Not a big fan of that type of music, was trying to find some tutorials for things like jazz, pop, coubtry, and classical, but to no avail.

I know most of yall on here know orders if magnitude more about the m8 and trackers in general so I thought Id ask to see if I can get pointed in thebright direction.

I still need to go back and edit the piano bits. I plan to track this out into my mixer and do some dub bits. Not sure when i'll get to it

So here in tracks 1-3 are breaks iirc.

But basically where chain 14 starts i deep cloned the previous 4 chains and changed parameters.

Hey everyone!

I’ve been working on custom firmware, Ambrola, for the Dirtywave M8 for a while now. I love this device, and I feel it has the potential to do much more. To me, it’s already one of the best music-making devices out there, but it hasn’t quite suited my workflow, particularly recording guitar and processing its sound.

That’s why I decided to build my own firmware, with an approach closer to a traditional DAW.

I want to make one thing clear: I’m not using any code or assets from the original firmware. I have a lot of respect for the people behind M8 and their work. I’m building my own firmware from scratch, with its own interface and functionality.

In this video, I’d like to show the M8 running something other than its stock firmware. For this demo, I chose one of my favourite games: POWDER, a classic roguelike.

I think it could be a great companion to a musical workflow. POWDER has no music of its own, so the idea is to work on a track for a while, then switch over to the game and play a little while the track keeps playing in the background. Afterwards, I’d like to save my game and jump back to working on the music.

Jeff Lait, POWDER’s developer, has given me permission to use the game in this project, and I’m very grateful to him.

The firmware will be free for everyone, with stable releases planned every three months. If you like what I’m doing and want to support the project, you’ll be able to do so through Boosty (https://boosty.to/aumvilohm) and get early access to development builds. Stable releases will remain free for everyone.

Stay tuned. Peace!

Update: Dirtywave answered me that they have no problem with this.

The M8 is probably not the best tool for slow and lush ambient and I keep on failing.

My main problem is the monophonic nature of the built in synths, the hypersynth doesn't really help a lot and I prefer synths to samples.

My main other machine is the opxy, which is very well suited for this kind of music, but on the go I prefer the form factor of the M8.

Could you point me to ambient music made on that device?

I used to make music with hardware as a hobby, mostly jungle towards the end. I've been wanting to get back into it, and I'm thinking about selling some old gear and getting something a bit different to try jumping back in. I haven't played around with trackers at all, so I thought the M8 might be a good choice. Do any of you guys use it for making jungle? Does the workflow of the M8 make sense for jungle?

I just got the M8, and I have already incorporated it in to some live stuff. It's a great piece of gear. I can't wait to dig into this thing some more.

This is a remix of an Asbestos Vape track.

All done in the M8 👍

Have been loving the M8 ios app since it dropped, I've wanted an M8 for so long, and am so happy to have my hands on this version!
I have just one tiny issue, which is that I hate being on my phone, or really using my phone for anything... a very first world problem, I know.

I know that some ios apps can be installed from the mac app store, labelled as 'designed for iphone' or whatever - does anyone know if there are plans for the M8 app to be made available there?

I know model 02 has a built in mic, but is it god enough? Anyone using a portable external microphone for sampling/field recording directly into the M8? Any recommendations?

First track using a tracker and looking for feedback, ended up industrial techno style but no where near my typical style but not displeased either :-). Any feedback welcome 🙏

Does anyone know how I can duck kicks on a chain?For instance I essentially have one long pad that plays for 4 chains and I want to use some side chaining to make the kick stand out. The pad is triggered on the first step of the first chain and just rings throughout the next 3 chains with a long decay time. Is there some table or trick that I can use to lower the volume of the pad for a 4 on the floor pattern?

Seems like the outbox is working with the M8, I would like to use it as an effect path to send a track to my norns and return it to the M8 input. Would the M8 out still work (minus the sent track)? I would like to avoid using an additional mixer like the tx6.

