Beautiful instrument. Reminds me of the synthesizer market shakeup when the Nord Lead hit in 1995. Those Swedes are truly ingenious! I am generally not an Elektron fan, but this is beautiful.
I like your explanation of Modulation. I was a Ground Radio Technician in the Air Force... it is very interesting the overlap between Radio Communications and Synthesizers!
I have to say- I this form-factor extremely attractive. I did not even know this thing existed until I caught it hiding in a Sweetwater catalog and then came to TH-cam to find out if loopop had a take on it!
I was playing my Analog Keys and loving it then I thought to myself if Elektron would make another Keys. Here we are I guess question answered. Bummer they didn’t make it with a X-Y joystick 🕹
A bit late to the game but definitely getting this. I need a decent keyboard with a synth and a sequencer. As a Digitakt user, I've been admiring Digitone from far but now I'm ready for it - with the Keys. Thanks for the review @loopop!
I just bought one and I've been acoustic for a few years and just getting back into it. This helps a lot. I grew up on West coast in college and FM and vst with Kurzweil after college. But it's been 15 years since I've played synthesis. I'm already having fun and this is the first day. BTW you sound just like cgp Grey
Great overview. I recently found a DK discounted and it has become the centerpiece of my setup. Just finished a EP and used it on every track. Thanks for making this, fantastic guide to its features.✌️🎶🎹
I just picked up one of these and, so far, think it's really cool. One big reason I got it, though, was Overbridge. If you've ever played with a Virus TI or TI2, the way Access integrated the VST / AU with the DAW was amazing at the time, and still is. One can make changes on the Virus, and they reflect in the plugin, and vice versa, and it does it completely independently of whatever audio interface you're using (a big plus for me because my Apollo x8 is already full). This is what I'm really hoping Overbridge will allow me to do with the Digitone Keys. So far, I've gotten almost all of that to work. I'm hopeful I'll get the final bits working soon.
I prefer pairing my Digitone with my Novation SL MkIII. You could get a regular Digitone and a 49 key SL MkIII for about the same price ( maybe less since they both are also sometimes on sale), and the SL MkIII has all the same added features of this keyboard PLUS a lot more features. This Digitone Keys kind of just seems like they wanted to have a new release for Superbooth and didn't have any better ideas. In my opinion, instead of spending their resources on this "new" product, they should focus on improving the issues with their current products (e.g. getting Overbridge out of beta after years keep passing).
OK. The good thing is everyone has different needs, workspace sizes, and ways of working. Elektron and others understand that giving users lots of choices and configuration possibilities benefits everyone. Kudos.
The Digitone Keys and the Digitone Desktop will get both a new OS. I am currently a closed Beta Tester and cant tell more, just that all booh sayers will be surprised positively soon.
@@leNotstrom I'm not saying anything bad about the Digitone, I love mine. I love most of their products actually as I have most of them. The lack of actual innovation with the Model Samples and now this Digitone Keys just leaves me disappointed they're coming out with new stuff before finishing improving their existing ones. You're a beta tester now, but who knows how long this secret beta you speak of will actually come to fruition, as all their beta testing takes a long ass time.
With the last two Elektron releases being this and the model: samples, I am happy to say my GAS has not been activated. Perhaps I have fully transitioned from a gas to a solid state?
Just has a weird form factor. They shouldve released this and an a4mkii in a matching form factor with the knobs split above the keys. This setup just sits odd
@@Rooftopaccessorizer If youre an FM junky like me this thing is a dream synth. its like if the dx7 and the digitakt had a baby and then they threw on a good keyboard. I'm a big fan of making fm drums and i know this thing would be a blast to use as a drum machine. its a good master sequencer as well. If you like more analog stuff though its obviously pretty bad. but idk im buying this soon. the only downfalls i can think of are that it only has sine waves and 4 operators.
Hello Mr. Loopop. ✋Could you help me please and tell how many sounds(patches) I will have from both Digitone and Digitone keys from the box! Thank you.
So many people here call this weird or really spewing some synth hate on it Now I"m intrigued and will give this a chance at the local synth shop. Must be interesting if the form factor beats the usual banal expectations
That'd be awesome. OTOH, one can get an Access Virus for less than an Analog 4 MkII... which is what I'll probably end up doing. I want a good multitimbral synth so I can get a whole song worth of synth voices in one box... and even though the Virus is 15-20 years old now, I can't confidently say anything has beaten it yet.
