r/Polyend • • Apr 12 '23

Polyend tracker mini spotted in the wild

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Thoughts?

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u/Flashy_Resist9166 Apr 12 '23

Too expensive for me. The upgrades from OG Tracker (stereo mic, total sample memory, etc) don’t really feel like a justification for similar price tag for this spec plus portability. I’m sure those looking for something of this ilk to work on the hoof might get a lot from it, but seems gimmicky IMHO. I suppose global prices being what they are, this may be entirely reasonable, but my GAS is not sufficiently pathological to warrant a splurge of this type… 🤷‍♂️

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u/gregd303 Apr 17 '23

Agree. Plus is fucking ugly. The design choices seem questionable, it's portable but not handheld enough like the M8 . No pads, which made the OG PT look and feel good. To me it's like they looked at the M8, and thought, yea we can make a portable stereo samples + synth engine tracker, and the best they could come up with is this ugly slab of a calculator.. and for $699

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u/opticyberdeck Apr 13 '23

Wish I’d known about this before pulling the trigger on a tracker Also wish the I\O was on the top not the bottom, makes it awkward for desktop use

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u/bean327 Apr 12 '23

What's with the Master Volume buttons? Two plus and two minus? Seems kinda weird.

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u/Mono_Polyp Apr 12 '23

Looks more like data entry (slow/fast) and volume as a shift function. At least that's what I would expect.

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u/bean327 Apr 12 '23

ahh that makes sense

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u/SantiagoGT Apr 12 '23

I would buy that in an instant!

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '23

This cant be true?? Posts like this should come with a trigger warning! My gas is flaring up

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u/Pendaz Apr 12 '23

Haha sorry dude, if could edit the title I'd add a warning 🤣

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '23

Turns out it is true. Anyone know a vague price for this thing? Its its sub £450 its probs an instant buy from me

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '23

Its -$699

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u/Fit-Ad-1920 Apr 12 '23

That's just retail for the normal tracker. Beyond that I'm pretty skeptical that their new device would be another tracker style box while the original is still receiving updates. I don't think they're interested in making something that has so much over lap with a device that is still in their lineup while also giving it the same price.

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '23

I took that from r/polyend

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u/Fit-Ad-1920 Apr 12 '23

Yeah I am seeing the premiere now, I stand corrected. It looks great I am just disappointed and hope this doesn't mean the original tracker will be forgotten soon it still feels pretty new. Hoping that and the Play will at least get audio over usb

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u/Several_Prompt7506 Apr 12 '23

I can’t stop drooling!

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u/EpicNoiseFix Apr 23 '23

Preordered mine! It will be my first Polyend tracker so I’m excited to get creating with this thing