Breakneck jam with the Polyend Tracker+

A live synthesizer jam performed entirely on one piece of hardware.

Full disclosure: while I purchased the Tracker, Play, and Tracker Mini with my own money across the years, Polyend sent along the Tracker+ for free. While that no doubt colours my opinion, I really do want to emphasize that I think the Tracker ecosystem was already very much my thing.

The Tracker+ and Tracker Mini (as of its upcoming 2.0 firmware) are the all-in-one I've been waiting for: 8 stereo sample tracks, 8 voices of great internal synths across 3 timbres, great on-board delay and reverb, 128 step sequences, song mode, multi-track USB audio out for everything, and an incredible and flexible suite of performance effects for jamming.

They have their shortcomings—specifically, they still have some software bugs that can break the flow of music-making, and some promised features (performance effects on the drum synth) that aren't there yet—but mostly they are a joy for writing and jamming. The Tracker was already my favourite sample-based groovebox, and now I think the Tracker + and/or Mini are my favourite groovebox platform, period.

Thanks for listening.

Polyend Tracker+ - All samples and synths

Recorded as multi-track audio via the Tracker's USB, with light processing on a couple of the sample tracks (e.g. compression), and EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.

[ValcaNamo]

Hello Jay! i discover your proyect 4 years ago, at pandemic, you music was inspired me on make my music. Thank you very much and cheers from Santiago of Chile

[Polyend]

Thank you Jay, what you are creating is really inspiring! Great track!

[nalaeel]

Nice dude. They really did great with the tracker plus. You did great with this song. I appreciate the upload. Thank you for sharing.

[TrickZ]

That is a great track bro.. I loved the breakdowns you made there. very cool 👍🏻 the tracker+ is also an amazing piece of kit.

[k.p.]

Everyday I get up and check to see if there's a notification from this channel. Today's one of em. And.... Success. Thank you.

[bullhead]

This was sick. I can't wait until mine gets here.

[DreamscapesMusicCinema]

Very cool 😎! Thanks Jay for this awesome music presentation 🎹🎶. Super well played and presented. I hope everything is going well in Your world 🌎. Mark Bensette Aux Bois 🇨🇦.

[twiglet]

Just got mine and it could be ' the one ' for me too ! Nice groove and look forward to having some fun too.

[EricRaymondSF]

Amazing, man. You always manage to sound like yourself no matter which piece of gear you tackle.

[ToyKeeper]

I'm glad we have such nice music toys these days. Your "the one" and mine may be different, but either one is a huge step up from what was available a decade or two ago.

[LuvingToryChristman]

Just got my T+....now I'm even more stoked on what's to come! :D

[Kumie]

Yeah, man. It really is about as close to The One as possible. Great performance here! I need to add a Tune line to my performance effects setup. How did I not think of that sooner?

[raysubject]

very nice tune ! great job ! Can’t wait for this synths update for Mini

[joelnicholson]

Great demonstration here. The original Tracker is definitely one of my mainstays in the studio, and where I use it a lot for MIDI sequencing into the Eurorack the idea of having 16 tracks for more polyphonic stuff is very tempting with the +. May have to be next on the list ...

[tafonyreynolds]

Mines in Monday, I’m so excited. Awesome jam man.

[HarryFullerCT]

Great stuff Jay you really push the Tracker for everything it has. I was using the tracker for my song for the compilation when this popped up. I feel the same way about the Tracker+. It has been a lot of fun And the workflow comes really quickly. Can’t wait until they put the synths on the mini. That round trip will be great.

[benjamindover]

Love what polyend is doing. Give it bluetooth for earbuds and I'm sold.

[alegerminiasi]

.)Thank you Jay, brilliant as usual! I'm in doubt between this and the Digitakt 2... any
suggestion?

[Cepheid-IDM]

Great track! Breakneck for sure. How much better is this compared to the OG in your opinion? Synth engines really worth it?

[KorhanErel]

How is the build quality? The first tracker's build was terrible. A lot of my friends had to return theirs and trying my luck, I purchased one and returned it in a few days after experiencing several sticky buttons, etc.