Thanks! If I remember correctly it's a preset - maybe I tweaked it a bit
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Great demo as usual, thanks. I licated my digitone on the left of my keyboard to give it a try and I have to say controlling a digitone only with my left hand increase a lot my left hand control. A few more days and I should be able to write with it
As a master control keyboard the digitone sequencer is awesome and better than a keystep, it should be for the price though. This could easily be the centre of a fully hardware setup. I already have a digitone and a master keyboard so this isn't for me, but I can see its value.
I love a good keyboard poly with the controls above the keys, but this thing just seems awkward. I'd def prefer just hooking up an external 49-key controller to the original Digitone.
I just got the Digitone, last month, and"?..now i wish i knew THIS would happen,and i would have. Bought the keys , but i still love Elektron,- especially in tandem with my Deepmind and Grandmother.
Hi, thanks for for the way you explain and express things... I am recently starting using Ableton Live (before only doing music with hardware) and i wonder what setup could be more rational, since the Digitone Keys has 4 midi channels look very promissing for live performance, but i still want to incorporate my Akai Force (since now it can "control" Ableton... Any suggestion?
Interested in seeing you use the expression inputs. Would like to see it both with standard sustain/expression pedals and with CV, apparently it can handle 2 CV per input? Maybe also talk about the output routing. Pros/cons. I'm guessing going via those outputs bypasses the main effects, but i guess you can just route them back in through the inputs after your effects chain.
So. Should everyone just save the money and buy the original, getting a nice 3rd party controller if they don’t already own one? How much would really be missed out on?
When you disconnect the Digitone form the keys "and it gets all purpley", can you use the keys as a controller; are the sequencer and arpeggiator still available to drive external gear?
Do you know when they’ll be releasing the working VST for Digitone? As far as I know the latest release still says the VST will come in the future... I only ask because you have access to a version in this video. I love my digitone so much - helped me create my sound and I almost feel there are no limits to its power - the separate audio outs that this offers is a really compelling reason to upgrade and I’ll keep it in mind.
Horrible form factor. The wheels are too far from the keyboard. The synth controls can only be operated with the left hand. The display is rather out of the way. It looks like they were trying to save money by using the same PCBs as the original. It would have been better if they divided the original synth into three rows, and arranged them in one long row above the keyboard, along with the new buttons, knbos, and wheels.
Lol, you obviously missed the 8 encoders along the top right which replicate synth controls. Not to mention you can easily play with your left hand and cross over to the main synth knobs with your right hand.
@@marike1100 Obviously it did not occur to him that he could easily just play the keys with both hands operate the primary controls by popping his left foot up there and twisting dem knobs with his toes. Obviously the heel would be used to activate the sequencing buttons. Need to use the mod wheel while foot-navigating the settings menu? Easy, just reach either hand (I recommend the right) under the left knee and rock that wheel while the other hand keeps nailing that sweet arpeggio.
S†. Clou† Nice! I would also consider an Erebus, AS-1, Mother-32, Odyssey desktop and ... for poly: Peak, DeepMind desktop, and Minilogue XD module. Nice one table studio!
Great review as always. Is there a limit to the number of notes per step on the Digitone sequencer? I'm assuming it's the same for both synth and MIDI.
Funny thing, This past weekend I was just complaining that Overbridge Beta didn't have Digitone support and Voila! i'll be updating the OS and will now dive into OverBridge for my AR Mkii and digitone (sans Keys) - Question - does the OS upgrade include the new Digitone keys presets or are they Keys only ready?
You know, I don't even hate this form factor as much as everyone else does (sometimes your studio/desk space is limited to depth more than width), but there's no way I'm paying the asking price for this. Good luck, Elektron.
The electric piano preset at the start of this video is the best sound I've heard from the Digitone yet. Really makes me interested in getting one. Could you load/dial in the same patch on a regular Digitone and use a midi keyboard with pressure sensitive keys, aftertouch and pitch bend to get the same effect?
@@loopop That's what I'm thinking. The sound engines seem identical and I believe you can set up the regular Digitone to respond to velocity, aftertouch, pitch bends and mod wheels. I reckon a Digitone plus midi keyboard should get you most of the way there (minus the hold function and individual audio outs). Thanks!
