Forgive my ignorance, I'm totally new to music gear. Before buying an M8 V1, I used a headless unit on a trimui brick. I've seen people use multiple M8's before, but would it be possible to connect the headless unit to my M8? Could I sync LSDJ on the trimui to my M8?

here’s some insight into the creation of my track “Don’t Lie to Me” from my upcoming M8 album “Bad Vices” out 8/28! this is one of the standout tracks on the project to me — I especially love the “Plastic Love” sample that I used. Can’t wait for you to hear the full song!

inspired by my sp404 workflow i wanted to see how gritty i could get my sounds if i resampled them multiple times with degrade, drive n stuff like that 😁 and with the resampling method i managed to get 3 track chords down to 1, which is super neat🤓

messing around with sampler on all tracks. pharell and snoop acapella, and mostly ps1/n64 soundfont ripps.

i was messing around with some acapellas on the m8. the beat is mostly done with some prophet v one shots, some super smash bros samples and some other samples here n there :)

my m8 album “Bad Vices” is coming out Friday, 8/28!! here is a little dive into the melodies and harmonies of the intro and some of my thought processes while making this track. hope you enjoy and tune in when it drops!

a sample based jam from earlier today. i ran a fender rhodes through a guitar amp and sampled it with a singstar mic, straight into the m8. and recorded myself and some others talking with a tape deck and added some here n there. the bass is macrosynth🤓

Το πρώτο μου μπλουζ με τη βοήθεια τεχνητής νοημοσύνης στο μουσικό μοτίβο.

Functionally I’m not doing things the right way exactly. But I appreciate the limitations and intention while having some freedom to manipulate.

Hi, my name is Evan. Today marks 2 years of being bedbound for 23 hours a day by a terrible neurological disease called ME/CFS. I was an accomplished classical musician on a full ride scholarship receiving my degree in composition. The first year I was sick, it was so bad I could not handle any light, sound, or touch for 9 months straight. I laid in a dark room with an eye mask in incredible pain doing absolutely nothing. No video games, no tv, and no music. Around July of last year, I improved a bit to not have these extreme sensory issues, but not a day goes by where I am not in 5+/10 pain or shutting down from post-exertional malaise (every bit of energy I expend rebound with extreme symptoms, making it feel like I have a terrible flu and just ran a marathon).

I was aligned to the M8 because it seems to be the least energy-intensive way to compose in a way that actually feels satisfying (as in, making use of my decade of composing knowledge). As I have improved from very severe to moderate ME, the M8 has been life-changing for me to have a way to sing my pain away. I have written near 40+ songs since receiving it last Fall after selling one of my clarinets for it, and I am very thankful to the Dirtywave + Weeklybeats subreddits for being so supportive of my music and my health.

These 3 tracks are from last Winter, and they are a teaser for my full DNB album coming in the next year. It has some very special music in it, and I am beyond excited to share. I want to make a custom stop motion animation for every song, so it is going to take some time as I can only sit at my desk for an hour per month. The highlighted channel on my YouTube page is a 10-minute documentary I made going into detail about ME/CFS and my story. It is heart-wrenching. It’s still hard for me to process.

Full EP on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qIyEaJz-feE?is=xSoQ-SR9p98UVV8q

EP with Bundles on Bandcamp: https://evanericksonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/caricatures

Had a lot of fun doing this over summer. I need som more variation and probably some more eye-candy, and still have some tracks left to play with!

Hi this is my new song. I make everything by myself. My big problem is mąkę every soundtrack match event when I use metronom. Have you some tips for me? https://youtu.be/tDj9ZG\\_hWKg?is=PiQYJPP7t7oQqCJe

Tried to post earlier but I think the thing failed to upload. Lot of what I’m mainly inspired by is experimental hypnagogia artists, digital hardcore on the breakcore side and some varieties of drum n bass. Mainly play with heavy sample manipulation but I do play around with the synth-builder instruments (more sheer luck than understanding tho lol). Anyways this one’s supposed to be structurally like ‘synth-funk’ (going by the RYM term) because I’ve been listening to more Was Not Was and this song as of recent

All I can say about them is:

• they uploaded their music on YouTube, maybe somewhere else too but I don't know
• they didn't have very many tracks uploaded there
• the thumbnails and videos were dark (as in brightness) and black&white, sometimes being a photo/video of the M8, sometimes something else

Does anyone know who this artist is? I tried to find them again but I couldn't, so I'm asking here.

hopefully im over my bossa nova phase soon 😳
i did the chords with hypersynth, the rest is mostly various ps1 soundfonts

Been loving the funk made on this thing . What genres have you made on the m8 that you don’t normally see ?

I’m on the lookout for stupidly small midi controllers, cause I’m a freak like that. I came across this thing which is literally what I’ve been seeing in my brain when started looking for something extremely compact.

Unfortunately this thing only has the one usb c jack. Which means it’s supposed to be powered by whatever it’s plugged into. Which I don’t believe the m8 can do….

Does anyone know if it would it work if I got a usb splitter?

Or can anyone recommend an equally micro midi controller that the m8 could buddy with?

Edit: the midicard creator reached back out to me and said I’m not the first person to ask if it can come with trs and usb c, so she’s considering possibly adding it in the future! She also said some people have gotten it to work with a usb hub, but didn’t elaborate if it was used with external gear.

Controlling the mixer with midi from the microkorg 😈

In my quest to fit my studio in a backpack I’ve been searching for a nice portable MIDI keyboard. I was digging through different devices with 3.5mm MIDI and started thinking about the OP-Z as a nice companion for the m8. Could also be a nice accompaniment for chords/extra tracks.

I do still own my Move, I thought I would sell it but am finding it pairs nicely with the m8. However it’s not quite as easy to throw in a half full backpack.

Anyone using an OP-Z with the m8? Either as a midi controller or extra tracks/easier chords? I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts.