Polyend Tracker

BuddhasPalm · January 27, 2021, 12:27pm

I thought this was a feature of most audio equipment with a right/left input. Right input only for mono to left/right output.

jayhosking · January 27, 2021, 3:03pm

I picked up the Polyend Tracker on a whim because someone was selling it for a great price used, and because I’m always curious about grooveboxes. I didn’t expect to like it so much, but holy moly is this thing ever amazing.

MichaalHell · January 27, 2021, 4:45pm

Holy hell dude. I think this was the final push for me towards Polyend Tracker…

Simply incredible!

muzka · January 27, 2021, 5:55pm

Well that is pretty great, loved that

echo_opera · January 27, 2021, 6:59pm

Beautiful track! Thanks for sharing!

olafmol · January 27, 2021, 7:29pm

woa!

captain8 · January 27, 2021, 10:03pm

I see you Jay, doin the damn thang!

therockfrog · January 28, 2021, 1:53am

I love the tracker and just bought mine also. I have a problem where every 1/2 to1/3 of the time I turn it on, the screen does not boot up normally, just looks like a blank screen with some vertical lines and hitting the buttons just makes the lines move around…so I have to turn it off and on 2-3 times for it to book up normally with the P screen…so annoying.

nIdaL · January 28, 2021, 2:07am

Honestly one of the best tracker vids hands down.
No wonder it comes from Jay.

Beautiful music as always.

jayhosking · January 28, 2021, 2:40am

I would maybe look into this. Sounds defective to me.

therockfrog · January 28, 2021, 4:14am

I just downloaded the latest beta so will try that. I just had to return a Pioneer djs-1000 as one of the encoders was non functional.

Getting tired of hardware issues.

JohnnyEgo · January 28, 2021, 11:40am

iam grabbing the PT again in may this year.
that should be a big step up from a weeks ago.

I thought iam fine but I really miss the tempo breaks and retrig character of the tracker…

can I be patient until may?

jemmons · January 28, 2021, 3:09pm

I’ve had the tracker quite a few months now across a bunch of firmwares and have never seen anything like this. I’d consider returning it if that’s possible. How are you powering it?

7C · January 28, 2021, 4:04pm

i recently bought this one, has a padded inside and doesn’t feel cheap at all. it fits the tracker spot on. plus powerbank, all cables, piezo-mic and in-ear hps go in the outer bag. was 10 euros or so with a promotion. https://tinyurl.com/yyk3s5bw

therockfrog · January 28, 2021, 4:50pm

Have a surge protector with USB ports and have it plugged into their. I will try with the AC head tonight but I read that you can run it off power bricks without the AC head so you’d think using a surge protector that is plugged into AC would be more than enough compared to a portable power brick. I love the thing…so it’s more frustrating.

palm · January 28, 2021, 5:09pm

When you have it on…try reinstalling firm?

therockfrog · January 28, 2021, 5:12pm

I updated the firmware to 1.3 and it still had the issue. I updated it to 1.3.whatever the new beta is and still has the issue…I will try with the power brick tonight and maybe a full reinstall. Sweetwater will switch it out, I just dont want to be without one for a few weeks!

palm · January 28, 2021, 5:44pm

have you tried plugging the USB into your computer?
not the most “tech” suggestion…just spit ballin. or a proper powered USB hub?

jemmons · January 29, 2021, 1:36am

It’s not the source of power I’d be worried about. It’s how it gets delivered over usb. I have a lot of early USB-C devices that can be pretty picky about things that shouldn’t matter, like the cable used or brand of adapter. Maybe try with the cable and plug that shipped with it?

Wick · January 29, 2021, 2:23am

any polyend tracker & octatrack midi sync videos?