Motion Music tech Software Tech

Polyfold from Manifest Audio lets you paint with polymetric patterns

A 1024-step, multilane polyphonic sequencer sounds overwhelming. But the latest Manifest Audio polymetric sequencer, Polyfold, offers a palette of various patterns and shapes that you can deploy across that vast canvas, easily and quickly. It opens up sequencing in Live 12+ Suite, free from the usual constraints. It’s a compositional playground, with full MIDI and OSC (!) support, for music and visuals alike.

Stylophone Voice, AA-powered sound-bending sampler + sequencer + FX

Oh yeah, somebody remembered to make stuff that’s just fun. Stylophone (Dubreq) is adding to its Pocket Range with an AA battery-powered device that samples, sequences, and adds effects. That puts your sounds under the signature Stylophone stylus — and it looks set to be a breakout hit, if the price is right.

Peter Kirn - January 19, 2026

Gear Music tech Tech

Share

Tweet

Okay, Android users: Polaris music making app gets a key update

We know Android devices could use more music-making love. Polaris already proved itself an elegant Android-only solution. Developer Baptiste writes to let us know he’s added multiple patterns per track for chaining and variations, and other tweaks. The design work is beautifully simple — worth a look for design lovers and Android aficionados alike.