Had a go at some gameboy style chiptune stuff on the DN2 tonight, the pitched noise generator is perfect for it. the arp on a mono legato track can be used to do nice chiptune style arps up to 1/96th, would be nice to go faster but alas, maybe need to double tempo. Can do octave blips at the start of notes using square wave lfo to pitch in half mode. Wavetone with one osc is what you probably want to use most of the time, can make stuff sound more raw and gritty with ring mod mode and playing around with the second osc at 0 level. Itās no LSDJ but can get close enough for some fun tunes.
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little update: the patterns sounded different because I think there was a problem in the transfer of some project that changed the voice allocation and the unison state in a few cases, nothing that canāt be changed rapidly.
I still think thereās some slight difference in the envelopes and the fxs but nothing too crazy that I will have to keep the og DN
Mine just arrived and Iām off work on annual leave for the next 3 weeks!
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Synchronicity 
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GAS
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Excellent 
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i never had dn keys but i can say i was able to transfer and use my dn1 presets with zero trouble
Really? Interestingā¦ there is a separate thread here about the issue.
So something seems to be a bit strange about it.
I was able to transfer āsoundā files without problem from the sound packs I had bought but not via sysex. File.
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Yep me too, sounds filed fine, sysex a no go.
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Exactly, Sysex Files transfer ( not DN1 Export File Format ) need an update
Attempts at some 8 bit chiptune type sounds on the Digitone 2. Wavetone works quite well!
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can you confirm that there are 256 presets in the first bank and 171 in the second? Itās a strange number, just to make sure I have everything
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I can confirm. First bank is melodic stuff and second bank is mostly percussive and FX
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Maybe Iām too late to share a photo of my new DN2, bought on the first day but I had to reorganize my studio and buy a new sound card before trying it. I thought of an alternativeā¦ these are in the main room of my house, and every time I look at them I want to go and play 
I have various instruments in my studio even if Iām not very good with synthesis yet, but so far the few decent tracks Iāve produced are all from my Elektrons. Every time I start playing with them itās like a magic beginsā¦ I love Elektrons, I love their sound and the art that goes with them, so thank you @Elektron keep it up 
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Love this dude! Iām getting my DT2 one framed as well itās a shame it just sits in the box.
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Good grief, that was incredible, I donāt think I can keep the GAS at bay much longer
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Whooooooaaaaa 
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Is this sequencable, or merely something you can play with a controller? I read that the DNIIdoesnt have a chord machine so whatās the mechanism to have polyphonic tracks actually recorded?
The sequencer allows for 16 notes per ātrigā and you can view and edit them with the note edit screen. Itās a fully polyphonic sequencer
Thereās not many videos about it, but this short section on Loopopās review gives you an idea of what it can do
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Wow. I just thought of a great update for Digitone that would probably never happen.
We already have inputs on the DG2 so it wouldnāt be that hard to add on.
A granular engine. Even if it were only able to load on one track. Something like Tempura where we could sample a sound in through the inputs or even resample the Digitone sounds.
For me this would make Digitone 2 the perfect, desert island synth.
One can only dream I suppose.
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