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DT II

— Parameter explorer

Every page, every parameter

36 screens and 251 parameters, in the order they appear on the Digitakt II. Hover or tap a parameter to read what it does. Knob letters are shown where the manual names them.

TRIG·4 pages

Default note, velocity, length and probability for the track’s note trigs, plus the FILL and COND trig conditions.

TRIG · TRIG page 1Press TRIG PARAMETERS.

NOTETrig Note

Pitch of the note trigs. Press and turn A to step only through notes in the scale set by KB SCALE; NOTE PARAM in The PERSONALIZE menu can swap this behaviour. In LIVE RECORDING mode, the pitch of TRIG keys played in KEYBOARD mode overrides it.

DATA ENTRY knob A

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Retrig on/off, rate, velocity fade and fade length, plus portamento time and on/off.

TRIG · TRIG page 2 — retrigs and portamentoPress TRIG PARAMETERS twice (the RETRIG PARAMETERS page), or press it once and use UP/DOWN.

RTRGRetrig

Turns retrig on or off. Hold a TRIG key while turning A to lock retrig onto that step. Not available on MIDI tracks; see Retrigs.

DATA ENTRY knob A

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Default note, velocity, length, probability and LFO trig for a MIDI track’s note trigs, plus three chord notes.

TRIG · MIDI track — TRIG page 1Press TRIG PARAMETERS on a MIDI track.

NOTETrig Note

Pitch of the note trigs. Press and turn A to step only through notes in the KB SCALE scale (Keyboard scales). In LIVE RECORDING mode, the TRIG keys you play in KEYBOARD mode set the pitch instead.

DATA ENTRY knob A

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The FILL and COND trig conditions for a MIDI track’s note trigs.

TRIG · MIDI track — TRIG page 2Press TRIG PARAMETERS twice on a MIDI track.

FILLFill

A separate trig condition tied to FILL mode: ON plays the trig while FILL mode is active, OFF plays it while FILL mode is not. See FILL mode.

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SRC·8 pages

Pitch, play mode, sample, start, length, loop point and level for plain sample playback.

SRC · SRC page — OneshotPress SRC on a Oneshot track; press it again for page 2 with the waveform.

TUNETune

Pitch of the sample. The knob is bipolar and 0 leaves the pitch unchanged. Press and turn to move in semitones; hold FUNC while turning to jump in whole octaves.

Range -5–+5 octaves

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Pitch, play mode, sample, segment size and segment mode, length in bars and level for tempo-warped loops.

SRC · SRC page — WerpPress SRC on a Werp track; press it again for page 2 with the waveform.

TUNETune

Pitch of the sample. The knob is bipolar and 0 leaves the pitch unchanged. Press and turn to move in semitones; hold FUNC while turning to jump in whole octaves.

Range -5–+5 octaves

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Pitch, play mode, sample, start, length, length in bars and level for granular time-stretching.

SRC · SRC page — StretchPress SRC on a Stretch track; press it again for page 2 with the waveform.

TUNETune

Pitch of the sample. The knob is bipolar and 0 leaves the pitch unchanged. Press and turn to move in semitones; hold FUNC while turning to jump in whole octaves.

Range -5–+5 octaves

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Play mode, sample, start, length, length in bars and level. There is no TUNE: the tempo sets the pitch.

SRC · SRC page — RepitchPress SRC on a Repitch track; press it again for page 2 with the waveform.

PLAYPlay Mode

How the sample plays when trigged. FORWARD and REVERSE play it once; the two loop modes keep repeating for as long as the trig’s LEN on the TRIG page allows, cut short by the AMP envelope’s HOLD and DEC.

Range REVERSE, REVERSE LOOP, FORWARD LOOP, FORWARD

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Pitch, play mode, sample, which slice plays, how many slices play in a row, and level.

SRC · SRC page — SlicePress SRC on a Slice track; press YES for the SLICE menu.

TUNETune

Pitch of the sample. The knob is bipolar and 0 leaves the pitch unchanged. Press and turn to move in semitones; hold FUNC while turning to jump in whole octaves.

Range -5–+5 octaves

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Move each slice’s start, end and loop points, link or unlink neighbouring slices, and zoom and scroll the waveform.

SRC · Slice editorOn a Slice track, press SRC, then YES, and choose EDIT SLICE POINTS.

