User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. THE DIGITONE KEYS
- 3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
- 4. DIGITONE KEYS SOUND ARCHITECTURE
- 5. OVERVIEW OF THE DIGITONE KEYS DATA STRUCTURE
- 6. THE USER INTERFACE
- 7. QUICK START
- 8. DIGITONE KEYS CONTROLS
- 9. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS
- 10. THE SEQUENCER
- 11. SYNTH TRACK PARAMETERS
- 12. MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS
- 13. FX PARAMETERS
- 14. GLOBAL SETTINGS
- 15. STARTUP MENU
- 16. SETUP EXAMPLES
- 17. USEFUL KEY COMBINATIONS
- 18. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- 19. CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
- APPENDIX A: THE DIGITONE KEYS FM SYNTHESIS
- APPENDIX B: MIDI IMPLEMENTATION
- APPENDIX C: LFO MODULATION DESTINATIONS
- INDEX
3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
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3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
3.1 FRONT PANEL
30 31 32 33
34 35 37
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10 11
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1. MASTER VOLUME sets the volume for the main outputs and the headphone output.
2. PITCH WHEEL applies pitch bend and other assignable modulations.
3. MOD WHEEL applies assignable modulations.
4. [MIDI] activates the MIDI editing mode where you can edit the MIDI tracks. A lit [MIDI] key indicates the
MIDI editing mode is active. The secondary function opens the MIDI CONFIG menu.
5. [FUNC] key. Press and hold [FUNC], and then press another key to access the secondary function of
that key. The turquoise text on the Digitone Keys front panel shows the keys´ secondary functions.
6. [SOUND BROWSER] opens the Sound Browser where you can preview and load Sounds. The sec-
ondary function opens the Sound Manager.
7. LEVEL/DATA sets the overall volume level of the active track. It is also used to set parameters and scroll
through lists.
8. Screen.
9. [PATTERN MENU] opens the PATTERN menu, where you find pattern management. The secondary
function accesses the Import/Export menu.
10. [GLOBAL SETTINGS] contains the management of projects, MIDI configuration, and System settings.
The secondary function saves the current project.
11. [VOICE] opens the VOICE menu where you handle the track’s voice allocation.
The secondary function toggles unison on/o.
12. [TEMPO] opens the TEMPO menu, where you adjust the global/pattern tempo as well as swing.
The secondary function makes it possible to tap the tempo.
13. [NO] key. Used for exiting an active menu, backing one step and negating. The secondary function is a
reload from the temporary save of the active pattern.
14. [YES] key. Used for entering sub-menus, selecting and confirming. The secondary function is a tempo-
rary save of the active pattern.
15. DATA ENTRY knobs A–H. Used for setting parameter values. Press and turn the knobs to change values
in larger increments.










