Polyend Tracker Tutorials

Published on May 29, 2020 Polyend

Playlist:
Polyend Tracker - Shortcuts
Polyend Tracker - Pattern Views
Polyend Tracker - Recording Audio
Polyend Tracker - Sample Editor
Polyend Tracker - Sample Loader
Polyend Tracker - Instrument Parameters & Automation
Polyend Tracker - Sample Playback
Polyend Tracker - Sample Slicer
Polyend Tracker - Beat Slicer
Polyend Tracker - Granular Synthesis
Polyend Tracker - Wavetable Synthesis
Polyend Tracker - WT Smoother
Polyend Tracker - The Step
Polyend Tracker - OFF FAD and CUT Step Commands.
Polyend Tracker - Step Value
Polyend Tracker - Step Fx's
Polyend Tracker - Fill Tool
Polyend Tracker - Making Beats Fast
Polyend Tracker - Preview Tool
Polyend Tracker - Invert Tool
Polyend Tracker - Rendering Selection
Polyend Tracker - Live Recording
Polyend Tracker - Song Mode
Polyend Tracker - Master Section
Polyend Tracker - Mute and Solo Tracks
Polyend Tracker - Performance Mode
Polyend Tracker - Performing With Random Patterns

Introducing Polyend Tracker

Published on Mar 17, 2020 Polyend

"Introducing Polyend Tracker - Standalone Audio Workstation.

Sample, sequence, arrange, perform, create!"

Playlist:

Introducing Polyend Tracker
Performing with Polyend Tracker - Performance mode and MIDI sequencing fun by SLG (Łukasz Seliga).
Polyend Tracker Demo One
Polyend Tracker Demo Two



"A retro form factor updated with forward looking functionality and designed as an easy to use compact standalone workstation. Made for the creatives who break patterns on a daily basis. Designed to help artists forge unique avenues of sonic construction. Introducing the first hardware tracker in the music world.

The Polyend Tracker incorporates the quintessential characteristics of a classic tracker. The vertical timeline, the powerful sequencer and the mechanical keyboard combined with a newly designed input interface enables you to make and perform your music in a new and intuitive way. After a quick glance and a few minutes with the Polyend Tracker interface, you’ll soon realize the array of tools that are at your fingertips.

Polyend Tracker is slick, light and portable. It's also easy on the energy consumption so you can use it with any USB power source. Its sturdy and compact form factor makes it a great companion for music creation wherever and whenever you feel like it. No matter if you’re in your studio, on the run, or at the gig.

Polyend Tracker is equipped with a variety of powerful sound design tools. Use your existing sample library, record new ones with line or mic inputs, or use the built-in FM radio. Record samples, play them, slice them, mash them, or even make a synth out of them using Wavetable and Granular synthesis with its all necessary parts (filters, ADSRs, etc.)

Polyend Tracker works great with other instruments too. Thanks to the bilateral MIDI implementation, you can use it to sequence and control external gear or it can be used as a sound module controlled by any external MIDI software or hardware devices.

Don't be fooled by the classic tracker look. While maintaining the original quick and straightforward workflow, the Polyend Tracker is armed with an updated arsenal of sonic weapons. Automatic filling, randomizer, probability, selection rendering, effects per step, live recording, batch parameters editing, micro-tuning, micro-timing, rolls and many more give you the tools to be endlessly creative. Compatibility with MOD files allows you to import and finish tracks from back in the days or export and finalize them in the modern software trackers."


via Polyend - 499 GPB which comes out to roughly 600 USD, and 550 Euro. Update: Official price is €499 EUR/$599 USD

Update: and the official press release with a new pic:

"Polyend Tracker reboots retro form factor of software past with forward-looking functionality as world’s first hardware tracker

