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
7. QUICK START
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Nudging the tempo is very handy when manually syncing Digitone Keys to a turntable or
an external sound source. Note that you do not need to be in the TEMPO menu to perform
tempo nudging.
7.5 EDITING PARAMETERS
Each track has six PARAMETER pages. Press [PARAMETER] keys TRIG, SYN1, SYN2, FLTR, AMP, and
LFO to access the dierent PARAMETER pages. These parameters aect the sound and signal in various
ways.
1. Make sure a pattern is playing.
2. Press [T1–4] to select one of the four synth tracks.
3. To change, for example, the cuto of the filter, press the [FLTR] key to open the FILTER page.
The parameter labeled FREQ changes the cuto of the filter. Turn DATA ENTRY knob E to change
the parameter value, and hear how the sound is aected.
Try out the rest of the PARAMETER page parameters to explore a variety of sound shaping possibilities.
• After you edited the parameters of a Sound, you can save it to the +Drive. For more infor-
mation, please see “9.4 SAVING A SOUND” on page 28.
• You can also randomize the parameter settings on a specific PARAMETER page on a
Synth track. Press [PARAMETER] key + [YES] to randomize all parameters on that page.
Every time you press this key combination, the parameters randomize in a new way. Press
[PARAMETER] key + [NO] to reset the PARAMETER page to its last saved state.










