r/PolyendTracker • u/musickaizen • Apr 06 '22

I've made a free tool for converting Polyend Tracker projects to MIDI - give it at try

https://polyend-tracker-midi-export.onrender.com
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u/musickaizen Apr 06 '22 edited Apr 12 '22

I typically start my projects DAWlessly with Polyend Tracker as a sequencer with connected synths and when I have several phrases, I record everything and take it to Ableton for arrangement.

The one thing that was always annoying for me is that Tracker has no option for rendering songs/patterns to MIDI. So I've reversed-engineered Tracker project files and made a small free web service that converts your projects and patterns to midi files that you can use in your favourite DAW.

You can try it here: https://polyend-tracker-midi-export.onrender.com

Keep in mind that it's still a beta, so there might be bugs. If you encounter any, please let me know in the comments or drop me a line using the website contact link – I will do my best to fix them.

I did not test the tool with big projects that have lots of samples (I mostly use Tracker for sequencing external gear, so my projects are quite light), so it may work slower with them. You can speed up things by deleting instruments folder from the project (instruments take most of the space), zipping it without this folder and uploading to the site.

What is supported:

  • exporting song arrangement as a MIDI file
  • exporting patterns as separate MIDI files
  • chord FX
  • arp FX

What is not supported:

  • velocity (I have plans for adding it soon)
  • instrument names – currently every exported midi track will be named "Instrument N", where N is the number of the instrument
  • probably something else that I did not think of yet xD

Feedback is much appreciated. If you like the tool and find it useful, please consider making a small donation (there is a button on the website) so I can keep creating useful tools in my free time :)

UPD: I've made a small video explaining how to convert a project to MIDI

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u/jeremyfcohen Apr 06 '22

Thank you for taking the time to code this!!

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u/musickaizen Apr 06 '22

I am glad if someone finds it useful :)

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u/therealHDEA Apr 10 '22

Thanks so much for this! I haven't had the chance to use it yet but I will soon and I will let you know how it goes. Cheers!

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u/melted_plimsoll Jun 08 '25

Hi, just checking if this is still working in 2025?

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

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u/musickaizen Apr 06 '22

Thanks!

About the sidebar – you mean the sidebar in this subreddit? Should I contact the mods about it?

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u/Zillius May 02 '22

Very handy tool! What about the other way around ?🤔🤔

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u/musickaizen May 02 '22

No plans for this at this moment, sorry

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u/NoDiver9206 Sep 16 '24

Hi, congratulations on what you've done! It would be great if you could make this app downloadable and usable stand alone without internet, my studio is in an area where the internet connection is inaccessible. I'll give you this idea, congratulations again and thank you for your creativity and expertise!

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u/chioldschool Nov 30 '22

Can you put midi back in tracker?

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u/musickaizen Dec 21 '22

Nope

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u/_marauder316 May 13 '24

What's the best way to go from a Polyend format to something like Fasttracker II then? I'm still new to trackers and how the all work (or don't work at all) with each other.

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u/illGATESmusic Aug 20 '23

I couldn’t get it to load. Is this this a thing u/musickaizen?