My biggest question as a Digitone owner, already: How is the balance? I know it will sit on a table, but where is the fulcrum? Is it heavily weighted at the left and the keys side light?
Hello. Just curious about the individual track outputs - do they output each track with send effects or just raw sounds? (It sounded like the effects came through individually in overbridge ?!) Thanks! Your channel is amazing!
Excellent breakdown. 👍 Quick question: With Overbridge is it possible to multitrack record into your DAW with both the Digitone Keys and a Digitakt - ie. simultaneously recording 12 channels of audio and the FX channels?
What are the main differences between Digitone and Digitone Keys? (OS Level).I received my digitone right before the keys was announced, are there any features that the keys has but the DigitoneKeyless does not? Thanks!
Digitone + Keystep for me. One of the things I love about the smaller form factor of the Digitone is that I can just grab it and comfortably play from the couch or anywhere else where I might be inspired to sketch out an idea. If I'm trying to capture a more expressive performance I can just go plugin to the Keystep at my workstation.
Bravo! Have you spent time with Overbridge with this device (and/or) others? Some of us have trouble with the little screen and the issues it presents. A GUI is always preferable, but of course an addition complication.
Yes, I have - check out towards the end of the video. The Overbridge UI is a great way to learn more about what's hidden in Elektron devices, I recommend using it as a starting point, but ultimately you'll make more out of the gear if you use the on device controls IMHO
Maybe i missed it, but can you do glide on this? Adding glide to notes would make for some wild funk solos and some nutty pads edit: is that portamento?
I think a lot of manufacturers should make more desktops......,Elektron does it the other way around! All those keyboards take up a lot of space in the studio. Otherwise Nice product, and as always premium vid/review. 👍✌️👌greetz
I agree!!! to many keyboards out there. I saw some guy modded it's korg monologue cut "in half", to get rid of keys. it looks amazing. I'd like manufacturers to put more desktop modules, digital, polyphonic ( with full direct hand-control over params NO MENU DIVING... ) .
It sounds so amazing. I'd be using a different delay and reverb, though. That delay sounds awful to me and since I'd want the revreb after the delay, I'd have to do that in something else.
i have been wanting a digitone really bad, i had no idea this existed! I regret not get the MPC keys when i got my MPC one, mostly because i want a bigger keyboard. Maybe i made the mistake for a reason!
Hey boys and girls 🙋 i have two question to all of you, who own this device. If i am use the midi-mapping function and split in 3 parts (part1=int. Synt, part2+3=ext. Synths). Is it possible, to use the new hold-function (latch) also for the external gear or only for internal synth? And, if its possible, can i use the hold-function parallel of each device of the midi-mapped parts? Thank you and stay healthy, John
Lovely video as always! I have a question... You mentioned that there is no option to us the arpeggiator with MIDI, what about the hold and chord functions too? Is that purely for the Digitone synth engine?
Marlon Robinson thanks! Honestly it’s been a while so I don’t remember - if it’s not covered in the video check the manual or email the company. Good luck!
@loopop Hey Ziv! Thanks for the tutorial! I'm wondering what freq. analyzer you're using here - it looks amazing! It looks like the o-scope is the built-in VCV Rack one, is the new freq. analyzer also a VCV Rack module?? =D
@@loopop- Oh, I was wondering about the spectrum/frequency analyzer you were using - Does VCV Rack provide one that looks that good? The Bog audio one is a little too crowded for my tastes.
I think they should have used a different form factor for the controls, especially if they're charging $1200 US. They could have placed the controls above the keyboard for convenience. Yes, they would not be able to use the same bread boards but again... $1200 US. I still want one though. 🤣🤣🤣 I do like the additional buttons.💖 You mentioned the elephant in the room. 💖
im in the process of making a pitch bend/modulation wheel break out box for my digitone with a teensy. i would love it if elektron made a break box but this will do. :)
I watched this again to see that whatever track is active can be played with the keys, what you'd expect. I don't seem to be able to do that with the regular Digitone and a Komplete Kontrol (always plays track 1) even though I made a KK template that sends midi to channel 10 that I use as auto channel on the Digitone. Quite frustrating. Also in the overbridge plugin the tracks 2-4 only respond to the internal Digitone keyboard. Does anyone have a solution? Btw I use all the latest beta updates of OB and DN.
