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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

14. GLOBAL SETTINGS

The GLOBAL SETTINGS menu contains settings that aect Digitone Keys on a global level and it is also

used to manage Projects. Here you also ﬁnd the settings for the MIDI Controller functionality, Multimap, and

Control inputs.

Press [GLOBAL SETTINGS] to access the GLOBAL SETTINGS menu. Scroll the list by using [UP]/

[DOWN] or the LEVEL/DATA knob. Press [YES] to open a highlighted menu.

14.1 PROJECT

14.1.1 LOAD PROJECT

Load Project opens a project selection screen where you can choose a project to load. Note that the

active project is not saved before loading the new project so remember to save the active project ﬁrst. If

you wish to create a new project, select CREATE NEW at the very bottom of the list. The new project is a

blank slate.

If you load a new project, it overwrites the active project. Be sure to save your active

project before you load another project.

14.1.2 SAVE PROJECT AS

Save Project opens a project selection screen where you choose a slot to save the active project too.

[FUNC] + [GLOBAL SETTINGS] opens this screen if the project has not been saved previously.

14.1.3 MANAGE PROJECTS

MANAGE PROJECTS launches the PROJECT MANAGER menu. If you select a project in this menu and

press the [RIGHT] arrow key a list of commands appear.

CLEAR Resets the project slot to a clean state.

DELETE Removes the project from the slot.

RENAME Opens a NAMING screen where you can rename the project ﬁle.

LOAD FROM Loads the selected project. Please note that this overwrites the active project.

SAVE TO Saves the active project to the selected slot.

TOGGLE Toggles write protection on or o. You can not overwrite, rename or erase write protected

projects A lock symbols in front of the project name shows that the project is write protected.

INIT NEW Initializes an empty ﬁle slot with a clean project. This option is only available for empty proj-

ect slots.

14.2 SOUNDS

In this menu you can browse and manage Sounds in the +Drive Sound library or the Sound pool of the

active project. Other menu options let you clear the track Sound and rename the track Sound. Use the [UP]