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Beta firmware and reporting. For official releases go to https://polyend.com/downloads/
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Higher sound slot count #684

Open OnevenHub opened 3 years ago

OnevenHub commented 3 years ago

With the low quality import being added I'm hoping you can also increase the sound slots from 48 to 96. Especially when making a live set the maximum of 48 is limiting unless you want to use the same sounds over and over again.

ketumatek commented 3 years ago

For live performance only 48 samples per projet is really small..(and no possibility to play a projet after another without stop the machine),if your are working with sample and you want a really difference of sound between all your tracks or projet. So double it to 98 will be more easy for a live set... But not sur it will be possible because of memory.

MetabaronCZ commented 3 years ago

I always thought, that trackers are used to make game music. You are using it for whole live set performance? Interresting.

OnevenHub commented 3 years ago

Lol, you have +200 patterns for a reason right. It's light, compact so ideal for live performing. Powering it from a power bank allows for nice last minute adjustments while travelling too.

ketumatek commented 3 years ago

I always thought, that trackers are used to make game music. You are using it for whole live set performance? Interresting.

Not yet but I would like to...

OnevenHub commented 3 years ago

I always thought, that trackers are used to make game music. You are using it for whole live set performance? Interresting.

Not yet but I would like to...

Definitely fun! Making an hour set was a great way for me to get to learn tracker.

ArtFluids commented 3 years ago

I was going to come here to suggest this. I would love a much higher instrument count. I want to do projects with a lot of really small samples. RAM isn't the issue here, it's just the limitation of only having 48 instruments. I don't need more room for audio, just more instrument slots.

Like I want to do fun patterns where I sample a bass synth at various filter cutoffs for acid basslines, but I will quickly run out of instrument slots just for that one sound. If that one sound uses 12 different samples, that's 1/4 of my available instrument slots just for that one idea.

I guess I could always use slices to sneak in more sounds per-instrument but that's not easy when I want to swap out some of the sounds.

I know that the number of instruments corresponds to the number of pads, but it would be nice to be able to scroll beyond 48. I would love like at least double that or even higher.

static-noise-PT commented 3 years ago

I was going to come here to suggest this. I would love a much higher instrument count. I want to do projects with a lot of really small samples. RAM isn't the issue here, it's just the limitation of only having 48 instruments. I don't need more room for audio, just more instrument slots.

Like I want to do fun patterns where I sample a bass synth at various filter cutoffs for acid basslines, but I will quickly run out of instrument slots just for that one sound. If that one sound uses 12 different samples, that's 1/4 of my available instrument slots just for that one idea.

I guess I could always use slices to sneak in more sounds per-instrument but that's not easy when I want to swap out some of the sounds.

I know that the number of instruments corresponds to the number of pads, but it would be nice to be able to scroll beyond 48. I would love like at least double that or even higher.

I see it similar but I also see the complex of "only" having 48 pads. This means that we would need to have 2 banks a 48 and swap via pages. I don't know how reliable / user friendly this would be.

And I don't see any issue with having a performance. Just a mind game: 10 Track-Set: Drums -> 2 Samples via Samplechains (ofc it depends what you perform but I usually perform my own music mostly EP/LPs) Bass -> 10 Samples Pads, Leads, etc. -> 20 Samples Left Slots / Sounds -> 16 Samples left