Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Polyend Tracker Mini. Does this successor to the original Tracker and compact sampler, sequencer, groovebox and dawless centerpiece with its gameboy controls and compact form factor even make sense or is it another hipster toy with its field recording features? Is it the "Tracker Field" as Teenage Engineering might have called it?
Thanks to Polyend for sending me a demo unit as a long term loan.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:00 Overview Tracker Mini, Original Tracker vs. Mini
01:31 Built-in Microphone, Internal Battery, Stereo Sampling
01:46 Tracker Workflow #1
02:18 Sequencer Features
02:34 Tracker Workflow #2 (Step Jump, Fill, Scales, Euclidean, Random)
03:23 Synth Features (Filter, Overdrive, Bitcrush, Modulators)
03:44 Sample Playback Modes (Slicing, Wavetable, Granular)
04:08 FX (Reverb, Delay, Master Bus FX)
04:22 Mixer, Performance Mode
04:35 Non-realtime FX (Sample Editor)
04:44 Instruments
04:50 Micro SD Card, Loading Times, Additional Features
05:02 Playing Nintendo NES Games
05:12 What else??? (Connectivitiy, Build Quality, Pricing)
05:34 Hate
05:58 Jam 1 (Walk in the Forest)
06:49 Jam 2 (Bedroom Studio Setup)
07:46 Finale (Foley Artist Techno)
08:16 Verdict
Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness
patreon.com/audiopilz
Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Polyend Tracker Mini. Does this successor to the original Tracker and compact sampler, sequencer, groovebox and dawless centerpiece with its gameboy controls and compact form factor even make sense or is it another hipster toy with its field recording features? Is it the "Tracker Field" as Teenage Engineering might have called it?
Thanks to Polyend for sending me a demo unit as a long term loan.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:00 Overview Tracker Mini, Original Tracker vs. Mini
01:31 Built-in Microphone, Internal Battery, Stereo Sampling
01:46 Tracker Workflow #1
02:18 Sequencer Features
02:34 Tracker Workflow #2 (Step Jump, Fill, Scales, Euclidean, Random)
03:23 Synth Features (Filter, Overdrive, Bitcrush, Modulators)
03:44 Sample Playback Modes (Slicing, Wavetable, Granular)
04:08 FX (Reverb, Delay, Master Bus FX)
04:22 Mixer, Performance Mode
04:35 Non-realtime FX (Sample Editor)
04:44 Instruments
04:50 Micro SD Card, Loading Times, Additional Features
05:02 Playing Nintendo NES Games
05:12 What else??? (Connectivitiy, Build Quality, Pricing)
05:34 Hate
05:58 Jam 1 (Walk in the Forest)
06:49 Jam 2 (Bedroom Studio Setup)
07:46 Finale (Foley Artist Techno)
08:16 Verdict
