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Table Of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
- 1.1 CONVENTIONS IN THIS MANUAL
2. THE DIGITONE KEYS
3. PANEL LAYOUT AND CONNECTORS
- 3.1 FRONT PANEL
- 3.2 REAR CONNECTORS
- 3.3 SETTING UP AND STARTING THE DIGITONE KEYS
4. DIGITONE KEYS SOUND ARCHITECTURE
- 4.1 AUDIO VOICES
- 4.2 EFFECTS
5. OVERVIEW OF THE DIGITONE KEYS DATA STRUCTURE
- 5.1 +DRIVE
- 5.2 DATA STRUCTURE
- 5.3 ABOUT THE TRACKS
6. THE USER INTERFACE
- 6.1 SCREEN NAVIGATION
- 6.2 PARAMETER EDITING
- 6.3 QUICK SCROLLING
- 6.4 COPY, CLEAR, AND PASTE
- 6.5 THE NAMING SCREEN
  - 6.5.1 NAMING POP-UP MENU
- 6.6 HOLD
- 6.7 OVERBRIDGE
7. QUICK START
- 7.1 PLAYING THE FACTORY PRESET PATTERNS
- 7.2 CHANGING SOUNDS
- 7.3 USING MUTE MODE
- 7.4 TEMPO
- 7.5 EDITING PARAMETERS
8. DIGITONE KEYS CONTROLS
- 8.1 TRIG KEYS
- 8.2 ROTARY ENCODERS
- 8.3 PITCH AND MOD WHEELS
- 8.4 KEY BEHAVIOR
- 8.5 MIDI NOTES
- 8.6 MODES
9. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS
- 9.1 THE +DRIVE SOUND LIBRARY AND THE SOUND POOL
  - 9.1.1 ADDING SOUNDS TO THE SOUND POOL
- 9.2 PLAYING A SOUND
  - 9.2.1 PLAYING A SOUND WITH AN EXTERNAL MIDI UNIT
- 9.3 EDITING A SOUND
- 9.4 SAVING A SOUND
  - 9.4.1 SAVING A SOUND TO THE +DRIVE
  - 9.4.2 SAVING A SOUND TO THE SOUND POOL
- 9.5 SOUND SETUP MENU
- 9.6 ARPEGGIATOR MENU
10. THE SEQUENCER
- 10.1 BASIC PATTERN OPERATIONS
- 10.2 CREATING AND EDITING A PATTERN
- 10.3 TRIG PARAMETERS
- 10.4 TRACK NOTE MENU
- 10.5 VOICE MENU
- 10.6 MICRO TIMING MENU
- 10.7 PATTERN MENU
- 10.8 METRONOME MENU
- 10.9 SCALE MENU
  - 10.9.1 LENGTH PER PATTERN MODE
  - 10.9.2 LENGTH PER TRACK MODE
- 10.10 SEQUENCER FEATURES
- 10.11 CHAINS
  - 10.11.1 CREATING A CHAIN
11. SYNTH TRACK PARAMETERS
- 11.1 EDITING THE SYNTH TRACK PARAMETERS
- 11.2 TRIG PARAMETERS PAGE
- 11.3 SYN1 PAGE 1
- 11.4 SYN 2 PAGE 1
- 11.5 SYN2 PAGE 2
- 11.6 FLTR PAGE 1
- 11.7 FLTR PAGE 2
- 11.8 AMP PAGE 1
- 11.9 AMP PAGE 2
- 11.10 LFO PAGE 1
- 11.11 LFO PAGE 2
12. MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS
- 12.1 EDITING THE MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS
- 12.2 TRIG PARAMETERS PAGE
- 12.3 SYN1 PAGE (MIDI SOURCE)
- 12.4 SYN2 PAGE (MIDI SOURCE)
- 12.5 FLTR PAGE (CC VALUE)
- 12.6 AMP PAGE (CC SELECT)
- 12.7 LFO PAGE
13. FX PARAMETERS
- 13.1 EDITING THE FX PARAMETERS
- 13.2 CHORUS
- 13.3 DELAY
- 13.4 REVERB
- 13.5 MASTER
14. GLOBAL SETTINGS
- 14.1 PROJECT
- 14.2 SOUNDS
- 14.3 MIDI CONFIG
- 14.4 SYSEX DUMP
  - 14.4.1 SYSEX SEND
  - 14.4.2 SYSEX RECEIVE
- 14.5 AUDIO ROUTING (GLOBAL)
  - 14.5.1 ROUTE TO MAIN
  - 14.5.2 SEND TO FX
- 14.6 SYSTEM
- 14.7 CONTROL INPUT A
- 14.8 CONTROL INPUT B
- 14.9 MULTI MAP EDIT
  - 14.9.1 MULTI MAP MENU
15. STARTUP MENU
- 15.1 TEST MODE
- 15.2 EMPTY RESET
- 15.3 FACTORY RESET
- 15.4 OS UPGRADE
- 15.5 EXIT
16. SETUP EXAMPLES
- 16.1 DIGITONE KEYS WITH A MONOPHONIC BASS MACHINE
- 16.2 DIGITONE KEYS TOGETHER WITH THE DIGITAKT
- 16.3 CONTROLLING A SYNTHESIZER USING THE MIDI TRACKS
17. USEFUL KEY COMBINATIONS
18. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
19. CREDITS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
APPENDIX A: THE DIGITONE KEYS FM SYNTHESIS
- A.1 OVERVIEW
- A.2 THE OPERATORS
- A.3 ALGORITHMS
- A.4 FM RATIOS
- A.5 THE OPERATOR ENVELOPES
- A.6 HARMONICS
- A.7 SYN1 PAGE 1 PARAMETERS OVERVIEW
APPENDIX B: MIDI IMPLEMENTATION
- B.1 TRACK PARAMETERS
- B.2 TRIG PARAMETERS
- B.3 FM PARAMETERS
- B.4 FILTER PARAMETERS
- B.5 AMP PARAMETERS
- B.6 LFO PARAMETERS
- B.7 MIDI TRACK PARAMETERS
- B.8 FX PARAMETERS
- B.9 MISC PARAMETERS
APPENDIX C: LFO MODULATION DESTINATIONS
INDEX

6. THE USER INTERFACE

6.6 HOLD

The hold functionality lets you keep a Sound sustained or keep an arpeggio running without the need to

press a key on the [KEYBOARD] or the [TRIG] keys. Every track has a separate hold state. MIDI CON-

TROLLER mode also has a separate hold state. Press [HOLD] to toggle hold on/o.

6.7 OVERBRIDGE

The Overbridge software suite enables a tight integration between the Digitone Keys and a computer DAW

software.

When using Overbridge, the user interface for the Digitone Keys presents itself as a plug-in window in your

DAW. Access, edit and automate parameters for sound shaping on screen. Always ﬁnd your device preset

parameters in the same state as you left them when you return to your DAW project, with the useful total

recall functionality.

Read more about Overbridge use and availability on the Elektron website: https://www.elektron.se/overbridge/