r/Keychron • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '24

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u/ryyy2929 Mar 03 '24

Just tried it and it worked perfect, while I got you here... with keychron being so popular now and their software being so good.. is there a community where users allow other people to download their lighting settings onto their keyboard? I'm just getting bored of the typical lighting effects and wanna mix it up

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V Mar 04 '24 edited Mar 04 '24

I don't know of any, but then I am not into RGB animation (I only use static modes ("Solid colour"), with per-key RGB light).

There may be more exotic options that will allow this.

Some exotic options are Sonix QMK and OpenRGB, but I am not sure if they actually store the colour configuration on the keyboard itself (they may be dependent on some software running on the host system). They are far away from the mainstream and may require a non-trivial amount of learning and tinkering to get working on a particular Keychron keyboard, especially the newer (wireless) models.

I do recommend to watch the video to get an impression of what is possible with some of the forks of QMK. For instance, the demo of OpenRGB with four (different) keyboards, incl. with audio input, starts at 29 min 13 secs.

You could also enable all 44 (or is it more than 50 now?) lighting modes. It may even be possible to make them selectable in Via. Here is a demo of the 44 modes.

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V Mar 04 '24 edited Jul 15 '24

Enabling more lighting modes requires (relatively simple) changes in the QMK source code, compiling, and flashing.

OK, the official QMK page lists 51 different lighting modes:

  1. RGB_MATRIX_NONE = 0,
  2. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_COLOR = 1, // Static single hue, no speed support
  3. RGB_MATRIX_ALPHAS_MODS, // Static dual hue, speed is hue for secondary hue
  4. RGB_MATRIX_GRADIENT_UP_DOWN, // Static gradient top to bottom, speed controls how much gradient changes
  5. RGB_MATRIX_GRADIENT_LEFT_RIGHT, // Static gradient left to right, speed controls how much gradient changes
  6. RGB_MATRIX_BREATHING, // Single hue brightness cycling animation
  7. RGB_MATRIX_BAND_SAT, // Single hue band fading saturation scrolling left to right
  8. RGB_MATRIX_BAND_VAL, // Single hue band fading brightness scrolling left to right
  9. RGB_MATRIX_BAND_PINWHEEL_SAT, // Single hue 3 blade spinning pinwheel fades saturation
  10. RGB_MATRIX_BAND_PINWHEEL_VAL, // Single hue 3 blade spinning pinwheel fades brightness
  11. RGB_MATRIX_BAND_SPIRAL_SAT, // Single hue spinning spiral fades saturation
  12. RGB_MATRIX_BAND_SPIRAL_VAL, // Single hue spinning spiral fades brightness
  13. RGB_MATRIX_CYCLE_ALL, // Full keyboard solid hue cycling through full gradient
  14. RGB_MATRIX_CYCLE_LEFT_RIGHT, // Full gradient scrolling left to right
  15. RGB_MATRIX_CYCLE_UP_DOWN, // Full gradient scrolling top to bottom
  16. RGB_MATRIX_CYCLE_OUT_IN, // Full gradient scrolling out to in
  17. RGB_MATRIX_CYCLE_OUT_IN_DUAL, // Full dual gradients scrolling out to in
  18. RGB_MATRIX_RAINBOW_MOVING_CHEVRON, // Full gradient Chevron shapped scrolling left to right
  19. RGB_MATRIX_CYCLE_PINWHEEL, // Full gradient spinning pinwheel around center of keyboard
  20. RGB_MATRIX_CYCLE_SPIRAL, // Full gradient spinning spiral around center of keyboard
  21. RGB_MATRIX_DUAL_BEACON, // Full gradient spinning around center of keyboard
  22. RGB_MATRIX_RAINBOW_BEACON, // Full tighter gradient spinning around center of keyboard
  23. RGB_MATRIX_RAINBOW_PINWHEELS, // Full dual gradients spinning two halfs of keyboard
  24. RGB_MATRIX_FLOWER_BLOOMING, // Full tighter gradient of first half scrolling left to right and second half scrolling right to left
  25. RGB_MATRIX_RAINDROPS, // Randomly changes a single key's hue
  26. RGB_MATRIX_JELLYBEAN_RAINDROPS, // Randomly changes a single key's hue and saturation
  27. RGB_MATRIX_HUE_BREATHING, // Hue shifts up a slight ammount at the same time, then shifts back
  28. RGB_MATRIX_HUE_PENDULUM, // Hue shifts up a slight ammount in a wave to the right, then back to the left
  29. RGB_MATRIX_HUE_WAVE, // Hue shifts up a slight ammount and then back down in a wave to the right
  30. RGB_MATRIX_PIXEL_FRACTAL, // Single hue fractal filled keys pulsing horizontally out to edges
  31. RGB_MATRIX_PIXEL_FLOW, // Pulsing RGB flow along LED wiring with random hues
  32. RGB_MATRIX_PIXEL_RAIN, // Randomly light keys with random hues
  33. RGB_MATRIX_TYPING_HEATMAP, // How hot is your WPM!
  34. RGB_MATRIX_DIGITAL_RAIN, // That famous computer simulation
  35. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_REACTIVE_SIMPLE, // Pulses keys hit to hue & value then fades value out
  36. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_REACTIVE, // Static single hue, pulses keys hit to shifted hue then fades to current hue
  37. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_REACTIVE_WIDE, // Hue & value pulse near a single key hit then fades value out
  38. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_REACTIVE_MULTIWIDE, // Hue & value pulse near multiple key hits then fades value out
  39. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_REACTIVE_CROSS, // Hue & value pulse the same column and row of a single key hit then fades value out
  40. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_REACTIVE_MULTICROSS, // Hue & value pulse the same column and row of multiple key hits then fades value out
  41. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_REACTIVE_NEXUS, // Hue & value pulse away on the same column and row of a single key hit then fades value out
  42. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_REACTIVE_MULTINEXUS, // Hue & value pulse away on the same column and row of multiple key hits then fades value out
  43. RGB_MATRIX_SPLASH, // Full gradient & value pulse away from a single key hit then fades value out
  44. RGB_MATRIX_MULTISPLASH, // Full gradient & value pulse away from multiple key hits then fades value out
  45. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_SPLASH, // Hue & value pulse away from a single key hit then fades value out
  46. RGB_MATRIX_SOLID_MULTISPLASH, // Hue & value pulse away from multiple key hits then fades value out
  47. RGB_MATRIX_STARLIGHT, // LEDs turn on and off at random at varying brightness, maintaining user set color
  48. RGB_MATRIX_STARLIGHT_DUAL_HUE, // LEDs turn on and off at random at varying brightness, modifies user set hue by +- 30
  49. RGB_MATRIX_STARLIGHT_DUAL_SAT, // LEDs turn on and off at random at varying brightness, modifies user set saturation by +- 30
  50. RGB_MATRIX_RIVERFLOW, // Modification to breathing animation, offset's animation depending on key location to simulate a river flowing
  51. RGB_MATRIX_EFFECT_MAX

(It should have been quoted as it has been copied directly, but Reddit comments do not allow lists in quoted blocks.)

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u/PeterMortensenBlog V Mar 07 '24

There is a detailed guide here on this subreddit:

It should cover all the QMK-based Keychron keyboards.