New Groovebox, QuadTrack, For the Commodore Amiga + “More Modern Systems”
Superbooth 2026: 40 years after it was originally introduced, the Commodore Amiga is getting a brand new groovebox, QuadTrack.
Pink Parrot QuadTrack is a standalone 4-track dynamic performance sequencer, based on the classic Commodore Amiga computer architecture and sound. While the platform is 40 years old, QuadTrack offers trig functions and randomization features that are closer to modern Elektron machines.
The developers say that the limitations of Amiga system have been “carefully converted into a creative and unique rhythmical playground, to bring the forgotten charm & sound of retro home computers to modern systems.”
If you don’t have an Amiga, you can run it on Linux, Mac and Windows, via emulation – no special installation or setup required.
Here’s a deep dive, via Mr Dataline (Cenk Sayinli), who many readers may recognize from his days at Elektron:
Audio Demos:
Features:
- 4 Track Sample Sequencer with individual Step Length, Divisions and Playback Direction
- 640 Samples, divided into 10 SampleSets
- 3 Levels of Step Probability
- 4 Trig Tool types; Step Push, Step Jump, Flip Sample, Flip Direction
- Snaptron; 8 Memory locations to store & compose your beats with its own Sequencer, featuring Step Divisions, Length and Playback Direction
- Glitchtron; Track assignable intermittent repeater
- CycloTron; Track assignable Step looper
- TempoTron; BPM shuffler
- ModelTron; the ultimate randomizer
- MeloTron; 8 Step Sequencer for Pitch & Sample modulation, with its own Step Divisions, Length and Direction
- Pitch & Sample Tron engines to mix up samples and pitches
- Track based Pattern Generators and musically tuned Randomizers
- Keyboard bindings geared towards Performance
- Save and Recall States via FS-UAE Emulation
QuadTrack is available now for €25 EUR.
