What is the problem?
There are lots of features on modern devices, which are not offered on Polyend Tracker/Play, due to that they requires lots of resources, not only to code and maintain but also could be very CPU hungry.
Roland was smart and saw that their user-base jumped between this app and their SP404 MK2 and therefore took the jump to this Integration.
What should this feature achieve?
- Bidirectional sampling over USB
- Modern features [example Stem Separation] and more FX.
- Free-up resources for the Polyend Team, so they can focus on the core OS over additional FX, which could be handled by a 3rd part.
- Latent Koala Sampler users could be interested in getting a Polyend device.
- Users who are normally Feature bloating here on this forum could be gently pushed to borther the Koala team instead.
Risks or to-be-aware?
- The Koala sampler app costs $4.99
- You will need a handheld device [Android or Apple]
- I dont know, the future of the Koala sampler application
Are there any workarounds?
Pull out the SD-card, insert into the computer and do the sample manipulation followed by re-inserting the SD-card into the Tracker.