It’s been a busy few weeks for Elektron. The Swedish hardware brand has just dropped updates for its Syntakt and Digitakt II grooveboxes, bringing new analogue sounds to the former and long-awaited Overbridge compatibility to the latter, all while playing down rumours of the imminent announcement of a leaked new instrument named Tonverk. As it transpires, Elektron did have a new instrument ready to announce all along – not Tonverk, but a new version of its synth-come-groovebox Digitone.
While FM synthesis is still at the heart of Digitone II, the update looks to expand the capabilities of the synth engine significantly. Much like Digitakt II, which arrived earlier this year, one of the most notable upgrades here is a doubling of the audio capabilities, raising the overall polyphony from eight to 16 voices. As before, Digitone II is multi-timbral and allows users to split the voice count into four independent synth sounds.
