Presented in 1980 by the Japanese manufacturer Roland TR-808 rhythm machine actually seemed to be, doomed to failure at the very beginning of its journey. It was the main competitor to the so much superior LM-1 Drum Computer on the market. Compared to...
The Polyend Play is a MIDI controller and sequencer designed for use with electronic music instruments. It is a compact and portable device that allows users to control their synths, drum machines, and other MIDI-compatible instruments. The Play...
The Polyend Tracker+ represents the latest evolution in Polyend's hardware tracker revolution, building upon five years of continuous development since the original Tracker's 2020 release. Marketed with the tagline "Not new, but better," this sampler,...
Shadowed by more famous colleagues, TR-606 strikes back. The release of a miniature box with huge potential took place in 1982. Like its colleagues bathing in fame pool, the drum machine generates its sounds with a simple analog circuit. At first glance,...
The Polyend Tracker represents a remarkable achievement in music technology: a modern hardware implementation of the classic tracker workflow that dominated computer music-making in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Trackers originated on home computers...