Congrats on the tracker! Soundin like you're off to a badass start!

Congrats on the tracker! Soundin like you're off to a badass start!

It is probably harder to love PT coming from the M8 which is a small wonder. But I still enjoy some of its tools to get a quick start. The fills and selection as a first class citizen for one. Nice beat.

It is probably harder to love PT coming from the M8 which is a small wonder. But I still enjoy some of its tools to get a quick start. The fills and selection as a first class citizen for one. Nice beat.

Thanx! It's been fun with it.

Thanks for listening

I totally get that perspective. For me, I just consider them to be 2 different abstractions of tracker software. I feel like M8 is objectively more capable but focused on a compacted workflow and a very min/max approach with fine-tuned control (very chiptune thinking). Polyend excels at the 90’s sample rack and computer studio experience in one machine. It’s more generalized and limited in some ways but very straightforward in execution.

In both cases, I find exploring the limitations and different features is half the fun. I’ve been looking at it from the perspective of “which logic game do I want to play today?” or “what tool set do I need to get what I want?”.

I have my complaints with the Polyend Tracker like some UI/response issues, low headroom, the envelopes being too slow, the digital filter sounding dated, LFO panning causing clicks even on smooth shapes, the command list is hard to read, etc. All in all, I still think it's a fun experience overall.

[quote=RajaTheResidentAlien]Congrats on the tracker! Sounding like you're off to a badass start![/quote] Thanx! It's been fun with it. [quote=jimmac]It is probably harder to love PT coming from the M8 which is a small wonder. But I still enjoy some of its tools to get a quick start. The fills and selection as a first class citizen for one. Nice beat.[/quote] Thanks for listening :) I totally get that perspective. For me, I just consider them to be 2 different abstractions of tracker software. I feel like M8 is objectively more capable but focused on a compacted workflow and a very min/max approach with fine-tuned control (very chiptune thinking). Polyend excels at the 90’s sample rack and computer studio experience in one machine. It’s more generalized and limited in some ways but very straightforward in execution. In both cases, I find exploring the limitations and different features is half the fun. I’ve been looking at it from the perspective of “which logic game do I want to play today?” or “what tool set do I need to get what I want?”. I have my complaints with the Polyend Tracker like some UI/response issues, low headroom, the envelopes being too slow, the digital filter sounding dated, LFO panning causing clicks even on smooth shapes, the command list is hard to read, etc. All in all, I still think it's a fun experience overall.

Happy birthday.
- Spider

Happy birthday. - Spider

Thanks!

[quote=Devieus]Happy birthday. - Spider[/quote] Thanks!