You do if you hook it to your computer and use novation components :]
If you have hardware synths or even software synths, just use a novation launchpad pro mk3 and you can. Make a custom template to control many synths at once if needed.
I love my launchpad pro mk3.
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I’ve love to know more about how MIDI out works from the Synth. …So I’m assuming that it can be used as a MIDI controller in terms of keys and pot movement being output (is that right?). But how does it work for the three zones of the grid? Can you specify different MIDI output channels for each grid zone and so potentially output to three external devices (seems like this would be a great workaround for the limited polyphony if it worked, just assign 0 voices to one or more of the internal engines and have that component play on an external synth!). Or is output all on one channel as is most typically the case?
This would be a major feature for me - to be able to have all of the Synths chord and chord following be usable with external devices. …But almost nothing about MIDI out seems to be mentioned in the manual at present!
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Oh, this video seems to suggest that it does work as I would hope (at around 12:20). I would still be interested to hear if any one can totally confirm this before I commit though!
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Sure you can that’s been one of my favorite things to do with it so far.
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What about recalling scenes via midi ?
In my experience with tracker OG, mini and play+, they have implemented a very good midi out but a terrible midi in. For example, tracker lacks program change in, which would be awesome to pair with my digitone. It hasn’t been made so I guess it can be done.
Anyways, seeing how polyend machines work, I’m believe that it will work as you say.
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This looks really cool, seems like its more a budget Osmose then a Roland 4D rival.
“shallow” synth settings with emphasis on sequencing and playing.
This is probably a lot of fun!
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I didn’t know this was coming and I’m almost tempted by it. How deep is the editing of the synths ? I do wonder why they went for 3 parts and also wonder why 8 voice polyphony.
Does it do MPE?
How would it behave with a Linnstrument
Really quite taken with this: a suite of (great-sounding) synthesis methods, the pads (and layouts) and smart features around key scale and transposition are an exciting premise to me. Even just the physical modelling and granular on one device is lovely.
Only things giving me pause:
- an output for each synth, whether physical or USB-audio would be huge
- 8 voices (and less depending on model) I think would be ‘felt’ here a little more than on, say DN1 - could be wrong!
- we’ve joked plenty but is the standard model AND + model, Polyend’s line-up plan/strategy? without getting too off-topic, are regular Tracker and Play still manufactured and so expect the same treatment here?
- a pad layout that changes from scene-to-scene has power but trade-offs around muscle memory, intentionality around note selection, returning to performances etc
Just thoughts, interesting machine.
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This is actually a nice idea to give you three keyboard rows with three different patches. I don’t need that, but I‘m sure that’s useful for a lot of people’s performances. Is there any other machine that can do this? Don’t mention synths that can do keyboard split, this is different.
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Totally, the “1 track at a time” paradigm is super annoying in most devices for performance (I’m looking at you Push, Move…)
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The Plonky script on the Norns can split the Grid in two halves for a total of eight sequences , keyboards and/or arpeggiators across four pages (so two play areas per page). I can also play Supercollider synths (including various Mutable Instruments clones with a bit of clever patching), multisamples and/or MIDI out per half-grid.
There’s probably other similar Norns scripts that can do something similar that I can’t bring to mind right now.
The Polyend Play looks somewhat like that concept taken to another level altogether with far more complex playing routines.
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I bet Max for Live could make the Push do something like this
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No, you can’t dynamically rename encoders on Push. It sucks. I’ve been talking with the developers, but still no solution.
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Hopefully he’s busy with the Tonverk.
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I totally agree with your first two points.
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Is it upto max 8 voices per synth engine or is it shared of total 8 voices between all three engines?
Ok, it is answered in the manual 
A maximum of 8 voices in total can be assigned although some configurations may be limited to less than 8 voices. The voice count of 8 is shared across all synths.
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