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Polyend Tracker Standalone Audio Workstation Wavetable Synthesizer & Sequencer for
$359.
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Features:
- All the essential software tracker elements plus more in a sleek, portable hardware device
- Large display screen, mechanical buttons, and an intuitive interface
- Vertical column configuration is an efficient and fun way to compose and arrange
- Each project allows 48 instruments and 256 patterns with 128 steps per pattern for building massive tracks
- Upload samples via microSD card or capture them on the unit through its mic and line inputs
- Includes a radio receiver for grabbing samples off the airwaves
- Manipulate samples in limitless ways with pitch-shifting, envelope generators, filters, one-shot, reverse, and ping-pong modes, and reverb
- Wavetable and granular synthesis offer deep sound design capabilities
- Performance features let you take the Polyend Tracker live
- MIDI-equipped to sequence hardware devices or to receive MIDI commands from your DAW or an external MIDI controller
- Export projects to a microSD card as master stereo tracks or stems
- USB bus-powered
Includes:
- Polyend Tracker
- USB‑A power adapter
- USB-C cable (2 m)
- 3.5 mm to 2x 6.3 mm adapter
- Minijack to MIDI DIN adapter
- 16GB MicroSD Card
- MicroSD to USB-A Adapter
- Manual
Top Comments
However, plenty of kids started making music on tracker programs in the 90s, so there have been beginners who found success with a similar interface. It probably depends on how your brain works. One advantage of the interface is that a lot of information is visible on the main page, once you understand what you're looking at.
I'd recommend watching this video to get a sense of how it works but remember that Loopop has years of music production experience, and you won't be able to make stuff that sounds nearly as good without lots of practice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQufJBV
(Watch up to 5:04, then skip to watch 42:50 until the end, then watch the middle if you're still interested)
Another good tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXu5254
You can also download a demo for Renoise, which has a similar interface although it's more powerful and probably a bit harder to learn. https://www.renoise.com/
If you're interested in a groovebox (an all-in-one hardware device that can make beats and melodies, i.e. a full track) like this, I'd consider the Novation Circuit Tracks for a similar price. The Roland MC-101 might also be good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq3yveN
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Thanks OP!
Thanks OP!
That being said, I spent a lot of hours on FL when it was still pretty basic (2.0-6.0) and I loved it.
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However, plenty of kids started making music on tracker programs in the 90s, so there have been beginners who found success with a similar interface. It probably depends on how your brain works. One advantage of the interface is that a lot of information is visible on the main page, once you understand what you're looking at.
I'd recommend watching this video to get a sense of how it works but remember that Loopop has years of music production experience, and you won't be able to make stuff that sounds nearly as good without lots of practice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQufJBV
(Watch up to 5:04, then skip to watch 42:50 until the end, then watch the middle if you're still interested)
Another good tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXu5254
You can also download a demo for Renoise, which has a similar interface although it's more powerful and probably a bit harder to learn. https://www.renoise.com/
If you're interested in a groovebox (an all-in-one hardware device that can make beats and melodies, i.e. a full track) like this, I'd consider the Novation Circuit Tracks for a similar price. The Roland MC-101 might also be good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq3yveN
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