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I think Bad Gear episodes should be considered high art and they have to be stored in some digital museum for the future people. For Uli's sake, just look at the production level, wording, music, structure. This is how it's done, future kids! Florian raised the bar for everyone and i hope other people will follow suit.
It never ceases to amaze me how you manage to get to grips (and deep-dive) with a different bit of hi-tech gear every week... and not only that, but put together some great jams and a whole lot of video editing. How do you find the time! 🙂 Another good one.
I concur 100%. I'd love a second video a week with him running through how he learned each new tool. I felt him (and Bo Beats) on the SP404ii clip, some learning curves are steeper. Props, such great tunes Florian. Just call it Florian Mode.
As a Tracker owner, jealous of all those glorious encoders. The performance menu goes a long way, but just doing a filter sweep on the fly should be a lot simpler.
The Polyend Play spent almost its entire life cycle in my favorite retailer's wishlist. I jumped at the Plus, which is now patiently awaiting its unboxing
Got a Synthstrom Deluge 4 years ago, and recently updated to the OLED UI. When I see this, I know the investment in learning the Deluge workflow ( I also used an overlay for about a year) was worth it. Thanks for this Florian, you have affirmed that I made the right decision. Great video, I turn in on every Friday. You never disappoint. A+ :)
Please don't end your gear-reviewing career, bro. You are proving every week that it's not the gear that makes the music, but the mind behind it. Congratulations on your channel and happy 2024 !
I love all the dawless setups that “want to break free” but then sound 10x better when processed a bit inside a daw :-) Jokes aside, Florian i feel the Erica Synths Db 01 and Lxr 02 coming on your channel. Call it basic instinct
I have the DB-01 and I am disappointed. The sound isn't bad, the controls are a bit worse. But the MIDI implementation is practically non-existent. You get clock in, note on, note off, mod wheel hard-coded to filter cutoff, and pitch bend. That's it! It could have been a MIDI or modular powerhouse if even some of the synthesis functionality was exposed. But it isn't. So yeah. Do it!
This is one of the first pieces of gear you've done where I have some experience. I had the original Play. I found it very frustrating to work with- same issues with real time record, double click buttons, channel assignments didn't seem to stick... my main issue was that there is no poly per midi track meaning you have to chew up tracks if you want to record your own chord voicings. I got a Deluge new with OLED but I did it primarily because I saw how generous they were to upgrade people's existing machines for a very low price and the open sourced firmware. I do miss the velocity sensitive pads on both but the Deluge is a complete joy to work with because it behaves... graphic sample editing on the matrix- yes. Regarding Ben... I just wonder what the hell is wrong with people. He had an opinion. Disagree and walk away. Threatening the man? WTF?
I bet that if Polyend was more predatory and released the Play+ with another name and without the option to upgrade, saying it's a new version instead of a revised version, nobody would've batted an eye. I mean, just take a look at TE: people complained, but they were also happy because the old OP-1 was going to become cheaper lol In any case, I understand the frustration the OG owners might've felt, but the whole toxic debacle was unnecessary. On another note, great video! Loved the last track.
Didn't the Play + come out a year later? That's probably got a lot to do with it. Also, people dunked on TE hard with the OP1 field, lol. That price was a piss take to almost everybody
@@vangoghsseveredear Yeah, around 1 year later, I think.That's why I believe if it had another name and no upgrade path, people wouldn't even care, and would probably be happy about the price drop on the normal Play and not worry about resale value, like the OP1-Field did with the original OP-1.
Any gear space is toxic tbh. They're all filled with fanatic dorks. But polyend is a stupid company I just can't support when they replace products within 2 years. They ruined their reputation like complete idiots.
Ah, I feel for Benn, I may be wrong but I think it was just opinion rather than paid-for promotion, but either way the backlash was still OTT. People are free to make their minds up and shouldn't really be hurling abuse like that at reviewers unless they are actually lying about the abilities or quality of a product.
You know what? FUCK THIS STUPID TH-cam CHANNEL. It’s clearly a TH-cam algorithm clickbait scrub to find the memes (which is the only worthwhile part) stupid waste of time. The points made are always mundane and mostly out of context. Yes. Roland sucks. Great life work pointing that out. Congratulations. Boring.