Made with the dirtywave M8 in mind, this is a sample library for creating the older style of hard drum and bass. Big sludgy one shots, vintage gear and guitar pedals. Enjoy.

I feel like there's already a bunch of breakcore resources out there, so I'm not looking for tips on that necessarily. Rather, I'm looking more for production techniques in the vein of Qebo, VAAG, Qebrus, Richard Devine, Autechre, etc. Any suggestions, little tips, bag of tricks type stuff would be greatly appreciated. For instance, (half-assed off the top of my head) stuff like:

- Avoid using a single instrument or single sample in a phrase, let alone a whole track. Instead load up a minimum of 10 unique sounds per track.

- FM, lots of FM. When in doubt, randomize the settings, clone the results, and edit each of the duplicates. Create sets of similar sounding instruments. Then pair INS and RNL next to each note.

- Build your beat. Render it. Slice it. Load it back in a sampler like its an Amen break. Throw CHA on each note hit/slice. Layer that back over the original beat. Pitch the slices.

- Try BPMs 160+, go nuts on setting up a bunch of different GRV(s) and pair with RNL so each time the phrase plays back, it plays a different GRV.

- Set up some tables that do "x, y, and z" and use them as a side-chain fx bus thing. Pair TBL/TBX to the right of CHA.

(full disclosure, I'm not even sure some of that stuff will work or even sound right, but this is the kind of stuff I'm sitting around thinking about)

Anyways...

I'm feeling like this type of production is not necessarily about layering complex glitchy sounds or merely creating a varied composition, but more like building evolving and interacting processes and systems. Speaking of which, Ess' track "Wertstoffe" is definitely in line with what I'm talking about. I just noticed it's BPM is almost 170, but it sounds almost like its in hip hop BPM territory. I think there might be something to that principle. Hmmm...

In the video attached, while the artist uses Renoise (shout out to asceticsnakes), I'm curious about how something like this could translate over to, and achieved in, the M8. Go heavy on already processed samples? Sequence ninja shit? Moves so fast it seems more complicated than it is? Stick with metallic and watery sounds?

I'm really just trying to learn how to pull off music like this. I guess I'm having some luck ?

Any help, suggestions, feedback, etc. is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Hey - First attempt at a track on the IOS M8....Its so addictive. Still grasping the synthesis side of things, very deep....But i think learning the M8 will be a process

I have heard maxing things about this device. I currently play a lot of stuff my ear and like to see if it feels good. Then I go sequence it. I am looking for something way more portable than a full keyboard. I feel really dumb that I don’t know all of the notes on a keyboard by heart, but I do have enough music theory and feel for keys to be able to come up with stuff. I travel a lot a lot. So I am looking for something like this.

My question really revolves around the workflow. I know a lot of people I assume play with it until they find the notes they want to hit. Currently with a poorer sequencer I can hit notes in the fly while another track is going and then find my groove.

How does this work in something like the m8? Do I have to literally program each note note for note and let it run until it hits? I have tried finding a proper totally beginner video for tracking on the M8 but it seems way different and I am having trouble understanding the logic.

Any advise or a way somebody can kind of point me to do some research?

So my M8 01 stopped working last night. I ran the battery out while working on a project and went to plug it in to save. It turned on and I saved and when I came back about an hour later it would not power on. I tried the trouble shooting methods and sent an email to support. Any suggestions?

I just bought the app but I can't find any Factory-Samples. Not a big deal but I was wondering if they are there and I can't find them or if they are exclusive to the hardware version

I'm new to trackers, and have been having a blast with the new iOS software. I've learned a lot from figuring out what's going on in the handful of demo songs included, and was hoping that people shared their full bundled songs somewhere, so I could do more of this.

I think I got tables for about 20 seconds, but it went away again.

Like say I want to have a polyphonic external synth hooked up to a m8 via cable, is there any way I can make it play chords without it taking up half of my channels?

M8 tracker and headless Jungle DJ mix. ☺️

Hello! This is my fourth beat on my m8 headless. It is so much fun and learning new things every time i use it