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Polyend
Tracker
Essentials
A Collection of Essential References
for The Polyend Tracker
The Tracker Notebook : Reference & Guide
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  • Page 1 Polyend Tracker Essentials A Collection of Essential References for The Polyend Tracker The Tracker Notebook : Reference & Guide...
  • Page 2 Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 3 Trackers emerged in the late 80’s multiple workflow environments. With a small as music making tools mainly on gaming form factor and low energy usage Tracker is an machines. Later in the early 90’s Trackers also ideal portable ‘all in one’ workstation. The feature became popular on personal computers.

  • Page 4: Hardware Overview

    Input is TR Mono and output Micro SD Card to USB-A Supply is 5V, 1A so can use TRS Stereo, also supports adapter supplied. the supplied mains to USB or a headphones. battery power bank. 282 mm 20 mm Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 5 Intelligent / smart power banks or PC / Mac power may have features that interfere with the continuous supply required by Tracker. USC - C to USB - B cable supplied. USB - C to USB - C is usable on later Tracker models.
  • Page 6 A correctly formatted SD Card must be installed to Games Manual Projects Samples operate Tracker fully. Card default folder shown. Tracker 100 Projects are visible and accessible from within Tracker. Project Project More than 100 could be stored on the SD Card. Project Loaded Project Pattern...
  • Page 7 Note that while the screen brightness is adjustable, the command buttons are not backlit which may be an issue in dark Four navigation buttons [Up], [Down], [Left], [Right]. Used environments and during live gigs and performances. to manoeuvre through menus and options. Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...

  • Page 8: Page Layout

    These can be menu options, navigation commands or blank. Physical Screen Buttons Options are dimmed when not currently represent the command displayed available. For example, these may need on the screen directly above. an item to be selected first. Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...

  • Page 9: Qwerty Keyboard

    ‘j’ keys are highlighted. The selected character using arrows will also be highlighted bright. and lit on the pads to serve as a reference. Using the pads is a simpler method in entering characters. The following Tracker buttons operate in the naming editor when the naming screen is presented:- •...

  • Page 10: Summary Of Configuration Options

    Adjusts the brightness of the 4 x 12 grid pads: General Pad Brightness System High, Medium, Low. Allows the grid pads to be used to highlight notes General Pads Preview in the active track or pattern lines in the grid editor. Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 11 Sets the source of the master clock, Internal MIDI Clock In MIDI (default) or external USB or MIDI In jack. Sets the Tracker Mini clock output. Off, USB, MIDI MIDI Clock Out MIDI Out jack, USB + MIDI Out jack.
  • Page 12 Displays the quick start instructions, from the .jpg Manual Architecture images located in the ‘manual’ folder of the SD card. Displays a list of people who supported the Credits development of Tracker and associated elements. Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 13 Copies the entire pattern to the virtual clipboard. Pattern Paste Pastes the copied pattern from the virtual clipboard into Paste Pattern the location starting at the current position. More Prior Page Selects the previous page of commands - see above Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 14 To select a step Pattern 1 0m:00s P1.008 1.Analog 3 18p Press [Up] or [Down] or Turn (Jog) to navigate vertically in the Tracker grid. Cursor will wrap Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 C5 40 ---- P-25...
  • Page 15 Effect Type Effect Type + Octave Number or + Value + Value MIDI The step selection box will show solid ---- P 25 colour on the selected option part. Example: Note is shown highlighted here. Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 16 Tracker Essentials NOTES Steps are sequenced in the Tracker each of which contains a Note, Instrument, and two FX slots options. It is good practice to structure these into tracks of relevance. For example kick drum on track 1, especially at the starting point.
  • Page 17 ---- FX1 Selected, FX Effect not applied. D6 03 V 50 ---- FX2 Selected, Pad 3 which represents effect #3 - Volume = 50. Quick Tap Dedicated Parameter Button to lock the selection e.g. [Instrument] Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 18 The Step Jump setting is useful when populating specific intervals, for example each on beat step or each off beat step or alternate steps for percussion. This speeds up the workflow and helps in creating interesting sequences. Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 19 Sets the playback position for a sample start, wavetable or granular position Plays the selected slice for the step - sliced samples Volume LFO Rate Panning LFO Rate Filter LFO Rate Position LFO Rate Finetune LFO Rate Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 20 MIDI Out (CC, PC, Chan & Poly Aftertouch). Needs a channel & Instrument MIDI Out (CC, PC, Chan & Poly Aftertouch). Needs a channel & Instrument MIDI Out (CC, PC, Chan & Poly Aftertouch). Needs a channel & Instrument MIDI Chord, note output. (Used also with Arp). Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...

