Big fan of special request , never knew he used that FM technique . Nice post , thanks.
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I like his stuff but itās a lot if old breaks and familiar sounds .
A few tracks do have very nice strings.
I canāt deny he does it well though.
Benn and Gears preview of the tracker, shows a lot more of the workflow. Doesnāt look too slow at all.
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Oh yeah - really want to check this one out.
Update: about 1 minute into the actual demo part of the video and Iām 99.9% convinced to pre-order. The ease in which you can get to crazy territory is a workflow that I want to try.
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This makes me want to sell things.
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I feel like his comparison to the digitakt at the end was kind of weirdly dismissive, both digitakt and polyend tracker have there own strong points in this price range. If you donāt need a song mode it seems like the digitakt has more strong points to me.
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Benn does such a good job here.
I could see the appeal for composition on the generative side of things. Could be a great partner for OT in that regard.
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great video. Still not sure how good it actually sounds. The workflow looks fantastic.
I would rather compare it to the OPz than the OP1
Man this RMR video was impossible to watch and I love that dude, but that was a mess
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That was really good, I thought. Iām sure it would take me quite awhile to be as quick as him, but he showed off some very cool possibilities
I feel like the Digitakt can be a very close friend to the tracker, but he was comparing similarly priced boxes at that point.
Both sequencers and sound engines are awesome and could complement each other in numerous sonic ways.
anyways, that Benn review makes it more approachable that Loopopās.
Both are complementary though.
Benn, Loopop and RMR are reviewing the unit on 0.59.b firmware (actually 0.9.59b, thanks @tnussb) , the fx isnt done yet, resampling is a work in progress the effects are not all there yet, so hardware is set in stone but firmware is still being worked on.
So far it looks like a a great box for that price, with the chance of being something special with the right features.
It sure feels like it has some room to grow.
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What Iād really want just now, is someone just jamming away on this thing, not talking about it all the time, just playing it.
That, and chocolate.
While Iām waiting for the first, Iām stocking up on the second.
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Itās 0.9.59b in the RMR livestream video (10:01).
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Havenāt checked the thread in a whileā¦
Well it still looks really nice and elegant, for tracker heads Iām sure itās the bomb.
But no card streaming and no multi outs makes it too limited for my purposes.
Blackbox & Octatrack is a pretty fun combo by the wayā¦ So is Blackbox & TR-8.
One thing that I donāt get is the way that āperformanceā mode allows to play different patterns for each track.
My main concern is to make polymetric rhythms (14 steps over 64, for instance). I believe itās not possible in a single pattern. But how does it work in the performance mode ?
Just finished watching Bennās overview and itās another slew of reasons for this one to be at the top of my post-corona-world-is-getting-back-to-something-hopefully-approaching-normal-so-I-can-justify-hardware-list. Really impressed by how easy it is to turn to random radio snippets into wavetableā¦ Iād need to have a tuner on hand for those japes.
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shitā¦
I didnt want to be interested in this.
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Agreed.
On a side note Iām not really digging polyendās strategy to send to this every music āinfluencerā on the planet. Just do a search on instagram and youāll see a ton of people have one. It sucks as a customer to see this beautiful instrument being sent to folks who donāt know how to use it while people paying for it have to wait.
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its not just Polyendā¦ seems like every new machine this happens.
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