Fantastic show. Interesting take on stereotypical joke about Poland as default wasteland for the gear:) we should be swimming in used vintage gear wonderland in a bit😂 happy new year. ❤
Funny thing is actually that there are people from Poland coming to the Netherlands buying vintage stereo equipment in bulk second hand and selling it for more in Poland. Because Poland isn't a rich country, there isn't many of the vintage higher end gear floating around since the new market for it back in the day was very small. Interesting economical dynamic.
@@AudioPilz but he's not utilizing them in the right ways, I want those raw sounds, not through a pvc pipe reverb played with a Dr. Ho's muscle simulator while he shreds ambient guitar.
My 18yo daughter just attended a 4 day festival and she said that children of the night, what music they make if they try to squeeze lofi downbeat, Berlin school and pseudo orchestral shenanigans into one bad gear finale was a feature genre on one of the main stages, nice
I wrote off Polyend after the Dreadbox/Polyend Medusa launch. I won't endorse a company who disrespects their consumer base. This is another slap in the face.
As the early promo said, the Play is so much fun you'll want two. So now your second Play has whacking good extra features, costs the same, and has the same workflow! And the original Play is still very useful. Or if you want a second original Play, the price just dropped a bunch. Win Win!
0:27 This reminds me of the video I had to make for a partial refund on a 707 I got on Reverb! th-cam.com/video/TonsUv1MYKI/w-d-xo.html 1:03 OMG! Carlin was sent to make sure I pass the history test! It's the most positive meme ever!
You named your project "SUBSCRIBE” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you truly are a genius. Very timely, I just got the Play+ a few days ago. Bought the "vintage Play" as soon as it was available, so def triggered by this launch, but have to say I'm extremely glad I upgraded. Luckily found someone selling it for dirt cheap, so my "upgrade" cost was significantly less than $400 💪 new synths are nice, can't wait till performance mode can be used on them/midi, this thing will be 💯 then
Had the OG, upgraded and don’t regret it but also understand the disappointment it has caused. I immediately clicked with the Play and its interface/workflow so to have the upgraded power and synths was tremendously exciting for me. Having fewer boxes that actually inspire and excite is my New Gear’s Resolution.
Hard to believe you haven't covered the Roland Sonic Cell, but that's my request for this week! Thank you Mr. Pilz, as always, for the great music and awesome sense of humor.
Strolling into the tiger's cage with aplomb, rattlingly ; new year put on notice. He don't care, bout yr world. the DAW-y eyed last jam was impressive- it's the little touches in the stereo field, the clever harmonic weaving; and you do this every week. its not just the sprint, it's the endurance. Happy New Year!
As an early adopter, my beef with the “upgrade” was that IMHO play needed several other improvements more than it needed synth engines or stereo. Ideally the replacement to a new more powerful CPU should have unlocked significant changes that could have been more of a game changer. It very much feels like the release of “the thing we meant to make all along” at the expense (literally) of early adopters. Yes there is butthurt. But that said, I was hoping for a completely different set of improvements. As a user I wanted to see significantly expanded per track, per step, FX routing and layering options. Multiple different FX beyond the global reverb and delay flavors. True LFOs including rate and shape with routing options to control multiple per track or per step parameters like filters, panning, and FX. Midi delays or trigger stutter to allow for some performance capability on the Midi lanes as well as the sample based audio side. Synth engines while a cool addition comes at the expense of the Midi tracks. If you were adding a beefy chip would it have been possible to have 3 pages of 8 tracks? Samples, internal synths, and 8 external midi tracks? Its a very cool groove box, but it still has limitations that could have been addressed if you were planning a chip upgrade. My biggest concern now is that there will never be an OS update to the original play because subsequent OS updates to play+ might be incompatible with the original chip. We didn’t really need stereo samples as much as you needed more and better stereo effects to color the mono samples.
On your hands it sounds amazing. The first jam you made, called House solo, i would called Berlin Techno Solo. It was top notch 👌🏻❤ Nice chapter of one of the biggest hyped gear of the last year. I was sad cause the Ben Jordan video reaction, he is a nice guy. He should not give a f**k about what others think or say.
Well...at least it made Benn Jordan reduce the amount of BS produced by his channel. I consider this a huge breaktrough that should be exploited by Polyend`s marketing.
Another great video and jam 👏 So if I got you right, sound design is menu-divey, and as far as I know there's no LFOs? Not replacing my Digitakt, then!