OLSZTYN, POLAND: famed for bringing new technologies to creative musicians by building innovative and unique musical instruments, Polyend is proud to announce availability of Tracker — effectively extracting the best bits of yesteryear’s tricky tracker software classics and rebooting them with forward-looking functionality as the world’s first hardware tracker, deftly designed as an easy-to-use compact standalone workstation with immediacy and simplicity at its creative core, and aiding artists with forging unique avenues of sonic construction to boot — as of March 18…

For the benefit of the uninitiated, a music tracker — tracker, for short — is a type of sequencing software. Speaking historically, the tracker term itself is derived from the first tracker software, Ultimate Soundtracker, starting life as a game sound development tool released for the Commodore Amiga personal computer back in 1987. The first trackers supported four pitch and volume modulated channels of 8-bit PCM (Pulse Code Modulation) samples, a limitation imposed by the Amiga’s audio chipset. Classic trackers represented music as discrete notes positioned in individual channels at discrete positions on a vertical timeline with a number-based user interface. Indeed, notes, parameter changes, effects, and other commands were entered via computer keyboard into a grid of fixed time slots as codes comprising letters, numbers, and hexadecimal digits — the latter being a positional system representing numbers using 16 distinct symbols. Saying that, those in the know appreciated the immediacy and simplicity of classic tracker software, if not necessarily those hexadecimal digits! One thing’s for sure, though: tracker software has exerted its influence on modern electronic music with influential IDM (Intelligent Dance Music) artists like (Aphex Twin alias) AFX, (Polish-American) Bogdan Raczyński, Brothomstates (a.k.a. Lassi Nikk, Finnish composer), Machinedrum (a.k.a. Travis Stewart, American electronic music producer), and Venetian Snares (a.k.a. Aaron Funk, Canadian electronic musician), to namecheck but several so-called ‘demo scene’ movers and shakers skilfully orbiting around those tricky trackers. That said, some might say that trackers need not be so tricky in this day and age. And it is this thinking that led to Polyend’s trailblazing Tracker.

The timely arrival of the aptly-named Tracker puts Polyend in pole position for blazing a new trail, tooled to take the tracker concept to a new level of innovative, inspirational, and immediate music-making by effectively extracting the best bits of yesteryear’s tricky tracker software classics and rebooting them with forward-looking functionality as the world’s first hardware tracker. Thankfully, Tracker waves goodbye to hexadecimal hysterics — not only did those entering the brave new world of classic trackers not necessarily know what those values actually represented, they could not see what was affected by them. Thinking inside its beautifully-engineered box, Tracker instead implements a simplified system of readable decimals that also shows the effects parameters when those decimals are entered in a frenzied fast track to creativity.

Tracker takes the quintessential characteristics of a classic tracker — the vertical timeline, powerful sequencer, and mechanical keyboard — and cleverly combines them with a newly-designed input interface, divided into several sections: a (high resolution, crisp, and bright) big screen and associated screen keys — mechanical controls that always correspond to what is displayed on the screen directly above them; the grid — featuring 48 backlit multifunctional silicon pads for quick note and pattern value entry and visual feedback (while also acting as a highly-customisable keyboard controller with editable scales); function keys — for fast and responsive control over all functions and options; plus navigation keys and associated (metal-manufactured) jog-wheel (with haptic feedback for fast scrolling or precise adjustments) — for facilitating transport control alongside arrow keys for navigation control, as well as dedicated Insert, Copy/Paste, Delete/Backspace, and Shift keys. All are at hand, helping to streamline making and performing music in a new and innovative way — without having to leave the world’s first hardware tracker, deftly designed as an easy-to-use compact standalone workstation with immediacy and simplicity at its creative core, and aiding artists with forging unique avenues of sonic construction to boot.

