Tracker apps date back to the early days of computer music.

And nowPolyend’s Tracker Mini takes it to the next level, a kind of Game Boy for music.

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Someone holding the Tracker Mini against a backdrop of a deserted Mediterranean city street.

Polyend

Trackers were built for computers with keyboards, so everything can be done via the keyboard.

Analogs, digitals, computers, all manner of DAW, etc.

Now, imagine something like this, but in a modern-day portable box, with lots of extras.

The front view of the Tracker Mini, which shows the device’s screen.

Polyend

The unit has a microphone for sampling straight into the unit and can play back stereo samples.

It has a mixer, a sample editor, audio over USB, and a built-in battery.

In short, it is everything you should probably make a song in one portable tracker.

But a tracker is just as useful when loaded with samples you already have.

Other Tracker Options

The Tracker Mini isn’t the first portable tracker.

Nor is it even the most mini.