Last year definitely had its fair share of controversies to feed this most hated audio tools channel. Maybe do one on Waves, Akai MPC X SE, OP 1-Field, etc.
that first jam is amazing 🙀😳😳😳...also great to see the Rocket in the second jam...was it used in the finale as well? nobody covers controversy like you...the Walter Cronkite of synth news 😁👍🏻
Another great video. The intro is well-written - terse and pithy. "Music technology is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where thieves and maniacs run free and good people die like dogs. There’s also a negative side." Brilliant!
I'd be outside the gates of Schloss Pilz with my flaming torch and pitchfork, but the pitchfork caught fire on the bus. As did the bus. As someone who lived with the joys of 96ppqn vertical scroll sequencing on the Atari, courtesy of Dr.T's KCS, the thrill of 3 column greyscale GUIs and neolithic workflows has long since left the building.
I got (and sold) the OG Play and I must say it's a super fun and immediate machine... I bought it as a "cheap Deluge", which it isn't... This new Plus it's better, although the best feature I think it has is that you can get the original WAY cheaper, as it's a really fun machine... Anyway, if you are looking for a portable DAW in a box, it's the Deluge with community firmware, IMHO. BTW Florian, you're videos are fucking awesome. As suggestion, I think the Perkons should get also the BG treatment 🙂
Yep, bought mine 6 months earlier to learn that i can upgrade for 400. So in the end, i have to pay more than a person who pay for the whole new product. I'll stick for the mono version. I'm using it in MIDI mode anyway.
@@kirkanos771knowing that you have to send them the Play !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So you are 1000% right !!!!! This is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING for early adopters, what a way to thank them from POLYEND !!!!!!…………… I swear you it drives me crazy and I even don’t have one so I imagine you should be mad afffffffffffffff…….. They shouldn’t ask to send back the original one and do a very good offer on the PLUS, that’s all !!!!!
You managed to make those who suffered through buying the first version feel a littl ebetter about it if they upgraded. the sounds you got out if the plus are genius.
Same. Price difference on top of the original near me, I may as well should have good a deluge from the start. Huge slap in the face considering I loved the hell out of polyend products prior (they really should have kept making the seq, love that thing)
Great video! I think it'd be super cool if you checked out and did a review of the Dirty Wave M8 Tracker? I recently just got one and im absolutely loving the work flow!
The Panda smashing the kit on the desk then floor started me in a fit of laughter. I Just been going through this myself with my new OX 1 sequencer through desktop Hydrasynth for two days trying to eliminate synth by synth, cabld by cable. I got there in the end and came to bed for a fresh start tomorrow only to see the Panda doing exactly what I wanted to do 😅
@@AudioPilz Yes and you would make it sing like Angels from above as you do with everything you turn your hand to. But for some of us making sweet music doesn't always equate to being a geeky nerdy Techy type and we struggle by horribly on new Gear / kit
Great review! I’ve been loving mine. I don’t think I’ve found a workflow in either hardware or DAWs that is this fast and intuitive to whip up tracks and sequences. Agree with you on some of the live performance limitations though
Could you make an episode about the new Yamaha seqtrak whenever you get your hands on one? Would be amazing to see your point of view and creations on it! Thank you!
I’ve owned the OG Play and now the Play +. Now that it’s more of a standalone unit and don’t have to hook it up to external MIDI gear, i can take it anywhere and jam more easily. I love this thing.
I think if Poly end released the Tracker Plus first and waited on the play plus there wouldn't have been any controversy. It's a shame really because the tracker+ looks like a really good upgrade and Polyend is a creative company and yet hardly anyone is covering the new tracker.
Epic tunes once again bruv! I love your taste, and greatly appreciate your ability to dip into genres and nail them with brand new gear! Maybe throw in some more UKG like the first audio example? Plenty of the groove boxes do it nicely. Go old school and do the OG green red and blue electribes?
Nice work as always. Kraftwerk actually did a show in my city a couple of days ago. Edit: Also, I was quite saddened at the treatment Benn Jordan copped. I also enjoyed his reviews.
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Still waiting for you to do that Casio voice synth!
Must say, you're not just a TH-camr, you're an exceptional musician. What a talent!
Thank you so much!!!
Yeah dude yo music is really super good! Do you ever release anything?@@AudioPilz
I think Bad Gear episodes should be considered high art and they have to be stored in some digital museum for the future people. For Uli's sake, just look at the production level, wording, music, structure. This is how it's done, future kids! Florian raised the bar for everyone and i hope other people will follow suit.
