{"id":153252,"date":"2026-05-07T15:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=153252"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:34:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:34:41","slug":"new-groovebox-quadtrack-for-the-commodore-amiga-more-modern-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/07\/new-groovebox-quadtrack-for-the-commodore-amiga-more-modern-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"New Groovebox, QuadTrack, For the Commodore Amiga &#038; &#8220;More Modern Systems&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"QUADTRACK - Groovebox for Mac &amp; Pc &amp; Amiga\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HzHg-dnCEGM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/tag\/superbooth-2026\/\">Superbooth 2026<\/a>: 40 years after it was originally introduced, the <strong>Commodore Amiga<\/strong> is getting a brand new groovebox, <strong>QuadTrack<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pink Parrot QuadTrack<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p>The developers say that the limitations of Amiga system have been &#8220;carefully converted into a creative and unique rhythmical playground, to bring the forgotten charm &amp; sound of retro home computers to modern systems.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have an Amiga, you can run it on Linux, Mac and Windows, via emulation &#8211; no special installation or setup required.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a deep dive, via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MrDataline\">Mr Dataline<\/a> (<strong>Cenk Sayinli<\/strong>), who many readers may recognize from his days at <strong>Elektron<\/strong>:<!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"QuadTrack Deep Dive\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FOQ8SIEc-_s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 Track Sample Sequencer with individual Step Length, Divisions and Playback Direction<\/li>\n<li>640 Samples, divided into 10 SampleSets<\/li>\n<li>3 Levels of Step Probability<\/li>\n<li>4 Trig Tool types; Step Push, Step Jump, Flip Sample, Flip Direction<\/li>\n<li>Snaptron; 8 Memory locations to store &amp; compose your beats with its own Sequencer, featuring Step Divisions, Length and Playback Direction<\/li>\n<li>Glitchtron; Track assignable intermittent repeater<\/li>\n<li>CycloTron; Track assignable Step looper<\/li>\n<li>TempoTron; BPM shuffler<\/li>\n<li>ModelTron; the ultimate randomizer<\/li>\n<li>MeloTron; 8 Step Sequencer for Pitch &amp; Sample modulation, with its own Step Divisions, Length and Direction<\/li>\n<li>Pitch &amp; Sample Tron engines to mix up samples and pitches<\/li>\n<li>Track based Pattern Generators and musically tuned Randomizers<\/li>\n<li>Keyboard bindings geared towards Performance<\/li>\n<li>Save and Recall States via FS-UAE Emulation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Audio Demos:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HFO - Visitation (QuadTrack Demo)\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lyRXb00c9AE?list=PLwzztJUApCkESMbhbRxfsj7LalE9p8MbY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Pricing &amp; Availability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QuadTrack<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/pinkparrotstudio.itch.io\/quadtrack\">available<\/a> now for <span class=\"buy_message\"><span class=\"dollars\">25.00\u20ac EU<\/span><\/span>R.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>40 years after it was originally introduced, the Commodore Amiga is getting a brand new groovebox, Quadtrack.\u00a0&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/05\/07\/new-groovebox-quadtrack-for-the-commodore-amiga-more-modern-systems\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Groovebox, QuadTrack, For the Commodore Amiga &#038; &#8220;More Modern Systems&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[36273,522,36272,36274,36275,35841],"class_list":["post-153252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-sequencers","tag-cenk","tag-groovebox","tag-mr-dataline","tag-pink-parrot","tag-pink-parrot-quadtrack","tag-superbooth-2026"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/quadtrack.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153255,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153252\/revisions\/153255"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}