  • Page 21: Recording Audio

    Recording Audio NOTES Sampling in Tracker takes place in the ‘Sample Recorder’ page. This is the first step in the process and is followed by editing the audio captured. Sampling in this page can be from the Line In, Radio or Mic audio sources.

  • Page 22: Audio Sources

    Tracker but also can be manually transferred onto the SD card from and external source using a PC or Mac. Tracker is supplied with a 3.5mm Stereo Male Jack to 2 x 6.3mm Mono Female Socket adapter to allow interfacing with external gear and using the more common 6.3mm mono cables.
  • Page 23 Pingpong Loop Sample playback. Plays start to end to start on loop. Slice Slice Sample is sliced Slice Beat Slice Sample is sliced Synthesizer Wavetable Sample is used as the wavetable, like a synth. Synthesizer Granular Sample grains are used and played, like a granular synth Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...

  • Page 24: Song Mode

    Track is unmuted and has active steps in the pattern. These will be audible in the song. Muting Tracks Muting is not performed in song mode. Use the Pattern page or the Track Mixer - Master Page 2/3 to mute / unmute. Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 25 A pre-requisite to working with MIDI is to ensure that the configuration settings in the [Config] menu are applied for the desired MIDI gear setup. These will dictate if Tracker leads on functions like clock and transport or if it acts as a secondary follower, responding to control and synchronisation from another primary device control.
  • Page 26 Tracker as will other devices. the MIDI Network. Devices should be configured to receive clock and transport and the MIDI Channel which Tracker communicates, for example, Channel 1. CC 40 In Medusa represents the Filter Cutoff frequency in this example each step in Tracker will set the filter cutoff.
  • Page 27 (- - -). >>> Selected effects are indicated green or red (if editing) on the tracker screen and the respective pad is lit. Performance FX REC Mode Press [Rec] to edit the perform configuration. The selections will be indicated red as will the effect selection bounding box.
  • Page 28 NOTES Perform Effects List Tracker has 21 performance effects that can be selected and loaded into each of the 12 effect slots. The same effect can be applied to multiple slots. While these are called effects, they in fact control parameters that apply variations to the parameter values.

  • Page 29: Firmware Update

    7. The firmware will install and the on screen prompts provided will guide. The install process is typically less than 1 minute. 8. Tracker should restart, but press On/Off if a manual start is required after 100% of the update is completed.

  • Page 30: Emergency Firmware Update

    Rear Panel The reset option is useful if any lock ups or freezing occurs on Tracker. It is not necessary in these situations to download a new OS. It is advised to keep a series official, known good, firmware releases in the /firmware folder.
  • Page 31 [Shift] + Screen Button respectively when in pattern mode page. Will lock the selection of the Note, Instrument, FX1 or FX2 Lock Parameter Pattern Tap Dedicated Param Btn Selection parameter when editing or navigating. Also [Shift] + Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 32 In the sample loader browser hold [Left] to jump to start of the Navigate Hold [Left] Loader left side SD card browser. Sample Batch Select [Shift] + Arrows Batch select sample in the sample loader Loader Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 33 Tracker Essentials Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...
  • Page 34 Polyend Tracker Manual...
  • Page 35 All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review. July 2023 - Tracker OS 1.7.0 Rev 1 Manual Produced in the United Kingdom Synthdawg www.synthdawg.com...
  • Page 36 Polyend Tracker Essentials Rev 1...

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