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10.6 SEQUENCER MENU (EUCLIDEAN MODE)

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# 10.6 SEQUENCER MENU (EUCLIDEAN MODE)

10. THE SEQUENCER
steps. 1/4 adds a quarter note and advances the sequencer four steps and so on. The LEN parameter is
also parameter locked on every trig you place.
•	 Press [PLAY] to listen to the sequence while you are programming it. Press [STOP] to
stop the sequencer and stay in STEP RECORDING mode.
•	 If you are in PRESET POOL TRIG mode, you must press and hold [FUNC] and then
press the [TRIG] keys to be able to add trigs in STEP RECORDING mode. For more
information, please see “8.5.4 TRIG MODE” on page 27.
•	 If you use an external MIDI controller, you must set it to send MIDI data on the Digitone
II’s defined AUTO CHANNEL. For more information, please see “13.4.3 CHANNELS” on
page 76.
•	 If you use an external MIDI controller, the trig’s VEL (velocity) value is determined by the
velocity sent from these and is parameter locked.
•	 If you press and hold [FUNC] while inputting notes from an external MIDI controller, the
velocity is fixed and determined by the VEL parameter setting.
•	 If you press and hold [YES] while you place a trig with [TRIG] keys or an external MIDI
controller, the trig length is locked to the time you press the [TRIG] keys or the external
MIDI controller.
•	 If you add a new note trig on a previously placed note trig, any parameter locks previ­
ously placed on that trig remain as they were.
•	 In STEP RECORDING mode, to avoid accidental key presses, [FUNC] + [NO] does not
reload the pattern. [FUNC] + [YES] does not save the pattern. Instead they work as
described above.
10.6 SEQUENCER MENU (EUCLIDEAN MODE)
The Euclidean sequencer mode uses two separate pulse generators to generate events (trigs) that are
placed as evenly spread out over the sequencer track’s trigs as possible. You can also set a Boolean logic
operator to combine or subtract the trigs from the two pulse generators in different ways.
When you turn on Euclidean mode for a track, the [REC] button will turn blue indicating the mode is active,
and the [TRIG] keys where the generated trigs are placed will also be blue. Any trigs placed on the se­
quencer before activating the Euclidean mode will be hidden and inactive while in this mode, but they’ll
reappear when you turn the mode off again. If you want to convert an Euclidean sequence into regular
sequencer trigs, just press and hold [FUNC] while turning the Euclidean mode off. This will remove any trigs
that were placed prior to entering Euclidean mode.. While in Euclidean mode, it is not possible to add note
trigs manually to the sequencer. However, you can still do parameter locking on the already generated trigs.
Press [FUNC] + [AMP] open the SEQUENCER menu.
PL1 Pulse generator 1 sets the number of pulses (trigs) placed on the sequencer by this generator.
PL2 Pulse generator 2 sets the number of pulses (trigs) placed on the sequencer by this generator.
LEN Track length sets how many steps the track will have. This parameter is only available in PER
TRACK mode. For more information, please see “10.11 PAGE SETUP MENU” on page 48.
EUC Euclidean mode switches the Euclidean sequencer mode on/off.
R01 Rotation generator 1 rotates the trigs placed by generator 1 forward or backwards on the track.
R02 Rotation generator 2 rotates the trigs placed by generator 2 forward or backwards on the track.
TRO Track rotation rotates the trigs placed by both generator 1 and generator 2 forward or backwards
on the track.
OP Boolean operator lets you add or subtract the trigs generated from the two pulse generators in dif­
ferent ways based on mathematical logical expressions.

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OR All trigs from both generator 1 or 2 are placed on the track.
XOR Trigs from both generator 1 or 2 are placed on the track unless they are added to the same
sequencer step.
AND Only trigs added to the same sequencer step by generator 1 and 2 are placed on the track.
SUB Trigs from generator 1 are placed on the track unless generator 2 adds a trig on the same step
as generator 1.
In Euclidean mode, please note that if you press any already generated trigs, they will remain
in regular sequencer mode when you switch Euclidean mode off.
10.7 VOICE SETUP MENU
Press [VOICE SETUP] to open the VOICE SETUP menu, where you handle the allocation of the Digitone II’s
16 voices. In this menu, you can also make the settings for unison and voice stealing. Press [TRK] + [TRIG
1–16] to select which track to edit. At the top of the screen, you can see what track is selected. The center
of the screen shows the currently playing voices. Use the DATA ENTRY knobs to change the settings. Press
[NO] to exit the menu. The voice settings are stored in the active pattern.
VOICE STEAL The Digitone II has 16 voice polyphony. VOICE STEAL sets the rules for how voices are
stolen (which voice is taken when you play a new note) when you use more than 16 voices at the same
time. The VOICE STEAL parameter affects the whole pattern.
CYCLE The first played note is stolen first.
TRACK Track priority. Notes played on track 1 has priority over notes played on track 2–16. Track 2
notes over track 3–16. Track 3 notes over track 4–16 etc.
LO Lowest note is stolen first
HI Highest note is stolen first.
REUSE Sets if the same note played twice should reuse the same voice, or cycle to use another free
voice.
ON Reuses the same voice. Useful for staccato effects and drums.
OFF Cycles to use another voice. Good for piano-like sounds and pads.
VOICES Sets the number of voices (1–16) you want to lock to a specific track. A locked voice cannot be
used or stolen by another track. If you lock voices to a track, the track cannot use more voices than the
ones that are locked to it. The first number shows the number of locked voices to the track. The number
in brackets shows how many unlocked voices that remain. If you set the parameter to DYN (dynamic) it
will use any available voices to play its preset.
The number of voices that are used to play a preset is also affected by the PLAY MODE
setting in the SETUP menu. For more information, please see “9.6 THE SETUP MENU” on
page 35.
STATE Unison State turn unison on/off. Unison gives the possibility to add several voices to play the
same note.
V.AMNT Unison Voice Amount sets the number of voices that plays for each note.
[FUNC] + [VOICE SETUP] toggles unison on/off.
SPREAD Unison Spread adds pan and detune to the unison voices.

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