The Tracker Workflow: An Song in 15 Minutes
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The Tracker's workflow from an empty project to a performable pattern. Watch for some tips and tricks to get your creative ideas flowing.
00:00 showing samples that I'm going to use
0:16 live recording of the beat
2:10 adjusting the crash cymbal
2:32 adjusting the second layer of the snare
3:01 rendering the drum part and adjusting it
3:44 panning for a wider stereo image
4:08 looping single cycle wave to get a Saw oscillator
5:17 reverb and delay master fx
5:30 creating a chord track separately
7:42 add the chord render
8:36 Sine wave sub-bass
9:17 trying a new sound
10:25 reusing saw instrument for a melody line
11:00 previewing another sound,
11:06 trying out an idea
11:38 adjusting the master limiter
11:50 master EQ
12:10 soloing the bass to correct a mistake
12:16 HPF to fatten up the kick and snare
13:13 adjusting the hihat volume
13:37 adjusting the rendered perc track volume
13:47 adjust reverb and delay
14:13 volume on hats again
14:23 perform mode with the finished pattern
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The massive inventory clearing sale allowed me to finally try this out. Cant wait, been wanting to use a tracker for many years.
My beloved OG Polyend Tracker will be buried with me in my grave along side my Wheels Of Steel. Looking forward to the last Firmware upgrade you promised us before it's so long and thanks for the Fish. ❤️
The Tracker really is the best modern sampler/DAW-in-a-box out there.
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
Great video showcasing how quick you can get something going. It definitely gets more fun the more you use it and build up the muscle memory.
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Agreed on the muscle memory!
Earlier today I was struggling with setting up a chord sequence on the Tracker. Your demonstration of highlighting all the notes and then adjusting as a group is the *exact* process I needed but hadn't figured out on my own. Thank you!
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Glad to be of some help here!
The ultimate Machine! What an amazing song!
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
I learnt a ton from this! Thanks for sharing the workflow
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
So glad to hear this, thank you so much!
Great video that showcases how accessible that little machine really is. Easy to program, straight to the point.
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
Brilliant!
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Jeremy!
Awesome! He makes it look so easy. I have the Tracker Mini on pre-order and am really looking forward to getting it. I've already got the Dirtywave M8 and really enjoy the tracker workflow and I think the Tracker Mini will be more immediate and the fills will provide a lot of creativity. It will also play nicely with my Polyend Play, which is also awesome.😄
I was looking at software based trackers for a while. When a mint used polyend came up for sale I just bought it as a Christmas gift for my son. I was pulled between this and a circuit rhythm. My son is familiar with the original circuit. I hope this was the better choice, workflow wise. Can't wait to use this with him. Had to watch you make the melody a few times. You sure have a good ear.
great job and once again I learned something ✨
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear this! Thank you!
What a great idea to adjust the tempo after the recording! I love the regrouping idea too! Could you give us a tutorial in other genres like synthwave? Or ambient? Because I am really interested in other tiny tricks. For example, this fine-tuning idea from other videos gave my synths more life. Awesome track as always from Isobutane!
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks, we are definitely up for more vids like this so stay tuned!
Great video, very inspiring, Polyend please keep making these! If I didn’t already have a tracker I would now want to buy one!… and what was that u were saying about upcoming FW updates/new features? 😉
Fantastic stuff. Had my Tracker for a few months now, but have been struggling with it as 'prefer' non-sample based music production. However, I often enjoy sitting on my beanbag with my tracker and headphones on and coming up with a beat or two. I can just rarely get further / have the ability to make 'good' sounding melodic elements. :(
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Definitely check the wavetable and granular synth engine, also try to load a single cycle wave and treat it like an oscillator for subtractive synthesis, all the envelopes and LFO's are there so set it up to your liking. Keep it up and have fun!
@MatusFinchus
Жыл бұрын
@@Polyend Excellent stuff. Thank you. :-) It's an addictive device for sure.
Thanks for this video, but 8 track for each pattern ? possible to play 2 patterns in same time witj 16 differents sounds ?
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Nope but possible to play 16 rtacks with two Trackers:) But seriously, you can still render selected parts of your composition and then bouncing them to one sample using just one track.
Live recording without „note off“ all over the place !? How is this possible ? Are you running a different firmware than the rest of us ?
Patarda.
Nice to see people using hardware to make DnB.
Need these Hands! Where to order? Thx Man for the insight ✊🕴
@Polyend
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
SO good!!! 💯💯💯 And I know better than to ask this here (so WHY am I doing it??)🤦♂️... ...But if anyone has tips for a newbie working 100% out of the box: Should I just capture the stereo mix of finished songs from the Line Out of the Tracker? Meaning, is it correct to say that my Tracker isn't going to render a finished song in stereo? ...sorry to be THAT person! 😞🙏🙏
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Hey there, the selection renders withing your sequence are rendered in mono. The stems of your tracks are rendered in stereo. You can also capture the stereo mixdown from Line output.
@Rompler_Rocco
Жыл бұрын
@@Polyend Ah, thank you!!! It's great to know definitively. Pretty cool that it works this way, creating space for additional creativity... ok, from here I promise just to RTFM 🙏🙏💯💯
New update? I don't see a bunch of "note off" commands when you live recorded.
Are stereo samples available?
we need tracker+ upgrade (more ram and stereo samples like in mini)
If only Windows based trackers were as easy to use. I'd happily pay for a 16CH+ 'native' VST version of the PT software.
Every time I play with the tracker it sounds like a ridge racer type 4 Soundtrack lol.
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
Thats a good thing, right?! The R4 was awesome!
@issmodissmo1485
Жыл бұрын
@@Polyend Great game with great Soundtrack. This needs a remake
thats not a full song at all, thats a beat.
I am amazed by the ability of human being to change and adapt and be enterprising. This guy has the worst junkie tattoos I have ever seen. Nevertheless he did something great by building this wonderful groovebox.
@MitchLantzX
Жыл бұрын
Most people don't know the prototype tracker was designed in a Polish prison from tattoo gun parts and plastic from lunch tray scrapings and then hidden away with the toilet wine.
@Polyend
Жыл бұрын
That first unit was all "bzzt bzzt" so i had to escape the prison cell and start manufacturing it using real world high quality parts.
@justinc9777
Жыл бұрын
Must be a junkie prison tattoo type of device 😂 matches my own tattoos perfectly 😂😂😂❤