Bad Gear - Dreadbox/Polyend Medusa

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I helped beta test this and write the first draft of the user manual. This is an example of a piece of gear that might have come to market a bit faster than it needed to, and it would have benefitted from a more solid (and tested) idea of what it was supposed to be and deliver. The initial idea proposed primarily a Dreadbox synth with some Polyend sequencing capabilities (no grid), but it ended up mostly being a Polyend sequencer with the Dreadbox synth part only providing 3 of the 6 oscillators and the analog filter. That being said, despite a semi-weak launch, Polyend came up with some great ideas, and the successive OS updates really helped pull this together. There are some great shortcuts for the UI and I really liked the work flow they kept developing and improving. Better still, I think both companies learned a lot from this, and they went on to make some even better products.

This thing looks like when you have a school project with a partner you don't know, so You just make half a presentation on your own and then put them together at the very last second.

Breh, glad the manufacturers are starting to give you your flowers while you are here. I don't like some particulars about Polyend myself, but I think the community can give them a thumbs up today for showing the AudioPilz some love 🎉

I'm sure it has hidden cheat modes which can do useful things like calculate tax returns, measure distance between black holes, and estimate the impact velocity of flying cheese. It's one of those inventions that fell through the cracks in music tech. A Trabant with a Ferrari engine, and cardboard wheels. I'm sure someone somewhere is making fabulous music with this gizmo, but I'm more likely to spend my magic beans on exotic sorbets and Volcatinis.

actual best produced jams of any "synthfluencer" channel out there.

A modern classic. People will be hunting these ten years from now and I'm glad I managed to snag one before they were discontinued.

Finally, the drunken sailor sea simulator of my dreams. Not only can you create the dreamy sounds of the sea splashing up against your sinking ship, but you can add the sounds of throwing up and drowning as well. At 700$ however I will just put my mic in the yard and record cats hissing, and the local beach for the splishy sounds, and for the white noise, well - any analog input recorded digitally will do. Thanks for showing us the end of the polyendedtoosoon.

Also, Polyend is extremely loyal to their customer base, pretty sure you could break the Medusa over the PR person’s head and they’d thank you for the valuable feedback. 🤙🏻

Cool jams again and another great episode! Thanks Dreadbox and Polyend. The 1010 Arturia music sample brutebox is a winner I reckon.

Just yesterday I celebrated an anniversary when Medusa has arrived to my door. Since then I stopped to looking for a new synth. The reason is simple : this beast is giving me (sonically) a huge satisfaction (if know what that's meant) but also when I started to using pad as an expression MPE the instrument itself becomes way more organic.

Polyend's really demonstrating support for their customers by using their last unit to drive up secondhand prices. Bravo.

I just picked up one of these a couple months ago. It really is bad... bad ass! Shamown!

Heh , love the random Harmor flash there . at some point , I'm going to have to sit down with a few drinks and re-watch all your videos with quick draw pause button to catch all the random awesomes that I've missed

Managed to pick one up before most people realised they were discontinued. Prices seem to be steadily increasing and I'm still not sure why Dread/Poly killed this thing. It's fucking epic.

I would love to see a 1010 sample brute. Great episode , especially the animated jam video . Totally epic .

Super episode and great tunes. I didn’t get this piece at all when it came out. Now I’m watching 50 polyend play videos in a row. I still can’t trust any demo you make since you are an absolute wizard after you created actual music with the Yamaha su-10.

I've had Medusa for nearly 2 years or so, and honestly I love it, I couldn't believe the hate. It really clicked with me, and I really like the specific sound it has. I think it's one of these synths people will lust after in the future! Great overview!

This might be the earliest I've ever caught an upload 😱 this is gonna be awesome!

The new Roland mini boxes with the cameo at the end...surely a precursor to future episodes of Bad Gear ; )