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Polyend Tracker Compact Standalone Sampling Workstation (Black Edition)

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Polyend Tracker Compact Standalone Sampling Workstation (Black Edition)
Key Features
  • Classic Retro Tracker Form Factor
  • Large Screen and Vertical Timeline
  • Powerful Sequencer + Mechanical Keyboard
  • Sampler, Slicer, Wavetable, and Granular
By leveraging a retro form factor with an updated and forward-thinking functionality, the Polyend Tracker, styled in black, 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.
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Polyend Tracker Overview

  • 1Description
  • 2
  • 3Fast Track to Creativity
  • 4Stay on Track
  • 5Infinite Source of Inspiration
  • 6A Team Player
  • 7The New Classic
  • 8All-in-One Song Crafting Toolbox
Make an Album
By leveraging a retro form factor with an updated and forward-thinking functionality, the Polyend Tracker, styled in black, 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.

Equipped with a variety of powerful sound-design tools, the Tracker uses your existing sample library and allows you to record new ones with line or mic inputs. What's more, a built-in FM radio provides ample fodder for inspiration. Record samples, play them, slice them, mash them, or even make a synth out of them using Wavetable and Granular synthesis with its all necessary parts (filters, ADSRs, LFO, etc.) Thanks to the bilateral MIDI implementation, you can use it to sequence and control external gear, or it can be used as a sound module controlled by any external MIDI software or hardware devices. The Tracker includes a range of accessories including a USB-A power adapter, a USB-C cable, a stereo 3.5mm to dual 1/4" adapter cable, a 3.5mm to MIDI DIN 5-pin adapter, a 16 GB microSD card, and a microSD to USB-A adapter.

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.
Infinite Source of Inspiration
Instrument
A chain of tools (Volume, Tuning, Panning, Resonant Filters, Delay and Reverb Sends, ADSRs, LFOs, Overdrive) to make an instrument from any sample. Use samples from your existing library, record new ones with line or mic inputs, or use the built-in FM radio.
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.

Crop their desired parts and cut out what’s not needed tofree up the sample batch memory. Apply normalizer, crop, reverse, amplifier, and overdrive effects to the entire sample/instrument.

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.
The New Classic
Mult-Track Pattern Screen
Projects hold up to 48 instruments, 256 patterns (with max. 128 steps per pattern). Don't be fooled by the classic tracker look. While maintaining the original quick and straightforward workflow, Polyend Tracker is armed with an updated arsenal of sonic weapons.

Automatic filling, randomizer, probability, selection rendering, effects per step, live recording, batch parameters editing, micro-tuning, micro-timing, rolls, and many more, give you the tools to be endlessly creative. Compatibility with MOD files allows you to import and finish tracks from back in the days or export and finalize them in the modern software trackers.

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.

Polyend Tracker Specs

Key Specs
Sound Generation
Analog Modeling / Digital / Sample-Based
Number of Sounds, Kits, or Samples
48 x User Sound Preset
Maximum Polyphony
8 Voice
Audio I/O
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Main Output
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Line Input
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Mic Input
MIDI I/O
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Input (DIN 5-Pin Adapter Included)
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Output (DIN 5-Pin Adapter Included)
General
Item Type
Desktop Synth Module
Sound Generation
Analog Modeling / Digital / Sample-Based
Keyboard
48 Button Keys with Unweighted Action
Touch Sensitivity
Yes
Aftertouch
No Aftertouch Support
Expression Controls
None
Number of Pads
48 x Pad (with LED Indicators)
Display
Color TFT
Sounds
Number of Sounds, Kits, or Samples
48 x User Sound Preset
Number of Rhythm Pattern Presets
256 x User Pattern
Favorites Recall
8 x Quick Recall Slot
Maximum Polyphony
8 Voice
Sampling Formats
PCM - 44.1 kHz / 16-Bit (Record, Save, Mono)
WAV - 16, 24, 32-Bit (Load/Import, Mono or Stereo)
Maximum Sample Length
30 Seconds per Sample
Built-In Effects
20 x 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
Synthesis
Mixer
Oscillator, External Audio
Envelopes
Filter/Mod/Assignable
Filters
Number of Filters: 3 per Patch
Type: Low-Pass, Band-Pass, High-Pass
Controls: Cutoff, Resonance
LFOs
Number of LFOs: 1
Waveforms: Sawtooth, Reverse Sawtooth, Square, Triangle, Random
Controls/Modes: LFO Sync, BPM
Glide/Portamento
Yes
Sequencing & Recording
Sequencer
Yes
Motion Sequencing
Yes
Arpeggiator
Yes
Audio Recording Formats
WAV
Max Audio Recording Time
2 Minutes per Song
Connectivity
Audio I/O
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Main Output
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Line Input
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Stereo Mic Input
Pedal Support
None
MIDI I/O
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Input (DIN 5-Pin Adapter Included)
1 x 1/8" / 3.5 mm TRS Output (DIN 5-Pin Adapter Included)
CV/Gate I/O
None
Patch Points
None
Sync I/O
None
Network I/O
None
USB
1 x USB-C (Class-Compliant , Bus Power, MIDI)
Media/Memory Card Slot
Single Slot: microSD/microSDHC
Bluetooth
No
Audio Performance
I/O Impedance
1/8" / 3.5 mm Mic/Line Inputs:
29 Kilohms
Maximum Input Level
1/8" / 3.5 mm Mic/Line Inputs:
8.2 dBu
Maximum Output Level
1/8" / 3.5 mm Line Outputs:
9 dBu
1/8" / 3.5 mm Headphone Outputs:
17.6 dBm
SNR
1/8" / 3.5 mm Line Inputs:
90 dB
1/8" / 3.5 mm Line Outputs:
97 dB
1/8" / 3.5 mm Headphone Outputs:
98 dB
Compatibility
Included Software
None
Mobile App Compatible
No
*As of January, 2023: Check with manufacturer for the most up-to-date compatibility
Power
Power Requirements
AC/DC Power Adapter (Included), USB Bus Power
AC/DC Power Adapter
Included
Current Consumption
1 A (Bus Power)
Physical
Color
Black
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
Packaging Info
Package Weight
3.5 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
13.9 x 13.2 x 2.8"

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