Tracker Mini first impressions

[choogaface]

Is there a way to only show two columns of a track (like notes and instruments for example) so that you see all 8 tracks at once?
What is the button combo for that?

Thanks

[Sandroid]

@choogaface

Is there a way to only show two columns of a track (like notes and instruments for example) so that you see all 8 tracks at once?

Yes there is! Check here:

Tracker-Mini viewing all 8 tracks?

Hi, really happy user of the Tracker-Mini, the transition from the OG Tracker to the Mini is almost flawless and its way easier to compose with it than I initially thought it would be! I’m wondering if there is a shortcut similar to the OG Tracker that makes it possible to get a view of all 8 tracks at the same time?

[dixienarco2001]

Just to be clear, this was not a pre-order. Bought new from a very respected shop/trader, less than one week ago.

But I am very happy for your to accept flaws/faults and respect that.Certain companies wouldn’t have the decency to admit to such issues. I’ll not mention who they are due to integrity but TE have been shameless.

[dixienarco2001]

please post some pictures of your Mini’s.

[Mitch]

To clarify right now all our orders are preorders from dealers or customers.

[dixienarco2001]

Hi Mitch.

If something hasn’t been released but is due in the future, I’d class that as a pre-order. But if a product is available to buy from an independent retailer/shop, it’s in stock, gets shipped and arrives in your hands the next day…that is most certainly not a ‘pre-order’.

[icaria36]

@dixienarco2001 both meanings of “pre-order” can be true.

You are explaining what “pre-order” means to a buyer. Mitch was explaining what a “pre-order” means to a producer. If you check Estimated shipment of the Tracker Mini you will see that Polyend was indeed “In the scramble to get preorders out as fast as we could”. Even if you bought a Mini to a retailer on the spot in what wasn’t a pre-order for you, the retailer had that Mini available thanks to a pre-order they had with Polyend.

I hope this helps and we can move on with this detail. Semantics won’t fix hardware.

[dixienarco2001]

@icaria36

Semantics won’t fix hardware.

Yeah, my phrasing was rather clunky.

[tobias.philippen]

I received my Mini a few days ago, and first of all I want to underline, that Polyend’s communication is very good. The kept me informed all the time about the progress, and they are very friendly and quick with their replies. Thumbs up!
My first impressions of the Mini are very good overall. It is just a beautiful and fun to use instrument. Especially the way you operate the device is impressively well thought out. Having some pre-knowledge from the “big” Tracker, usually I can intuitively guess how things can be done with the existing buttons on the mini.
One thing that really bugs me, though, is that recording strangely is limited to mono. In a device that is capable of stereo playback for samples, this does not make any sense at all. And it does unnecessarily limit the use cases of the Tracker. Support told me that this is on their list, even though maybe not in the next update. I would really urge them to include it very soon, because I think it would make the Mini much more usable as far as sampling is concerned, and I would consider this to be an oversight from the beginning. But overall, this is work of beauty and dedication, and I am very happy with the instrument.

[ifield4862-2593]

Hi, I have the mini and am loving it - is there a way to enter the notes in live mode without an external device? I don’t mean the actual note values, but just the timing, so even if all the notes were C5, I could get the timing right and then go back to edit the musical notes - does that make sense? it just makes it even more compact, and speeds up getting an idea down, cheers, Reg

[Sandroid]

@ifield4862-2593

is there a way to enter the notes in live mode without an external device?

Hey @ifield4862-2593, congrats on the Mini

There is a open wish for exactly that. Check this link: Live-Recording directly on the Mini

[ifield4862-2593]

Thanks - I hadn’t seen that before. All the best

[Mitch]

Hey glad you love the tracker, and we are trying to put a lot of work into communication although we all have other primary jobs so thank you for recognizing it!

We want sampling in stereo in too so that will be coming in a future update for sure, not 100% if it will be in 1.1 but it will be on an early update for sure.

[tobias.philippen]

Thanks, Mitch. That’s great. And while you’re at it: rendering also sums the signal to mono, which is equally unfortunate …
Yeah, the love with which you do this, can be felt. So keep up the great work and enthusiasm!

[Sandroid]

@tobias.philippen

rendering also sums the signal to mono

aaactually … it doesn’t.

BUT there is a bug that when you render & load, that the sample is loaded in mono instead of stereo. If you load the rendered sample via the regular sample loader, it will load in stereo

Check here:

Render Selection - "Render & Load" loads monophonically instead of stereo

Bug Description When rendering a selection of steps and then pressing Render & Load, the created sample will load monophonically instead of in stereo. The sample itself is rendered in stereo however. Reproduction Steps Use the supplied project: render-n-load.zip (48.7 KB) Render a selection of the 1st and 2nd track, these are specifically hard panned left and right Press Render & Load Check Waveform in the Sample Loader or Sample Playback Occurrence Always Workaround Go to the Sample Loade…

[tobias.philippen]

Oh nice! Thanks for pointing that out …