Introducing Digitone

Francis · January 25, 2018, 9:43pm

I like this new unit. Damn.
Anyone know how many LFOs per track?

mec1 · January 25, 2018, 9:43pm

The Chorus effect really lifts the sounds in that SS demo

pidgeo · January 25, 2018, 9:45pm

2

vaporlanes · January 25, 2018, 9:47pm

I like DTa and DTo, personally

vaporlanes · January 25, 2018, 9:49pm

Also frees up for future entries in the ecosystem, e.g. DTi (Digitime delay/echo unit), DTe (Digitext teletype-style unit), and DTu (Digitune parameter-locking tuner)

man909 · January 25, 2018, 9:57pm

too bad this box doesn’t have one:

man909 · January 25, 2018, 9:57pm

a cheap trick, needed to give 4op synths a 6op sound

man909 · January 25, 2018, 9:58pm

DX7 has these screened on the housing. Far hipper imho

MX · January 25, 2018, 10:00pm

When will be available?

man909 · January 25, 2018, 10:01pm

Of course not, just if you want to achieve DX7 like sounds. Additional operators can be set to static freqs on a DX7 so they are essentially like LFO’s to create vibrato or “filter” sweeps. That’s why having 6 is nice.

jefones · January 25, 2018, 10:03pm

Yes it does on the case, and the volca fm has them on a card.
But I really enjoy having them on the actually screen especially if its showing the current algorithm that is being worked with. Hence why i said in the box. Something little and not really that important but I guess thAts why I’m digging it. There is an iPad app called dxi which does the same thing except the algorithms show movement for the active operator.

Jogerflocky · January 25, 2018, 10:03pm

Elektron had them available today but sold out stat. I’d contact your local dealer cause it sounds like they should be seeing them soon enough.

man909 · January 25, 2018, 10:07pm

HOW DOES IT SOUND COMPARED TO ABLETON? Operator?

Jogerflocky · January 25, 2018, 10:07pm

Thanks for chiming in. More ops are always appreciated but working with 4 on the DTo will be a bit easier (hopefully) to get moving. I’ll still bust out the DX7II if I think 6ops and a keyboard is needed.

man909 · January 25, 2018, 10:08pm

is a SEXY beast

Jogerflocky · January 25, 2018, 10:09pm

It’s getting old but it’s a grand ole time once you memorize how to move around. I’m still reading thru the “complete DX7II” to get a better grip on what I’m doing.

The_N_Y · January 25, 2018, 10:11pm

it’s gotta be DA and DO

bwo · January 25, 2018, 10:15pm

If you get both you can call it DOA and then you just have to wait for the extreme beach volley ball unit

darenager · January 25, 2018, 10:16pm

6op would have been nice, but I have to concede that the Digitone (D1) sounds nice, smart move to put a chorus in there which will go some way towards getting nearer to some 6op sounds. I haven’t checked out the manual yet but the envelopes are key in getting a lot of great sounds on FM synths, with only 2 envelopes though it remains to be seen if this will be such a limitation, given it has p-locks.

Damn, I thought I’d be able to resist this one, maybe but maybe not

basehead617 · January 25, 2018, 10:17pm

I still don’t understand why - after 30 years of hardware development, these machines can’t easily have 64-128+ voices? Are the chips really too expensive for this price point after all this time?

DX7 was 16-voice in 1983.