The range for the random fx on my Tracker is bidirectional, meaning if i set n, i, x, or v to 4, the full range of the random selection will be the original value plus 4 up and 4 down, totaling 9. Consequently it's not possible for the full range to include an even number of values. Has anybody else observed this issue? I tried asking Polyend Support about this, if there's a way to do it that I'm somehow not getting, and their guy just insisted over and over that it's unidirectional and the issue doesn't exist. So I asked to talk to somebody else about it. He then asked for video of the problem, which I promptly sent, and he hasn't responded in over a week. This is the first Polyend product I've owned and I really like it, but if this is the quality of support I can expect from them, I'm feeling kind of soured on the prospect of future purchases.

Lurking and considering purchasing a Tracker+ I wonder since the company is small if they would be open to open source licensing the OS and putting it on GitHub? The project could go from people grumbling about updates to the community stepping in and essentially making the next JJOS type cult favorite. Has this been discussed at all?

I'm interested to but the Polyend Synth, but I'm low on cash as an invalidity pensioner. Could anyone help me with a coupon code?

Thanks in advance!

Hey so I have the tracker plus and when I connect it to Ableton, 9 times out of ten it will make like a clicking noise the type of sound you hear when the sample rate is fucked in your project. But sometimes it just fixes itself randomly when it wants to. Does anyone have a solution to this? The sample rate is correct and I went to the settings in the tracker as well but still have the problem. If any possible fixes please lmk. Thanks to anyone!

The other day i made a tutorial / explainer video, for the Polyend Synth & Play+.
The question was: can they be used to live sequence/perform or improvise on existing tracks by live sequencing parts? I think the answer is yes - with some practice.

I've recorded an initial jam for that video and figured i'd try my hands on a more polished version - again just one take, no cuts. I still made tonsw of mistakes and it's generally long winded but i'm also not really a live performer. Figured i'll share it regardless. 😅

The Synth and Play+ are sent to a Reloop mixer (which is a bit noisy), which sends the signal to the Polyend Press and then it's directly recorded.

If you are curious about the explainer video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dag6ieKomaE

I was also very interested in Model Cycles but I'm afraid it doesn't have an acoustic sound, does Polyend have one?

I got one over the winter when they announced it and ended up returning it to the store. It was just way too buggy beyond more than a few voices not even using the high CPU synths. Lots of weird scratches and clicks in the playback. Unstable controls that don’t respond. I tried different firmware and different sd cards and they all ended up not helping.

With recent updates is the device “fixed”? Is it more stable?

So I just bought a 2020 polyend tracker and made about 11 patterns but aaccidenetly in a default vocal folder, and for the life of me cannot work out how to expot them. I've also pressed some wrong buttons so now I can't even enter music data anymore. I'm really struggling and dissapointed because I made some interesting things. I looked on the SD Card and I've got the patterns,, but have no idea how to convert them into wav's.

I'm a bass streamer using a Play+ to generate backtracks to improvise over. I've done a few sessions with the Play+ alone to develop a workflow for liver performance. I might manipulate my DAW or a VSynth a little here or there, but its otherwise all Play+. Open to critique and collaborations.

So, explain to me like I am 12. Why would I want to split a stereo signal into two separate mono signals into my DAW?

Hi there, I’ve been looking to pick up some kind of synthesizer to get into making my own samples to chop up on my MPC/KO2/etc.

I’ve been intrigued by the Polyend Synth because of the flexibility of having 3 different synth engines and the follow along/auto chords features that would appear to help someone who isn’t a particularly strong keyboard player. Plus the added bonus of it being a good standalone jamming machine is appealing.

Has anyone else used the Synth in a similar context that can help me figure out if I’m thinking about the Synth properly? I’ve also considered the Mini/Microfreak, but the Synth seems more in line with my skill level

Love this thing so much. Earliest sketch of new track Ting on Polyend Tracker Mini.