Beautiful instrument. Reminds me of the synthesizer market shakeup when the Nord Lead hit in 1995. Those Swedes are truly ingenious! I am generally not an Elektron fan, but this is beautiful.
Where is the keytar grip!?
haha
haha. that would be weird indeed.
@Fürst von Metternix it's a joke dude
@Fürst von Metternix are you data from star trek or something?
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I like your explanation of Modulation. I was a Ground Radio Technician in the Air Force... it is very interesting the overlap between Radio Communications and Synthesizers!
I am so impressed. I love the digitone, and this is the most logical evolution. Incredible.
Nah, where's the expanded version with the ability to load custom engines from all the elektron range
I have to say- I this form-factor extremely attractive. I did not even know this thing existed until I caught it hiding in a Sweetwater catalog and then came to TH-cam to find out if loopop had a take on it!
Agreed, this form factor sold me
I was playing my Analog Keys and loving it then I thought to myself if Elektron would make another Keys. Here we are I guess question answered. Bummer they didn’t make it with a X-Y joystick 🕹
A bit late to the game but definitely getting this. I need a decent keyboard with a synth and a sequencer. As a Digitakt user, I've been admiring Digitone from far but now I'm ready for it - with the Keys.
Thanks for the review @loopop!
I just bought one and I've been acoustic for a few years and just getting back into it. This helps a lot. I grew up on West coast in college and FM and vst with Kurzweil after college. But it's been 15 years since I've played synthesis. I'm already having fun and this is the first day. BTW you sound just like cgp Grey
Great overview. I recently found a DK discounted and it has become the centerpiece of my setup. Just finished a EP and used it on every track. Thanks for making this, fantastic guide to its features.✌️🎶🎹
Beautiful video, you have the great ability of explaining hard stuff in an easy and very comprehensive way, keep it up man!
Thank you very much for the tutorial. Was not exploiting this machine to its full potential but you unlocked it for me!
I just picked up one of these and, so far, think it's really cool. One big reason I got it, though, was Overbridge. If you've ever played with a Virus TI or TI2, the way Access integrated the VST / AU with the DAW was amazing at the time, and still is. One can make changes on the Virus, and they reflect in the plugin, and vice versa, and it does it completely independently of whatever audio interface you're using (a big plus for me because my Apollo x8 is already full). This is what I'm really hoping Overbridge will allow me to do with the Digitone Keys. So far, I've gotten almost all of that to work. I'm hopeful I'll get the final bits working soon.
Hey bro, Im curious how this worked for you? I am interested in the key
What a weird looking device. It looks intriguing, but seriously weird at the same time.
Thanks for sharing this video, Loopop. Top quality, as always.
I prefer pairing my Digitone with my Novation SL MkIII. You could get a regular Digitone and a 49 key SL MkIII for about the same price ( maybe less since they both are also sometimes on sale), and the SL MkIII has all the same added features of this keyboard PLUS a lot more features. This Digitone Keys kind of just seems like they wanted to have a new release for Superbooth and didn't have any better ideas. In my opinion, instead of spending their resources on this "new" product, they should focus on improving the issues with their current products (e.g. getting Overbridge out of beta after years keep passing).
This will be a Epic fail!
OK. The good thing is everyone has different needs, workspace sizes, and ways of working. Elektron and others understand that giving users lots of choices and configuration possibilities benefits everyone. Kudos.
The Digitone Keys and the Digitone Desktop will get both a new OS. I am currently a closed Beta Tester and cant tell more, just that all booh sayers will be surprised positively soon.
@@leNotstrom I'm not saying anything bad about the Digitone, I love mine. I love most of their products actually as I have most of them. The lack of actual innovation with the Model Samples and now this Digitone Keys just leaves me disappointed they're coming out with new stuff before finishing improving their existing ones. You're a beta tester now, but who knows how long this secret beta you speak of will actually come to fruition, as all their beta testing takes a long ass time.
@@mikedurden Well OS 2.0 just dropped.
When I saw this design first time in the synth group I thought it was a joke until this video
there is a monomachine with this crazy design
I really like it's design although it does look silly.
The Monomachine always reminded me of the Roland SH-3a, which is one of the most desirable synths of all time.
