Polyend Tracker

captain8 · July 17, 2021, 10:02pm

is there anyway to tell from the outside of a polyend tracker box which version you have if someone wants to find out without opening the box?

TheGhostCat · July 17, 2021, 10:41pm

I don’t think there’s a difference in boxes…
but without opening the box, I’m pretty sure weight would be the only way to tell.
Mk1 (and I assume mk2) is 4.3 lbs.
Mk3 is 2.6 lbs.

Not sure about total package weight either, but if we assume that the included packaging and components are the same contents in every version…
An unopened mk1 (or mk2) would be 1.7 lbs heavier than its mk3 counterpart.
Is any of this helpful to whatever your closed box situation is? Probably not, but I tried

Claid · July 17, 2021, 10:50pm

Other than that, I can confidently report that the MK1 box is bigger than the MK2 box. Don’t ask me how I know, other than that I ended up with a MK1 and. MK2 at one point.

brucegill · July 17, 2021, 10:50pm

Buttons. They’re different for the Mk1 and mk2. The AE have mk1 buttons. There’s a post further up showing images

TheGhostCat · July 17, 2021, 10:57pm

On the external packaging?

brucegill · July 17, 2021, 10:58pm

Hahaha. Sorry, didn’t read that.

diceytrigger · July 17, 2021, 11:00pm

After receiving the Polyend Tracker a week ago, I attempted to send clock out to a Model Cycles, with MC set to receive Clk In. Tempo for the MC shows EXT, yet upon pressing play on the PT, the MC won’t start.

I reversed the clocks, with MC out and PT in. No dice though PT shows EXT Tempo. Anyone have a clue how to address this problem?

TheGhostCat · July 17, 2021, 11:07pm

Midi settings in tracker…. What are your transport in and out set to? 99%this is your solution.

diceytrigger · July 17, 2021, 11:14pm

Thank you, TheGhostCat – that was the issue. Transport set up to out now.

TheGhostCat · July 17, 2021, 11:18pm

Dope, happy to help. Welcome to the forum

diceytrigger · July 18, 2021, 12:06am

Thanks again – time to dive into the past posts.

captain8 · July 18, 2021, 12:50am

actually it’s the best we got to go on so thank you

jemmons · July 18, 2021, 1:49am

It looks like Polyend has listed the weight of the Tracker on their web site as “2.65lbs.” since July, 2020. So it’s probably not a great way to distinguish between the Mk1, Mk2, or Mk3 versions.

joeyfivecents · July 18, 2021, 2:23am

July lines up with the mkIII version. They were sold out of mkII way before July.

TheGhostCat · July 18, 2021, 2:23am

Good catch…
Major retailers are a mixed bag also, with Sweetwater still showing this… (maybe shipping weight of the entire package?)

Meanwhile I just weighed my mk1 and it is roughly 2.6 lbs…. Soooooo, anyone know the weight of a mk3?

dyingbeautiesproject · July 18, 2021, 2:39am

Regarding the weight, I think the original 4+ lb weight was a placeholder/mistake on their site. (I posted a little while ago in this thread).

The originally listed weight and dimensions were the same as a 16 inch MacBook Pro. These were changed to the current 2+ lb weight at least 12 months ago on the polyend site. I don’t think the actual specs changed, just the info on the polyend site.

Retailers seem to have not updated their listings.

As far as I can tell all versions are the same size and about the same weight (I doubt any trackers are over 4lb), but any Elektronauts with different versions can probably tell us.

captain8 · July 18, 2021, 3:36am

well there are people in this thread who own more than one version right, could any of you guys confirm the difference in weight between the models you have?

Claid · July 18, 2021, 10:22am

The endless obsession for inconsequential information is real.

What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?

joeyfivecents · July 18, 2021, 3:55pm

European?

josker · July 18, 2021, 4:12pm

I don’t know…