These Trackers have a Superpower!

[@reflux043]

At 0:52, remember that the Nintendo DS had the Korg DS10 music program.

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks for watching!

[@cresshead]

sounds like a music bed to a side scrolling platform/adventure game - i like it!

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks!

[@ruscular]

I order one of those Ipad holder that is mounted off the headboard of the bed from Amazon. My fitbit scolded me for lack of sleep! But I love it! I had one of my OG tracker in the holder while making ambient music before going to sleep.

[@0xphk]

With the tracker synth engines it's probably 4 additional superpowers to the already awesome unified concept

[@FreeBeat]

Absolutely, super powerful!

[@ndguardian]

As someone with both the Tracker Mini and the Tracker Plus, you're giving me ideas, and they're ideas that don't even involve spending money. What sorcery is this?! For real though, I kind of want to take a project and sample stuff using the Mini, do some sound design on it and bring it into the Plus for a bit of polish. I'm absolutely digging this!

[@FreeBeat]

Start swapping that SD card!

[@Defines1776]

I used to live in Sunriver!

[@FreeBeat]

It's beautiful!

[@gipht1]

Can the samples or even grooves created on the tracker mini be put on a separate sd card n loaded and used on an mpc one?

[@fauxbot]

side scroller music i dig it

[@FreeBeat]

Thank you!

[@Nova-TechnoLAB]

Hi bro, i need your help - How to connect the OPZ to the Polyend Tracker Mini using just usb-c to usb-c? I can't get it to work no matter what i try. (I dont have the opz op midi module, but supposedly you can use usbc to usbc cable to connect?)

[@FreeBeat]

What exactly are you trying to do with them?

[@Nova-TechnoLAB]

@@FreeBeat Thank you for replying :) Im trying to use the OPZ as a tiny keyboard controller for the Tracker Mini. But no luck connecting with usb-c for some reason. Ive used the OPZ successfully with Renoise tracker DAW (by the way man renoise is great!).

[@ruscular]

Boo, Sell out LOL! I almost forgot that you are a fellow Oregonian! I tried several groove box , and came back to the Tracker. sold one of my tracker OG for the Mini Tracker. and still have the other OG tracker. However I added a Sonicware ELZ_1 Play. I have them all connected by midi. Only other hardware is my Aerophone wind controller. When I am out away from home I take the Sonicware SmplTrek and mini tracker, and at home the ELZ_1 Play and OG Tracker. I do want to eventually pick up the Tracker +. Adding the sonicware ELZ_1 play I gain a 4 track audio loop station, and 17 more synth engine with load of EFX. Then use the tracker midi out to the ELZ_1 play. I use the Midi wind controller to record track in real time recording, and the Novation Launchpad pro MK3 for the user chord mode recording. I think the sonicware synth and the polyend tracker is a great mix bag of tools. You could use the keyboard of the sonicware to the tracker for realtime recording.

[@ruscular]

The Tracker percussion is much better than the ELZ_1 play

[@FreeBeat]

Thanks for watching!

[@noisetheorem]

I really wanna upgrade my tracker… But I can’t decide on the tracker plus or the tracker mini.

[@lunaticcalm29]

Careful about the mini, huge QA problems. Highly documented online. Tested every mini inventory at my local store and every one of them had a problem with one or two buttons of the d-pad. They registered only about 20 to 50% of the time. I just went with the + instead.

[@FreeBeat]

Really just depends if you wanna go portable or not! I personally haven't had any QA problems with my Tracker Mini, but I know other folks have, so definitely something to take into consideration as well. If you're just looking to stay in the studio then Tracker + all the way!

[@sodiumlights]

Make sure the company you will get the Mini from has a rock solid returns policy.

[@dudeseriously79]

Initially I was going to be a Polyend guy but Elektron kept making their impression on me and now I can't afford anything else lol (yet)

[@yourcitysleeps]

I dipped my toes into elektron with the modelcycles but ended up returning it because the workflow was so convoluted and weird. Are the workflows on the digitakt or syntakt any better?

[@dudeseriously79]

@@yourcitysleeps Yes they are, they're easier to access and it's quite an easy process to create, especially with Digitakt 2. Digitakt 2 is so vastly enhanced over Digitakt, it makes me want to have 2 of them and work them in tandem. Sound quality is huge with me and that's where Elektron shines imho.

[@yourcitysleeps]

@@dudeseriously79 thank you for this!

[@FreeBeat]

Elektron makes killer stuff too! Polyend Play + with the Digitone is some of the most fun I've had in a long time :D

[@FreeBeat]

That's really interesting, I LOVE the Cycles but can't stand the Syntakt haha. Just goes to show we all have different preferences!

[@mynameisaram]

Now if only I could afford one of them, let alone two .

[@FreeBeat]

If you don't need the onboard synths or stereo sampling (or a few other features), you can grab the original Polyend Tracker pretty heavily discounted these days. I've seen them around $300 USD on Reverb!

[@dmanh5144]

Sponsored or not, you can still be objective.

[@FreeBeat]

I'm really glad there's someone out there who still believes this! Quite the refreshing take compared to a lot of the usual comments you see on sponsored videos haha. I'll always do everything I can to provide objectivity in my videos :) Thanks for watching!

[@rayderrich]

Last time I watched your videos you just got married, now I come back and you change synth presets in bed, what went wrong Sir? Ha ha ha nice to see you again and happy for your sponsor, just stay honest and all will be fine.

[@FreeBeat]

Hahaha sometimes I even take my M8 to bed WITH my Tracker Mini!

[@rayderrich]

@@FreeBeat Do I even want to know? Ha ha ha all good mate.

[@ajplays-gamesandmusic4568]

boo sellout (jklol, it's great to hear you profess your love of trackers, knowing how recently you were introduced to LSDJ, and then got your hands on the Polyend tracker MK1).

[@FreeBeat]

Yeah I've had quite the journey with Trackers in less than 3 years lol

[@titaniumshell]

Love trackers, LSDJ is still king in my opinion but you're slightly limited for samples. But if people in the posts want an affordable tracker, I recommend this setup. R36s handheld and Teensy 4.1 M8 Headless software You've now got a powerful portable tracker for around $100

[@FreeBeat]

I just love how many options there are now for hardware Trackers! I use LSDJ on a little Anbernic handheld and it's awesome. Thanks for watching :)