I loved my Play, I created my whole new album on it and Im really proud of I managed to do. Its so easy to use and not to mention FUN.
I traded in my old circuit because of the limitations, however it did have a synth engine over the Play.
So when they announced the Play + I was so excited, excited that I would be able to add synth lines to my tracks, play a synth live. But this isn’t the case, its horrible, just horrible. Confusing, clumsy, you put down a synth line on a track, only to go back to it 10 mins later and its completely changed, the design is so bad. Im really disappointed to say the least. I would have rather have less synths but be easier to use. The circuit was so easy, its actually got me thinking do I need to get a Circuits tracks now, as this is almost unusable. There is no FUN to be had here. Its actually a chore trying to work the synths out. Maybe Im dim, but I like my tech to be easy to use.
Hi, I’m sorry that the jump from the Play to the Play+ has been so frustrating for you.
What kind of changes? Timbres, notes, effects? Subtle, drastic?
Can it be that in those 10 minutes you changed the parameteres of that synth? The Play+ synths might need some time to understand but they don’t change their parameteres on their own.
I have one saved file that likes to change a few synth parameters on loading. The workaround is to just reload the preset. It hasn’t happened to any other patch in any other file though, so I figure it’s more of a fluke with just that file.
Nah this is not a fluke Ive seen this happen so much on the tracker plus too. They need to fix all the synths and fix them fast as its pretty damn frustrating to say the least(just like the OP said its almost unusable on the tracker +). I just got a play + too to see if the synths behave as badly as the tracker + and they seem to be more stable on the play + but still can have some issues here and there. QA on the synths and all the saving of patches etc and notes getting stuck etc should be top prio right now for polyend.
Most synth issues on the Tracker+ can be curently attributed to the Macro Reset issue that is a known issue (see announcement for 1.0.1). Polyend themselfs have stated that they want to fix this as quickly as possible.
For now, if you encounter a synth that sounds weird, go to the Synth Macro Page (hit the Instrument Button twice) and reset all the macros (even if they appear at 0 or reset).
The problem with that is that I think that you can’t change parameters on synths from pattern to pattern except macros. You can’t change presets, do you’re are limited with the macros.
It would be great, if it’s not possible to change presets across patterns, be able to change any parameter of the synth engine.
I created a draft wish ages ago but it hasn’t been accepted or rejected by the team thus far. it would seriously transform the play+ if you could have patch per pattern.