Thank you so much!!!
that's why he's got Patreon so you can literally download everything 😂
Episodes need to be saved on an internet archive like waybackmachine, for the future bad gear enthusiasts!
you should post your 9 min sets of that bass music you make, show the "kids" how it's done, or not.
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@@helisoma nah bro i meant some congress library stuff not some random ppl hard drive 🙂
It never ceases to amaze me how you manage to get to grips (and deep-dive) with a different bit of hi-tech gear every week... and not only that, but put together some great jams and a whole lot of video editing. How do you find the time! 🙂 Another good one.
Thank you so much!!! I just try to stay organized!!!
I concur 100%. I'd love a second video a week with him running through how he learned each new tool. I felt him (and Bo Beats) on the SP404ii clip, some learning curves are steeper. Props, such great tunes Florian. Just call it Florian Mode.
@@AudioPilz Organization and espresso.
@@PiriakaTrackwreckerand a third video of "bad gear-tube" where he mercilessly roasts other video makers.
As a Tracker owner, jealous of all those glorious encoders. The performance menu goes a long way, but just doing a filter sweep on the fly should be a lot simpler.
I feel the same way!!!
A tracker with encoders and without a grid would be ideal
The Polyend Play spent almost its entire life cycle in my favorite retailer's wishlist. I jumped at the Plus, which is now patiently awaiting its unboxing
Nice!!!
Got a Synthstrom Deluge 4 years ago, and recently updated to the OLED UI. When I see this, I know the investment in learning the Deluge workflow ( I also used an overlay for about a year) was worth it. Thanks for this Florian, you have affirmed that I made the right decision. Great video, I turn in on every Friday. You never disappoint. A+ :)
Thank you so much!!!
exactly.
The Deluge kicks ass.
Please don't end your gear-reviewing career, bro. You are proving every week that it's not the gear that makes the music, but the mind behind it. Congratulations on your channel and happy 2024 !
Thank you so much!!! No worries!!!
I am slowly learning my Play+. A fascinating device. I am impressed how quickly you are proficient with it.
It's a different workflow, but once you have your head around it, it's extremely powerful and rewarding.
Thank you!!! Once you have put 10K hours into learning gear;)
I love all the dawless setups that “want to break free” but then sound 10x better when processed a bit inside a daw :-)
Jokes aside, Florian i feel the Erica Synths Db 01 and Lxr 02 coming on your channel. Call it basic instinct
Great suggestion, thank you!!!
I have the DB-01 and I am disappointed. The sound isn't bad, the controls are a bit worse. But the MIDI implementation is practically non-existent. You get clock in, note on, note off, mod wheel hard-coded to filter cutoff, and pitch bend. That's it! It could have been a MIDI or modular powerhouse if even some of the synthesis functionality was exposed. But it isn't.
So yeah. Do it!
these ones are good gear, db-01 sounds dope
@@stussyg8567 i don`t think „bad gear“ is meant 100% seriously and literally on the channel
@@saardean4481 of course, I'm just a fanboy of my synth, peace)
This is one of the first pieces of gear you've done where I have some experience. I had the original Play. I found it very frustrating to work with- same issues with real time record, double click buttons, channel assignments didn't seem to stick... my main issue was that there is no poly per midi track meaning you have to chew up tracks if you want to record your own chord voicings. I got a Deluge new with OLED but I did it primarily because I saw how generous they were to upgrade people's existing machines for a very low price and the open sourced firmware. I do miss the velocity sensitive pads on both but the Deluge is a complete joy to work with because it behaves... graphic sample editing on the matrix- yes.
Regarding Ben... I just wonder what the hell is wrong with people. He had an opinion. Disagree and walk away. Threatening the man? WTF?
Great heads-up, thanks!!!
Pro Tip: Random nobodies on the internet typing "threats" is not that threating.
@@pacman_pol_pl_polska it extended beyond the internet for Ben.
@@Eigenstates. Living in commiefornia must be hell.
I bet that if Polyend was more predatory and released the Play+ with another name and without the option to upgrade, saying it's a new version instead of a revised version, nobody would've batted an eye. I mean, just take a look at TE: people complained, but they were also happy because the old OP-1 was going to become cheaper lol
In any case, I understand the frustration the OG owners might've felt, but the whole toxic debacle was unnecessary.
On another note, great video! Loved the last track.
Thank you!!!
