Elektron Digitone - 7 Quick Start; Playing the Factory Preset Patterns; Using the Trig Keys to Play the Digitone; Changing Sounds

7. QUICK START
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7. QUICK START
This quick start guides you through some of the basic operations to start using the Digitone right away.
First, connect it as described in section “3.3 SETTING UP AND STARTING THE DIGITONE” on page 12.
7.1 PLAYING THE FACTORY PRESET PATTERNS
You can find a number of preset patterns, sounds, and samples in the Digitone. Follow the instructions be-
low to get started exploring your new instrument.
1. Press [BANK] and then press [TRIG 9] key to select bank A. The screen reads “BANK A : SELECT
PTN”.
2. Press [TRIG 1] key to select the first pattern of bank A.
3. Press [PLAY] to listen to pattern A01.
4. Press [PTN] and then press [TRIG 2] key to select pattern A02. It starts once pattern A01 has
reached its end. Select pattern A03 by pressing [PTN] and then press [TRIG 3] key, and so on.
5. Press [STOP] to stop playback.
7.2 USING THE TRIG KEYS TO PLAY THE DIGITONE
You can use the [TRIG] keys to play any synth track Sound manually.
1. Make sure you are not in GRID RECORDING mode, or MUTE mode.
2. Press [TRACK 1–4] keys to select the synth track you wish to play manually. The [TRIG] keys are lit
up in a pattern that resembles an octave of a piano keyboard layout. Only lit keys are playable.
3. Play the [TRIG] keys. The active track Sound is pitched dierently for each of the playable keys. Press
the [ARROW] keys [UP] or [DOWN], to transpose the virtual keyboard up or down one octave.
For more information, please see “8.5.1 CHROMATIC MODE” on page 21.
7.3 CHANGING SOUNDS
Each of the four synth tracks contains one Sound. You can use the SOUND BROWSER to preview and load
Sounds to the synth tracks.
1. Double-press [TRACK 1–4] key to open the SOUND BROWSER. You can also press [FUNC] + TRACK
LEVEL to access the SOUND BROWSER
2. The SOUND BROWSER shows a list of all Sounds residing in either the +Drive Sound library or the
Sound pool. (You can press [BANK] + [TRIG 9–16] if you want to load a Sound from another Sound
bank in the +Drive Sound library). Turn the TRACK LEVEL knob or press [UP]/[DOWN] to scroll
through the list. You can preview a Sound by highlighting it in the list and use the [TRIG] keys to play
the Sound chromatically. Press [TRACK NOTE] + [UP]/[DOWN] to change octave up and down on
the Sound you preview.
3. Press [YES] to load the highlighted Sound.
7.4 USING MUTE MODE
You can mute any of the sequencer tracks in this mode. You can access all tracks simultaneously.
1. Make sure a pattern is playing.
2. Press the [FUNC] + [BANK] key to enter MUTE mode.
3. Press any of the [TRACK] keys to mute the corresponding track. Press again to unmute. The light of
the [TRACK] keys indicates the mute status. Unlit keys are muted tracks. Lit keys are active tracks.
For more information, please see “8.5.2 MUTE MODE” on page 21.
7.5 TEMPO
Press the [TEMPO] key to open the TEMPO menu where you can change the BPM setting. Use the LEVEL/
DATA knob to change tempo. Pressing the knob while turning it changes the tempo four BPM at a time. The
[ARROW] keys [UP] or [DOWN] change the tempo in fractional steps. Note that you can choose between
a global tempo or use a separate tempo for every pattern. Press [FUNC] + [YES] to switch between GLOB-
AL and PATTERN tempo mode. On the main interface screen, you can also press and hold the [ARROW]
keys [LEFT] or [RIGHT] to nudge the tempo 10% up or down temporarily. Release the key to revert to the
original tempo.