The Polyend Play is a groovebox with 8 tracks of sample playback and 8 tracks of MIDI control.
Leaving aside the beautiful array of LED pads which adorn the front panel, its main distinguishing feature is its focus on generative, algorithmic and chance-based tools designed to help you quickly create and iterate on musical ideas.
Much has been said and demonstrated on the Play with regards to quickly creating often intricate beat-centric music - and rightly so, as that is an area where it excels, but many of the concepts and features on offer here apply equally well in the world of ambient music - so that’s what we’ll be doing today - making use of these features to put together a little generative ambient piece to chill out to. To demonstrate the workflow and sounds.
Transparency notice: Polyend kindly provided me the Play for free for the purposes of making this video. I haven't otherwise been paid by Polyend for making this content and Polyend have neither asked for nor been given any editorial oversight into this video's content.
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