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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 column to the left selects what will be received. Select the column using the [LEFT] arrow key. Use

the [UP]/[DOWN] keys or the TRACK LEVEL knob to navigate in the column. The SysEx data receive

alternatives located in the column to the right will change depending on the selection made in the left

column. Press the [RIGHT] arrow key to access this column. Use the [UP]/[DOWN] keys or the TRACK

LEVEL knob to select what will be received. Press [YES] to initiate the SysEx receive procedure. The

Digitone Keys starts listening to incoming data. Press [NO] to stop listening.

ANYTHING listens to and receives any viable SysEx data (patterns, settings, Sounds).

PATTERN stores a received pattern to the selected pattern slot.

SOUNDS stores a received Sound to the selected bank in the +Drive Sound library. The option ANY-

WHERE will place the Sound in the ﬁrst free slot available. You can see the amount of free slots to the

right of the bank indication.

14.5 AUDIO ROUTING (GLOBAL)

Here you ﬁnd number of audio routing options that aects the Digitone Keys on a global level. You can also

set the audio routing on a pattern level. For more information, please see “10.7.7 AUDIO ROUTING (PAT-

TERN)” on page 38.

14.5.1 ROUTE TO MAIN

Use this option to customize which of the 4 tracks + 3 eects (Chorus, Delay, Reverb) that sends audio

through the master eect (Distortion) to the MAIN OUT outputs. Use the [TRACK] keys and the [SYN2],

[FLTR], and [AMP] [PARAMETER] keys to activate/deactivate send from each track and eect. Green

keys signal send to main. Red keys signal do not send to main. Note that each track still sends to its

TRACK OUTPUTS.

14.5.2 SEND TO FX

Use this option to customize which of the 4 tracks + the Chorus and the Delay eects that sends audio

to the eects (Chorus, Delay, Reverb). Use the [TRACK] keys and the [SYN2], and [FLTR] [PARAME-

TER] keys to activate/deactivate send from each track and eect. Green keys signal send to the eects.

Red keys signal do not send to the eects.

• Audio from the TRACK OUTPUTS is always without any eects.

• Tracks that are routed to not send audio to MAIN OUT still send audio on separate outputs

in Overbridge.

14.6 SYSTEM

The System menu contains USB CONFIG, OS UPGRADE and FORMAT +DRIVE options for the Digitone

Keys.

14.6.1 USB CONFIG

Here you ﬁnd several settings related to Overbridge and USB audio. For more information, please see

“6.7 OVERBRIDGE” on page 21.