#41

I agree but I really want to know for sure. I enjoy trackers and if it has a rechargeable battery I may just have to order one!

#42

This video appears to have a charge cable plugged in to the top left corner.

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#43

Mmmmm charge cables :heart_eyes:

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#44

Iā€™m already trying to figure what I can sell to eace the eventual conversation with my wife about where this thing came fromā€¦

#45

I know, haha. I told myself I would chill on buying new stuff during this COVID garbage but I am struggling already.

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Liking this page <3

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#47

So, with 8 tracks, one could theoretically do chords pretty easily, but it could be really limiting. I wonder if there is a simple chord method, besides sampling of course) to get multi note stab without using half your available note inputs per line.

#48

Awesome, the inside scoop! They still have the haptic vibe going on.

#49

In renoise each track has the ability to add additional note lanes. I imagine this tracker would have this feature integrated.

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#50

I hope so! I knew that about Renoise, but there were some hints that the tracks had 2 dedicated param lanes, with an inability to add more. Hopefully that is a limitation of the launch firmware, and thatā€™ll get expanded over time. From the promo videos Iā€™ve seen, itā€™s been hard to tell about the notes though.

Watched the promo video up top again and see two example of at least having two note lanes. Each note has 2 param lanes:

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Obviously Iā€™m excited, cause I canā€™t stop trying to grok all this thing does!

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#51

Sorry, late to the party, so my questions may answered yetā€¦iĀ“m very excited about this thing, longtime user of soundtracker on the amiga and milkytracker on osx.

  • has the sampler the ability to create waveforms and noise as a tonegenerator, like all the old trackers?
  • is there even a basic synthengine? if yes, is there a small ā€œwavetable sequencerā€, like in hivelytracker or deflecmask, where you are able to ā€œsequenceā€ the waveforms of the synthvoice, to get those strong c64 leads?

thanks a lot if anyone knows anything!

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#52

Looks awesome. Does anyone know if it has CV out?

#53

For those that want to ask some questions

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#54

Has there been an announcement on price for this yet?

#55

a friend asked directly to Polyend and they said between Euro 499 and 599. If thatā€™s correct I think Iā€™ll buy it.

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#56

It appears to have a wave shaper and an FM synth. Iā€™m guessing it has other options as well, considering Ployendā€™s experience building the Medusa!

#57

Wait what ? If thatā€™s correct thatā€™s borderline insane for the possibilities this offer ! Damn they just want me to spend euros I donā€™t have :ā€™(

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#58

I was thinking the same but would be borderline crazy for that price. Iā€™m basically already all in on this device, but at this price? Iā€™d keep just about all my equipment in the process.

I wonā€™t get my hopes up though. Iā€™ve spent more on spare parts for a freaking mechanical keyboard. A midi machine with a grid, screen, mechanical buttons and all those mechanical keys (not to mention sound IO and midi) canā€™t possibly be that price!

#59

I must admit Iā€™m confused, my understanding right now is at 800ā‚¬ this is already a hit. It enters in direct competition with devices like MPC Live, Digitakt, etc. so 800ā‚¬ would be around those tools, except with an incredible amount of screen space, a very clear choice on the layout, a lot of clever tricksā€¦ Iā€™m at loss, this is quite incredible. (Look at me ! Trying to do something else on this forum than rant about Coronavirus, Iā€™m proud of myself, end of parenthesis).

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#60

Hey man, Iā€™m right there with you. It would be bizarre. I donā€™t really know what the correct pricing for these in Europe would be (me and my American center of the universe mind). But if I can get this thing for under $700 Iā€™d be baffled.

To be fair, screens have become a pretty cheap item in this modern era, and Polyend has a TON of experience with all the necessary tools to help cut costs, from the keys and grid theyā€™ve already developed, to the Medusaā€™s synth engines, to all the midi protocol they mastered for the Poly 2. Thereā€™s a lot of RnD theyā€™ve handled. But it would pricing themselves so low!

Then again, this kinda thing has happened before with the increase of price over the years of the OP-1. Who knows.

And listen, if you wanna talk something other than coronavirus (again, thatā€™s my job, so Iā€™m happy to NOT talk about it), we can have conversations about video games. More than happy to take a stance on the merits of kitsch in games and how excited I am for DOOM Eternal, Animal Crossing and FFVIIRemake. Hahah