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Please do more tutorials on the polyend tracker. You covered a lot of ground here alone on drums. Would love to see more on the granular synth, wavetable and full song creations. Many thanks
I watched this because I have a Polyend Tracker arriving soon BUT I think this was actually a terrific “how to” for sequencing and tweaking drum sounds IN GENERAL. Bravo!
Nice to see a Polyend Tracker drum tutorial by a drummer :), got some handy tips here. Love the style and how you paired it with the Digitone too, Ill have to give that a shot sometime. Like Semyon Boyko, manually entering in notes can be tedious. I did a drum and groove tutorial for my Polyend Tracker series that goes over some useful shortcuts you might like.
You can change pattern length, which could be good to start with. Backspace moves blow one row up, insert moves one row down.(In cursor track) Using step will surely speed things up and you can always displace it later.
Trackwr has one of the cleanest and crispest sounds from any “drum machines” I’ve ever used - and you can always dial that out if you like. Such a great piece of kit.
Awesome video, love it when an actual drummer explains their approach to percussive sequencing! Would you mind sharing the samples/projects so that we can follow along?
I wouldn’t be able to share the samples because they’re not mine! As for the projects I’m planning on getting a Patreon type deal going- you’ll hear more about that soon!
Thank you *very* much for sharing your drum-playing experience / how it applies to the Tracker workflow. It will help immensely. Your video ( / my discovery of it) comes at exactly the right time for me, with my Tracker muscle memory kickin in right now, after weeks and months of fiddling around with it on an irregular basis. So it's great to have some inspiration for homework. I typically end up with either too robotic-sounding beats, or when intentionally trying to avoid that, they end up being way too chaotic / irritating for the listener. Yours come really close to how a real drum player would sound if he sat inside the Tracker, very organic and stimulating! Although I am aware of the concept of layering, it wouldn't have come to my mind to apply it the way did with the hihat and snare sounds.
Great tutorial. One tip for your hi hats is that you can apply a random LFO on every step applied to volume which saves you an FX lane. You can also do the same thing on synths with pitch to give them a wonky analog feel.
This is great! I'm nervous I'm on the verge of a new purchase. Didnt know you were a drummer , but I should have know when you pulled out the African rhythms book in one of your Drum Brute videos. You ever use the 4 way method? The blue book about complete limb independence? So frustrating, so fun.
I’m in line for a 404 II but I’m pretty damn DAWless and guitar based, I’m worried about sampling limitations on this bad boy. But your vids on it got me 🥵🥵🥵, just gotta keep researching.
For clarification> Is realtime record/ of multiple samples /and or note input possible in realtime using the pads,? Can the pads visually reflect the sequence and be edited like a xox grid? Can you quickly jump down /up (start/end) in pattern? Can you loop selected steps/sections within a patter? Workflow just seems very steppy, stop and restart oriented. Thank you!
▲ hey lk, great vid as usual! i’m seriously considering the polyend tracker or the elektron digitakt to upgrade my sampler game (model:samples now). would you be able to shed some light on the differences, pros/cons of tracker vs digitakt? there don’t seem to be any comparisons between the two.
@@LiamKillen i'm curious! i'm already used to the workflow of model:samples and model:cycles, and i think integrating the digitakt with cycles is going to be easy, but maybe some fresh new blood in the form of the polyend would be nice too. looking forward 💚
Thanks for the video; I learned a lot. My difficulty is selecting drum patterns appropriate for the music I play. I have a couple of books with drum patterns. Any other ideas to help me with that? Thank you.
Hello! Thank you for this detailed review! Only one question that is not covered in the manual (or I am not able to find it) before I will buy it: let's assume that I have a song that contains parts with different tempo in patterns, e.g. Intro in 120 bpm, verse in 135 bpm and chorus in 90, just for example. Is it possible to implement the drum track for it with the Polyend Tracker? Via song menu or maybe something else way?
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Please do more tutorials on the polyend tracker. You covered a lot of ground here alone on drums. Would love to see more on the granular synth, wavetable and full song creations. Many thanks
I’ll consider this for sure! Thanks David!
Drumzzzzz!
More cowbell!
I watched this because I have a Polyend Tracker arriving soon BUT I think this was actually a terrific “how to” for sequencing and tweaking drum sounds IN GENERAL. Bravo!
Absolutely! I bring this energy into all of my drum tweaking videos. Appreciate you watching :-)
Ahh the Tracker and it's many shortcuts...so cool. I really like bit rate and compressor with the spread. It can get really punchy cool.
Yeah great way to degrade and lofi up your drums
Nice to see a Polyend Tracker drum tutorial by a drummer :), got some handy tips here. Love the style and how you paired it with the Digitone too, Ill have to give that a shot sometime.
Like Semyon Boyko, manually entering in notes can be tedious. I did a drum and groove tutorial for my Polyend Tracker series that goes over some useful shortcuts you might like.
Thanks for letting me know! And thank u for watching 😊
Bro I love these really in depth videos not so much about the device but more on how you use it
I love making them!!
I really recommend you to learn the shortcuts. PT can be extremely fast once you get used to them.
Still working on those!!
You can change pattern length, which could be good to start with. Backspace moves blow one row up, insert moves one row down.(In cursor track)
Using step will surely speed things up and you can always displace it later.
