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Elektron Digitone £699

Hot on the heels of the Digitakt comes the FM-based Digitone.

Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman takes it on a test drive…

CONTACT WHO: Elektron TEL: +46 317437440 WEB: www.elektron.se KEY FEATURES Eight voice polyphony/eight FM algorithms, base-

width ﬁ lter and multimode ﬁ lter, two assignable LFOs, four synth/four MIDI tracks, chorus, delay and reverb FX, overdrive master effect, Elektron sequencer.

I/O: MIDI In/Out/Thru with DIN Sync out. DIMENSIONS: 215 x 176 x 63mm WEIGHT: 1.49kg

REVIEWS

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FM | REVIEWS Elektron Digitone £699 Hot on the heels of the Digitakt comes the FM-based Digitone. Dan ‘JD73’ Goldman takes it on a test drive… CONTACT KEY FEATURES WHO: Elektron TEL: +46 317437440 WEB: www.elektron.se Eight voice polyphony/eight FM algorithms, basewidth filter and multimode filter, two assignable LFOs, four synth/four MIDI tracks, chorus, delay and reverb FX, overdrive master effect, Elektron sequencer. I/O: MIDI In/Out/Thru with DIN Sync out. DIMENSIONS: 215 x 176 x 63mm WEIGHT: 1.
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Elektron Digitone | Reviews THE PROS & CONS + Well built, portable. Seamless integration between sequencer and sound engine Can also be a great FM MIDI module or a powerful external MIDI sequencer Clear yet fat sound quality.
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Reviews | Elektron Digitone THE ALTERNATIVES Yamaha Reface DX £241 Yamaha’s re-entry into the FM market in 2015. It features a three-octave keyboard and four-op, eight-note polyphonic FM engine with four touch sliders to alter key parameters in real time. uk.yamaha.com Yamaha DX200 £200+ used Ahead of its time, coupling a six-op FM engine to AWM2 sampled sounds/ filters/FX and a four-track, 16-step sequencer with motion-type sequencing. Sounds great; editing limited.
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Elektron Digitone | Reviews different ways, with sonic results ranging from subtle to radically different. There are clear visual representations of the operator arrangements, which make experimenting with algorithms surprisingly easy to grasp. You’ll also find options here to tweak the ratio (ie, frequency) of each operator, along with the harmonic content, detuning and feedback.