LINKED/UNLINKEDLinked/unlinked end and start points

Shown as an icon. Slices start out linked, so moving a slice’s end point also moves the next slice’s start. Turn to unlink them and set start and end points without resizing the neighbouring slice.

DATA ENTRY knob A

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Pitch, play mode, sample, which slice plays, how many play in a row, the number of equal slices, and level.

SRC · SRC page — GridPress SRC on a Grid track; press YES for the ALLOCATE SLICE menu.

TUNETune

Pitch of the sample. The knob is bipolar and 0 leaves the pitch unchanged. Press and turn to move in semitones; hold FUNC while turning to jump in whole octaves.

Range -5–+5 octaves

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MIDI channel, bank and program changes, and pitch bend, aftertouch, mod wheel and breath controller data.

SRC · MIDI track — SRC pagePress SRC on a MIDI track.

CHANChannel

The MIDI channel the track sends on. OFF switches the MIDI track off. Can’t be parameter-locked.

Range OFF, 1–16

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FLTR·9 pages

The base-width filter and its routing, plus filter envelope delay, keytracking and envelope reset.

FLTR · FLTR page 2 — base-width filter and envelopePress FLTR twice, or press it once and use UP/DOWN.

DELEnvelope Delay

Time before the attack phase of the filter envelope starts. On FLTR page 1, hold FUNC and turn A to reach it without switching pages.

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Filter envelope, cutoff, resonance, a type control that morphs low-pass to band-pass to high-pass, and envelope depth.

FLTR · FLTR page 1 — Multi-modePress FLTR on a track using the Multi-mode filter.

ATKAttack Time

Length of the attack phase of the filter envelope.

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Filter envelope, cutoff, resonance and envelope depth for a 4-pole, 24 dB/octave low-pass filter.

FLTR · FLTR page 1 — Lowpass 4Press FLTR on a track using the Lowpass 4 filter.

ATKAttack Time

Length of the attack phase of the filter envelope.

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EQ envelope, centre frequency, boost or cut, bandwidth and envelope depth for a parametric equaliser.

FLTR · FLTR page 1 — EQPress FLTR on a track using the EQ machine.

ATKAttack Time

Length of the attack phase of the EQ envelope.

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Filter envelope, resonant frequency, feedback, feedback low-pass and envelope depth for a negative-feedback comb filter.

FLTR · FLTR page 1 — Comb-Press FLTR on a track using the Comb- filter.

ATKAttack Time

Length of the attack phase of the filter envelope.

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Filter envelope, resonant frequency, feedback, feedback low-pass and envelope depth for a positive-feedback comb filter.

FLTR · FLTR page 1 — Comb+Press FLTR on a track using the Comb+ filter.

ATKAttack Time

Length of the attack phase of the filter envelope.

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Filter envelope, cutoff, resonance, low-pass or high-pass type and envelope depth, modelled on the Digitakt I filter.

FLTR · FLTR page 1 — LegacyPress FLTR on a track using the Legacy filter.

ATKAttack Time

Length of the attack phase of the filter envelope.

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The values sent for the first eight assignable CCs. Each one sends nothing until you switch it on.

FLTR · MIDI track — FLTR page 1, CC 1–8 valuesPress FLTR on a MIDI track.

VAL1CC 1 Value

The value sent for the CC chosen with SEL1 on FLTR page 2. OFF (sends nothing) until you hold FUNC and press its knob; then turn the knob to set the value.

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Which CC numbers the first eight VAL parameters send; set them by hand or with MIDI learn.

FLTR · MIDI track — FLTR page 2, CC 1–8 selectPress FLTR twice on a MIDI track.

SEL1CC 1 Select

Which standard MIDI CC number VAL1 on FLTR page 1 transmits. Turn to choose a CC, then press the knob or YES to apply it — or hold FUNC and press the knob to MIDI-learn it.

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AMP·3 pages

The amp envelope in AHD or ADSR mode, envelope reset, panning and a lockable volume.

AMP · AMP pagePress AMP.

ATKAttack Time

Length of the amp envelope’s attack phase.

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The values sent for assignable CCs 9–16. Each one sends nothing until you switch it on.

AMP · MIDI track — AMP page 1, CC 9–16 valuesPress AMP on a MIDI track.

VAL9CC 9 Value

The value sent for the CC chosen with SEL9 on AMP page 2. OFF (sends nothing) until you hold FUNC and press its knob; then turn the knob to set the value.

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Which CC numbers VAL9–VAL16 send; set them by hand or with MIDI learn.

