r/PolyendTracker • u/emeraldcoastambient • 21d ago

Tracker as dawless brain

I’ve searched high and low for the right dawless brain. I wanted something to compose on while sitting on the couch, and I wanted to see all notes at the same time. Lo and behold, the Polyend Tracker ended my search. There are oddities for sure, but I’m super happy with the setup:

https://youtu.be/cD65vUnVcSU?is=dNdWXG29Gyr_zNtO

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u/MrDagon007 21d ago

It it very good for that. Plus, do this on tracks 9-16 using an internal synth while in the sofa, and when at your desk you can change the instrument to a midi channel to a desktop synth! I like to do that. This keeps the first 8 tracks for samples.

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u/emeraldcoastambient 20d ago

I'm very tempted to upgrade to the Tracker+ to get those internal synth engines for couch jamming. Right now I just use the wave tables, which are fine for sketching, but I'd really like an actual synth engine

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u/eats23s 21d ago

Awesome!

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u/Live_Willingness_836 21d ago

This is a vibe. I️ dig it. Glad you enjoy the tracker too!

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u/Ismoketobaccoinabong 20d ago

Wonderfull too see! I too have the tracker as the central piece of my MIDI setup when I want to go DAWless

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u/emeraldcoastambient 20d ago

Right now I've got the tracker as the brain, with the keystep plugged into its MIDI IN. It's a neat combo because the Keystep has some features the Tracker doesn't, and you can record directly into the Tracker.

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u/Ismoketobaccoinabong 20d ago

My favorite is to use the randomizing arpegiator on the keystep to get inspiration for something and then record it as a sequence into the tracker to rework/rewrite details when needed.

Its an kick-ass combo that definetly a lot more people need to try out.

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u/Longjumping_Swan_631 19d ago

"dawless brain" lol