mode.
For drum sounds with more than one volume level (BASS, SNARE, HiHAT, TAMB and CABASA) the same MIDI
note is used for both volumes but they are played with different velocities. If you try to assign more than one MIDI
note to the same sound, then only the most recent assignment will be used.
If you assign more than one sound to the same MIDI note, only the one furthest down the list below will sound - the
original sound on that note will then be "unassigned" until it has been given a new assignment. When sounds are
unassigned, they will not be transmitted over MIDI.
For example - if you assign both COWBELL and CLAVE to the same MIDI note, only the CLAVE will sound as it is
furthest down the list below. However they will both generate the same MIDI note when pressed.
Assignments are stored in non-volatile memory when you exit Assign Mode. (by pressing the CABASA button)
MORE INFORMATION
The LM-1 will always transmit the assigned drum notes as follows:-
Normal notes - velocity 64.
Accented notes - velocity 127.
The LM-1 will play received MIDI notes as follows:
For sounds with only one volume level, all velocities (except 0) will play the sound
For sounds with two volume levels, velocities 1-64 will play low volume (e.g. snare), and 65-127 will play the high
volume sound (e.g. SNARE)
The default assignment of the sounds to MIDI note numbers is as follows:-
MIDI Note
number
36 - bass & BASS
37
- snare & SNARE
38 - hi-hat & HI-HAT
39 - HI-HAT >
40 - CLAPS
41
- cabasa & CABASA
42 - tamb & TAMB
43 - TOM-lo
44 - TOM-hi
45 - CONGA-lo
46 - CONGA-hi
47 - COWBELL
48 - CLAVE
MIDI note number 36 is bottom C on a standard 61 note keyboard.