I wouldn’t be surprised if they did respond somewhere before. I think where they could improve is surfacing conversations.
That’s a good idea. In Renoise there’s a global headroom setting, and it in fact defaults to -6db. I actually turn it up myself, because I tend to use samples that I previously created with the OT and other hardware, so I already have the volume pretty low across the board.
But yeah, if it defaulted to -6db or so it would probably make less people run out of headroom
your record is f**king awesome! I love it. Shows off what the Tracker can do. You’ve inspired me; I have a ton of songs I’ve done on the Tracker, some of which I’ve posted here. Gonna put them all together and release it on bandcamp because, well, I want to be like you when I grow up.
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That sounds like it could be dry Polish humor though. Beefing them up so they become audible = admitting that the current EQ is inaudible.
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I want to be like him too - mainly so that I can stay in the shittest hotel in Scarborough (watch the tour video on his YT if you didn’t already)
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alright, humors fine. if it is humor, its being used to deflect a glaring issue rather than accepting responsibility, so end of the day its the same situation.
and that contradicts him saying that they technically work, so either way its poor communication once again.
seems to me like a no brainer to at least include in the manual description of the effect something to the effect of “we made such a subtle EQ you may not even notice it” if it was indeed intentional. not hidden where nobody can find it.
Thanks very much! Definitely get those tracks out there!!
I think Tracker sounds ok, as others have said keep a bit of headroom and it sounds fine.
I also think comparing it to a PC tracker isn’t fair, it is more akin to an Amiga tracker.
The biggest issue for me is the midi sync, but that is supposed to be getting fixed.
I’m sure on the old GitHub where I raised and discussed numerous bugs, I saw a reply from Polyend dev that did state the faulty EQ was a bug
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I’m very confused by the eq complaints. Running the latest OS the global eq absolutely works at each band. Is there a different eq people are referring to?
I’m assuming it’s the bounce down effect
The compressor is certainly a bit crap.
There’s an effect EQ you can apply destructively to a sample
i have been referring to the EQ in the sample editor. kinda funny that its missed by some users, its a testament to its lack of use.
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No comments here for quite a while so I assume no big firmware update yet
Did I miss a planned release date ?
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Orders of the Mini are due to ship 12-July (I think) so I’m guessing the firmware release for it’s big brother will coincide with that.
I’ve been confused by the EQ complaints, as well. Both the master EQ and the destructive sample EQ have worked for as long as I can remember.
I’ve never found the destructive sample EQ that useful, for lack of configurability, but this “no audible effect” meme has been repeated a few times here and on the Polyend forum and had me questioning if my own ears were deceiving me. Is it really possible I’ve been placebo EQ’ing samples all this time?
It is not.
Loaded up a saw wave sample, captured the un-eq’d frequency response on Logic’s Channel EQ analyzer.
Then applied a 12db boost on the Tracker’s sample EQ effect around 120Hz and 2000Hz.
This has a very obvious effect on the sound of the saw wave…it is clearly more nasal with a low end boost, kind of a quasi-formant sound.
As an A/B with a standard industry tool, we can also apply the same 12db boosts at the same frequencies using Logic’s channel EQ. I’ve had to guess at the Q-factors, but they sounded pretty narrow to me so I’ve gone with 4.00 for the low and mid/high boost.
As you can see in the frequency analysis curve, the boost from the Tracker’s EQ effect is quite similar in response to the Logic Pro EQ (perhaps it is slightly more drastic in the low end, though again, I’m guessing at the Q).
Mostly I’m relieved my ears still work 
No EQ | Tracker Sample EQ | Logic Pro EQ
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weird that it is so incredibly narrow, understandable that the changes i made were unnoticeable. thanks for doing the test.
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Will Milkytracker give me a good flavour of the tracker workflow ? It seems to be most often mentioned in connection with chiptune, which is not my thing, I’m likely to use samples and SCWFs.
Or is it so ancient and limited it will likely put me (with my biases, above) off trackers for life 
EDIT: Oops, should have finished my searching first … maybe bassoontracker will tell what I need to know.