Better still, the classic tracker look of that dominating (default) screen — showing (up to) 48 instruments and 256 patterns with a maximum of 128 steps per pattern per project — belies an infinite source of inspiration. Indeed, Tracker comes complete with a wide variety of onboard sound design tools to enhance creativity still further for those wishing to take it to the limit. Let loose with Instrument — a chain of tools (Volume, Tuning, Panning, Filters, Reverb Send, and ADSRs) to make an instrument from any sample; Sampler — choose from different (1-shot, Forward, Backward, and Ping-Pong) play modes; Slicer — slice samples manually, or let Tracker take care of it ‘automagically’ at any time; Wavetable — full-blown wavetable synthesis with variable table length to make it compatible with the most popular (Ableton Wave and Serum) standards; Granular — single grain yet very powerful granular synthesis to create crazy and futuristic sounds from old and boring samples; Sample Editor — built-in precise offline rendering sample editor with multiple effects; and Sample Recorder — records up to two minutes of 16-bit/44.1kHz samples using built-in Radio, Pattern selection, Mic or Line In inputs, all of which can be saved to the included (16GB) MicroSD card for later use or loaded directly into a project. Put it this way: with Tracker, users can quickly and easily use existing sample libraries, record new ones, or use the built-in FM (Frequency Modulation) radio. Record samples, play them, slice them, mash them, or even make a synth out of them!

Tracker also plays nicely with other instruments. Thanks to its bidirectional MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) implementation, it can be used to sequence and control external gear or be controlled as a sound module by any external MIDI software or hardware devices. Whatever way anyone chooses to use it, armed as it is with an impressive arsenal of sonic weaponry — including automatic filling, randomiser, probability, selection rendering, effects per step, live recording, batch parameter editing, micro-tuning, micro-timing, rolls, and much more besides — it has what it takes to be a surefire hit, harbouring endless creativity. Compatibility with MOD files — a computer file format primarily used to represent music, made up of a set of instruments (in the form of samples), a number of patterns (indicating how and when the samples are to be played), and a list of what patterns to play in what order — allows users to import and finish tracks from way back when or export and finish their Tracker creations in modern-day software trackers.

The world’s first hardware tracker is slick, light, and portable. It is also energy efficient, so will work with any USB (Universal Serial Bus) power source. Sturdy and compact, the retro form factor of software past with forward-looking functionality makes for a great music creation companion — in the studio, on the run, or on stage. Simply put, Polyend’s Tracker puts everything right on track as a ‘back to the roots’ experience like no other!

Tracker comes complete with a USB-A power adapter, 2m USB-C cable, 3.5mm to 2x 6.3mm adapter, Minijack to MIDI DIN adapter, 16GB MicroSD card, and MicroSD to USB-A adapter, and is available to purchase through Polyend’s growing global network of authorised dealers at an MSRP of €499 EUR/$599 USD. Or order online directly from Polyend itself via the dedicated Tracker webpage, which also includes more in-depth information."

Polyend Tracker: First Impressions of the Tracker Workflow

Perfect Circuit

"The Polyend Tracker brings the Tracker sequencer workflow from the computer to this custom piece of hardware. If you are used to XOX or other styles of sequencers the Tracker with its top to bottom scrolling and hex code messages might seem confusing. The Polyend Tracker features a fill mode that adds randomized values into a sequence within a controllable range to get things going faster.

Since Trackers are sample focused the Polyend Tracker has a built in radio for you to sample from if you are looking for inspiration. It also features a performance mode with lots of effects that can be switched around in realtime to change things up. In addition to playing back internal samples the Tracker can be used as midi sequencer for your external synths.

The Polyend Tracker is available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/polyen..."

Polyend Reveals the Tracker Mini

The Collector video upload by Polyend

"Behold the breathtaking Polyend Tracker Mini. With its fusion of classic software tracker features and the latest production techniques, this portable workstation is the key to unlocking the depths of your creativity. So don't let the chance to transform your artistic expression pass you by - seize the moment and make your musical dreams a reality with the Polyend Tracker Mini today."