Thanks for your input vertitis! 😊
thanks again for this vid...easily digestible
Glad to help
Another slam dunk .. cheers to the process .. and your way of making it all so easy !
Cheers to YOU!
Trackwr has one of the cleanest and crispest sounds from any “drum machines” I’ve ever used - and you can always dial that out if you like. Such a great piece of kit.
That but crusher 😏
Bit not but lolol
Awesome video, love it when an actual drummer explains their approach to percussive sequencing! Would you mind sharing the samples/projects so that we can follow along?
I wouldn’t be able to share the samples because they’re not mine! As for the projects I’m planning on getting a Patreon type deal going- you’ll hear more about that soon!
Great tutorial. It's great seeing what the Polyend Tracker can do.
It’s a beast- thanks for watching!
Thank you *very* much for sharing your drum-playing experience / how it applies to the Tracker workflow. It will help immensely.
Your video ( / my discovery of it) comes at exactly the right time for me, with my Tracker muscle memory kickin in right now, after weeks and months of fiddling around with it on an irregular basis. So it's great to have some inspiration for homework.
I typically end up with either too robotic-sounding beats, or when intentionally trying to avoid that, they end up being way too chaotic / irritating for the listener. Yours come really close to how a real drum player would sound if he sat inside the Tracker, very organic and stimulating! Although I am aware of the concept of layering, it wouldn't have come to my mind to apply it the way did with the hihat and snare sounds.
Glad to help out! I appreciate you watching 😊
I am here for any and all Polyend Tracker content, great great stuff.
Thanks Steven! There will defs be more in the future 😊
Great tutorial.
One tip for your hi hats is that you can apply a random LFO on every step applied to volume which saves you an FX lane.
You can also do the same thing on synths with pitch to give them a wonky analog feel.
Oh thank you!
WOOHOO! LUV this, n music is sweeet
Thank u campkili! 😊
Funky beat, man! I couldn't help myself but to dance a little while doing the dishes.
Ayooo thanks!
Ha!, you're from Montreal. So am I. The radio station gave it away :)
MTL represent!
Please do more PT content. Thanks
Def more coming in the future
This is great! I'm nervous I'm on the verge of a new purchase. Didnt know you were a drummer , but I should have know when you pulled out the African rhythms book in one of your Drum Brute videos. You ever use the 4 way method? The blue book about complete limb independence? So frustrating, so fun.
I haven't actually! But I have done tons of 4 limb exercises which have always been super fun :-)
This was a great video I found gold in here for simple drum trucks. Cheers
Awesome! So glad that it helped :-)
Sympathique vidéo 😜
Merci Liam 🙏🏽
Love my tracker ❤
Merci a toi Bertrand!
This is a fantastic tutorial! Would you do another drums one for the Play?
Well done, thanx!
Cheers
Maybe you already have, but would you consider doing a video with this and the Microcosm?
I’ll consider it!!
I’m in line for a 404 II but I’m pretty damn DAWless and guitar based, I’m worried about sampling limitations on this bad boy. But your vids on it got me 🥵🥵🥵, just gotta keep researching.
Yeah do your homework before buying! They are very dope though.
This was great are you still using the tracker? Love to see more vids on the tracker
Thanks for watching! I'm into some other stuf these ays but i've been meaning to get back to it in the near future for sure.
For clarification> Is realtime record/ of multiple samples /and or note input possible in realtime using the pads,? Can the pads visually reflect the sequence and be edited like a xox grid? Can you quickly jump down /up (start/end) in pattern? Can you loop selected steps/sections within a patter? Workflow just seems very steppy, stop and restart oriented. Thank you!
I think the best to get the most detailed answers on this is over on my Discord community - here's an invite: discord.gg/xj8J2xJuBP
Great video! I really love your style.
Thanks Sam!
▲ hey lk, great vid as usual! i’m seriously considering the polyend tracker or the elektron digitakt to upgrade my sampler game (model:samples now). would you be able to shed some light on the differences, pros/cons of tracker vs digitakt? there don’t seem to be any comparisons between the two.
That’s something that I’m def brainstorming already! There are a lot of similarities
@@LiamKillen i'm curious! i'm already used to the workflow of model:samples and model:cycles, and i think integrating the digitakt with cycles is going to be easy, but maybe some fresh new blood in the form of the polyend would be nice too. looking forward 💚
Thanks for the video; I learned a lot. My difficulty is selecting drum patterns appropriate for the music I play. I have a couple of books with drum patterns. Any other ideas to help me with that? Thank you.
Keep digging in with the books! Great way to learn new rhythms
Hello! Thank you for this detailed review!
Only one question that is not covered in the manual (or I am not able to find it) before I will buy it: let's assume that I have a song that contains parts with different tempo in patterns, e.g. Intro in 120 bpm, verse in 135 bpm and chorus in 90, just for example. Is it possible to implement the drum track for it with the Polyend Tracker? Via song menu or maybe something else way?
If i'm understanding correctly, yes you should def be able to do this.
Which do you like better digitakt or polyend tracker?
Digitakt
How is this device with, pickup notes or rolling 1/32 notes? Is it easy to create techy metal rhythms?
ummmm i've never heard it used for metal but i'm sure that you could find a way - it gives you essentially anything you need to do that.
@@LiamKillen check Master Boot Record. They have a sound which blends metal and retro game music. Sounds like they use a tracker to me.