6.8 BACKING UP THE DIGITONE II
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# 6.8 BACKING UP THE DIGITONE II 6. INTERACTING WITH THE DIGITONE II Keep [FUNC] pressed and use the [ARROW] keys to highlight the character you want to insert. Once there, release [FUNC] to add the character. Copy, paste, and clear commands are available on the NAMING screen. 6.6 OVERBRIDGE The Overbridge software enables a tight integration between the Digitone II and a computer DAW software. When using Overbridge, the user interface for the Digitone II presents itself as a plug-in window in your DAW. Access, edit and automate parameters for sound shaping on screen. Always find your device preset parameters in the same state as you left them when you return to your DAW project, with the useful total recall functionality. Read more about Overbridge use and availability on the Elektron website: https://www.elektron.se/overbridge/ 6.7 CLASS COMPLIANT DEVICE The Digitone II is a class compliant device (also known as plug-and-play). It means it does not require any extra drivers to connect to your computer or other USB class compliant hosts. The Digitone II can, therefore, stream audio and MIDI directly over USB to and from supported computers/ phones/tablets. It opens up several exciting possibilities of what you can do with your device, for example, record audio from your device directly over USB in your DAW. For more information, please see “13.8.1 USB CONFIG” on page 80. 6.8 BACKING UP THE DIGITONE II It is always recommended to make regular backups of your data. Backups are also a convenient way to share your projects and presets with other users. To make backups and transfer files to and from your Elek tron device, you should use Transfer, a free application that you can download from the Elektron site https:// www.elektron.se/support. The application is available for both Windows and macOS. 6.8.1 BACKING UP PROJECTS, PRESETS You can backup your projects and presets from your Elektron device to a computer. Here is the general procedure for how to back up your device: 1. Connect the Elektron device to the computer via USB. 2. Open the Transfer application on your computer, and then select the USB MIDI port(s) for your device on the CONNECTION page, and then click “CONNECT” next to your device under AVAIL ABLE DEVICES. 3. In Transfer, click the EXPLORE tab to open the EXPLORE page. 4. On the EXPLORE page top left side of the drop-down menu, make sure “MY COMPUTER” is selected. 5. On the top right side, in the drop-down menu, select the type of file you want to transfer. 6. In the window on the right, navigate to the files or folders you want to transfer 7. Drag and drop the files or folders from your device to your preferred location under “MY COMPUTER.” 6.8.2 TRANSFERRING BACKED UP FILES TO YOUR ELEKTRON DEVICE Use the EXPLORE page in Transfer to transfer previously backed up files to your Elektron device from a computer. 6. INTERACTING WITH THE DIGITONE II 1. Connect the Elektron device to the computer via USB. 2. Open the Transfer application on your computer and then select the USB MIDI port(s) for your device on the Transfer CONNECTION page. Click “CONNECT” next to your device under AVAILABLE DEVICES. 3. In Transfer, click the EXPLORE tab to open the EXPLORE page. 4. On the top right side, in the drop-down menu, select the type of file you want to transfer. 5. On the top left side in the drop-down menu, make sure “MY COMPUTER” is selected. 6. Under “MY COMPUTER,” navigate to the files or folders you want to transfer. 7. Drag and drop the files or folders to your preferred location on your device. 8. Depending on what file type you send, you might encounter pop-up windows asking you to decide what files you want to send and how you want to organize them. • It is possible to import Digitone I projects to Digitone II. However, due to changes in the device architecture, the patterns in the projects might not be 100% the same. • If you want to export projects and presets that you have previously imported from a Digitone I, they need to be saved again on the Digitone II before they can be exported. 7. QUICK START 7. QUICK START This quick start will guide you through some of the basic operations to start using the Digitone II right away. First, connect it as described in section “3.3 SETTING UP AND STARTING THE DIGITONE II” on page 14. 7.1 SELECTING AND PLAYING THE PRESETS There are a large number of presets in the Digitone II that you can use in your music-making or as starting points for your own sound design. 1. Press [PRESET/KIT] to open the PRESET/KIT menu. 2. Select LOAD (PRESET) to open the LOAD PRESET MENU 3. Use the [UP]/[DOWN] keys or LEVEL/DATA to highlight a preset. 4. Press [KEYBOARD] and then use the [TRIG] keys to play and listen the highlighted preset. 5. Press [YES] to load the preset to the active track. 7.2 PLAYING THE FACTORY PRESET PATTERNS You can find a number of factory preset patterns in the Digitone II. Follow the instructions below to get started exploring your new instrument. 1. Press [PTN] and then use the [LEFT]/[RIGHT] keys to select bank A. Then press [TRIG 1] to select pattern A01. 2. Press [PLAY] to listen to pattern A01. 3. Press [PTN], and then press [TRIG 2] to cue pattern A02. It will start once pattern A01 has reached its end. Select pattern A03 by pressing [PTN], and then press [TRIG 3], and so on. 4. Press [STOP] to stop playback. 7.3 USING KEYBOARD MODE You can use the [TRIG] keys to play any track chromatically. 1. Select the track to play chromatically by pressing [TRK] + one of the [TRIG 1–16] keys. 2. Press [KEYBOARD] to enter KEYBOARD mode. The [TRIG] keys will light up in a pattern that resem bles an octave of a piano keyboard. Only lit keys are playable. 3. Play the [TRIG] keys. The preset will be pitched differently for each of the playable keys. Press [+]/[-] to transpose the virtual keyboard up or down one octave. For more information, please see “8.5.1 KEYBOARD MODE” on page 24. KEYBOARD mode is an effective way to add musical variety to your tracks. The timbre, tonality and impact of playing a preset chromatically depends on the character of the source preset. 7.4 USING MUTE MODE You can mute any of the sequencer tracks in this mode. Unlike the KEYBOARD mode, it makes no difference which track is active when this mode is activated. You can access all tracks simultaneously. 1. Make sure a pattern is playing. 2. Press the [FUNC] + [TRK] key to enter MUTE mode. 3. Press any of the [TRIG] keys to mute the corresponding track. Press again to unmute. The light of the [TRIG] keys indicates the mute status. Unlit keys are muted tracks. Lit keys are active tracks. For more information, please see “8.5.3 MUTE MODE” on page 27.
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