Breathe life into your tracks


Polyend Tracker Mini Drum&Bass

Like Tracker, but more

We’ve refined the signal path to provide more headroom and pristine stereo audio playback. Additionally, we’ve added genre-specific sample packs pre-designed by professional artists to help you get started making music faster. The sampling time has been increased to four times the capacity of the original Tracker, and the audio over USB and USB MIDI make it perfect for hybrid setups. You can add individual track effects, record directly to your laptop, or mix and master in your DAW. The included travel case will keep your Tracker safe while you do what you love in new places.

Tracker Mini has all the necessary tools to create an album, whether you want to start with the included sample pack or record your own. You can convert samples to instruments, control external devices, create simple or complex compositions, mix tracks, master, and export songs. The Mini has got you covered.

Equipped with a high-quality microphone and an onboard battery that provides up to 8 hours of playtime, the Tracker Mini enables you to instantly transform your surroundings into a musical canvas. You can create a sample pack from a camping trip or craft a drum kit from your morning commute. Store your sonic memories, get inspired, and leave the studio behind.

Projects created on the original Tracker are fully compatible with the Mini, allowing you to start a song in the studio and finish it on the go.

Tracker Mini has a complete MIDI implementation, enabling you to control any external gear or use it as part of a larger setup. For greater convenience, you can also connect it to a MIDI keyboard to input notes.

Polyend Tracker Live Performance

Patchwerks Seattle

"In this video resident expert Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT) performs on the Polyend Tracker (Firmware 1.3 beta 5).

The Polyend Tracker incorporates the quintessential characteristics of a classic tracker. The vertical timeline, the powerful sequencer and the mechanical keyboard combined with a newly designed input interface enables you to make and perform your music in a new and intuitive way. After a quick glance and a few minutes with the Polyend Tracker interface, you’ll soon realize the array of tools that are at your fingertips.

The Polyend Tracker is equipped with a variety of powerful sound design tools. Use samples from your existing library, record new ones with line or mic inputs, or use the built-in FM radio. Record samples, play them, slice them, mash them, or even make a synth out of them using Wavetable and Granular synthesis with all its necessary parts (filters, ADSRs, etc.)

Order a Polyend Tracker here: http://bit.ly/polyend_tracker

https://patchwerks.com/
Video and performance by: Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT)
https://www.ezbot.live"

Polyend Tracker "Infinite Inspiration" sound bank by Electronisounds Audio

Check out the "Infinite Inspiration" sound bank here: https://www.electronisounds.com/polye...

Playlist:
Polyend Tracker - Infinite Inspiration Sound Bank (Jam by Perplex On)
Polyend Tracker - Infinite Inspiration Sound Bank (Arcologies - Izanami)
Polyend Tracker - Infinite Inspiration Sound Bank (Arcologies - Vantazner)
Polyend Tracker - Infinite Inspiration Sound Bank (4,808 Samples!)

Sampling Randomized Sequences on the Polyend Tracker

video upload by Patchwerks Seattle

"In this video resident expert Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT) shares with us how to sample randomized sequences on the Polyend Tracker.

The Polyend Tracker is an 8 track sampler workstation with tracker interface. A retro form factor updated with forward looking functionality and designed as an easy to use compact standalone workstation. Made for the creatives who break patterns on a daily basis. Designed to help artists forge unique avenues of sonic construction. Introducing the first hardware tracker in the music world.

Order the Polyend Tracker here

Order the Modal Skulpt here

---
https://patchwerks.com/
Demo by: Matthew Piecora
Video by: Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT)
https://www.ezbot.live"

40% off the Polyend Tracker

Polyend is offering 40% off their Polyend Tracker on their Reverb Shop.

Details follow:

"Good news to kickstart the week: The Tracker, Polyend's sampler/sequencer workstation, is now available for more than 40% off its standard new price. Music makers can purchase the Tracker for $359 or €399 exclusively on The Official Polyend Reverb Shop -- hundreds of dollars off.

Launched in 2020, the Tracker brought tracker-based sequencing into the 21st century, making it a must for musicians around the globe. Since its debut, Polyend has also released the Trakcer Mini ($699), and now, you can get the original for even less."

