Think of it this way: he probably spent at least 10x more time creating the song. What you see in the video isn’t the creative process, which is most likely done with the Mini in his hands.
I don’t mean to sound arrogant or snarky, but you did realize that a tracker is programmatic without these fine people telling you that, right? Just thinking that you should be able to smell the GAS from a mile away. 
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I did not 
hence the love 
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I think that is correct. That’s why I (and it seems a lot others) don’t understand why their marketing is not showing how to use this device. Most should know how a PET sounds, the change they announced won’t make the device totally different.And most of us know, why he added an external Pedal to the „all in one groovebox“.
What makes the Mini different from the OG is it’s Portability and it’s design to be used in hands and it feels as if everyone is waiting for PE to finally show that. How thw workflow is with that new IO concept. How the workflow is with using the device mostly with 2 thumbs etc. instead of the encoder and the grid of the OG.
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But you could swap the mini for an iPad in that video and reach the same conclusion. You don’t hear the dry signal without the Chase Bliss so it’s more of a Generative Loss showcase. What is the difference being shown from pressing play on tracker and play on an iPad? 
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Has Polyend made that much marketing about it yet though? Mostly some teaser videos and then an affiliate marketing plug via Benn Jordan. Certainly no tutorials yet. I’m assuming that it’s because the device hasn’t released yet and they’re probably busy finalizing the firmware update that it will ship with.
The videos made by these isobutane guy, that’s not official marketing material, is it? Just another Youtuber who is likely close to Polyend.
I agree and would love to see more hands-on use to figure out how one can get creative and/or noodle on this thing. My point is just that that won’t happen until this thing starts to get out in the wild.
I don’t think Polyend have even finalized the final design (buttons) as far as I’m aware.
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Yeah, the video is a showcase of two devices. Hardly unique. What is your point exactly?
That I’m pretty sure of. You don’t change hardware designs two months before the first batches ship worldwide.
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if not, then this is the perfect time to add a few rows of buttons and make the performance mode recordable into the sequencer.
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Yeah that’s what I miss the most. A simple piano 
on-screen feature that activated the 8 buttons for keys in a selected scale would do the trick though.
I guess if they did make performance mode automation possible we’d want that in the og tracker as well… yes we would
As far as I’m aware Isobutane is essentially the Polyend front end for YT vids
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I’ve always found it easier and faster to use a tracker. Especially the Polyend devices with fill randomization. You can get percussion elements down quickly. Melodies will take more time, but you can record into the tracker.
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I hope they consider a workflow like that. Even if it’s a button combo or a mode.
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How can it be faster to use a tracker when you can literally turn on a Digitakt, hit pad 1, record, and place 4 trigs down for a 4 on the floor. In the PT, you have to go to the sample page, load up a sample, go to the tracker screen, load up the sample, fill or scroll the wheel to place the trigs. 5 seconds vs 30 seconds.
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in PT you power on the machine, and it has the last project with all the samples loaded. Press record, instrument or note, and with the pads you are entering instruments or notes in one track… I estimate 5 seconds for this. Two buttons and the pads. Or you can press shift + home, one press up, fill and you have entered 128 notes in 10,15 seconds or less.
The workflow in the PT is awesome, intuitive and fast. But… You need to use the machine a lot.
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There’s only one way to settle this.
High noon. Oude Meer. Out in front of the old saloon.
Track vs Takt
A real BEAT down.
Be there. I won’t techno for an answer.
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agree
Now you got me thinking, I just want to see someone using the Tracker Mini live. I wanna know what it looks like to be in the audience watching someone who basically looks like they are just playing a Gameboy.
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