Totally. I even thought it was lame as a joke. Jeez.
Although it does make sense as it’s exactly what it needed!
With the last two Elektron releases being this and the model: samples, I am happy to say my GAS has not been activated. Perhaps I have fully transitioned from a gas to a solid state?
It's rather Elektron having transitioned from an innovator to a greedy cow-milker
Just has a weird form factor. They shouldve released this and an a4mkii in a matching form factor with the knobs split above the keys. This setup just sits odd
@@Rooftopaccessorizer If youre an FM junky like me this thing is a dream synth. its like if the dx7 and the digitakt had a baby and then they threw on a good keyboard. I'm a big fan of making fm drums and i know this thing would be a blast to use as a drum machine. its a good master sequencer as well. If you like more analog stuff though its obviously pretty bad. but idk im buying this soon.
the only downfalls i can think of are that it only has sine waves and 4 operators.
Hello Mr. Loopop. ✋Could you help me please and tell how many sounds(patches) I will have from both Digitone and Digitone keys from the box! Thank you.
I’ve watched so many of your videos I think I get a dopamine release when I hear “hi..” it’s like the dog and the dinner bell
So many people here call this weird or really spewing some synth hate on it Now I"m intrigued and will give this a chance at the local synth shop. Must be interesting if the form factor beats the usual banal expectations
Yeah go for it, let me know how that works out for you LOL.
@@paxlibertas2494 I will.
A Digitakt Keys would have sold it for me, great review as always! One of the best reviewers on youtube.
@D’Marco Jackson for someone like me who loves samples and can play keys, i would.
Especially if they made it poly!
Dear Elektron , can we get a Analog 8 rather than a Analog 4?
... Analog 8 and Analog 16!
That'd be awesome. OTOH, one can get an Access Virus for less than an Analog 4 MkII... which is what I'll probably end up doing. I want a good multitimbral synth so I can get a whole song worth of synth voices in one box... and even though the Virus is 15-20 years old now, I can't confidently say anything has beaten it yet.
it looks interesting. I wonder if with this update you will get all the new sounds for the regular Digitone?
The new sounds will be made available as a free download on the Elektron website soon.
Cool video, very detailed thanks a bunch! Question: are the user assignable pots/controllers addressable/mappable to control external MIDI gear?
Proud owner of the Monomachine. I like this. The keyboard is perfect for leads. Don't expect to play with both hands. It's a different animal.
Can the 4 track outputs be connected to individual keyboards to incorporate sounds from keyboards for each of the 4 tracks?
I love the electric piano patch that starts the video. Is that patch built-in or did you craft it? Love all you do!
Thanks! If I remember correctly it's a preset - maybe I tweaked it a bit
Great demo as usual, thanks. I licated my digitone on the left of my keyboard to give it a try and I have to say controlling a digitone only with my left hand increase a lot my left hand control. A few more days and I should be able to write with it
As a master control keyboard the digitone sequencer is awesome and better than a keystep, it should be for the price though. This could easily be the centre of a fully hardware setup. I already have a digitone and a master keyboard so this isn't for me, but I can see its value.
I think I am the only one who actually likes this...
I do like it - in fact, bought one as my main polysynth.
strongocho haha I was thinking same
strongocho I even really like the way it looks. I definitely don’t think it’s ugly AF as been stated. I think it’s quite handsome.
@@fredericmailloux6167 so did I 👍
@@fredericmailloux6167 So, you've had it for a bit now, how is it?
i really dont understand synths with built in keyboards? i can get the same if not better quality for a lower price with an external midi keyboard
totaly my opinion! 1 good midi keyboard/sequencer + many desktop synths makes much more sense
Depends what your after. And the keybeds on synths are usually much nicer to play than controllers. The responsiveness aswell is a fsctor.
I love a good keyboard poly with the controls above the keys, but this thing just seems awkward. I'd def prefer just hooking up an external 49-key controller to the original Digitone.
I just got the Digitone, last month, and"?..now i wish i knew THIS would happen,and i would have. Bought the keys , but i still love Elektron,- especially in tandem with my Deepmind and Grandmother.
Does the electron have a sampler ? or is the audio inputs used just for mixing external audio only ?
