Digitone II Feature Requests

Apologies for not following @LyingDalai 's feature request templating in my first version of this post. Hope this is more clear:

Options for transposing (via arp or per-track transpose) within chosen scale & key

As I described here (and please do check that post out, I articulate the musical significance of this in more detail there, in case it’s not immediately obvious), it would be helpful if we had options allowing for per-track transpositions and transpositions via the arp offset parameter to be applied within the chosen scale & key. Right now, they effectively shift the key. [note] -> [transposition] -> [force to chosen scale & key] has a different result than [note] -> [force to chosen scale & key] -> [transposition], and the latter is the only option currently available. If DN2 is to be Elektron’s most melodically capable box, this feature should be implemented.

FX sequencing track

A dedicated 17th track where, as on the AR, you can p-lock (and, ideally, have at least 1 LFO to modulate) the parameters of each send effect, the compressor, the master overdrive, etc.

Pattern direct jump

As on the AR, an option for Direct Jump when switching between patterns. Love the rhythmic improvisations this allows, really wish it was implemented on other boxes.

Midi arp

As on the OT, an arpeggiator on the MIDI tracks.

Parameter slides

As on the OT and AR, parameter slides for the audio tracks – very creative feature that I miss a lot.

Third LFO for MIDI tracks

More modulation is more fun

Option to force incoming MIDI to selected scale+key

It would be nice to have the option of forcing incoming MIDI notes to whatever scale and key you’ve chosen for a given track, so that sloppy keyboard playing or more aleatoric MIDI sources could have their wayward outputs constrained to the tonal regime you want in a given track.

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