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Polyend Tracker: New ARP FX! [1.4.0b1 firmware review] 

Stephen McLeod
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​‪@Polyend‬ have been hard at work updating the Tracker to fix bugs and implement new features. One of the most exciting is the new arpeggiator effect, currently being tested as part of v.1.4.0b1. Since this was a hotly anticipated feature, I downloaded it and had a look at how it was implemented to give folks an idea of what to expect.
I did run into a couple of quirks/bugs, which I've detailed in an issue on GitHub. Bear in mind that this is still a beta, and so subject to change and improvement. I'm looking forward to seeing what becomes of it in future.
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Комментарии : 78   
@turbotambourine
@turbotambourine 4 месяца назад
This is so helpful! Just got one and couldn’t figure it out! Guess I’ll look at that handy description for the effects more often!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 месяца назад
I'm glad this was useful!!
@Tinnur_
@Tinnur_ 3 года назад
I like that you tried out different use cases. Thanks for the video.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Cheers for having a watch!
@chordorgan
@chordorgan 3 года назад
Living vicariously through your tracker videos. Mine is on backorder for another week at least.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Just as well, since I have a bunch of Tracker videos coming up haha.
@zonashi8645
@zonashi8645 3 года назад
I know the feeling bro
@dewateringsolution4264
@dewateringsolution4264 3 года назад
Thanks for teaching me the ARP FX. I needed this video to figure it out
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Glad I could help!
@LlewynDaviesTheThird
@LlewynDaviesTheThird 3 года назад
Minor point: the description was there from the first firmware !! You could view it using arrow buttons (from memory)
@LlewynDaviesTheThird
@LlewynDaviesTheThird 3 года назад
Good video though
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Really?! Perhaps it's just the wee visual indicator that they've added in? Thanks for letting me know!
@aidandodds7672
@aidandodds7672 2 года назад
Cheers pal! Greetings from Edinburgh!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад
Edinburgh scum!! (just kidding. Hiya!)
@LabRatWarfare
@LabRatWarfare 3 года назад
Three videos in 24hrs! Awesome dude! The Polyend Tracker and new arp update seem super sweet really! Very cool and interesting to watch these overviews from you, those quick lil intro are always mint!! 😃🐀
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Is that the time period?! I must have lost my mind.
@LabRatWarfare
@LabRatWarfare 3 года назад
@@StephenMcLeod LMAO!!!! 😂🤣
@trevorbrown8737
@trevorbrown8737 3 года назад
This was very helpful as the full update is out but couldn’t find instructions yet!! Thanks this video it’s great!!👍👍
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
I'm glad it was helpful!
@trevorbrown8737
@trevorbrown8737 3 года назад
@@StephenMcLeod very helpful!! The arp is a great addition and even though basic it can still be used very creatively changing the arps settings every few steps!!
@allanroney
@allanroney 3 года назад
Really interesting, and well presented.
@td4yd154
@td4yd154 3 года назад
Video starts at 2:54
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад
video starts at 0:00
@stevenlaidlaw139
@stevenlaidlaw139 3 года назад
Cracking tutorial - good to hear a fellow Scotsman!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Not enough of us kicking about!
@alexiwiedemann
@alexiwiedemann 2 года назад
excellent video on ARP, it’s a shame that you have to use two fx to make it work. That was on update 1.4. Do you know if was fixed in the newest updates of firmware?
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад
I believe it is still the same implementation in the latest versions.
@ThereminHero
@ThereminHero 3 года назад
Got mine today! Considering the beta firmware since i'm always about those arps
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
It's worth it! Lots of cool new features. Looking forward to seeing what you do :D
@sebp400
@sebp400 3 года назад
yeah, I figured the ''midi chord'' thing out by myself. I didn't realize the chord numbers' legend was there! I would just try them one after the other.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Me too haha.
