Good point. There was also a soundpack around here someone made where they had dialed in basic analog waves, square, saw, etc., so you could essentially use the DN as a virtual analog synth.
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Dirtywave M8 Tracker -> small powerhouse with fm, braids, sampling, wavetable, effects, sequencer, 8 tracks…
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Great warm and fuzzy sound pack, I second trying this.
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One of the Nord Racks?
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I’m not sure how big your synth suitcase is, but have you checked out the KORG opsix?
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I think this excellent soundpack includes those:
Recommended, it changed my perception of what the DN can do, especially on the “warm analog” sounding part.
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Wavetable?
Nord lead 3
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Seconded.
As a previous Digitone owner, the Opsix feels much easier for me to program. Sometimes I wish I had kept the DN though! It’s super powerful, I just couldn’t wrap my head around it at the time.
That is, unless you’re trying to get away from FM.
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I’ve found the op six much more expansive than the digitone.
Felt like the digitone as with most electron gear is best used when using its internal sequencer.
Tbh I need to dive into the opsix more I’m typically just using it for ifs sine waves lol but it’s a deep synth. Got it when the price dropped too it was like 300 for a while
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I don’t mean to derail this thread into an Opsix discussion, but dude! Have you tried the virtual patching or user algorithms on it yet? It’s like a DIY synth inside a synth! 
Here’s an example that helped me realize a glimpse of its potential.
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I kind of took this as meaning OP is trying to get away from FM:
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Could also mean FM is getting away from OP. Mellower sound packs have already been posted, but not the Digitales one:
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iPad. Can still do FM but also not FM.
Ableton
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OP1? portable as hell. four tracks. not as harsh as FM can sometimes be. lots to love.
That was
But the Geometry packs are great too
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Ah, whoops. I’m not the best reader at times.
Unfortunately I had that with the sound, unfortunately also with digitone and therefore I sold it and never regretted it. i wish elektron build a decent wavetabel synthesizer with granular sampler and then with this elektron sequencer and great sound.
now that i sold analog four to get the dave smith prophet i have no regrets either. in terms of sound, there are really worlds between. that was really scary. I never understood what people find great about the drums from the A4. it was always a tedious process until you had a decent sweet spot. with the rev2 it works immediately… and I don’t even want to know how it is with the ob6. the best thing about elektron is still the rytm, once you can build the right drums out of it and then feed them separately through preamps, which unfortunately isn’t that easy either, then this machine really is the best of the best. But that’s my opinion.
if you absolutely need the sequencer from elektron, then maybe an OT or digitakt to control external devices and then e.g. rev2 is at least betimbral, but with a much better sound, even if it’s a different sound synthesis. I think even a Blofeld would sound better. and if it can be expensive, then definitely the quantum.
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There are probably a bunch that can sound like it, but with a similar sequencer option for 4 parts + the option to sequence 4 more MIDI tracks?