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
9. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS
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9.6.1 MODE
Activates the arpeggiator and controls how the arpeggiated notes are sorted.
OFF deactivates the arpeggiator.
TRUE plays the notes in the same order as they are inserted.
UP plays the notes in ascending order, from the lowest note to the highest, on a per octave basis.
DOWN plays the notes in descending order, from the highest note to the lowest, on a per octave
basis.
CYCL plays the notes first in ascending order, then in descending order.
9.6.2 SPD
Speed sets the speed of the arpeggiator. It is synchronized to the BPM of the project. (1/1–1/96).
9.6.3 RNG
Range sets the octave range of the arpeggiator. After each completed arpeggiator cycle, the arpeggiat-
ed notes are transposed one octave up. When the notes have reached the octave oset specified by the
RNG setting the notes are reset to their initial values. From there the octave transpose is started all over
again.
9.6.4 LEN
Length controls the length of the arpeggiated notes.
9.6.5 ARP LENGTH
Turn DATA ENTRY knob F to select the length of the arpeggio. The max length is 16 sequencer steps.
9.6.6 OFFSET
Oset selects the oset (note) value of the chosen arpeggiator step in semi-tones. The oset is from the
original note trig. The TRK KEY SCALE and TRK KEY NOTE settings found in the NOTES SETUP menu
aects the note values of the arpeggiated notes.
1. Press [LEFT] or [RIGHT] to select which arpeggiator step to oset.
2. Use DATA ENTRY knob E to set the oset.
3. Press [DOWN] to deacivate an arpeggiator step. Press [UP] to activate an arpeggiator step that
has been deactivated.