@sebp400
@sebp400 3 года назад
@@StephenMcLeod I m an idiot though, it's the notes degrees. the 3rd, 4th, 7th.. but, yeah, I just tried the gate on arps this morning. never worked. with the latest firmware.
@avrilcadabra
@avrilcadabra 3 года назад
glad they are adding it, odd implementation they have made to make it do more than lsdj c37 (lsdj can use tables to do more complex arps) if you wanted to reverse lsdj you would c73 but it wont change the root note position (that would require a table ), looks like the PT can do 4 note chords and theyve added the functionality of this being a modern arp not just the 50hz chiptune arp
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
I'm curious to see if they make additional changes!
@MathHammer
@MathHammer 3 года назад
Maybe it cuts out when the new effect is placed in the first channel because that is where the arp command is located, but otherwise it remembers the chord, ignores the second channel without a note trigger, and keeps the arp going. Either way the behavior is fiddly.
@Gainn
@Gainn 2 года назад
Really useful for drumrolls and bass wobbles.. :)
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад
real nice
@messer21
@messer21 3 года назад
Awesome vid. Funny we both had the same issues and wondering why they missed it. They need more effects lanes
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
So long as they don't release a new one and just abandon this device I'll be fine...
@koinpusher
@koinpusher 2 года назад
I wished I could make arps/chords the c64 or gameboy/nes way using tables with transpose options etc, I feel tables on an instrument is doable? Edit: having tables to make arps and such on the instrument parameter itself would also kinda fix the pan fx stopping the arp AND you'd still have 2 fx lanes free to do as you please
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад
Yeah, unfortunately tables aren't included in the Polyend.
@LostStylus
@LostStylus 3 года назад
FX description was there at least since 1.3
@LostStylus
@LostStylus 2 года назад
I dont get why did they included divisions as 1/8 of a step, how is this usable?
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад
For the arp? I believe it includes triplets etc also.
@Жан.джазмен
@Жан.джазмен 2 года назад
Useful
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад
Thank you!!
@sub-jec-tiv
@sub-jec-tiv 2 года назад
FX are not in alphabetical order because they’re set up roughly in order of which FX are used most often. So that it isn’t annoying to do the most common FX. It’s set up tp be the least annoying list possible. I’d have put Arp before micro-tuning but i don’t have any complaints really, great machine.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад
It's a good machine, but I am always hunting to find the damn FX I want!
@end9627
@end9627 2 года назад
You can render done Arp from pattern to new sample and then you can add next FX's to this new arp sample.. This is some way to realize new FX's to Arp, but eatting memory in Project :(
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад
A smart tip!
@yeahrosheechabanina6357
@yeahrosheechabanina6357 3 года назад
Deosn't it play notes in triplets when you got that dot in A parameter?
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Could well be the case! My theory on rhythm leaves a lot to be desired.
@sebp400
@sebp400 3 года назад
it's to show fractions I think
@arcsibo
@arcsibo 3 года назад
Can you tell me what is that command line tool in the beginning of the video?
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
In the introduction? No idea! That is just some royalty free stock footage I'm afraid.
@arcsibo
@arcsibo 3 года назад
@@StephenMcLeod Oh, sad. :) Anyway, thank you for time. :)
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
@@arcsibo Sorry!
@arcsibo
@arcsibo 3 года назад
@@StephenMcLeod oooh, don't worry, I am still watching your PT videos. :D thanks a lot!
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
@@arcsibo I'll need to make some more!
@prototype9000
@prototype9000 3 года назад
I couldnt get the arpeggiator to work
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Did you use both fx lanes? One for the arp speed and one for the MIDI Chord?
@prototype9000
@prototype9000 3 года назад
@@StephenMcLeod yeah i just seems to be working different on my machine
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
@@prototype9000 it shouldn't be, unless you're on a different firmware version. Are you sure it's the same one?