Didn't the Play + come out a year later? That's probably got a lot to do with it.
Also, people dunked on TE hard with the OP1 field, lol. That price was a piss take to almost everybody
@@vangoghsseveredear Yeah, around 1 year later, I think.That's why I believe if it had another name and no upgrade path, people wouldn't even care, and would probably be happy about the price drop on the normal Play and not worry about resale value, like the OP1-Field did with the original OP-1.
Your DnB is getting better :)
Thank you so much!!!
6:08 Botchit & Scarper-type early 2000s beat.
😀😀😀
Are you planning to do for deluge ?
I'll probably have to reserve a little more time for that;)
My office has one of these on the wall in reception for controlling the fire alarm system
😂😂😂
The sounds you got out of it were amazing. Just won't fit in my setup
Thank you!!!
Any gear space is toxic tbh. They're all filled with fanatic dorks. But polyend is a stupid company I just can't support when they replace products within 2 years. They ruined their reputation like complete idiots.
Shots fired;)
"Pitch" 😂
That machine sounds amazingly good, by the way, don't know what it is but there is a sort of a hi-fi quality to it...
👍👍👍
Ah, I feel for Benn, I may be wrong but I think it was just opinion rather than paid-for promotion, but either way the backlash was still OTT. People are free to make their minds up and shouldn't really be hurling abuse like that at reviewers unless they are actually lying about the abilities or quality of a product.
Completely out of proportion, I agree!!!
What I really want to hear is your cover of "Casino Royale" on the worst gear.
Great idea, thanks!!!
I was waiting for this lol
😀😀😀
It’s not a limitation if it’s just a groove box😉
;)
Love this Finale Jam. Every groove box seems to groove well under your tutelage 😊
Thank you so much!!!
God damm it, one day late for your new again briljant vid.
Really appreciate your work.
Thank you so much!!!
You never cease to amaze me with your Skill. Happy New Year.
Thank you so much!!!
holy crap that is precisely me @09:47 only I have 2 more hobbies, surfing and saltwater reef aquariums...
Sounds expensive;)
@@AudioPilz
not quite as expensive as vintage analog synths, but absolutely no resale value.
You know what? FUCK THIS STUPID TH-cam CHANNEL. It’s clearly a TH-cam algorithm clickbait scrub to find the memes (which is the only worthwhile part) stupid waste of time. The points made are always mundane and mostly out of context. Yes. Roland sucks. Great life work pointing that out. Congratulations. Boring.
I disagree
yoooo the second jam is illegally good o.o
Thank you!!!
Worst synth channel on youtube
just kidding - all the rest suck this is the only good one.
I agree
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
very very good music you made ❤
Thank you!!!
that opening was fly af
Thank you!!!
Not feeling this one, even you don't seem to be able to make it sing like you do with a lot of gear with even worse reputations.
Thank you for the feedback!!!
……,With the wooooorld’s most beloved synth meme lord
Thank you so much!!!
I just bought a first gen Play brand new for under 500. It works great as the sequencing centerpiece for my dateless setup
Nice!!!
So many great bad gear episodes but this is really great! Thanks for the fun and info regarding this box
Thank you so much!!!
🎉the scarface meme😂
😀😀😀
Welcome to Bad Gear - the show that I have to adjust the settings to half-speed in order to catch all the memes
In Florian's meme accent "Your spacebar will prove to be your biggest friend!"
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First episode of Bad Gear of the year weeee :D Happy new year mr Florian with more memes and more jams :)
Happy 2024!!!
6:00 ummm thats a bit alarming
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Haha if it will be roasted as any other synth, if a Steinway Piano was a synth Guaranteed it would be on your show. 😂👍🏻
Too loud and hard to mic!!!
Fantastic show. Interesting take on stereotypical joke about Poland as default wasteland for the gear:) we should be swimming in used vintage gear wonderland in a bit😂 happy new year. ❤
Thank you!!! Roland on Poland;)
Funny thing is actually that there are people from Poland coming to the Netherlands buying vintage stereo equipment in bulk second hand and selling it for more in Poland. Because Poland isn't a rich country, there isn't many of the vintage higher end gear floating around since the new market for it back in the day was very small. Interesting economical dynamic.
Could you do an episode on a synth FX device like the zoom ms-70cdr, or maybe the mod dwarf (which can also be used as a synth)?
There is actually an episode about hacking the MS-70
Holy cow...this was actually the most balanced review yet!!
