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40 videos and 20 articles, threads and official pages that explain the Digitone II well. Each one also appears beside the guide section it covers. Videos load from YouTube only when you press play.
Digitone II — At A Glance
Elektron
The official tour: Hissquiet and Jeremiah Chiu take turns showing off the machines, the sound and the new features.
Digitone II: Machine by Machine
Elektron
The same two artists play each synth machine in turn — a quick way to hear what sets them apart.
Exploring FM Tone - Digitone II
Elektron
Elektron’s own introduction to the four-operator FM Tone machine and its main controls.
Exploring FM Drum - Digitone II
Elektron
Every FM Drum parameter put to use, for percussive and melodic sounds alike.
Exploring Wavetone - Digitone II
Elektron
The two-oscillator Wavetone machine explained one parameter at a time.
Exploring Swarmer - Digitone II
Elektron
A short official look at how each Swarmer parameter shapes the sound.
Digitone II OS 1.10 Video Guide
Elektron
Elektron’s video tour of what OS 1.10 added to the Digitone II.
Digitone II Live Stream // Live Dispatch
Elektron
Elektron’s launch-week live stream, taking viewers’ questions on the new machine.
Review: DIGITONE II vs OG Digitone // Everything new in Elektron's Digitone 2 // Detailed tutorial
loopop
A detailed tour of everything new compared with the original Digitone — half review, half tutorial.
Elektron Digitone II review: Is it worth the upgrade from version 1?
MusicRadar Tech
MusicRadar weighs up whether owners of the original Digitone should upgrade.
I finally tried the Digitone II // Here's what I think
Liam Killen
An honest first impression from a seasoned Elektron user, starting from the factory presets.
Elektron Digitone II (it is fun + can get really weird).
Sarah Belle Reid
A first-time Elektron user treats it as an experimental sound-design instrument, with lots of patch examples.
Digitone 2 Mega Tutorial - for beginners
True Cuckoo
A chaptered, unhurried beginner tutorial that builds a whole track — the best first long watch.
Elektron Digitone II - Lessons For Complete Beginners Video 1 - Finding Your Way Round
Daddy Long Les
Lesson 1 of a beginner series: factory patterns, mutes, changing presets, temporary saves and tempo.
Elektron Digitone II - Video 5 - The Euclidean Sequencer Explained In Plain English!
Daddy Long Les
The Euclidean sequencer in plain English, including how it combines with ordinary trigs and locks.
Elektron Digitone II - Lessons For Complete Beginners - Video 9 - The Side Chain Pumping Effect
Daddy Long Les
Set up classic sidechain pumping with the master compressor in about five minutes.
Elektron Digitone II - Lessons For Complete Beginners - Video 10 - Understanding Conditional Trigs
Daddy Long Les
Works through the trig conditions one by one — PRE, NEI, 1ST, LST, the ratios and more — on a real pattern.
Elektron Digitone II - Lessons For Complete Beginners - Video 15 - Chord Mode & Note Edit
Daddy Long Les
Every keyboard mode in turn, from Normal and Folded through the chord modes to Chord Memory.
Elektron Digitone II - Lessons For Complete Beginners - Video 17 - The Arpeggiator.
Daddy Long Les
A thorough arpeggiator lesson: lengths, editing the arp pattern, recording chords and live recording.
Elektron Digitone II - Lessons For Complete Beginners - Video 18 - The MOD key, understanding LFOs
Daddy Long Les
What an LFO does and how to set up all three per track, with practical examples.
Elektron Digitone II - Lessons For Complete Beginners - Video 19 - Getting In & Out Of Song Mode
Daddy Long Les
A quick how-to for moving between pattern mode and song mode.
Digitone 2 | Making Sense of the FM Tone Machine
Braintree56
A 30-minute deep walkthrough of FM Tone for anyone who wants to stop relying on presets.
Exploring Digitone 2 Machines: FM TONE | Hanging With Hexwave
Hexwave
Explains what FM Tone’s more cryptic parameters actually do, without a long theory lecture.
Digitone 2: Drum Sounds From Scratch
Sineway
Quick techniques for building drum sounds from scratch, no FM expertise required.
Exploring Digitone 2 Machines: Wavetone | Hanging With Hexwave
Hexwave
A long, hands-on exploration of the Wavetone machine.
Exploring Digitone 2 Machines: Swarmer | Hanging With Hexwave
Hexwave
Makes the case for the one-page Swarmer machine and shows how much it can do.
Digitone II Voice Setup
gino cortesi
A focused walkthrough of voice setup, made in answer to owners’ questions.
Digitone II - Exploring Unison and Layering Voices
SKLTN JCKT
Uses the 16 voices for unison and stacked layers to build big, complex sounds.
Digitone 2 Track Layering Uses and Fun | Hanging With Hexwave
Hexwave
Practical uses for track layering, from complex drums to huge melodic sounds.
Digitone 2 Overdrive Routing is Awesome (and accidental formant voice :O ) | Hanging With Hexwave
Hexwave
Shows what the pre/post-filter overdrive routing and base-width filter routing do to a sound.
