Elektron Digitone II
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- KVRist
- 273 posts since 8 Mar, 2003 from Boston, MA
I suffer from GAS all the time, but Digitone II hasn't triggered it for me yet. On the one side, OG does like 1/5th of what II is capable of, but on the other side - it introduces new tricks and with it, the complexity/overhead which I'm not sure I'm interested in. The OG's simplicity as a dedicated FM synth is it's appeal for me. For a sound designer and/or someone who is looking for a jack of many trades box, this may be a good choice. But if you're looking for rapid track production and don't want to get stuck, OG might be more practical. It just feels more menu-divey, less immediate, more diluted. I'm also biased since having syntakt, A4MK2s, RYTM2 and looking at DN as an FM synth, I don't really need the new modes. I would have preferred to see DN be a deeper/more capable FM synth, i.e. expand to 4 OPs, add Euclidean, more voices. Time will tell - I might cave in one day; just not yet.
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Constructed Identity Constructed Identity https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=288890 - KVRian
- 837 posts since 29 Sep, 2012 from Minnesota
Yea, they could definitely have added more operators and made it a more dedicated FM synth. It competes with the Syntakt now with the added machines, but in this age of rampant GAS I don't think it will hurt sales.serge wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 7:55 am I suffer from GAS all the time, but Digitone II hasn't triggered it for me yet. On the one side, OG does like 1/5th of what II is capable of, but on the other side - it introduces new tricks and with it, the complexity/overhead which I'm not sure I'm interested in. The OG's simplicity as a dedicated FM synth is it's appeal for me. For a sound designer and/or someone who is looking for a jack of many trades box, this may be a good choice. But if you're looking for rapid track production and don't want to get stuck, OG might be more practical. It just feels more menu-divey, less immediate, more diluted. I'm also biased since having syntakt, A4MK2s, RYTM2 and looking at DN as an FM synth, I don't really need the new modes. I would have preferred to see DN be a deeper/more capable FM synth, i.e. expand to 4 OPs, add Euclidean, more voices. Time will tell - I might cave in one day; just not yet.
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- KVRist
- 273 posts since 8 Mar, 2003 from Boston, MA
For sure. It's probably a good fit for someone who doesn't yet have Syntakt yet. For the non-FM sounds, for me Syntakt offers more with its 4 analog voices.Constructed Identity wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2024 11:07 am Yea, they could definitely have added more operators and made it a more dedicated FM synth. It competes with the Syntakt now with the added machines, but in this age of rampant GAS I don't think it will hurt sales.