Polyend Tracker AE Pete Cannon - Tracker Hardcore

video by Polyend

"The first Tracker AE units are on their way to the lucky customers. We find them looking really good and couldn't stop ourselves from sharing the looks, but also the music contained in each of the Artist Edition units.

Here's the first of four Pete Cannon compositions - Tracker Hardcore,. Made entirely on the Polyend Tracker by amazingly talented Pete! More coming soon. Enjoy while headbanging!"

See this post for additional custom skin Artist Editions (AE) of the Polyend Tracker.

Polyend Tracker Firmware Update v1.3 - New Bit Depth Fx | Sample Purge and Import | Track Arming and Shifting Octaves

Polyend

Polyend Tracker Firmware Update v1.3 - Sample Purge and Import

Polyend Tracker Firmware Update v1.3 - Track Arming and Shifting Octaves

Polyend Tracker Firmware Update v1.3 posts

See the Polyend label below for more.

Polyend Tracker Sessions #4: "MLT - Siren's Song"

Miltos Schimatariotis

"This track is also available for download from Bandcamp: https://mlt-music.bandcamp.com/track/..."

"Here is a new video for my Polyend Tracker series, this time with a project that I will share with the Tracker community. This song will be included in the SD content for you to explore if you wish!

As I gradually establish a workflow with the Tracker I often come up with some simple 'tricks' that can make a difference in the overall result of a track. On this one, I use the Slice mode extensively, not for some beat or loop slicing but for a possibly less obvious reason.

While recording one-shot samples from various synths in order to use them inside the Tracker I was wondering what would be a possible way to preserve some of the liveliness of the sounds. By recording a single sample from a synth patch, (since a Tracker Instrument can have only one sample at a time) in most cases you lose some amount of the real character of the sound. So what I am doing, in this case, is that I record a single note from a synth multiple times in a row while (slightly) changing synth parameters, for example, the filter cutoff or an oscillator frequency if the patch features FM etc. Then by using the Slice mode in the Tracker and adjusting slice points, I can use the Slice FX to change the timbre of my sound while it is playing a pattern. This technique can also be used for acoustic instruments. For example, you can record a piano or a guitar note in different velocities or a cymbal or snare to eliminate the "machine gun" effect.

This simple workflow can really make a big difference in the end result. Also, to make the process faster you can either use the auto-slice feature or the equal-slice. The equal-slice is especially useful if you record your synths in a DAW and you export loops with equally spaced notes. And to top it off, if all your synth samples are recorded similarly-equally spaced you can then swap samples in the Tracker without needing to readjust anything.

The whole thing may sound a bit complicated but it really isn't. I intend to make some tutorials in the future about things that I find useful in my Tracker workflow, so stay tuned!
* Next video will be about the Medusa...

This track is also available for download from Bandcamp: https://mlt-music.bandcamp.com/track/..."

Polyend Tracker Sessions #2: "MLT - Cantaloupe" (feat. Medusa and Virus TI Snow)

Miltos Schimatariotis

Here is my next little song made for my Polyend Tracker series. This time, except for the constant presence of the Medusa, the Tracker is also accompanied by the Virus TI and some live keyboard playing with a sound from the Atom library by Audio Modern. In this track, I had a good chance to test the Tracker as a MIDI sequencer too, including both notes and CC messages, and the whole process is pretty straight forward. I have also upgraded the Trackers firmware to 1.1 which now features a reverb along with the delay. So there are more possibilities now for atmospheric tracks and better production overall.
After a few more Tracker Sessions I 'll probably start to also upload some walkthroughs (or tips&tricks etc). Let me know if you would be interested in something like that or if you have any other ideas. The Medusa sound design series will continue too but the song videos help me in that department because they give me ideas for new, "real world" patches.

It took a while to upload a new video but I recently did a small upgrade in video gear too. I 've got a very nice Olympus Em-10 MK3 and some lights, so I made sure to take a lot of shots in this video to get the hang of them 😄. Hopefully, there will be a noticeable upgrade in picture quality in my next videos too, so stay tuned!

