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Polyend Tracker hardware goes open-source with community update
Original: Polyend Tracker family now open-source and community update with major new features
Polyend has released the Tracker family, its line of portable music trackers, as open-source and shipped a community-driven firmware update packed with major new features. Users can now inspect, modify and build on the devices' software, while the update adds capabilities requested by the community. The move is being discussed among hardware synth and chiptune enthusiasts as an unusual step for a commercial instrument maker.
Why now: Open-sourcing commercial music hardware is rare, and the major feature update gives current owners new reasons to revisit their devices.
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