Bad Gear - Tracker Mini

Become a Patron and get access to music clips from the show, additional content, Bad Gear samples and even more AudioPilz madness 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