Is there a Polyend Play integration mode with Polyend Tracker available?

[Arek]

The answer is: yes. Go to Main menu > MIDI > Track and select Set Values for Polyend Tracker to enable integration mode for the Polyend Tracker. This is a per MIDI track function. This function is available for Polyend Tracker’s firmware 1.6 and higher.

[creativeunderdogs]

Hi thank you for this info, just wondering how midi channels would work? Is channel 1 for just the instrument I have selected or can it go beyond with multi channels? I am trying to get this set up and would need to know a bit more info. Thanks!

[Mitch]

are you trying to control Tracker with Play, or Play with Tracker?

[creativeunderdogs]

Thank you I am trying to understand the integration from polyend play to control polyend tracker. So play midi out, tracker midi in. Now to think about it actually I would like to know if controlling play from tracker is recommended as a possibility. I have been doing the polyend play tutorials and want to explore what it can do with both and I will deep dive once I fully understand. Thanks!

[creativeunderdogs]

I will make it more precise what I am originally asking. So I can have midi channel 1 sending from polyend play into tracker, and it will trigger what instrument I currently have selected. It seems from there I can change the filter cutoff and other settings from the instrument screen only.

Is there a way to utilize the other midi channels from polyend play to trigger other instruments on tracker, or am I bound to using just 1 channel by the instrument I currently have selected? Or is there a way to send multiple midi notes/cc to trigger different instruments at the same time?

[Sandroid]

Hey

@creativeunderdogs

Is there a way to utilize the other midi channels from polyend play to trigger other instruments on tracker, or am I bound to using just 1 channel by the instrument I currently have selected?

Currently only one instrument on the Tracker can be played via MIDI with 8 voice polyphony (using all 8 tracks of the tracker) in MIDI Synth Mode.

And you should be able to changes parameters for it via MIDI CC, including the Filter Cutoff (see: Tracker Manual - Polyend for supported CC messages in MIDI Synth Mode).

There is an open wish to be able to change the instrument via MIDI:

Change Instrument via in MIDI Synth Mode

Allow changing of instruments in MIDI Synth Mode. What is the problem? The Polyend Tracker can only use a single instrument at a time when in Synth-Mode. Instruments have to be changed by Hand on the Tracker. What do you want to achieve? Send a midi message (probably Program Change), to switch Instrument via MIDI. Are there any workarounds? Switching instruments by hand. Any links to related discussions? Any references to other products? Akai S1000 maybe? In fact any hardware sampler. …

Multi-timbrality however, will not be something that we will see:

Support for multitimbrality

Support “split keyboard” or multitimbrality in Polyend Tracker for both manual and MIDI notes. What is the problem? Polyend tracker has no support for splitting the keyboard / pads into different instruments. What do you want to achieve? I want to be able to assign instruments to notes or note ranges, so that I can play different instruments at the same time using the keypads or MIDI. Examples: loading a number of drumkit samples, then assigning each drum sample / instrument to a separate…

I hope that answers your questions .

[creativeunderdogs]

Literally exactly what I needed. I appreciate your detail! I am actually having a lot of fun just running these in synch!

I don’t need multitimbrality, just wanted to make sure I was correct about this. Now the other issue, when I send CC to tracker, it seems to only update the settings when I am in the instrument view, is that the only view I can modify these settings?

Thanks!

[Sandroid]

i’d have to get back to you about that. Since i personally have not used the MIDI Synth Mode myself

[creativeunderdogs]

I am actually having a total blast using them synched, I think I have it nailed down now. I appreciate this so much! These boxes definitely have different results when using both together this is certain!