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DN II

— OS history

What’s new

The Digitone II has grown a lot since launch. Here is what each OS update added, linked to where the guide covers it. This guide is written for OS 1.12 — update with Elektron Transfer if you are behind (see updating the OS).

  1. OS 1.12

    Main outputs through Outbox 8

    • You can now send the main output audio out through an Outbox 8. In the guide →
    • In the Outbox 8 channel configuration menus, FUNC + UP/DOWN steps from one channel to the next. In the guide →

  2. OS 1.11

    Outbox 8 support

    + 1 bug fix

  3. OS 1.10E

    Production update

    • No user-facing changes: this version supports updated production processes.

  4. OS 1.10D

    Production update

    • No user-facing changes: this version supports an updated production process.

  5. OS 1.10C

    FX control channel fix

    • Fixes a rare freeze when note on/off messages arrived on the FX control channel. In the guide →

    + 1 bug fix

  6. OS 1.10B

    Stability fixes

    • Fixes a freeze triggered by notes on the FX control channel, retrig (RTRG) locks being dropped when a lock trig became a note trig, and sluggish screens after lengthening a pattern. In the guide →

    + 3 bug fixes

  7. OS 1.10A

    Track swap and preset fixes

    • Track swap now moves a track’s layers and its SONG mode mutes along with it. In the guide →
    • Other fixes cover preset names with lower-case letters in the preset pool, locking every active trig on a MIDI track, the missing SLEW modulation destination, and send effects vanishing from individual outputs when taken off the mains.

    + 10 bug fixes

  8. OS 1.10

    Overbridge, chord modes and a smarter note editor

    • Overbridge support: run the Digitone II as a plugin in your DAW. In the guide →
    • Four chord modes for the keyboard — Root, Center, Spread and Memory. In the guide →
    • Choose whether the SCALE in the KEYBOARD SETUP menu is stored per track or per pattern. In the guide →
    • Audition a kit with TRIG 1–16 while it is highlighted in LOAD KIT or KIT MANAGER. In the guide →
    • Rotate an arpeggiator sequence with FUNC + LEFT/RIGHT. In the guide →
    • The arpeggiator’s SPEED setting gains extra values, and some of the existing ones have new names. In the guide →
    • Swap two tracks within a pattern from the SETUP menu (FUNC + FLTR). In the guide →
    • Optional overdub in LIVE RECORDING mode, so recording over an existing trig keeps the notes already there. In the guide →
    • Lock every active trig at once: hold a TRIG, then also hold PAGE (current page) or TRK (whole track) while you change a parameter. In the guide →
    • TEMPO + YES switches the metronome on and off. In the guide →
    • Tap the tempo from external gear by sending MIDI note G10 on the FX control channel. In the guide →
    • Import SysEx data from older (legacy) projects and presets. In the guide →
    • Projects and presets you imported can be exported again with Transfer. In the guide →
    • A new PERSONALIZE option limits live-recorded parameter changes and locks to trigs that already exist. In the guide →
    • A new TRACK SELECT option in PERSONALIZE sets how you pick tracks and whether picking one also plays it. In the guide →
    • When you search presets or kits, the active search filter is shown along the bottom of the screen. In the guide →
    • Hold FUNC while scrolling the MOD destination list to jump from one category to the next. In the guide →
    • MUTE mode remembers whether you last used pattern or global mutes, even after a power cycle. In the guide →
    • The MIDI machine’s SEL 1–8 and SEL 9–16 parameters each get their own default CC number. In the guide →
    • Small UI polish: clearer contrast on the PAGE LEDs and a tidier layout for the TO MAIN and TO SEND FX items in SETTINGS > AUDIO ROUTING. In the guide →
    • NOTE EDIT can list notes by time as well as by pitch: click E to sort by pitch (highest first) or F to sort in the order the notes were added. A small arrow shows which is active. In the guide →
    • With the note list sorted by time, press YES on a row and move it with UP or DOWN among rows that share the same micro-timing; YES or NO lets go of it. In the guide →
    • Two new PERSONALIZE options for NOTE EDIT: block accidental access to it outside GRID RECORDING mode, and choose whether notes sound as you add them. In the guide →
    • Transpose every note trig on the current page with TRIG 1–16 + PAGE + + or - in GRID RECORDING mode. In the guide →

    + 37 bug fixes

  9. OS 1.00A

    Launch fixes

    • Fixes retrigs not recording properly in LIVE RECORDING mode, the arpeggiator starting late on micro-timed trigs, a clash between pattern transpose and the tempo display, wrong NRPN values, and the LFO destination list staying open after a track change.

    + 5 bug fixes

Full details, including every bug fix, are in Elektron’s release notes .