This one does not have a sample, just processes external audio
Would'nt it be great if Elektron did a Digitone plugin? Doubt it will happen, but I can dream!
Hi, thanks for for the way you explain and express things... I am recently starting using Ableton Live (before only doing music with hardware) and i wonder what setup could be more rational, since the Digitone Keys has 4 midi channels look very promissing for live performance, but i still want to incorporate my Akai Force (since now it can "control" Ableton... Any suggestion?
So are they going to make a digitakt pads??
seb rozo That would be a blessing
Interested in seeing you use the expression inputs. Would like to see it both with standard sustain/expression pedals and with CV, apparently it can handle 2 CV per input?
Maybe also talk about the output routing. Pros/cons. I'm guessing going via those outputs bypasses the main effects, but i guess you can just route them back in through the inputs after your effects chain.
Hmmm, could you route an LFO to the mod wheel and with that control five different settings (all individually attenuated!) with one LFO?
We’re the link to multimap tutorial I
Don’t see it ?
Why when I play my keyboard and a step it only records a monophonic note..? Any help is appreciated.
So. Should everyone just save the money and buy the original, getting a nice 3rd party controller if they don’t already own one?
How much would really be missed out on?
When you disconnect the Digitone form the keys "and it gets all purpley", can you use the keys as a controller; are the sequencer and arpeggiator still available to drive external gear?
Loopop your videos are amazing
Do you know when they’ll be releasing the working VST for Digitone? As far as I know the latest release still says the VST will come in the future... I only ask because you have access to a version in this video.
I love my digitone so much - helped me create my sound and I almost feel there are no limits to its power - the separate audio outs that this offers is a really compelling reason to upgrade and I’ll keep it in mind.
It came out today. www.elektronauts.com/news/474
Super cool and it looks a lot like a black Monomachine
Horrible form factor. The wheels are too far from the keyboard. The synth controls can only be operated with the left hand. The display is rather out of the way. It looks like they were trying to save money by using the same PCBs as the original. It would have been better if they divided the original synth into three rows, and arranged them in one long row above the keyboard, along with the new buttons, knbos, and wheels.
jC3drums fully agreed!
Lol, you obviously missed the 8 encoders along the top right which replicate synth controls. Not to mention you can easily play with your left hand and cross over to the main synth knobs with your right hand.
@@marike1100 i see your point, but i think they went the lazy road too.
@@marike1100 Did he miss that? Can't he acknowledge their existence, and still think its a terrible form factor?
@@marike1100 Obviously it did not occur to him that he could easily just play the keys with both hands operate the primary controls by popping his left foot up there and twisting dem knobs with his toes. Obviously the heel would be used to activate the sequencing buttons. Need to use the mod wheel while foot-navigating the settings menu? Easy, just reach either hand (I recommend the right) under the left knee and rock that wheel while the other hand keeps nailing that sweet arpeggio.
One question. Does the Digitone send the KB-Chord over midi to a external gear, like the chord-mode of the Keystep37?
Still CHF 1'205... Crikey... So a Digitone with a great keyboard (e.g. my Summit) would do the same?
OMG i never knew about the randomise ability thank you loopop!
Not your fault :) It’s new to this OS
@@loopop oh right thanks all the same love your work
Wow, great center piece for minimalism/sequencer music... this and a couple of Dreadboxes.... 🤔
This, a dreadbox nyx and a moog minitaur would be ideal for a minimal but dense setup.
S†. Clou† Nice! I would also consider an Erebus, AS-1, Mother-32, Odyssey desktop and ... for poly: Peak, DeepMind desktop, and Minilogue XD module.
Nice one table studio!
@@blushingfrieza minitaur and a nymphes now 😎
Great review as always. Is there a limit to the number of notes per step on the Digitone sequencer? I'm assuming it's the same for both synth and MIDI.
Thanks! It's not with me now but I think 8 notes per step per track
Can the digitone keys act as a keyboard for other synths ?
Yes
Does the regular digitone have all the features and new presents - the physical changes ( 5 buttons, 8 encoders, keys)
Funny thing, This past weekend I was just complaining that Overbridge Beta didn't have Digitone support and Voila! i'll be updating the OS and will now dive into OverBridge for my AR Mkii and digitone (sans Keys) - Question - does the OS upgrade include the new Digitone keys presets or are they Keys only ready?
