PolyendTracker Tabletop Sampler, Wavetable Synthesizer and Sequencer - Black

The Tracker can create some weird and interesting sounds. It comes with loads of excellent samples, and enough audio tools to use these samples like they were an oscillator in a subtractive synthesizer. The built in FM radio for sampling is lots of fun. The granular and wavetable synthesizer tools work well.The hardware is just beautiful - well built, very tactile, and designed to be easy to use hands-on. The sequencer is a dream - plenty of tracks, 128 steps per pattern and as many patterns per project as you could need. It's very easy to see what you're doing all at once, and very easy to come back in and edit.The workflow is quirky, but it is fast and makes sense, just works differently than other grooveboxes I've used.

I've had it for several weeks now and It's different but fun. A bunch of features that I'm still discovering . I like how you can set the pads to a type of scale making it hard to miss a note. Plug your phone in and sample audio from YT or from the built in fm tuner. Also the price is very reasonable.

I didn't buy this to replace my DAW; I've tried software trackers before and they're just not a good fit for my workflow and the type of music I like to make. However, I think this is possibly THE best tool for composing drum/percussion tracks.Comparing this to the Roland TR-8S, for example:* Both let you load and crop custom samples, but the Tracker provides a MUCH better interface in which you can actually see the waveform.* Both limit you to 8 concurrent tracks, but on the Tracker you can have different samples on on each step of one track.* The Tracker gives you up to 255 patterns of up to 128 steps per project, where the TR-8s gives you only 128 patterns of up to 16 steps per project.* The tracker gives you great tools for introducing random variation - from step probability to randomizing the volume, pitch, sample, effects sends, etc. for each step.* Despite all this, the Tracker costs less.However, to be fair...* The TR-8S has more effects* The TR-8S has a synth engine in addition to samples... if you're willing to menu dive on a tiny screen* The TR-8S has outputs for each track, whereas the Tracker just has one stereo outputObviously the TR-8S will be a better fit for some people, but for me the Tracker provides a vastly better experience and more features that actually help my creative process. In fact, I haven't found any drum computer, rhythm composer, groovebox, or other beat-making tool that I think could beat this (for my workflow.)So, with all that praise why only 4 stars?* I've hit some bugs that crashed or froze the device completely* Some of the UI is confusing and you'll likely have to read the manual to make sense of it* I DO NOT recommend this as a DAW replacement unless you're already familiar with trackers and know what you're getting into. You won't be able to import long vocal tracks, or layer more than 8 sounds together at any point. Mixing and mastering capabilities are also quite minimal. If you do want to compose full songs on this, I'd recommend exporting stems and doing the mixing and mastering on a computer.It's been getting significant updates with new features and bugfixes fairly often, so I'm optimistic that it will be even better in the future.

This is quite possibly one of the coolest synthesizers of the last 10 years to come out. Well I should say workstations. It’s a tracker based workstation. It has granular synthesis, wavetable synthesis, sampling and an FM radio built-in that you can sample from!

I've been learning to make music for about 18 months now. This wonderful machine has made sequencing sounds incredibly easy and fun. Highly recommended.

The core functionality of the Tracker is great, and if it had three things it would be an easy recommendation:1. Built in battery. This really needs a battery for portability. I think all small synthesizers should have the option.2. Better firmware. Exporting stems fails often, and lots of weird quirks exist.3. More powerful processor. Seriously this thing is slower than a 5 year old phone.Get it if you like Trackers, and want a hardware Tracker. Just be prepared to deal with quirks. Or preorder the M8 Tracker that will be more portable, more powerful and handheld.

I love this thing. I still have a lot to learn but it’s anything but boring. I’m so glad I made this purchase.