I love it and have had it since it came out. Volume and Mixer is fine to me. What I do notice is that you have a hard panned on the purple synth. So if you're not in stereo then panning it will make it lose volume. Make sure all of those are set for "C" center if you're in mono.
Hey! Thanks for your input! I'll definitely check the volume and panning more carefully. Some aspects of the synth still feel underdeveloped to me, particularly the Mixer Page for the synths. On my unit, the volume control seems to be too linear - the first two-thirds of the range barely affect the volume, even on headphones, while the last third makes the difference. The main volume knob also has a very narrow range between silence and noticeable distortion, which makes fine-tuning difficult. Hopefully, a future update can address this. I’m planning to submit a bug report/feature request on Polyend Backstage regarding these issues. In the video, I had to significantly boost the purple synth as it was extremely quiet. Regarding gain staging, I’m also unsure if this is the most intuitive setup. Adjusting the synth parameters beyond the macro controls can lead to unexpectedly loud peaks. It would be great if Polyend could implement a per-channel limiter, similar to what they’ve done on the Polyend Play. Thanks again for the helpful feedback! 😊
Have you tried, for troubleshooting the source of this issue, disabling velocity sensitivity of the pads... basically set them at fixed velocity? If you do that, does the problem persist?
No, I haven't tried that yet, but I'll definitely test it the next time I’m working with the device. Disabling velocity sensitivity and setting the pads to a fixed velocity sounds like a great troubleshooting step. If I remember correctly, the Pad Velocity was set to 127 on my unit, but I’m unsure whether this setting was applied globally or just for the current scene. Thanks a lot for the tip!
I love it and have had it since it came out. Volume and Mixer is fine to me. What I do notice is that you have a hard panned on the purple synth. So if you're not in stereo then panning it will make it lose volume. Make sure all of those are set for "C" center if you're in mono.
Hey! Thanks for your input! I'll definitely check the volume and panning more carefully. Some aspects of the synth still feel underdeveloped to me, particularly the Mixer Page for the synths. On my unit, the volume control seems to be too linear - the first two-thirds of the range barely affect the volume, even on headphones, while the last third makes the difference.
The main volume knob also has a very narrow range between silence and noticeable distortion, which makes fine-tuning difficult. Hopefully, a future update can address this. I’m planning to submit a bug report/feature request on Polyend Backstage regarding these issues.
In the video, I had to significantly boost the purple synth as it was extremely quiet. Regarding gain staging, I’m also unsure if this is the most intuitive setup. Adjusting the synth parameters beyond the macro controls can lead to unexpectedly loud peaks. It would be great if Polyend could implement a per-channel limiter, similar to what they’ve done on the Polyend Play.
Thanks again for the helpful feedback! 😊
Have you tried, for troubleshooting the source of this issue, disabling velocity sensitivity of the pads... basically set them at fixed velocity? If you do that, does the problem persist?
No, I haven't tried that yet, but I'll definitely test it the next time I’m working with the device. Disabling velocity sensitivity and setting the pads to a fixed velocity sounds like a great troubleshooting step. If I remember correctly, the Pad Velocity was set to 127 on my unit, but I’m unsure whether this setting was applied globally or just for the current scene. Thanks a lot for the tip!