AMP · MIDI track — AMP page 2, CC 9–16 selectPress AMP twice on a MIDI track.

SEL9CC 9 Select

Which standard MIDI CC number VAL9 on AMP page 1 transmits. Turn to choose a CC, then press the knob or YES to apply it — or hold FUNC and press the knob to MIDI-learn it.

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FX·FX page

Per-track bit reduction, overdrive and sample rate reduction with routing, plus delay, reverb and chorus sends.

FX · FX pagePress FX.

BRBit Reduction

Reduces the bit depth, from 16 bits down to 1 bit.

Range 16–1 bits

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MOD·3 pages

Speed, multiplier, fade, destination, waveform, start phase, trig mode and depth for LFO 1.

MOD · MOD page 1 — LFO 1Press MOD.

SPDSpeed

LFO speed. The knob is bipolar: negative values play the cycle backwards. Try 8, 16 or 32 to sync the LFO to straight beats.

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The same eight LFO parameters as MOD page 1, for LFO 2.

MOD · MOD page 2 — LFO 2Press MOD twice, or press it once and use UP/DOWN.

SPDSpeed

LFO speed. The knob is bipolar: negative values play the cycle backwards. Try 8, 16 or 32 to sync the LFO to straight beats.

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The same eight LFO parameters as MOD page 1, for LFO 3, which audio tracks only have.

MOD · MOD page 3 — LFO 3Press MOD three times, or press it once and use UP/DOWN. Not on MIDI tracks, which have two LFOs.

SPDSpeed

LFO speed. The knob is bipolar: negative values play the cycle backwards. Try 8, 16 or 32 to sync the LFO to straight beats.

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SEND FX·3 pages

Tempo-relative delay with ping-pong, stereo width, feedback, filters and a send into the reverb.

SEND FX · Delay (SEND FX page 1)Press FUNC + FX.

TIMEDelay Time

Delay time relative to the current BPM, counted in 128th notes: 16 is a 1/8 note, 32 a 1/4 note. Hold FUNC while turning to jump between tempo-related values.

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Pre-delay, decay, shelving damping and input filters for the shared reverb.

SEND FX · Reverb (SEND FX page 2)Press FUNC + FX, then use UP/DOWN to reach SEND FX page 2.

PREPre-delay

Pre-delay time of the reverb.

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Chorus depth, speed, width and input filter, with sends from the chorus into the delay and reverb.

SEND FX · Chorus (SEND FX page 3)Press FUNC + FX, then use UP/DOWN to reach SEND FX page 3.

DPTHDepth

Depth of the chorus’s LFO modulation.

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MIXER·5 pages

The master compressor: threshold, attack, release, makeup, ratio, sidechain source and filter, and dry/wet mix.

MIXER · Compressor (MIXER page 1)Press FUNC + MOD.

THRThreshold

Compressor threshold. The lower it is, the more of the signal gets compressed.

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Track levels for tracks 1–8 when they are audio tracks, plus the pattern volume.

MIXER · Internal mixer page 1 (MIXER page 2)Press FUNC + MOD, then use UP/DOWN to reach MIXER page 2.

TRACK LEVELTrack level, tracks 1–8

The TRACK LEVEL parameter of tracks 1–8, for those that are audio tracks. Track level cannot be parameter-locked; use VOL on the AMP page for that.

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Track levels for tracks 9–16 when they are not MIDI tracks, plus the pattern volume.

MIXER · Internal mixer page 2 (MIXER page 3)Press FUNC + MOD, then use UP/DOWN to reach MIXER page 3.

TRACK LEVELTrack level, tracks 9–16

The TRACK LEVEL parameter of tracks 9–16, for those that are not MIDI tracks. Track level cannot be parameter-locked; use VOL on the AMP page for that.

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Master return levels for chorus, delay and reverb, plus master overdrive and the pattern volume.

MIXER · FX mixer (MIXER page 4)Press FUNC + MOD four times.

VOLPattern Volume

Overall level of the pattern, for balancing patterns against each other. Saved with the kit; set it with LEVEL/DATA.

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Level, stereo placement and effect sends for audio arriving at the IN L/R inputs.

MIXER · External mixer (MIXER page 5)Press FUNC + MOD, then use UP/DOWN to reach MIXER page 5. With DUAL set to ON, page 6 controls INPUT R.

IN LRIn Level

Level of the audio coming in at IN L/R.

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