Thanks for watching and feel free to leave your comments or questions!

My Polyend Tracker songs are also available in Bandcamp: https://mlt-music.bandcamp.com/"

M27 - Jungle Minimix 2022 (Polyend Tracker Scene Project)

video upload by Polyend

"'After a year of field testing out in the city jungle, I’m still convinced there is no better tool in a junglist's arsenal than the Polyend Tracker.

I’ve learned from these no holds barred environments that there’s a need for that live element. We all know it, the thing that makes ya go, yahhhh, this isn’t a robot/ jukebox behind da decks. Well, I’ve come across some tracker hacks along the way.'

Check out the Polyend Tracker beatmaker and music producer tips, read the entire piece, and download the included tracks projects. Available only at the amazing Polyend What's Up blog!
https://polyend.com/whats-up/scene-m2..."

Polyend Tracker Sequencing Novation Drumstation V1 & Waldorf Blofeld

video upload by Polyend

"Sounds like a perfect couple, in perfect sync.

Made by Isobutane
polyend.com/whats-up/isobutane-sampling-his-cat"

Polyend Tracker sequencing Waldorf Blofeld

video upload by Isobutane

"Polyend Tracker sequencing Waldorf Blofeld in multi-mode. 4 separate patches on 4 midi channels, running through the onboard limiter and EQ. Drums are made with Roland TR505 one-shots played by Tracker. Enjoy."

Full-tilt jam with Polyend Tracker and Novation AFX Station

video upload by

"A live, semi-improvised track performed entirely on hardware.

It had been a while, and I just got a battery pack for USB gear, so I thought I'd take the Tracker for another spin. It turns out that the Tracker is one of those devices that I love more and more with every time I use it. Songwriting is getting faster on it, and its performance effects are my current favourite for getting wild with drum parts. Rearranging the sequence allows a level of complexity that you just can't get with a beat repeat! And the fact that you can then take those performance effects and apply them to other tracks instead makes the Tracker extremely flexible and fun for making jams.

I added the AFX Station at the last minute because I wanted something I could play notes on, and because I wanted something melodic to end the track. The AFX Station is just the right sound, size, and shape for a jam with the Tracker, and its filter and drive are (in my opinion) underrated. It may just be a Novation Bass Station II in disguise, but it's an awesome analog mono synth.

Polyend Tracker - Sequencing, sampling, sample player, effects
Novation AFX Station - Mono synth (running through the Tracker for reverb and delay)

Performed and recorded live to a stereo output, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com"

NAMM 2023 - Polyend - Tracker Mini

video upload by sonicstate

"Polyend has launched its latest product at NAMM 2023, the Tracker Mini, a more powerful and efficient version of the original Tracker. Alison from Polyend describes the new product as a portable DAW with a microphone on board, allowing users to record their samples on the fly. The Tracker Mini features upgraded hardware, a built in battery with around eight hours of battery life, and more memory than the original Tracker. It also includes stereo samples, better clock stability, lower latency, and is more efficient.

The Tracker Mini is small and portable, and allows users to easily crop, edit, save, and load their recorded samples into their projects. The Tracker Mini also includes a micro-move function, randomization effects, and typical effects processing like multi band filtering, delay, reverb, and bit crushing, all at note-level.

Available now for pre-orders on the Polyend website. Shipping from July 12th 2023

Price: 699 USD"

Novation Peak Demos by COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS

video uploads by COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS

Playlist:

Novation Peak 08/23/23

Long drives to far-away airports.

Novation Peak + Polyend Tracker 07/26/23
Novation Peak 07/26/23

Commune with spirits.

Novation Peak + Polyend Tracker 07/04/23

Used the Tracker for sequencing this time and found that I like it quite a lot for that purpose!

Novation Peak 06/19/23

Late at night sometime, years ago.

Novation Peak 06/11/23

Big ol pad. Thanks for watching.

