In recent years, Polyend have become known for their sequencing and tracker products, namely Play and Tracker. In my recent review of the Tracker+, Polyend had added some new digital synthesizers to their tracker system. At the same time, they were busy developing several more algorithms and, in a move not rivalled since my mate Brian named his dog ‘Dog’, have packed them into ‘Synth’.
Synths, plural, might have been a better choice because this is a three-part multitimbral device, where each part uses one of eight different synth engines. Instead of a traditional keyboard, the Synth uses a 5x12 grid of silicone pads, which can be configured to play all three synth parts together in rather clever ways. The idea is that the three different sounds become one playable,…
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Sound On Sound USA (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025