Thank you so much!!!
ur not that sensitive, I dont think u gotta worry about it
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Benn Jordan would never have randomized mario paint samples and thats the real reason he failed.
Given Benn's career I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he had all the mario paint samples on a dedicated server
@@AudioPilz but he's not utilizing them in the right ways, I want those raw sounds, not through a pvc pipe reverb played with a Dr. Ho's muscle simulator while he shreds ambient guitar.
You totally nailed it this week! That dub techno track was the bomb!! ♥️
Thank you so much!!!
I think you accidentally showed your wolca in the long plastic hallway. (That's the best I could do. Not my best work. I'll keep trying.)
lol
I cant even wrap my head around how much work goes into these 😮💨 you make it look easy ♥️
Thank you so much!!!
#hipsterware
This thing is a literal joke, and soon to be #abandonware.
Shots fired;)
My 18yo daughter just attended a 4 day festival and she said that children of the night, what music they make if they try to squeeze lofi downbeat, Berlin school and pseudo orchestral shenanigans into one bad gear finale was a feature genre on one of the main stages, nice
😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️😂❤️
3:14 review the Creative Prodikeys (you won't). I have two!
I want one!!!
I wrote off Polyend after the Dreadbox/Polyend Medusa launch. I won't endorse a company who disrespects their consumer base. This is another slap in the face.
The Tracker Mini is really nice tho!!!
As the early promo said, the Play is so much fun you'll want two. So now your second Play has whacking good extra features, costs the same, and has the same workflow! And the original Play is still very useful. Or if you want a second original Play, the price just dropped a bunch. Win Win!
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Ah yes, The Play Plus/Deluge Minus 😂
Great video as always!
Thank you!!!
0:27 This reminds me of the video I had to make for a partial refund on a 707 I got on Reverb!
th-cam.com/video/TonsUv1MYKI/w-d-xo.html
1:03 OMG! Carlin was sent to make sure I pass the history test! It's the most positive meme ever!
Carlin is the OG!!!
You named your project "SUBSCRIBE” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 you truly are a genius. Very timely, I just got the Play+ a few days ago. Bought the "vintage Play" as soon as it was available, so def triggered by this launch, but have to say I'm extremely glad I upgraded. Luckily found someone selling it for dirt cheap, so my "upgrade" cost was significantly less than $400 💪 new synths are nice, can't wait till performance mode can be used on them/midi, this thing will be 💯 then
Happy to hear that!!! Thanks!!!
He does that a lot, and also has other funny names for patches and stuff if you look carefully.
@@iagmusicandflying You get more entertainment for your money on this channel.😃
hahaha!!! I saw you sneak that deluge image in there!
THAT is the desert island groovebox.
I really have to give that one a try!
Had the OG, upgraded and don’t regret it but also understand the disappointment it has caused. I immediately clicked with the Play and its interface/workflow so to have the upgraded power and synths was tremendously exciting for me. Having fewer boxes that actually inspire and excite is my New Gear’s Resolution.
I guess, I will find the OG now for cheap on the Second Hand market ;-)
Nice!!!
Hard to believe you haven't covered the Roland Sonic Cell, but that's my request for this week! Thank you Mr. Pilz, as always, for the great music and awesome sense of humor.
Thank you, great suggestion!!!
I would pay a hefty sum for a full version of that ending jam, fantastic work as always!
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Thank you!!! Shameless plug: full tracks can be found on my Patreon!!!
The house jam particularly tasty. These bad gear vids actually kill my gas they are so good.
Thank you so much!!!
Strolling into the tiger's cage with aplomb, rattlingly ; new year put on notice. He don't care, bout yr world. the DAW-y eyed last jam was impressive- it's the little touches in the stereo field, the clever harmonic weaving; and you do this every week. its not just the sprint, it's the endurance. Happy New Year!
Thank you so much!!! Have a great 2024!!!
i joined your patreon because of that final synth showcase. holy hell i need more of that track!
Thank you so much!!!
With all the quirks, I'm still very interested in it.
Great review and productions of it.
Thank you!!!
I love the K.O.II meme in this video :) I can't wait for the bad gear episode on it!
I really have to give that one a try!
