The Behringer RD-765 is a hybrid drum machine with 176 sampled sounds, onboard sampling with 24-semitone tuning, a 64-step sequencer and an analogue filter, listed at $374.
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Behringer RD-765 vs Polyend Tracker+
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which hardware to buy.
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The Polyend Tracker+ is a standalone hardware tracker and sampler with 16 tracks, stereo sampling and open-source Community Edition firmware with CHIP and DIRT synths.
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Specs compared
| Signal | Behringer RD-765 | Polyend Tracker+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $374 | €899 |
| Dubspot Score | — | — |
| Formats | Hardware | Hardware |
| Developer | Behringer | Polyend |
| Type | Hybrid drum machine with onboard sampling | Standalone hardware tracker and sampler |
| Built-in sounds | 176 drum sounds | — |
| Sampling | Record and assign your own samples, tunable across 24 semitones | Stereo sampling, long samples streamed from microSD |
| Shaping | Wave Designer attack, dual-mode analogue filter (LP/HP), bitcrusher | — |
| Sequencer | 64 steps, real-time or step input, swing 25 to 75, per-voice probability | — |
| Automation | Real-time recording of filter-cutoff moves into patterns | — |
| Connectivity | MIDI, USB | MIDI in and out, USB-C |
| Editor | Synthtribe v3.3.0 (Windows, macOS) | — |
| Price | $374 at Thomann | 899 EUR at Thomann (Tracker+) |
| Sequencing | — | Tracker grid, 16 tracks |
| Synthesis | — | Sample playback plus synth engines, including CHIP and DIRT |
| Firmware | — | Tracker Community Edition 1.0, open source (github.com/polyend/tracker-ce) |
| Extensibility | — | Synth SDK and Sample Editor plugin SDK |
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