User Manual

5. OVERVIEW OF THE DIGITONE KEYS DATA STRUCTURE
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5. OVERVIEW OF THE DIGITONE KEYS DATA STRUCTURE
The illustration below outlines the Digitone Keys’s data structure.
128 PATTERNS
4 SYNTH TRACKS
(per pattern)
4 MIDI TRACKS
(per pattern)
PROJECT
SOUND POOL
128 Sounds
+DRIVE
Projects, Sounds
5.1 +DRIVE
The +Drive is a non-volatile memory capable of storing up to 128 projects. The +Drive also holds +Drive
Sound library, with the capacity of storing 2048 Sounds. Every project has access to these Sounds.
5.2 DATA STRUCTURE
5.2.1 PROJECT
A project contains 128 patterns. The project also stores general settings and states. The currently
loaded project becomes the active working state of the Digitone Keys. From here it is possible to edit the
patterns and Sounds of the project. Every time the Digitone Keys is switched on, it boots to the active
working state, the active project. Projects are saved, loaded and managed in the GLOBAL SETTINGS
menu. For more information, please see “14. GLOBAL SETTINGS” on page 63.
5.2.2 PATTERNS
The patterns are the primary data container for the Digitone Keys. 16 patterns are available for each of
the eight banks, which means that 128 patterns are available for each project. A pattern contains up to
four sounds (one for each synth track), sequencer data like trigs and parameter locks. It also contains
the settings on the TRIG page and BPM, length, swing and time signature settings. The pattern also
contains all the parameter settings for the four MIDI tracks. For more information, please see “10. THE
SEQUENCER” on page 32.
5.2.3 SOUNDS
A Sound is a collection of the synth track settings in the SYN1, SYN2, FLTR, AMP, and LFO PARAMETER
pages. Sounds can be stored either in the Sound pool of the active project or the +Drive Sound library.
The Sound pool holds up to 128 Sounds and the +Drive library holds up to 2048 Sounds. You can use the
SOUND MANAGER to manage sounds. For more information, please see “14.2.2 SOUND MANAGER” on
page 65, “9. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS” on page 27, and “11. SYNTH TRACK PARAMETERS” on
page 45.
A Sound imported to a pattern, becomes an independent copy of the Sound on the +Drive
and is not linked to the original Sound on the +Drive. Instead, it becomes a part of the
pattern.
5.3 ABOUT THE TRACKS
5.3.1 THE SYNTH TRACKS
The Digitone Keys has four synth tracks. Each synth track holds one Sound. The Sound contains the
settings in the PARAMETER pages (SYN1, SYN2, FLTR, AMP, and LFO) together with the settings in the
SOUND SETUP menu and the ARPEGGIATOR menu.
Press one of the [T1–4] keys to select which synth track to edit.