499 EUR
Grooveboxes aren't just ideal for writers and producers because they're hands-on, but because they manage to blend vanilla task-management with the pure fun that's involved in messing around with sound engines and sequencers. New groovebox models don't come out everything day, so when they come from experienced groovebox-builders like Polyend, it's worth paying attention. With the Medusa synth and the Play+ and Tracker sequencer models under their belt already, Polyend now present the Synth: a continence of the Play+ that might be smaller and might be cheaper, but still brings a mountain of potential. The Polyend Synth Inside the Polyend Synth lies no-less-than eight synthesizer engines, three of which can be used at the same time. Every engine can be tweaked in every which way, so we're not just talking about quick and dirty, lightly tweakable engines here, but real, fully-fledged synths. And, when it comes to playing this extensive instrument, you get a tactile army of performance pads that aren't just velocity sensitive but come polished off with polyphonic aftertouch - plenty of expressive potential right there. The heart of all of the fun, though, definitely lies in the on-board arpeggiator and sequencer and the chorus, delay and reverb effects that come built in. In short, this tight unit comes with more than enough to sink your teeth into.