@weedanwine
@weedanwine 3 года назад
It's defo annoying that it uses 2 automation lanes, especialy considering doing volume automation would need a lane too. The Tracker is one of the most frustrating pieces of gear I've ever had. I was going to sell it and pre-order Dirtywave M8, but the current pre-orders have sold out so thinking I *might* hold onto it for now, well until the Nerdseq Portable is released. What gets to me the most is that I can go from really enjoying using the Tracker, then I encounter some of the usability issues and it can be super frustrating but then back to awesome. I change my mind from one day to the next as to what I think about it. My opinion might be better on it if that jog wheel didn't feel so fckin fragile 🤣
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Aye, I have a similar feeling. I love the Tracker, but then I run into some feature or other that's broken or feels half finished, and it kills my enthusiasm for it for a while. I've spent so much time reporting bugs... and it's a year old at this point. I guess for further automation you could bounce down the arp track and then edit it from there, but that means you give up a lot of control. I'm not really sure how they would fix that without implementing some kind of 'table' like LSDJ does, to give macro level adjustment... but hey. Will see I guess!
@weedanwine
@weedanwine 3 года назад
@@StephenMcLeod once you're bouncing things you may as well be working in your DAW. I'm very interested in seeing what the Nerdseq Portable is like. It's got the Euclidean fill function which is one of my fave things about sequencing on the Tracker.
@sebp400
@sebp400 3 года назад
I m the same way. It's really buggy still, I had it freeze randomly 2 days ago. But I stick with it. It's slowly getting better. But you got me curious about the other hardware trackers. Still love it though, I'm trying to develop live routines with performance mode, but it's frustrating sometimes. At least, now, you can go between ''performance'' and ''song'' mode and keep the settings. I don't like letting a ''scene'' play without interacting with the machine.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
@@sebp400 Try out LSDJ! My favourite Tracker.
@LostStylus
@LostStylus 3 года назад
@@StephenMcLeod LSDJ is a pain to use, really. At this point it's better to try something like nitro tracker that does not require you to remember a lot of cumbersome button combinations
@yeahrosheechabanina6357
@yeahrosheechabanina6357 3 года назад
Two line usage...bummer.
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
Yeah, agreed. I'm not entirely sure how they would manage it otherwise though given the current architecture.
@octopodtheroctopod7757
@octopodtheroctopod7757 2 года назад
Bad news... I have covid Good news...I can lock myself in a room for 7 days undisturbed by the outside world and muck about on my tracker. I couldn't figure out the Arp, this video was great, no chance was I figuring out the midi chord bit. But alas...it's kinda pish anyway ! Bit disappointed in that feature. Polytracker is still awesome tho. Cheers from one Scotsman on the outskirts of Glasgow to another Scotsman.. whenever your are...if your even in Scotland. Anyway.. FREEEEEDOM !....😆😆 Aye everyone....I am laughing at my own joke 😆😆
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 2 года назад
Ahh I'm sorry about that. I had it a couple of weeks ago and it was pish. Had no motivation to do anything. I am indeed in Glasgow. Since you're on the outskirts you're a dirty faker. Probably somewhere like Alloa ;)
@octopodtheroctopod7757
@octopodtheroctopod7757 2 года назад
@@StephenMcLeod ha ha ! I'm a little closer to the big smoke than that.The sleepy village of Houston, somewhere between Paisley and Port Glasgow.These days I generally only venture into town for gigs or a cash splurge. Speaking of which,I heard about a new..ish.? ...or new to me anyway shop called Signal sounds,a treasure trove of modular synth gear,I imagine a chap such as yourself probably knows it well.Looks awesome. I've been hoovering up some of the semi modular behringer kit,(neutron is Cool 🤙) modestly priced and actually pretty cool. Anyway,your vids are top tier mate, keep up the good work. FREEEEEDO... actually I already made that joke didn't I 😕😬😬
@FunkTree
@FunkTree 3 года назад
Quite useless FX at this point
@StephenMcLeod
@StephenMcLeod 3 года назад
It's not really useless. Its implementation is weird, but it's perfectly usable.
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