Would it of not been more sensible to put mostly what is to the left to the top apart from the mod wheels for left and right handed folks?
Wow the design really looks a lot like the Elektron Monomachine.
@loopop do you have any idea if they are going to add portamento to the digitone module - it's a frequently requested feature!
I think I spy a portamento label for function+leftmost button above the keyboard! 🙌
I think they included it in the new os update
loopop confirmed in the 1.20 firmware documentation!!
You know, I don't even hate this form factor as much as everyone else does (sometimes your studio/desk space is limited to depth more than width), but there's no way I'm paying the asking price for this. Good luck, Elektron.
The electric piano preset at the start of this video is the best sound I've heard from the Digitone yet. Really makes me interested in getting one. Could you load/dial in the same patch on a regular Digitone and use a midi keyboard with pressure sensitive keys, aftertouch and pitch bend to get the same effect?
I haven't tried by I'm sure there shouldn't be a difference
@@loopop That's what I'm thinking. The sound engines seem identical and I believe you can set up the regular Digitone to respond to velocity, aftertouch, pitch bends and mod wheels. I reckon a Digitone plus midi keyboard should get you most of the way there (minus the hold function and individual audio outs). Thanks!
My biggest question as a Digitone owner, already: How is the balance? I know it will sit on a table, but where is the fulcrum? Is it heavily weighted at the left and the keys side light?
I have it. It is very stable and robust. Weight is evenly distributed
Hello.
Just curious about the individual track outputs - do they output each track with send effects or just raw sounds?
(It sounded like the effects came through individually in overbridge ?!)
Thanks! Your channel is amazing!
Excellent breakdown. 👍
Quick question: With Overbridge is it possible to multitrack record into your DAW with both the Digitone Keys and a Digitakt - ie. simultaneously recording 12 channels of audio and the FX channels?
(With the intention of capturing a live jam with both devices running in tandem).
hey love your videos! what's the name of the oscilloscope VST, and the Frequency Spectrum VST :3
Thanks! Scopes by Melda
What are the main differences between Digitone and Digitone Keys? (OS Level).I received my digitone right before the keys was announced, are there any features that the keys has but the DigitoneKeyless does not?
Thanks!
On the software side I believe it’s just the hold functionality
I love the sound! Great Review!
My question is how much?
This will be my 1st elektron product. The music playing during over bridge was niiiiice
Hello,
Just a quick question. With the new Arturia Keystep 37, would you choose Digitone + Keystep or Digitone Keys ? Best wishes,
Digitone + Keystep for me. One of the things I love about the smaller form factor of the Digitone is that I can just grab it and comfortably play from the couch or anywhere else where I might be inspired to sketch out an idea. If I'm trying to capture a more expressive performance I can just go plugin to the Keystep at my workstation.
Aphex inspired sound at 22:25 ?
Bravo! Have you spent time with Overbridge with this device (and/or) others? Some of us have trouble with the little screen and the issues it presents. A GUI is always preferable, but of course an addition complication.
Yes, I have - check out towards the end of the video. The Overbridge UI is a great way to learn more about what's hidden in Elektron devices, I recommend using it as a starting point, but ultimately you'll make more out of the gear if you use the on device controls IMHO
Thank you! Good review> It's lovely fm synth & great partner! Enjoy and be creative! You can find great packs and learn a lot great staff!
Maybe i missed it, but can you do glide on this? Adding glide to notes would make for some wild funk solos and some nutty pads edit: is that portamento?
I think a lot of manufacturers should make more desktops......,Elektron does it the other way around! All those keyboards take up a lot of space in the studio. Otherwise Nice product, and as always premium vid/review. 👍✌️👌greetz
I agree!!! to many keyboards out there.
I saw some guy modded it's korg monologue cut "in half", to get rid of keys. it looks amazing.
I'd like manufacturers to put more desktop modules, digital, polyphonic ( with full direct hand-control over params NO MENU DIVING... ) .
Why has it been discontinued?
When will Overbridge for Digitone be available? Thanks
There’s a beta out now
Would. be sweet to MIDI control a monomachine with this, and run it though the Digitone's FX, since reverb was weak on the MM.
this digitone is both better and worse than drugs. nice review, as always.
It sounds so amazing. I'd be using a different delay and reverb, though. That delay sounds awful to me and since I'd want the revreb after the delay, I'd have to do that in something else.