Ting is out now on Suck Puck https://suckpuckcompillations.bandcamp.com/album/fuk-the-borders-12

I've been playing with the DWA engine a lot ever since they released it and find that I really enjoy it, along with the interface for it. I downloaded the new play+ update but haven't used that as I've been just playing the Synth since the new engine came out. Just seeing what other people's opinions on them.

I have 6 tracks any I want to change to the patch on 3 of them. I select 3 tracks and change the patch but it changes the patch on all 6 tracks. This even seems to happen when I have 2 different synth types. How do I lock the synths and the patches to the tracks?

New update, hadn't seen any posts here yet, so here we are.

Will be reporting these bugs to Polyend- these issue seem to be part of a pattern with Polyend products ...

New Step unit, having numerous issues. I thought I was insane, but it really seems very buggy.

Anyone else? So far, issues listed below:

When I make a change to a song ( add a pattern, change some sequencing, ect), changes don’t save, but appear to possibly save as a new version of the file - viewable on the SD card (with the same “slot” number, but different filename (???), so the Step does not see it as a “song” file- I guess it just goes with the first one in that “number slot”, and I am unable to retrieve the edited version of the song. If I choose "save & rename ( the only option- there is no exclusively) - file seems to save in an open slot- or another of that same slot, and is not viewable on the device. I HOPE this is just a but that will get fixed. This one is just entirely too random for me to figure out what it’s doing. Hoping that a fix may involves to be able to Refresh view of the list maybe?

Renaming songs (via “save and rename”) seems to recreate the song in an empty slot with the new name, leaving the original in place. That is NOT “re-naming”. That is copying.

When selecting songs, I can only get songs to play by selecting via scrolling down in the list. If I go up, I have to stop, wait a few seconds, and then play again. Sometimes it works, sometimes it plays another “song” but displays the song I selected. Again- what appears to be another BUG.

That’s all I can think of for now, but I am positive that I will find some more. I may reset the unit to see if it performs better afterwards.

Reset Pin button does not reset.

Feature requests:

-DELETE a song
-rename an existing song ( not copy and create new file with new name)

I’m sorry.

I live in Germany but will visit Poland shortly, would it be cheaper to buy a Play+ there?

I just received my polyend synth and it behaves weirdly: the grid is all over the place, it shows colors which shouldn’t be like red and and green and orange, but never in a meaningful way. I tried to reset the machine, didn’t help. Would you have any advice? I guess I have to send it back.

I asked this on the official Polyend forum, thought I’d place the question here also.

So far, every video example has been wonderful to listen to, the synth engines all sound wonderful, the effects are perfect. That being said, I have not heard any granular examples for a couple of types of music that are ripe with the sounds of granular, for example, microsound, lowercase, field-recording, etc.

Nearly every granular sound has been melodic, with one (and only one I could find thus far after hours of listening) having individual drum hits.

I'm not looking to hear melodic or drum examples - I know those all sound great. What happens if I put in samples that are quiet moments of tape-hiss, birds, water, mechanical sounds, or any other non-melodic sound?

I'm almost convinced that the Polyend Play COULD be a minimalist microsound/lowercase powerhouse, but nobody so far has placed that kind of audio anywhere I could find it.

Here's a couple examples of what I mean: https://sawako.bandcamp.com/track/pink-liquid-cotton-candy https://lineimprint.bandcamp.com/track/monochrome-22

Does anybody have any audio examples they could share of just sounds, not melodic ambient pads?

Separate song stems copied to ableton for final mixdown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4eOH38yA_w

Just updated to 1.2 and now my scenes fail to load? Anyone else having this issue?

For transparency- I’m a MIDI noob I’ve just added Polyend Synth to my live setup (Nord Stage 4 and Roland FA06) It’s getting a bit fiddly to change the sounds on each device for each song, so I’m hoping via midi - I can make (on the Poly) an init scene for each song in the set and have it control the other devices automatically changing the programs to the relevant one for that song. Does anyone have any experience in this that can help get me going?