This might be a stupid question but why isn’t there a per track EQ on the Digitone 2?
Don’t get me wrong, I love the DN2 and it sounds great but I do think it suffers for not having an EQ.
Or am I missing something?
What do people use instead to get the best mix?
Especially for things like hi hats and percussion in general. They all seem to get a bit lost in the mix.
On the second page of the filter there is a base-width filter that lets you remove high end and low end. Not exactly an EQ, but still very useful.
Can you add high end with it too?
there is a per track EQ…
Really? I’ve read several things that say not and if so where is it located cus I can’t find it.
You can set up the main filter to be a single band parametric eq and use the base/width filter as your main filter
Ahhh ok. Thanks for the info. How do you do that?
Go on the filter page, then hit func + machine…choose the EQ & voila…
Ahhh but thats not the same thing is it. Switching the filter mode to EQ disables the the other fiter state. So you cant adjust the EQ and the use the other filter modes at the same time.
That’s only on the Digitakt, Digitakt 2, the EQ filter type is not on the Digitones. I personally rarely feel the need to add high end on the DN as it’s pretty harsh as is. but you can always boost the resonance on a lowpass filter and set the cutoff to be around 11khz for some “air” that’s assuming you’re not using the filter for timbre shaping.
Yeah that doesnt work as the base width filter, whilst useful, isnt the same as a traditional low or hi pass pass filter.
I just checked, you can’t use the EQ and then switch back to the other filter types. This disables the EQ.
What I was asking is why there isnt an EQ section of the mixer. That would be much more useful. 
3 band eq would be awesome, but there isn’t one, so try to balance the sound with the base-width filter and track levels (very important to get the levels right) and then shape the stereo sum with some light eq (usually that’ll mean to just balance the highs and lows with shelfing filters - if one track loses its impact or sparkle, back off the eq or try to add some of what was lost back with synthesis on that particular track) and maybe some glue compression.
Thats very helpful thanks. Still seems like an odd omission for a device thats meant to be used as an all in one solution though.
That is the nature of all in one solutions. We can always find something missing.
Yep.
‘Missing’ always amuses me. If it was never there, how can it be missed?
Agree with everything you said. Hopefully it will be added in the future without having to replace the filter
If they had a three band eq per channel that would be 48 extra filters running at 96k. Even if there is dsp/cpu overhead to accommodate that I feel like maybe those resources could be better spent elsewhere. Soon enough there will be Overbridge available for DN2 and you can leverage your computer for eq per track.
EQ can be achieved through synthesis. if you want more high frequency content, is there a reason not to add more harmonics?
Yep. There’s always something you could add, but it has to be implemented and tested, it has to work with the UI and fit within the hardware limitations. With Overbridge Elektron at least gave us the option for individual track processing, albeit computer based. Not something you can take for granted. Also don’t forget that Elektron continues to deliver updates for their older boxes, like the OT mk1 which is ten years old. Many other brands basically abandon their stuff after three years or so.