Thank for the review. It would be nice to compare the digitone sound with a real FM synth like the yamaha DX7
what makes the digitone less real than the DX7?
great review, no song mode?
No, only pattern chaining which doesn’t survive shutdown
i have been wanting a digitone really bad, i had no idea this existed! I regret not get the MPC keys when i got my MPC one, mostly because i want a bigger keyboard. Maybe i made the mistake for a reason!
Looks pretty cool! Not something I as a sequencer guy would need, but I am sure it's perfect for some.
Hey boys and girls 🙋 i have two question to all of you, who own this device.
If i am use the midi-mapping function and split in 3 parts (part1=int. Synt, part2+3=ext. Synths). Is it possible, to use the new hold-function (latch) also for the external gear or only for internal synth? And, if its possible, can i use the hold-function parallel of each device of the midi-mapped parts?
Thank you and stay healthy,
John
Now Novation can release the 51-knob Circuit!
(Seriously, I can’t believe this is an actual instrument. I’m just fine with my Digitone and Keystep)
How would one sync this to semi-modular set-up, specifically Moog Mother series: Mother-32, dfam, grandmother? Thanks!
midi, all of those have midi.
If you want direct CV control, you could use a midi to CV module.
So are the updated patches available for the standard digitone?
Lovely video as always! I have a question... You mentioned that there is no option to us the arpeggiator with MIDI, what about the hold and chord functions too? Is that purely for the Digitone synth engine?
Marlon Robinson thanks! Honestly it’s been a while so I don’t remember - if it’s not covered in the video check the manual or email the company. Good luck!
Did you ever figure this out? I'd imagine it would send all the normal midi notes, especially with overbridge 2.0.
Wow. Always first out the gate LP!! I want this now!!!!
Are pitch bend, mod wheel and aftertouch p-lockable?
Thanks for the great run down!
There are on the MIDI tracks, not on the sound tracks with this firmware version
Can it save song or live looping?
You could live loop notes yes
Very exciting synthesizer! 👍 Thanks for the in depth review. 👍
Can this control an arp odyssey module?
@loopop Hey Ziv! Thanks for the tutorial! I'm wondering what freq. analyzer you're using here - it looks amazing! It looks like the o-scope is the built-in VCV Rack one, is the new freq. analyzer also a VCV Rack module?? =D
Thanks! Yes it’s just the standard VCV scope
@@loopop- Oh, I was wondering about the spectrum/frequency analyzer you were using - Does VCV Rack provide one that looks that good? The Bog audio one is a little too crowded for my tastes.
Like here - what is the thing on the right? Really like the display of harmonics. imgur.com/a/YNs1ywd
Oh no that’s from Melda
I think they should have used a different form factor for the controls, especially if they're charging $1200 US. They could have placed the controls above the keyboard for convenience. Yes, they would not be able to use the same bread boards but again... $1200 US. I still want one though. 🤣🤣🤣 I do like the additional buttons.💖 You mentioned the elephant in the room. 💖
im in the process of making a pitch bend/modulation wheel break out box for my digitone with a teensy. i would love it if elektron made a break box but this will do. :)
I just bought a Digitone but it can't be recognized by my mac, I'm using big sur. Is anyone having this problem?
Curious how well this would work with synthstrom deluge.
Shadowhenge pretty well. It would give it keys, a better reverb, a better fm engine
Great job as usual. What are the overall dimensions?
Thanks! sorry to send you to their site I don't have them on me
That would be cool if they had a vga output for video.
I mean, not really a common issue. It would be cool but it would be more pointless to spend money on it however cheap it is.
Did this pretty much replace the analog keys? Also, is this analog?
It's not analog, and I no wouldn't call it a replacement
I wish it was in the shape of the Analoge Keys 😫 it’s so long!
I watched this again to see that whatever track is active can be played with the keys, what you'd expect. I don't seem to be able to do that with the regular Digitone and a Komplete Kontrol (always plays track 1) even though I made a KK template that sends midi to channel 10 that I use as auto channel on the Digitone. Quite frustrating. Also in the overbridge plugin the tracks 2-4 only respond to the internal Digitone keyboard. Does anyone have a solution? Btw I use all the latest beta updates of OB and DN.