I was recently thinking about this too and found time to showcase it in a video. Hope you guys find it interesting!
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Seconding this with put some random LFO with a 100 value on phase distortion to make it shine 
Iāve started a series of Digitone 2 tutorials, not necessarily with the theme of tricks and tricks, but inevitably sprinkled with ideas for how to use it in a melodic/musical context.
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I watched the drum tutorial on Friday and found it helpful!
thank you!
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The ARP one almost made me go out and buy another one!
I had one for a bit but sold it but think itās the best Elektron yetā¦so much you can do with that one unit. I never had a Machinedrum or any of those older models though.
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actually that video IS the reason I bought oneā¦
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Also for me. It was that last small push needed to cross the line and place the order.
As said elsewhere, David aka @djst is really doing a great job showcasing real word usage of the small Elektrons, with a straight to the point approach I really dig and a great videography/production quality thatās on par with the sheer content.
Bonus points for the cool haircut 
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Haha, wow. Thank you. Iām honored and really appreciate the feedback! I love doing these tutorials so there will be many more to come. Since the format seems to be appreciated, I guess maybe Iām stuck with this haircut too. 
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When you have trig-preview turned off, the new Track Swap menu is a way to preview trigs without changing tracks or using the TRK button. You can even switch patterns.
Disable Pattern Reset
Hi.
First of all, thank you for these types of posts, as they are very helpful.
My question is this: In the āSequencer Page Setupā menu, is there a way to disable the āPattern Resetā parameter?
I ask this because I would like to have a Track Length of 15 steps and a Pattern of 16 length, but this way the sequence always repeats step 1 twice. I know this is because the Pattern Reset parameter is set to 16, and I could set it to a higher value or infinite, but if I do this, I have to wait a long time to be able to change the pattern, or even if Pattern Reset is set to infinite, I am unable to change the pattern (if Iām wrong, please correct me).
Therefore, is there any alternative for this type of sequences of 15 or fewer steps without having to repeat steps every time the sequence starts?
If something is not clear, please let me know and I will try to explain it better.
Thanks
Isnāt that what the āPattern Changeā parameter is for?
From the manual:
If I misunderstood your problem I apologize.
Edit: I have my Digitone II with me, but canāt check because Iām in my car 
But I think I would set the rest of the tracks to 16, your special track to 15, Pattern Change to 16 and Pattern Reset to INF. Then it should play a repetative bar with polymetric special track continuously shifting without resetting, until you change pattern. I think.
Sure. In Page setup, set Pattern length to INF (hold FUNC, turn the knob counterclockwise).
And set Pattern change to e.g. 15 so that when you press next Pattern trig, it waits for a 15 steps sequence to end before switching.
Edit: hadnāt seen @videomusikās post. 
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Anyone have advice for dialing in a sort of organic positive organ sound?
Iāve been listening to lots of Kali Malone this week and I want to drone out with some church organ bliss.
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psa the SRR is really sensitive to source frequency, idk the mathās of why but the higher the note going into SRR the more violent and faster the SRR gets with ripping it to pieces, it turns C6+ range notes into sub bass ring mod with a quickness
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play with offsetting FM tone oscillators each by +/- 0.01 cents at a time, and turn off phase reset, it gets everything moving around inside itself
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looking forward to trying that!
You can intuitively grasp what the maths make specific. The higher the note frequency, the higher the sample rate has to be to capture all nuances of the waveform, because a higher noteās waveform is changing more frequently. SRR is a deliberate lowering of the sample rate to create artifacts that occur when those nuances can no longer be accurately reconstructed. So it is going to affect higher notes more than lower notes.
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One good tip for FM in general is to start the sound design process backwards. That is, apply modulation, effects etc. first and then start messing with the synthesis part.
I find that I atleast am often sticking with the initial sound I dialed, so this backwards process helps a lot mentally.
Also, donāt sleep on keytracking and velocity modulation settings. I find these are better to dial in after you have some sequence going.
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Iāll try it.
Thanks for responding.
Good tip.
Thanks for responding.