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Key Features
Polyend Play is a powerful and inspirational groovebox that enables you to play, perform and sequence with complete freedom. Loaded with over 3000 samples, eight audio tracks and eight polyphonic MIDI tracks, Play gives you an almost limitless number of unique tracks that you can create to your taste. Centred around the 8 x 24 grid, Play lets you build sequences and tracks in a variety of unique ways through the several playing styles onboard.
A myriad of different encoders offers you the ability to adjust independent steps within your Play groove. Track Length, Note Length, Swing, Tempo, Filter Cutoff and so much more can all be altered individually to create your customised groove. In addition to this customisation, a wide range of onboard master FX ensures you can add the finishing touches to your sound. Add ambience to your atmospheric rises with reverb or delay, add saturation to your hard drum loops and place a limiter to ensure no unwanted clipping becomes audible.
Designed to inspire, Play lives up to the name. Battery or mains powered and constructed with a rugged aluminium faceplate, durable encoders and silicone pads, Play is ready to endure the rigours of performing live, letting you find your inspiration on the fly, breaking free from creative ruts. With the new firmware update (version 1.4), Polyend adds a Piano Roll mode to the Play as well as a range of other new features and enhancements.
Product Ref: 224590
The latest firmware update for the Polyend Play adds a whole host of new features and upgrades that takes the versatile sequencing capabilities of the Play to the next level. The most prominent new feature is the addition of a 'Piano Roll' which turns the sequencer grid into a piano roll, providing instant visual feedback with tactile control. When using Piano Roll mode you can select notes within rows, dictating how they are placed on the corresponding step in MIDI/Audio modes.
'Fill Mode' has also been expanded, allowing you to add it to MIDI tracks, allowing you to control how the MIDI beat fills work. New 'Melody Fills' come in the form of 'Chord' and 'Bass' which are perfect for live performances and inspiring new melodies and sequences. New 'MIDI Chord' inversions are also included, with the introduction of a new smart melody randomiser fill type (Random+) as well as a new randomisation algorithm.
Pre-loaded with over 3000 high-quality samples, the Polyend Play lets you dive right into experimenting with your creativity. Place your sounds anywhere on the 192-pad grid to place the building blocks of your sound. Using the onboard sample-based controls, you can alter each step or parameter independently to create your own customised sequence for your tracks.
Lifting your tracks to the next level, the onboard Perform mode lets you add layers and automation to your compositions. Non-destructive, Perform mode allows you to edit a wide range of parameters such as tuning, filter cut-off, overdrive level, and reverb amongst others to adapt to your environment and creative expression. Every change you make can be saved independently for each step as a live recording as well as any mono or polyphonic MIDI you perform from an external keyboard or controller.
For the ultimate flexibility, Polyend Play allows you to customise pattern chains to map out entire sequences anywhere on the grid and perform them live. During the heat of the moment when performing live, mistakes can sometimes be made. Ensuring these mistakes aren't costly and to keep you up and running, Polyend Play features instant Save and Recall for your customised patterns. Creating the perfect sound on the fly can be tricky in a live environment, fortunately, Polyend Play comes stacked with studio-grade effects such as Reverb, Delay, Sound Enhancer, Limiter and even a Saturator as Master effects to take your sound design to the next level.
Boasting unrivalled depth and possibilities, Polyend Play is the ultimate sequencing groovebox. Eight internal audio tracks and eight individual polyphonic MIDI tracks combine for powerful integration with your existing instruments. Wading through 128 onboard patterns, each comprised of 16 tracks with 16 variations, you are presented with over 30,000 possible combinations to choose from. Not only are there a staggering number of options, but Polyend Play also employs independent parameters via the onboard encoders, allowing you to adjust Swing, Tempo, Note Length and much more.
Powerful MIDI integration lets you seamlessly connect your Polyend Play to any existing drum machines, sequencers or synthesizers in your collection. Each track features independent MIDI values, allowing you to control external instruments independently.