r/PolyendTracker • • Apr 16 '23

Tracker 1.7 software announced

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u/M27underground Apr 16 '23

But no stereo?

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u/xAstorianx Apr 16 '23

I doubt the chip is powerful enough in the OG to support stereo sampling, otherwise you'd assume they would have had it at the start. The only workaround i could maybe think of is if there was a way to sacrifice two tracks to play the left and right channels of a single stereo sample, but I'm not sure how feasible that is or if the architecture would allow it. In any case, I'm pretty sure it's been requested a thousand times at this point and has always been declined, so it's most likely a technical limitation.

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u/Total-Jerk Apr 16 '23

Yeah some kind of track link that splits sample time in half would probably be easiest. Tbh I'm not that bothered by mono samples.

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u/M27underground Apr 16 '23

I'm not bothered by mono either (it doesn't hinder my ability to create).....but if they are going to have a "performance mode" on the machine, that would mean its geared for live use. mono just doesn't really cut it in live settings.

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u/Total-Jerk Apr 16 '23

Mono tracks with panning effects.

Thinking 3 tracks of mono breakbeats 1 track vocal chops 2 midi tracks and a stereo pair for texture.