Polyend Tracker Compact Standalone Sampling Workstation (Silver Edition)
About this item
By leveraging a retro form factor with an updated and forward-thinking functionality, the Polyend Tracker, styled in silver, is a compact standalone workstation with an integrated sampling engine, well suited for any creative artists looking to break patterns and forge unique avenues of sonic construction. The Polyend Tracker incorporates all the characteristics of a classic tracker with a vertical timeline, a powerful sequencer, and mechanical keyboard which combine with an updated interface that enables you to create and perform music in a new and intuitive way.
Make an Album
By leveraging a retro form factor with an updated and forward-thinking functionality, the , styled in silver, is a compact standalone workstation with an integrated sampling engine, well suited for any creative artists looking to break patterns and forge unique avenues of sonic construction. The Polyend Tracker incorporates all the characteristics of a classic tracker with a vertical timeline, a powerful sequencer, and mechanical keyboard which combine with an updated interface that enables you to create and perform music in a new and intuitive way.
Fast Track to Creativity
Polyend Tracker incorporates the quintessential characteristics of a classic tracker. The vertical timeline, the powerful sequencer and the mechanical keyboard combined with a newly designed input interface enables you to make and perform your music in a new and intuitive way. After a quick glance and a few minutes with the Polyend Tracker interface, you'll soon realize the array of tools that are at your fingertips.
Stay on Track
Polyend Tracker is slick, light and portable. It's also easy on the energy consumption so you can use it with any USB power source. Its sturdy and compact form factor makes it a great companion for music creation wherever and whenever you feel like it. No matter if you're in your studio, on the run, or at a gig.
Sampler
Polyend Tracker lets you choose different sample play modes: 1-shot, Forward, Backward, Ping-pong. Record samples, play them, mash them, or even make a synth out of them using wavetable or granular synthesis.
Slicer
Slice your samples manually or let Tracker do it automatically for you. It will detect dynamic amplitude changes and slice the audio files. Separate beat slices can be triggered by a MIDI controller sending out notes.
Wavetable
Full-blown Wavetable synthesis with variable table length to make it compatible with the most popular standards (Ableton Wave and Serum compatible). Apply position modulations using available LFO or envelopes. Using the WT Smoother tool available in the Sample Editor section, you can turn any sample into an interpolated wavetable synthesis sound source.
Granular
Single grain yet very powerful Granular synthesis to make crazy and futuristic sound from your old and boring samples. Set the grain position, length, and shape and adjust the direction of the playback loop. Choosing from the Forward, Backward, Ping-pong types. Apply position modulations using available LFO or envelopes.
Sample Editor
The Sample Editor key gives you access to a section that provides an overview of theselected sample. Set the sample start and endpoints using a precise zoom tool. Use thepreview function to hear changes.
Sample Recorder
Record up to two minutes of 16-bit/44.1kHz samples using built-in radio, mic, and line inputs. Save them to the microSD card for later or load directly into the project. Samples copied to the internal memory become Instruments, with their own number, name, and separate settings.
A Team Player
Polyend Tracker works great with other instruments too. Thanks to its bidirectional MIDI implementation you can use it to sequence and control external gear. It can also be used as a sound module controlled by any external MIDI software or hardware devices.
Song Screen
Polyend Tracker gives you all the necessary utilities to make songs from A to Z. Create your patterns and organize them into an entire piece using the Song Arrangement. Then seamlessly export your tracks to Stems or Master Track directly to the microSD card. Finally, publish your project at Polyend Label. Polyend Label (coming soon) is a new community platform for sharing projects, instruments, sample packs, and wavetables. Share your skills and get inspired by others. Show off your tracks.
Performance Screen
Performing with Polyend Tracker is where the fun starts. The performance mode adds a new dimension to Tracker and allows you to remix all the pattern tracks available in your current project. Combining assignable punch-in effects and batch editing of parameters applied to selected tracks yields a powerful remix and transforms Tracker into a live performance instrument by extending the possibilities of a pre-programmed track with endless variations.
All-in-One Song Crafting Toolbox
The Polyend Tracker is an incredibly versatile instrument, beat maker, and song crafter, capable of making song crafting easier in almost any genre. Guitar music, ambient, synthwave, vocal music, hip-hop, drum and bass, garage, house, trap, techno, chiptune, cinematic scoring, acid house, shoegaze, dubstep, and much more, will all benefit from the flexibility and power of the Tracker. See for yourself why artists like Aphex Twin, Sigur Ros, The Chemical Brothers, and many more, have embraced the Polyend Tracker for their music making.
- Features
- Classic Retro Tracker Form Factor
- Large Screen and Vertical Timeline
- Powerful Sequencer + Mechanical Keyboard
- Sampler, Slicer, Wavetable, and Granular
Specifications
- Sound Generation
Analog Modeling / Digital / Sample-Based
- Number of Sounds, Kits, or Samples
48x User Sound Preset
- Maximum Polyphony
8 Voice
- Audio I/O
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Main Output1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Line Input1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Mic Input
- MIDI I/O
1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Input (DIN 5-Pin Adapter Included)1x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Output (DIN 5-Pin Adapter Included)
- CV/Gate I/O
No
- Patch Points
No
- Synth Type
Desktop Synth Module
- Keyboard
48 Button Keys with Unweighted Action
- Touch Sensitivity
Yes
- Aftertouch
No Aftertouch Support
- Expression Controls
No
- Number of Pads
48x Backlit Pad (with LED Indicators)
- Display
Color TFT
- Favorites Recall
8x Quick Recall Slot
- Built-In Effects
20x Preset (Factory)
- Performance Functions
Arpeggiator, Audio File Tempo Adjustment, Audio File Transpose, Octave Shift, Sampler, Sequencer, Split/Layer, Transpose, Tuning Adjustment
- Built-In Speaker
No
- Mixer
Oscillator, External Audio
- Envelopes
Filter/Mod/Assignable
- Filters
Number of Filters: 3 per PatchType: Low-Pass, Band-Pass, High-PassControls: Cutoff, Resonance
- LFOs
Number of LFOs: 1Waveforms: Sawtooth, Reverse Sawtooth, Square, Triangle, RandomControls/Modes: LFO Sync, BPM
- Glide/Portamento
Yes
- Sequencer
Yes
- Arpeggiator
Yes
- Audio Recording Formats
WAV
- Media/Memory Card Slot
Single Slot: microSD/microSDHC
- Pedal Support
No
- Sync I/O
No
- Network I/O
No
- USB I/O
1x USB-C (Class-Compliant , Bus Power, MIDI)
- Bluetooth
No
- Power Requirements
AC/DC Power Adapter (Included), USB Bus Power
- AC/DC Power Adapter
Included
- Current Consumption
1 A (Bus Power)
- Color
Silver
- Included Accessories
USB Cable
- Dimensions
11 x 8.1 x 1.3" / 27.9 x 20.6 x 3.3 cm
- Weight
2.6 lb / 1.2 kg
- Package Weight
4.135 lb
- Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
13.1 x 12.5 x 2.8"