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 Iām guessing the firmware release for itās big brother will coincide with that.
Iāve 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.
Iāve never found the destructive sample EQ that useful, for lack of configurability, but this āno audible effectā 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 Iāve been placebo EQāing samples all this time?
It is not.
Loaded up a saw wave sample, captured the un-eqād frequency response on Logicās Channel EQ analyzer.
Then applied a 12db boost on the Trackerās sample EQ effect around 120Hz and 2000Hz.
This has a very obvious effect on the sound of the saw waveā¦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 Logicās channel EQ. Iāve had to guess at the Q-factors, but they sounded pretty narrow to me so Iāve gone with 4.00 for the low and mid/high boost.
As you can see in the frequency analysis curve, the boost from the Trackerās EQ effect is quite similar in response to the Logic Pro EQ (perhaps it is slightly more drastic in the low end, though again, Iām guessing at the Q).
Mostly Iām 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, Iām 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 ā¦ maybe bassoontracker will tell what I need to know.
Milkytracker ist straight Samplebasedā¦in top there are āGeneratorsā for saw, Pulse etc. But itās far away from a synthengine.
Ancient, yes. Limited, yes.
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Has anyone here been beta testing 1.7 at all?
Iām mostly curious about the āclicks and jitterā issues apparently being addressed with this updateā¦
Thanks in advance.
nope. mines just sitting there in the case, waitingā¦
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Is Beta available?
some dude on backstage was offering to send me the beta but he was kinda weird so i declined, not weird in a scammer way, he was just kinda odd, i also sold my tracker. but it seems there is a private beta group.
Anyone interested in joining the Beta program and help testing new bugfixes and features can apply. For instructions, check the announcements category on Polyendās backstage.
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i havenāt signed up to beta test, but iām guessing theyāre testing for the next version.
in April Polyend said 1.7 would be available in āa few monthsā, so i hope theyre moving along with thisā¦
havenāt been using recently since I got a M8, should probably sell it
anyone got some good reasons to help me justify keeping it alongside the m8?
no 
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The M8 is more powerful and has more features so I guess itās a question of if you enjoy the interface and screen.
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ā¦ including that the screen lets you see ātrigsā from all tracks side-by-side
Donāt own either device right now but that will be a factor in the choice I make when I move on from what Iām currently using.
All eyes on the Mini? When there will be promised udate for the big boy? Is there a Beta at least? Anyone?
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