Hi Polyend team,
I’ve owned the Play+ for a few months now. I use it every day, but there are a few issues I constantly run into. I’ll provide my list as feedback, hoping these can be implemented in the future.
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To be able to lock a MIDI channel to a specific track. I keep jumping between MIDI tracks and realizing after adding a new note to the track that it is assigned to a completely different MIDI channel. While I understand this concept with samples, it doesn’t work well with MIDI tracks. I would love to have the ability to lock a channel to a track.
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MIDI channel polyphony. This would be a total game changer. Currently, I can use multiple tracks, but with chords I can run out of tracks fairly quickly. And it’s not really convenient when you switch to piano view.
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To allow running the sequencer across all 4 pages without the need for Live Rec. While this is great, I keep forgetting and keep changing some parameters which get recorded. This happens pretty much every single session when using Live Rec, so I stay away from it.
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I would love to have the tempo stored per pattern. For live performance, it takes quite some time to switch between songs—30 seconds or more. For this reason, I could precreate a set in a single song and just switch patterns. The problem is the tempo. I have to remember to adjust it prior to a new song or use an external clock.
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I found the synth implementation a bit useless. I’d rather use the Play to sequence external gear. So I’m hoping that the next firmware will focus on core features rather than extending the synth part which I don’t use at all.
Thanks, Petr