Polyend Tracker 1.4 brings massive new features; updated distribution, production, pricing

Polyend’s Tracker has become a contemporary classic. The 1.4 update transforms sequencing, step effects, and how you work with line input, among other features – and hang on, as there is also some news to do with pricing, manufacture, and distribution.

Polyend had a blissful 2020, but they’re not done yet – Tracker, Preset, Medusa updates

Polyend’s beloved Tracker finishes out the year with a pitch-perfect update – and homebrew gaming. And there are updates for their Preset module for Eurorack and the brilliant Medusa synthesizer hardware, too.

Peter Kirn - December 24, 2020

The Amiga just got a new, open 8-bit hardware sequencer cartridge you can build

There’s a new, open-source sampler – for the Commodore Amiga. Yes, as in you’ll be building your own DIY cartridge to run it. Brace yourself – 90s. Music. Incoming.

Peter Kirn - August 10, 2020

Nerdseq portable will put a sampling tracker in your hand

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2020

Polyend’s Tracker is here for $599 – here’s what makes it special for playing and production

Peter Kirn - March 18, 2020

The 90s are alive, with a free, modern clone of FastTracker II

Peter Kirn - April 24, 2018

Twerk like a Spectre with Ghostwerk’s Shadow Culture

Peter Kirn - November 1, 2017

Going deep in techno technique and technology with Denmark’s CTRLS

Peter Kirn - August 1, 2017

Aphex Twin gave us a peek inside a 90s classic. Here’s what we learned.

David Abravanel - July 21, 2017

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