Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Being a long chill tutorial/walkthrough where Łukasz from Polyend remotely goes over everything you need to know to get started making your brain dance on the excellent Polyend Tracker. // If you ever decide to buy a Tracker please consider this affiliate link: tidd.ly/3LlDA7n
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
⚡️ Support Mylar Melodies on Patreon: patreon.com/mylarmelodies (And join the Discord community)
▶ Or if you choose to buy a Tracker, please consider using this affiliate link! tidd.ly/3LlDA7n
MORE INFO
▶ polyend.com/tracker
▶ What and WHY are trackers: youtube.com/watch?v=aiILSgNt23E
TRACKER MUSIC TO ENJOY
▶ bogdanraczynski.bandcamp.com/album/samurai-math-beats-2
▶ aphextwin.bandcamp.com/album/drukqs
▶ venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/album/cavalcade-of-glee-and-dadaist-happy-hardcore-pom-poms
▶ n4records.bandcamp.com/album/pete-cannon-8bit-trip-e-p
▶ idaidaida.bandcamp.com/album/the-breaks
SOFTWARE TRACKERS TO TRY:
▶ Player Pro is available on Mac, this is what RDJ used: sourceforge.net/projects/playerpro ...indeed: vimeo.com/223378825
▶ Renoise is cheap and modern and powerful - as used by Venetian Snares: renoise.com (now supported on Linux!)
▶ OpenMPT is free: openmpt.org
▶ Fast Tracker Clone: 16-bits.org/ft2.php
CHAPTERS
00:00 What are we doing today?
00:15 Why should people learn trackers?
01:32 Will Trackers Let me make more intricate music?
03:03 Arrangement Overview
04:22 Entering Notes
05:08 Choosing Sounds
06:16 Step Jump
07:22 Delete Notes
07:51 Muting Tracks
09:29 The Coolness of Fill
13:09 Fill Summary
16:26 FX: 'Change Playback Behaviours'
18:52 Effects: Reverb & Delay & more
23:13 Output Limiter: Sidechaining
24:39 Editing FX, Built-in Manual
25:53 The Promise of Flow
27:53 Destructive Sample Effect Baking
31:05 Making Complex Samples from layers
32:06 Granular Sound Design
36:13 Wavetable Synthesis Mode
40:00 How to Combine Rows to a Sample
41:39 Sample Time Limitations
42:15 Song Mode Principles
43:10 Perform Mode!
48:38 Radio Gaga!! Recording Samples
50:41 That's the entire thing! Steps to learn it
52:08 Oh. YOU CAN RUN NES GAMES ON IT
53:22 THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING
54:35 Parting Advice for Would-be Trackers
57:03 Tracker Plus Modular/MIDI Instruments? Yes.
58:40 Check out Łukasz's tunes
Being a long chill tutorial/walkthrough where Łukasz from Polyend remotely goes over everything you need to know to get started making your brain dance on the excellent Polyend Tracker. // If you ever decide to buy a Tracker please consider this affiliate link: tidd.ly/3LlDA7n
SUPPORT THE CHANNEL
⚡️ Support Mylar Melodies on Patreon: patreon.com/mylarmelodies (And join the Discord community)
▶ Or if you choose to buy a Tracker, please consider using this affiliate link! tidd.ly/3LlDA7n
MORE INFO
▶ polyend.com/tracker
▶ What and WHY are trackers: youtube.com/watch?v=aiILSgNt23E
TRACKER MUSIC TO ENJOY
▶ bogdanraczynski.bandcamp.com/album/samurai-math-beats-2
▶ aphextwin.bandcamp.com/album/drukqs
▶ venetiansnares.bandcamp.com/album/cavalcade-of-glee-and-dadaist-happy-hardcore-pom-poms
▶ n4records.bandcamp.com/album/pete-cannon-8bit-trip-e-p
▶ idaidaida.bandcamp.com/album/the-breaks
SOFTWARE TRACKERS TO TRY:
▶ Player Pro is available on Mac, this is what RDJ used: sourceforge.net/projects/playerpro ...indeed: vimeo.com/223378825
▶ Renoise is cheap and modern and powerful - as used by Venetian Snares: renoise.com (now supported on Linux!)
▶ OpenMPT is free: openmpt.org
▶ Fast Tracker Clone: 16-bits.org/ft2.php
CHAPTERS
00:00 What are we doing today?
00:15 Why should people learn trackers?
01:32 Will Trackers Let me make more intricate music?
03:03 Arrangement Overview
04:22 Entering Notes
05:08 Choosing Sounds
06:16 Step Jump
07:22 Delete Notes
07:51 Muting Tracks
09:29 The Coolness of Fill
13:09 Fill Summary
16:26 FX: 'Change Playback Behaviours'
18:52 Effects: Reverb & Delay & more
23:13 Output Limiter: Sidechaining
24:39 Editing FX, Built-in Manual
25:53 The Promise of Flow
27:53 Destructive Sample Effect Baking
31:05 Making Complex Samples from layers
32:06 Granular Sound Design
36:13 Wavetable Synthesis Mode
40:00 How to Combine Rows to a Sample
41:39 Sample Time Limitations
42:15 Song Mode Principles
43:10 Perform Mode!
48:38 Radio Gaga!! Recording Samples
50:41 That's the entire thing! Steps to learn it
52:08 Oh. YOU CAN RUN NES GAMES ON IT
53:22 THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING
54:35 Parting Advice for Would-be Trackers
57:03 Tracker Plus Modular/MIDI Instruments? Yes.
58:40 Check out Łukasz's tunes
