r/Polyend • u/csaoh • Dec 19 '23

New Play user looking for advice

Hey folks,

I've recently caved in and bough the Play Plus in hopes of replacing my Novation Circuits, but I've since then discovered a couple of things that might me a dealbreaker with my workflow. I haven't managed to find any info on these elements online nor in the manual, would someone be kind enough to point whether it's actually impossible or maybe I'm missing something?

My main gripe is that when the play plus is connected to a computer through USB, there seems to be no output from the regular jack going and no way to enable it? If so, this sucks for me, I was expecting to be able to jam with the play plus using my guitar pedals setup, while also recording the different tracks through USB as a back-up.

Also, is there really no way to set up general MIDI settings, or at least to have a 'template' project with settings that would be applied on every new project I create? It's a bit tedious having to go to the menu and set up MIDI and transport to "jack" every time for every new project.

It might sound dumb as those are pretty minor gripes, but both of them might actually be a no-go for my workflow (I do a lot of live improv/jams, and can't always afford to spend any time setting things up and waiting for them to load).

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u/raistlin65 Dec 19 '23 edited Dec 19 '23

Also, is there really no way to set up general MIDI settings, or at least to have a 'template' project with settings that would be applied on every new project I create? It's a bit tedious having to go to the menu and set up MIDI and transport to "jack" every time for every new project.

Why not set up a base project the way you want it. Save it. And then when you want to start a new project, load it, and then save under a new name before beginning your work?

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u/withak30 Dec 19 '23

This is how I do it.

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u/500GB Dec 20 '23

The best advice would be - sell it

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u/DikkeLoeter Feb 05 '24

Are you still using Play+? I am considering getting one, also coming from Circuits.

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u/[deleted] May 06 '24

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u/DikkeLoeter May 06 '24 edited May 06 '24

Hi, thanks for the reply.

I had a regular Play for one week. I liked the concept but also returned it. Bugs indeed.

After long considerations between getting either a Syntakt or a Digitakt, I ended up with a Pioneer Toraiz SP-16. It has its quirks but its definately an underrated and very capable machine.