Yamaha SeqTrak is perhaps too undervalued and a bit misunderstood piece of hardware, considering that it is a sampler, synth and drum machine, all in one piece. It has 11 tracks in total. There are 7 sample based drum tracks, 2 AWM2 based synth tracks, 1 FM based synth track, and 1 sample track, which has kind of 7 sub tracks, one for each sample.

However, since those 7 drum tracks are sample based, you can use any relatively short sample in them, meaning... that they are actually sample tracks. All tracks have many options for control and modulation.

Seqtrak's weakness is its internal sequencer which is a bit tedious to use, even when you connect SeqTrak to mobile phone or tablet, and open its GUI app.

I experimented a bit, and found out, that OXI One fills in SeqTrak's shortcomings. OXI One gives you a better control to whole workflow, even more modulation options with MIDI CC and LFOs, better overall view on your project, and advanced features like harmonization, stochastic and Euclidean generation, and fantastic Matriceal mode.

Since both SeqTrak and OXI One have their internal battery, you can use them anywhere, and you can easily charge them through USB-C, even with portable power packs. All together, they are a compact pack to make music on the go.

#yamaha #synth #seqtrak #oxione

свернуть