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Tracker

DAW

WaveTracker is a free and open-source wave-based chiptune tracker software

September 4, 2024 Synth Anatomy 5

WaveTracker is a free and open-source wave-based chiptune tracker software powered by wavetable synthesis and sampling. In recent years, trackers have made a comeback in hardware form. See the XOR NerdSEQ module, the Polyend Tracker, […]

Polyend Tracker+
Grooveboxes

Superbooth 24: Polyend Tracker+ and new updates for the entire Tracker and Play series, first look

May 19, 2024 Synth Anatomy 7

Superbooth 24: Polyend Tracker+ is the successor to the original Tracker groovebox, now in full stereo and with more features.  The highlight at Polyend’s Superbooth 24 stand was the Tracker+. The company has also announced […]

Polyend Tracker Mini 1.1
Grooveboxes

Polyend Tracker Mini 1.1, new firmware with better stereo sampling and more

March 7, 2024 Synth Anatomy 0

Polyend has just published Tracker Mini 1.1, a new free firmware update that brings stereo line-in recording, extended sampling times, and more. The Tracker Mini is a Tracker-based portable, battery-powered groovebox with sampling and synthesis. […]

Dirtywave M8 Tracker Model 02
Grooveboxes

Dirtywave M8 Tracker Model:02, groovebox gets a hardware refresh

February 6, 2024 Synth Anatomy 6

Dirtywave has announced the M8 Tracker Model:02, a hardware refresh for its groovebox with a new design, screen, and built-in mic. There has been a tracker renaissance in recent years. We got the Polyend Tracker […]

Polyend Tracker Mini NAMM 2023
Grooveboxes

Polyend Tracker Mini is available now, is it already Bad Gear?

August 11, 2023 Synth Anatomy 12

Polyend Tracker Mini battery-powered groovebox, initially announced at NAMM 2023, is available now worldwide, is it already Bad Gear? Looking back at NAMM 2023, the big US music tech event was rather weak, especially in […]

Polyend Tracker 1.6
Hardware

Polyend Tracker 1.6 update brings new looks, delay, and MIDI synth mode

July 1, 2022 Synth Anatomy 0

Polyend has published Tracker 1.6, a new firmware update for its hardware tracker that brings a new vintage look, delay processor, MIDI synth mode, and more. Let’s stay with hardware updates. It’s currently the big […]

Dirtywave M8
Grooveboxes

Dirtywave M8, Portable Tracker Workstation Now Available To Pre-Order

April 6, 2021 Synth Anatomy 1

Dirtywave (AKA Timothy Lamb) M8 is a portable, battery-powered Tracker with deep synth specs, live sampler & MIDI sequencer in one & now available for pre-order In the past two years, trackers have made a […]

Polyend Tracker 1.3
Grooveboxes

Polyend Tracker 1.3, Time-Stretch, Longer Samples, New Effects & More

December 24, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

Polyend Tracker got a big feature boost in version 1.3 including time-stretch functionalities, new effects & a major upgrade for the MIDI implementation. Even on the day where the Christmas holidays begin, a developer thought […]

DirtyWave M8
Grooveboxes

DirtyWave M8, Battery-Operated Handheld Synth & Tracker

September 11, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

With M8, DirtyWave is developing a new portable groovebox that combines versatile synthesis, sample playback, and tracker sequencing in one battery-operated instrument. With its Pocket Operators, Teenage Engineering has released exciting pocket synthesizer grooveboxes in […]

XOR Electronics NerdSEQ
Eurorack

XOR Electronics Intros New NerdSEQ Firmware, Expanders (CV16, Video…) & Modules For SB20HE

May 2, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

For Superbooth 20 Home Edition, XOR Electronics showed a new nerdy firmware (v1.2.1a) for the NerdSEQ, new expanders (CV16, Video…), and new upcoming standalone Eurorack modules. The highlight is the CV16 expander that adds 16 CV […]

Polyend Tracker
Grooveboxes

Polyend Officially Intros Tracker, Retro Meets Modern Sound Technologies

March 18, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

Polyend combines retro Tracker workflows and modern sound technologies (wavetable, granular…) into a super portable & affordable music instrument. Now it’s official! Polyend has today announced the availability of the Tracker, a new hardware tracker […]

NerdSEQ Portable
Grooveboxes

XOR Electronics Intros NerdSEQ Portable, New Hardware Tracker With Polyphonic Sequencing

March 17, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

Xor Electronics transforms its well-known NerdSEQ into a portable hardware device with the option to expand it with triggers, CVs and more Crazy timing. A day before the actual presentation of the Polyend Tracker audio […]

Polyend Tracker
Grooveboxes

Polyend Tracker Hardware Audio Workstation, What We Know So Far (Features, Price…)

March 16, 2020 Synth Anatomy 0

On Tuesday, Polyend will present a next-generation hardware tracker with live sampling that is versatile, flexible and portable. In two days we will finally get all full details about the Polyend Tracker workstation. If you […]

Polyend Tracker
Grooveboxes

Polyend Tracker, Audio Workstation With Sampler, Synthesizer & FM Leaked

March 2, 2020 Synth Anatomy 7

Polyend ‘s newest product will be called Tracker and is a battery-operated audio workstation with a built-in sampler, Synthesizer, FM & more. Now it went faster than expected. Polyend has been teasing a new hardware […]

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