As an early adopter, my beef with the “upgrade” was that IMHO play needed several other improvements more than it needed synth engines or stereo. Ideally the replacement to a new more powerful CPU should have unlocked significant changes that could have been more of a game changer. It very much feels like the release of “the thing we meant to make all along” at the expense (literally) of early adopters. Yes there is butthurt. But that said, I was hoping for a completely different set of improvements. As a user I wanted to see significantly expanded per track, per step, FX routing and layering options. Multiple different FX beyond the global reverb and delay flavors. True LFOs including rate and shape with routing options to control multiple per track or per step parameters like filters, panning, and FX. Midi delays or trigger stutter to allow for some performance capability on the Midi lanes as well as the sample based audio side.
Synth engines while a cool addition comes at the expense of the Midi tracks. If you were adding a beefy chip would it have been possible to have 3 pages of 8 tracks? Samples, internal synths, and 8 external midi tracks? Its a very cool groove box, but it still has limitations that could have been addressed if you were planning a chip upgrade. My biggest concern now is that there will never be an OS update to the original play because subsequent OS updates to play+ might be incompatible with the original chip.
We didn’t really need stereo samples as much as you needed more and better stereo effects to color the mono samples.
Great input!!!
On your hands it sounds amazing. The first jam you made, called House solo, i would called Berlin Techno Solo. It was top notch 👌🏻❤
Nice chapter of one of the biggest hyped gear of the last year.
I was sad cause the Ben Jordan video reaction, he is a nice guy. He should not give a f**k about what others think or say.
Agreed!!!
Well...at least it made Benn Jordan reduce the amount of BS produced by his channel. I consider this a huge breaktrough that should be exploited by Polyend`s marketing.
Another great video and jam 👏 So if I got you right, sound design is menu-divey, and as far as I know there's no LFOs? Not replacing my Digitakt, then!
Thank you!!! Menu-divey like a Roland;)
Love the hunter S Thompson quote. Marvellous ❤❤❤
Thank you!!!
Last year definitely had its fair share of controversies to feed this most hated audio tools channel. Maybe do one on Waves, Akai MPC X SE, OP 1-Field, etc.
Great ideas, thanks!!!
that first jam is amazing 🙀😳😳😳...also great to see the Rocket in the second jam...was it used in the finale as well? nobody covers controversy like you...the Walter Cronkite of synth news 😁👍🏻
Thank you so much!!! Finale was all Play Plus
This man really working overtime. Thanks for the video my numba one Österreicher! 💪🏾
Schen Daung!!!
Another great video. The intro is well-written - terse and pithy. "Music technology is a cruel and shallow money trench. A long plastic hallway where thieves and maniacs run free and good people die like dogs. There’s also a negative side." Brilliant!
Thank you!!!
I dunno why Polyend refuses to put a chorus send in their gooveboxes. As a chorus junkie its kind of a deal breaker.
I LOVE chorus too!!!
I'd be outside the gates of Schloss Pilz with my flaming torch and pitchfork, but the pitchfork caught fire on the bus. As did the bus.
As someone who lived with the joys of 96ppqn vertical scroll sequencing on the Atari, courtesy of Dr.T's KCS, the thrill of 3 column greyscale GUIs and neolithic workflows has long since left the building.
My moat is huge;)
@@AudioPilz It's not the size that matters; it's the number of hungry alligators that live in it.
from the mems to the little details top notch episode as always love the bass in jam 2 .
Thank you so much!!!
I got (and sold) the OG Play and I must say it's a super fun and immediate machine... I bought it as a "cheap Deluge", which it isn't... This new Plus it's better, although the best feature I think it has is that you can get the original WAY cheaper, as it's a really fun machine... Anyway, if you are looking for a portable DAW in a box, it's the Deluge with community firmware, IMHO.
BTW Florian, you're videos are fucking awesome. As suggestion, I think the Perkons should get also the BG treatment 🙂
Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!
musically, one of the best recent episodes, as always keep up the good work!
Thank you so much!!!
damn that waldorf bass sounded massive! :D
Love the Rocket!!!
Also famous for their salad.
Ah yes, the infamous PAY PLUS to the owners of the OG 😂
When you know, you know...
Yep, bought mine 6 months earlier to learn that i can upgrade for 400. So in the end, i have to pay more than a person who pay for the whole new product.
I'll stick for the mono version. I'm using it in MIDI mode anyway.
@@kirkanos771 Or sell it to a newb and buy the plus after.
