Well to be fair it also has a really nice cnc aluminum enclosure, high quality mechanical switches suitable for live performance, and is hand assembled by one guy.
And to be even more fair, he made the software available. So if you want to just buy the $35 controller and build your own enclosure for cheap then you can with no real restrictions, which is awesome.
Imo it’s a great price for a small batch boutique item; it’s cheaper than a lot of plasticky buggy grooveboxes being put out by major corporations. It’s very high on my list of things to pick up if I become suddenly wealthy lol
I have the Polyend Tracker (full size) and I didn’t find the workflow and format inspiring. I might as well learn to master Renoise. That’s what brought me to the M8.
If you want to know if the M8 is more your vibe, just buy a Teensy 4.1 from Amazon (~$35) and run some of the headless clients.
Yeah I don’t find the polyend that inspiring either. Software is pretty janky (stereo sampling but I can’t play samples in mono???), song mode is pretty shit, etc
I’ll look into the teensy option but I need to have something mobile as my life is quite nomadic. I got invited to buy a woovebox so I might do that
Well to be fair it also has a really nice cnc aluminum enclosure, high quality mechanical switches suitable for live performance, and is hand assembled by one guy.
And to be even more fair, he made the software available. So if you want to just buy the $35 controller and build your own enclosure for cheap then you can with no real restrictions, which is awesome.
Imo it’s a great price for a small batch boutique item; it’s cheaper than a lot of plasticky buggy grooveboxes being put out by major corporations. It’s very high on my list of things to pick up if I become suddenly wealthy lol
Okay I’m intrigued, what project specifically are we talking about?
I think this is the M8 tracker from dirty wave
Oh no, now I want one
I thought they were talking about me and my polyend tracker mini
Wish I got the M8 though
I have the Polyend Tracker (full size) and I didn’t find the workflow and format inspiring. I might as well learn to master Renoise. That’s what brought me to the M8.
If you want to know if the M8 is more your vibe, just buy a Teensy 4.1 from Amazon (~$35) and run some of the headless clients.
Yeah I don’t find the polyend that inspiring either. Software is pretty janky (stereo sampling but I can’t play samples in mono???), song mode is pretty shit, etc
I’ll look into the teensy option but I need to have something mobile as my life is quite nomadic. I got invited to buy a woovebox so I might do that
If you have a Steam Deck, you can connect the Teensy to it and run the headless client that way. If not, there’s also this option.
If I had one I’d name it Paul. Or Wanker.
Oh, I thought it’s about Tangara
That also looks like an interesting project!
LOL…I have ome of those on the way too.
It is a beautiful piece of gear.