Just got my digitone yesterday and it came with firmware 1.02b and upon first startup out-of-the box, I got the “DSP boot failure” message and the unit was frozen. Switched off and back on, and all seemed to work normally. Figured upgrading to the latest firmware would address this issue, so I went ahead and upgraded to 1.10 and tinkered with the Digitone til the wee morning hours.
Woke up and fired up the Digitone again, showed 1.10 on the splash screen but to my horror got the “DSP boot failure” message again, which also rendered the unit frozen. Switched off and back on, then back in business!
This worries me greatly though. I initially thought this was just bad luck with my specific DIgitone hardware since my Digitakt has been so reliable, so perhaps swapping it with another unit would be the solution. After reading through this thread though, it’s obviously a widespread issue that could be affecting all Digitones regardless of firmware. Now contemplating returning it and getting some other synth entirely. Would be a shame if I did because the Digitone has been love at first sight so far. I’m surprised Elektron has not responded here or at least individually to any users who have submitted tickets.