Learn Digitone II Filters, Amp, FX & LFO in 25 Minutes | Full Breakdown
J5 Music
A compact tour of every filter machine, then the amp, FX, send FX and LFO pages.
The Probably Boring But Ultimately Useful Details of Note Edit on Digitone 2 | Hanging With Hexwave
Hexwave
A patient, detailed walkthrough of NOTE EDIT and its less obvious behaviour.
Transpose as a Performance Tool on Digitone 2 (And Jump Mode Rundown!) | Hanging With Hexwave
Hexwave
Compares the ways to transpose and which stay in key when used live, plus a rundown of jump step recording.
Perform Kit Mode, Quirks and Tips (Digitakt/Tone 2) | Hanging With Hexwave
Hexwave
Quirks and tips for Perform Kit mode — filmed on the Digitakt II, but it applies to the Digitone II too.
How I Actually Use Euclidean Sequencing on Digitone 2
SLUMPFISH OFFICIAL
Part one of a series on composing and performing with the Euclidean sequencer, including boolean logic and rotation.
Digitone 2 firmware 1.10 update: CHORD MODE is amazing!
Sineway
Puts the OS 1.10 chord modes to work in a real songwriting session.
Digitone 2 tutorial: Firmware 1.10 made arpeggiators more interesting!
Sineway
The small OS 1.10 arpeggiator additions that make arps less repetitive.
Digitone II OS 1.10 is here! // Deep Dive
Dave Mech
A chaptered deep dive into OS 1.10: chord modes, arp and note edit additions, track swap and PERSONALIZE.
Digitone 2 Can Do THIS? External Synth Mastery!
Matt
Step-by-step setup for sequencing external synths from the MIDI tracks and keeping everything in sync.
Digitone II MIDI Setup | Control Any Synth
J5 Music
A longer walkthrough of setting up MIDI to control other synths.
Official Elektron
- Digitone IIElektron — Elektron’s product page, with the official feature list, specs and sound demos.
- Digitone II – Support & DownloadsElektron — Where to download the latest OS (1.12, October 2026), the user manual and Transfer.
- Digitone II OS Release NotesElektron · 2026-10 — Every OS change from 1.00A to 1.12, including the full bug-fix lists that the guide only counts.
- Digitone II User Manual (OS 1.12)Elektron · 2026-10 — The official manual this guide is based on — the place to check exact parameter ranges and menu details.
- TransferElektron — Elektron Transfer for Mac and Windows: move projects, presets and OS updates to and from the Digitone II.
- Overbridge – SupportElektron — The current Overbridge download, plus the minimum OS each Elektron device needs to use it.
- Overbridge User Manual (April 2026)Elektron · 2026-04 — The full Overbridge manual: plugin setup, multitrack audio streaming and DAW integration.
- Outbox 8Elektron — Elektron’s Outbox 8 page, with the compatibility matrix showing how it works with each machine — OS 1.11 and 1.12 add Digitone II support.
- Outbox 8 User Manual (OS 1.00E)Elektron · 2026-09 — The Outbox 8’s own manual, for connections and setup on the Outbox side.
Articles & reviews
- Elektron Digitone IISound On Sound (Simon Sherbourne) · 2025-03 — An in-depth magazine review of the new machines, multimode filters, sequencer and NOTE EDIT.
- Elektron Digitone II reviewMusicRadar (Si Truss) · 2025-03 — MusicRadar’s full written review, from the team that named it their instrument of the year for 2024.
- Elektron Digitone II Review & Demo RoundupSynthtopia · 2024-10 — Launch-week review and demo videos gathered on one page.
Forum threads
- Digitone II Tips & TricksElektronauts · 2024-10 — The community’s running list of owner tricks — key tracking, comb filters, track layering and much more.
- Introducing Digitone IIElektronauts · 2024-10 — The launch thread: Elektron’s announcement followed by thousands of posts from owners.
- Digitakt II & Digitone II OS 1.10Elektronauts · 2025-03 — Elektron’s OS 1.10 announcement, and owners’ first reactions to chord modes and the rest of the update.
- Software update: Overbridge for Digitone II & OS 1.10A for Digitone II/Digitakt IIElektronauts · 2025-04 — Elektron announces the Digitone II Overbridge plugin alongside OS 1.10A, followed by owners’ setup questions.
- DN2 : PRE/POST FLTR - a handy infographicElektronauts · 2024-12 — One diagram of all eight ways the overdrive, sample rate reduction and base-width filter can sit before or after the filter machine.
- Anyone struggling sound designing with this machine? (DN2)Elektronauts · 2025-01 — Owners share how they got to grips with FM: study the presets, start from the algorithm and work methodically.
- Tips for playing a Live Set entirely with the Digitone 2 onlyElektronauts · 2025-02 — Ideas for transitions, build-ups and per-pattern mutes when the Digitone II is the only instrument on stage.
- Digitone 2 kit managementElektronauts · 2024-11 — Owners coming from other Elektron boxes work out how kits, patterns and Perform Kit mode fit together.