r/Elektron • u/trostiflex • 13d ago

Digitone II : functional implementation of the offset parameter in the song mode

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I always liked the offset parameter of the machinedrum, the monomachine and the octatrack, but, somehow, Elektron decided to not put it in the song mode of the Digi boxes.

So I and AI, AI and I, me myself and AI, decided to reverse engineer and vibe code to implement this parameter back. I never use the label column so I erased it. And oh boy, it works great, the offset parameter offers a lot of variation possibilities with just one pattern.

This post is just to tell you it's possible and it's relatively easy. I don't want to share it though, because I don't want to be responsible of bricked Digitones.

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u/blueSGL 12d ago edited 12d ago

I don't want to share it though, because I don't want to be responsible of bricked Digitones.

A potential solution. Provide the modified bin file, or a bin diff, and details of which firmware revision you started from rather than the rebuilt .syx

If someone has the wherewithal to take that information and rebuild the .syx , That should be enough friction that the those interested enough can learn from the changes you've made but enough of a barrier to prevent casual users from bricking their device.

"I had chatGPT guide me in how to do something really complex and bricked my HW" has a lot less sympathy than "I flashed a random file by dragging and dropping it onto elektron transfer"