Polyend Tracker Standalone Audio Workstation Wavetable Synthesizer & Sequencer

Boy, you're a regular business major, eh? Good catch!

Yes, it's the salespeople who call. Not the shipping dept or the CEO.

They won't call if you don't want them too. My rep emailed.

I haven't heard from him in a couple years.

At least I haven't had a call from Sweetwater who calls me and asks what it will take for me to check-out on items I had in my cart, like Guitar Center has done recently. I did a double take, like, you mean on my computer, cart? Sweetwater are great

FWIW: Sweetwater is as bad as Amazon, if you care... just an investment fund now. But they'll also call and harass you every few months.

I bought one of these from The Midium (great small retailer) for the same price last time they were all on sale for $360. I don't remember if they send candy but they did send a handwritten thank you.

This is a fun device but I haven't put enough time in yet to really be productive with it. I've also seen people selling these locally for less recently, and the Tracker Mini for a similar price. The Dirtywave M8 is under $500 used these days, and is preferred by many people (check out Red Means Recording on YouTube).

My comment from the last post:

A tracker is like making music in a spreadsheet filled with hexadecimal codes, which is pretty obscure at first glance.

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=MQufJBVvAtY
(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=sXu5254ayIM

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=Aq3yveNXnQs

I'd say this is not accurate at all. There are some great people at Sweetwater. Daniel Fisher alone is one of the most important people in the synth community in my opinion due to his very thoughtful demos. Amazon does nothing for customer education. Amazon doesn't weigh and photograph individual instruments.

I've been a Sweetwater customer for years. I've got a single phone call, not directly related to an order, from my sales rep in this time. He knows I don't engage, so he leaves me alone. I'm very happy with everything, every time. If you can buy from a smaller music shop, do it, but saying Sweetwater is the same as Amazon isn't true.

Damn dirtywave m8 looks like a nightmare to use because of the size but I don't have any real world experience. Does anyone here use one and can chime in?

Can I take the stereo processors and split them out to double the amount of mono processors so that I can have dynamics processing on every input?

Damn dirtywave m8 looks like a nightmare to use because of the size but I don't have any real world experience. Does anyone here use one and can chime in?

I don't own a Dirtywave M8, but I have made a headless unit for a fraction of the price of a M8. I really like this device and feel it punches well above it's weight. However, it's a niche approach to making music that's not for everyone. My suggestion would be to try out LSDj or make a headless M8 unit to see if the workflow is a good fit for you. Happy jamming!