Patterns And Sounds; The +Drive Sound Library And The Sound Pool; Playing A Sound; Editing A Sound - Elektron Digitone User Manual

9. PATTERNS AND SOUNDS

The patterns are the primary data container for the Digitone. Sixteen patterns are available for each of the
eight banks, which means that 128 patterns are available for each project. A pattern contains up to eight
sounds (one for each synth track), sequencer data like trigs and parameter locks. It also contains the de-
fault settings on the TRIG page and BPM, length, swing and time signature settings. A pattern also contains
all the parameter settings for the eight MIDI tracks.
Each of the synth tracks can contain one Sound. A Sound that is imported from the +Drive or Sound pool
to a pattern becomes part of the active pattern. Any changes made to a Sound will therefore not affect the
stored Sound. It only affects the Sound in the active pattern. You can export (and in that way save) a
Sound from the active pattern to the +Drive. For more information, please see "14.2.2 SOUND MANAGER"
on page 59. Use the SOUND BROWSER to load a Sound to a track. For more information, please see
"14.2.1 SOUND BROWSER" on page 58.
When you import a sound to a pattern, it becomes a copy of the sound on the +Drive. The
sound is not linked to the original sound stored on the +Drive. Instead, it fully becomes a part
of the pattern.
A Pattern contains:
• Four synth track Sounds.
• All parameter settings for the four MIDI tracks.
• Sequencer data like trigs and parameter locks.
• The settings on the TRIG PARAMETERS page, BPM, length, swing and time signature settings.
A Sound contains:
• The SYN1, SYN2, FLTR, AMP, and LFO PARAMETER pages settings for the synth track.
• All the settings in the SOUND SETUP menu and the ARPEGGIATOR menu.

9.1 THE +DRIVE SOUND LIBRARY AND THE SOUND POOL

Sounds can be loaded to a pattern from either the +Drive Sound library or the Sound pool of the active
project. The difference between the two is that the +Drive Sound library has the capacity of 4096 Sounds,
available to all projects, while a Sound pool is a part of a project and limited to 128 Sounds. The primary
benefit of Sounds loaded to the Sound pool is the possibility for them to be Sound locked. This feature is
not available for the Sounds in the +Drive Sound library. For more information, please see "10.10.2 SOUND
LOCKS" on page 35.

9.2 PLAYING A SOUND

Press the [TRIG] keys to play the Sounds of the four synth tracks of the active pattern. The [TRIG] keys
briefly lights up when pressed.
PLAYING A SOUND WITH AN EXTERNAL MIDI UNIT
The Sounds can also be played using an external MIDI device connected to Digitone. The MIDI channels for
of each of the synth tracks can be assigned in the MIDI CHANNELS menu, covered in the section "14.3.3
CHANNELS" on page 62. You can also use an external MIDI unit to play the Sound chromatically. For
more information, please see "8.5.1 CHROMATIC MODE" on page 21.

9.3 EDITING A SOUND

Press [TRACK 1–4] to select the track which Sound you wish to edit. Any changes made to a Sound are
stored as part of the active pattern.
Adjust the TRACK LEVEL of the active synth track with the LEVEL/DATA knob.
Edit a Sound by adjusting the parameters found on the PARAMETER pages. Press the [PARAMETER] page
keys to access the PARAMETER pages. Use the DATA ENTRY knobs A-H to change the parameters. For
more information, please see "11. SYNTH TRACK PARAMETERS" on page 39.
If you want to export (save) a particular Sound with all its current parameter settings, use the SOUND MAN-
AGER. For more information, please see "14.2.2 SOUND MANAGER" on page 59.
The complete Sound, with all its parameter settings, may be copied to another track. Press [TRK 1–4] +
[RECORD], and then press [TRK 1–4] + [STOP] to paste the sound to the selected track.
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