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    Play

    Jun 21, 2022 6 minutes
    By Si Truss

    $799 polyend.com

    Strengths

    + Powerful sequencing tools that are great for polyrhythms and live performance
    + Sleek, portable and USB-powered
    + Excellent stock of included sounds/kits

    Limitations

    - Preset-focused reverb/delay are a touch limiting
    - Can't import samples directly via USB
    - Sequencer workflow takes a bit of getting used to

    Although it might be a bit premature to call something released just two years ago a cult classic, Polyend's esoteric Tracker is certainly on course to earn the title. Taking cues from software trackers, Polyend's performance sampler is a bit of an oddity, but if the legions of enthusiastic YouTube videos and forum comments are anything to go by it's certainly found a dedicated following.

    Play, the company's keenly awaited follow-up, proves to be more of a conventional device than Tracker - for one thing its sequencer runs from left to right, rather than top to bottom - but it still inherits a healthy portion of its predecessor's leftfield creativity.

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