Novation Peak 05/17/23

Last night's patch. Something about wind.

Novation Peak 05/07/23

The impression of someone stood behind me.

Late Night Novation Peak 04/29/21

Last night right before bed.

Novation Peak 04/10/23
Novation Peak 03/14/23 Novation Peak + Polyend Tracker 02/22/23

That was brave, thank you.

Novation Peak 02/11/23

Ambient from yesterday evening.
Working more with the mod matrix.

Novation Peak 02/06/23

In the wind, just before dawn.

Novation Peak 01/28/23
Novation Peak 01/24/23

First Track with Polyend Tracker Mini - "Starfall Nexus"

video upload by Electronisounds Audio

"This is the first track I made using the Polyend Tracker Mini.

Since I already knew how to use their OG Tracker ❤️, I've found the workflow on the Mini to be pretty similar - and have not missed the pads or big jogwheel very much - YAY!

The biggest difference to me is that the new Mini can load full STEREO samples and is not limited to MONO ONLY samples like the OG - SWEET!! 🤤

Links to my two *HUGE* sound banks for the OG Polyend Tracker (they also work on the Mini):

INFINITE INSPIRATION: https://www.electronisounds.com/polye...

LO-FI DEEP CUTS: https://www.electronisounds.com/polye..."

A Patchwerks Staff Favorite: Polyend Tracker

video by Patchwerks Seattle

"In this video resident expert Drew shows us why the Polyend Tracker is one of his favorite workstations.

A retro form factor updated with forward looking functionality and designed as an easy to use compact standalone workstation. Made for the creatives who break patterns on a daily basis. Designed to help artists forge unique avenues of sonic construction. Introducing the first hardware tracker in the music world.

Learn more about the Polyend Tracker here: https://bit.ly/polyend_tracker​

https://patchwerks.com/
Demo by: Drew
Video by: Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT)
https://www.ezbot.live"

Polyend Tracker Firmware Update v1.3.0

Polyend

"Polyend is pushing the Tracker standalone workstation further forward with a welcomed functionality-boosting v1.3.0 firmware update.

This is a special one as it is also introducing onboard games, allowing users to take a breather from music-making and refill their creative juices.

Download at polyend.com/downloads, update your unit and explore the new possibilities. Get on the right track!

Firmware Release Highlights

New MIDI I/O functionalities:

- Per step MIDI Chords,
- MIDI Microtune step Fx,
- Performance mode is now controllable via MIDI input,
- Master mixer levels are now controllable via MIDI input,
- Tracker can now be configured to send 6 distinct MIDI CCs per MIDI channel,
- Added support for sending MIDI channel aftertouch and polyphonic aftertouch,
- MIDI instruments in Pattern mode can now be present without a note (specify which MIDI channel to send CC),
- MIDI delay compensation for external clock sources in Config,

Overall enhancements and workflow refinements:

- Tune step Fx,
- Track Arm Recording,
- Live Audio Line Input Monitoring is now available during song playback,
- Long Sample Importing,
- Lo-quality Importing (saves sample pool memory time),
- Delete unused samples,
- Timestretch Fx in Sample Editor,
- Bit depth available as step and Performance Fx's,
- Transpose octaves by turning the Jog-wheel with Shift in note editing,
- Enhanced Pattern Fill command: Euclidean fills, density setting in Random fills,
- Rewritten from scratch rendering mechanism,

New sound sculpting possibilities:

- 5-band master EQ,
- Bass booster,
- Stereo enhancer,
- Updated Limiter with gain reduction meter,
- Line Input can now be a Sidechain source for the Limiter,

Onboard games are now available to catch a breather from a hard day of music-making.

- Polyend Tracker v1.3.0 firmware update is required to run the games,
- Download the games, unzip and copy the "Games" folder directly to the SD card root directory,
- Games will be accessible from the Files screen.

Please save your active project before upgrading firmware.


Picture & sound by Isobutane"