Polyend Play Sample and MIDI-based Groovebox Demo

The phrase “too much of a good thing” is an all-too-common sentiment with grooveboxes, brimming with so many features that they feel more like an exercise in technical prowess than like playing an actual instrument. Fortunately, Polyend has done their homework. Enter the Play, a sampler/sequencer chimera providing a master class in sandbox music making. You get over 30 sample kits right out of the box alongside eight audio and eight polyphonic MIDI tracks, all presented with an intuitive interface that seamlessly functions on and off the stage. Explore a mountain of playback functions across 35 different play modes, along with randomizer and step repeater functions. Customizable pattern arrangement lets you map your sequences anywhere on the grid for live performance. Add in robust onboard FX plus versatile MIDI functionality and a 64-step sequencer, and you’re just beginning to scratch the surface of this sample-sequencer sanctuary.

#Sweetwater #Polyend

[Zetaphor]

As someone with zero musical experience, this looks like the perfect device to get into making something that sounds good without a massive learning curve.
A lot of commenters here complaining that this doesn't directly compete against things like the Deluge, but for someone like me this thing looks like the first real chance I have of actually trying to create music.

[JasonHader]

This looks both amazing and fun. I do wonder to what degree I could incorporate this into my overall workflow as I don't particularly do this style of music. I do like how quickly it comes up with variation, though. That's very appealing to me.

[ildafons]

This thing doesn't send Audio over USB while even cheaper devices can do this. Loading samples with SD cards seem too old school.

[EnochDark]

Hmmm, kinda makes me glad I decided against the Tracker a year ago. Though if this had existed then I might have got one instead of Circuit Rhythm?  
Seems to me to be a hybrid of these things or something/kinda reminds me of the Matrix Brute stylistically. But yeah more hands on and less menuing?

[crust]

It needs a way to get multi out, lite adding a class compliant soundcard.

[DerKuhmann]

Looks pretty interesting! :D
Does anybody know if the sound files from the groovebox are compatible with the ones from the Synthstrom Deluge?

[SonicVibe]

Imagine if this thing could sample can’t the tracker and play have a baby

[brettrushkowski]

Can you have the beat fills be 32 steps or would it just be the 16 step fill repeated

[benedictjohnson]

Can you live record midi from an external controller on the Polyend Play?

[damelos]

I'm always interested in new grooveboxes. I don't think there's anything really special about this one. I also don't think the product specialist is terribly interesting to watch. Compare him to Andy Mac from Akai. That guy makes you want to buy snowballs from a snowdrift right outside your house. So, maybe it is the presenter but I found nothing that excited me about this.

[protogroup.iggyinsky]

так плохо представить инструмент могут лишь конкуренты либо идиоты....

[gtubgle]

"Playful" = Cash Grabber 🤷🏽‍♂️

[jmltalklife]

So a glorified sample player and not sampler

[ZZKJ]

One giant "meh.", No Tonnetz note entry, no actual visual(grid mode that the Deluge & Hapax has) pitch or not length view for midi sequencing, ala Deluge. A simple linear sequencer, that you have to enter the notes on each step by dialling them in one at a time. Wow, such a bad design, Polyend should have spent more time designing the basic sequencer to be an actual grid sequencer, instead you've got an 8 track linear drum sequencer, not a grid based sequencer. Randomisation is no substitute when the basic sequencer looks to be a total PITA to use. As for the restrictive sample engine, best less said the better.