@@kirkanos771knowing that you have to send them the Play !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So you are 1000% right !!!!! This is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING for early adopters, what a way to thank them from POLYEND !!!!!!…………… I swear you it drives me crazy and I even don’t have one so I imagine you should be mad afffffffffffffff……..
They shouldn’t ask to send back the original one and do a very good offer on the PLUS, that’s all !!!!!
Jam 1 (House Solo) chef’s kiss ❤
Is there a full version?
Thank you!!! Shameless plug: there's an extended version on my Patreon❤️❤️❤️
You managed to make those who suffered through buying the first version feel a littl ebetter about it if they upgraded. the sounds you got out if the plus are genius.
Thank you!!!
The OG Play is still a great little drum machine and I love mine. I just thought the $400 pricetag to update it was a slap in the face.
You and 99.9% of everyone else thought so as well.
Same. Price difference on top of the original near me, I may as well should have good a deluge from the start. Huge slap in the face considering I loved the hell out of polyend products prior (they really should have kept making the seq, love that thing)
I feel you!!!
Great video! I think it'd be super cool if you checked out and did a review of the Dirty Wave M8 Tracker? I recently just got one and im absolutely loving the work flow!
Great suggestion, thank you!!!
The Panda smashing the kit on the desk then floor started me in a fit of laughter.
I Just been going through this myself with my new OX 1 sequencer through desktop Hydrasynth for two days trying to eliminate synth by synth, cabld by cable. I got there in the end and came to bed for a fresh start tomorrow only to see the Panda doing exactly what I wanted to do 😅
There's a longer version of the Panda if you do a search round the web for it :)
@@Vim-WolfThanks Vim-Wolf 😊
I’d love to give the OX a go!!!
@@AudioPilz Yes and you would make it sing like Angels from above as you do with everything you turn your hand to. But for some of us making sweet music doesn't always equate to being a geeky nerdy Techy type and we struggle by horribly on new Gear / kit
Great review! I’ve been loving mine. I don’t think I’ve found a workflow in either hardware or DAWs that is this fast and intuitive to whip up tracks and sequences. Agree with you on some of the live performance limitations though
Thank you!!!
Could you make an episode about the new Yamaha seqtrak whenever you get your hands on one? Would be amazing to see your point of view and creations on it! Thank you!
Great idea, thanks!!!
I’ve owned the OG Play and now the Play +. Now that it’s more of a standalone unit and don’t have to hook it up to external MIDI gear, i can take it anywhere and jam more easily. I love this thing.
Nice!!!
Did you sell/buy new or go through the pricey replacement program out of curiosity?
@@Daphoid the upgrade. I was actively looking for a multi timbral synth to buy so for me it made sense.
I think if Poly end released the Tracker Plus first and waited on the play plus there wouldn't have been any controversy. It's a shame really because the tracker+ looks like a really good upgrade and Polyend is a creative company and yet hardly anyone is covering the new tracker.
They move in mysterious ways
Now you mention it, why on earth did they release the Play+ before the Tracker+ !?!?
love the opening reference to the book"Kill you're friends" helter-skelter of a read for anyone in the music trade
Thank you!!!
Great video as always. A challenge to you, I would love to see you review a stylophone x-1 while somehow making some amazing jams out with it.
Thank you!!! Great suggestion!!!
Put it through a bunch of FX boxes.
0:44 I bought one of these on release day - that joke HURT !!
I feel you!!!
Still checking all the boxes. Well done, as usual. Watched and liked as usual. Keep it up man.
Thank you so much!!!
Oh wow!!! It's thanks to You I've learned that Polyend is based in Poland :o We have a Gear Producer here!!! Wooohooo!!!
Epic tunes once again bruv! I love your taste, and greatly appreciate your ability to dip into genres and nail them with brand new gear! Maybe throw in some more UKG like the first audio example? Plenty of the groove boxes do it nicely. Go old school and do the OG green red and blue electribes?
Thank you so much!!! Love OG Tribes!!!
Nice work as always. Kraftwerk actually did a show in my city a couple of days ago.
Edit: Also, I was quite saddened at the treatment Benn Jordan copped. I also enjoyed his reviews.
Thanks!!!
I think the meme at 4:30 is about King Crimson's Frame by Frame
I thought it was either Meshugga or Gojira...
I hope you can loan a Chompi off of someone that thing is a SynthTube Bad Gear hall of famer for sure.
Great suggestion, thank you!!!
The $29 google ad version, 🙏
Hainbach did a review on it.