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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

11. SYNTH TRACK PARAMETERS

11.9.1 CHR

Chorus Send sets the amount of sound sent through to the Chorus eect. For more information, please

see “13. FX PARAMETERS” on page 59. (OFF, 0.01–127.00)

11.9.2 DEL

Delay Send sets the amount of sound sent through to the Delay eect. For more information, please see

“13. FX PARAMETERS” on page 59. (OFF, 0.01–127.00)

11.9.3 REV

Reverb Send sets the amount of sound sent through to the Reverb eect. For more information, please

see “13. FX PARAMETERS” on page 59. (OFF, 0.01–127.00)

11.9.4 AENR

Amp envelope reset sets the amp envelope behavior:

ON resets the envelopes for each consecutive trig (default).

OFF does not reset the envelopes for each consecutive trig. It instead lets the envelope cycle complete.

11.10 LFO PAGE 1

The two Low-Frequency Oscillators can be used to modulate the parameters found on the synth tracks

SYN1, SYN2, FILTER and AMP pages. Customize the low-frequency oscillators destination, wave, speed,

and depth on this page.

Press [LFO] to access this parameter page.

11.10.1 DEST1

Destination selects the modulation destination for the LFO1. Preview how the LFO modulation aects the

sound by highlighting a destination. Press [YES] to conﬁrm the selection. For more information, please

see “APPENDIX C: LFO MODULATION DESTINATIONS” on page 96.

11.10.2 WAVE1

Waveform sets the LFO1 waveform. There are seven waveforms: Triangle, Sine, Square, Sawtooth, Expo-

nential, Ramp, and Random.

11.10.3 SPD1

Speed sets the speed of the LFO1. Try settings of 8, 16 or 32 to sync the LFO to straight beats. The knob

is bipolar. The LFO cycle can be played backward by using negative values. (64.00–63.00)

11.10.4 DEP1

Depth sets the depth and polarity of the LFO1 modulation. Both negative (inverted) and positive modula-

tion depth is possible. A center setting, 0.00, equals no modulation depth. (-64.00–63.00)

11.10.5 DEST2

Same as DEST1 but for LFO2.