Polyend Tracker
category: general [glöplog]
I live under a rock, so this is likely old news, but anyway:
I just found out that a company made a hardware tracker (!). Like FT2/IT/Renoise, but in a box. https://polyend.com/tracker/
Now, I thought trackers would be way too niche for such a product, but apparently they think differently. Which is awesome!
I'm seriously considering buying one (assuming it comes back in stock), because I love the idea of a single self-contained device for making music that doesn't have an internet browser. Given the likely target audience, I assume plenty sceners have one? Or are considering buying one?
Ergo, is it any good?
I just found out that a company made a hardware tracker (!). Like FT2/IT/Renoise, but in a box. https://polyend.com/tracker/
Now, I thought trackers would be way too niche for such a product, but apparently they think differently. Which is awesome!
I'm seriously considering buying one (assuming it comes back in stock), because I love the idea of a single self-contained device for making music that doesn't have an internet browser. Given the likely target audience, I assume plenty sceners have one? Or are considering buying one?
Ergo, is it any good?
But... Does it play MODs?
apparently yes. no idea about the replay precision, which i doubt has been a priority.
In stock here https://bleep.com/merch/209020-polyend-tracker (also read available @ Thomann, Juno but not checked those sites).
I only knew the M8. Interesting thing.
TIL the Polyend can also do .it, not just .mod – nice!
Interestingly, all three are very close together price-wise (450–500 €). The NerdSEQ for Eurorack is obviously less portable, and has no MIDI out-of-the-box.
My hope is the Polyend makes for a great UI to sequence other devices via MIDI.
Interestingly, all three are very close together price-wise (450–500 €). The NerdSEQ for Eurorack is obviously less portable, and has no MIDI out-of-the-box.
My hope is the Polyend makes for a great UI to sequence other devices via MIDI.
Thomann.de has them readily available, including three special designs (at 700 €, though).
Old news yes. Cool machine, but too expensive.
Yeah, I hope the price drops when the M8 becomes available.
Cool stuff. I'd love to bang out chiptunes like some people do live, but my musicality is sadly "limited" to put it mildly...
I have one.
It has a weird workflow. If you have a tracker workflow you're used to, and want to have that on-the-go, it's probably ok for you. But think "scroll wheel" instead of "mouse".
It's not a machine that you start and suddenly creative energy flows endlessly -- I'm still decided on keeping mine until I have time studying its functions... whenever.
It has a weird workflow. If you have a tracker workflow you're used to, and want to have that on-the-go, it's probably ok for you. But think "scroll wheel" instead of "mouse".
It's not a machine that you start and suddenly creative energy flows endlessly -- I'm still decided on keeping mine until I have time studying its functions... whenever.
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It's not a machine that you start and suddenly creative energy flows endlessly
any idea why? or, what kind of machine does have that effect on you?
Well, its a lot of menu-fiddling.
Machines that don't have the requirement of knowing their digital menu structure do have such an effect on me. Like, synths with many hands-on-knobs that visualize their state at most given times. Or even complex machines like my MatrixBrute, i.e. a mixture of easily-accessible random tuning, "empirical learning", rather than "I think I need to go through some hours of YouTube / manuals first".
But I'll give it a chance. If any of you is @ UC11, I might bring it along, np :)
Machines that don't have the requirement of knowing their digital menu structure do have such an effect on me. Like, synths with many hands-on-knobs that visualize their state at most given times. Or even complex machines like my MatrixBrute, i.e. a mixture of easily-accessible random tuning, "empirical learning", rather than "I think I need to go through some hours of YouTube / manuals first".
But I'll give it a chance. If any of you is @ UC11, I might bring it along, np :)
right! thanks! :-)
@qm210: I'll be there. Would love to try it!
@qm210: Yes, bring it to UC!
It doesn't support stereo samples.
i had one and sold it after two weeks. just couldn't get into the workflow at all, every time it's like "i could do this so much faster in a impulse tracker on a computer"
@y0gi, henne: sure. find me at the infodesk :)
What I actually like is that idea to record samples from radio. That is, if you know some good radio stations, of course :P
What I actually like is that idea to record samples from radio. That is, if you know some good radio stations, of course :P
The yellow playdate console might be a great platform to code a tracker or some sound toys. Anyone thinking about getting one?
https://play.date/dev/
https://play.date/dev/