One of the most thoughtful inclusions of the m8 firmware is the ability to connect to it via a web browser, along with keypress indicators. Here you can also capture video while still being able to handle the m8 unencumbered!
Another suggestion: the PVB command allows for slightly less intense vibrato than LFO on pitch. I often use it somewhere in the middle of a table to have it kick in after a few steps.
Great video! One suggestion: to make chords with the FM synth it's much easier to use PIT commands for the oscillators than ratios. For example in the skyliner patch (which is nice!) from the intro you can set the RATIO to 1.00 for the first three oscillators and 0.50 for the last (to go under the root note), use 1>PIT, 2>PIT, 3>PIT, 4>PIT respectively in the MOD slots, and set PIT (which is in semitones) to 0A, 11, 18 and 0A in the MOD1/MOD2/MOD3/MOD4 values (or alternatively, the FM1/FM2/FM3/FM4 FX in the sequencer or table) to get the same chord as in that patch. As a bonus, the individual notes get reflected in the little keyboard on the right. Usually, I keep one of the oscillators (the chord root) at its default pitch and modulate the PIT of two others (for example, at 03 and 07 to make a minor chord).
I knew the m8 could have a lot of possibilities and that there's a lot for me to learn but this is madness I love it and appreciate it thank you a lot!
Wow, this is SUCH a useful video, thank you!It answers all these little questions I had about how to do specific things like triplets and odd timing, and in such a clear, tight way. Awesome!
This really is TOP TIER Dirtywave M8 Tutorial video. So much so i had to create a new playlist with this at the top and only a few after which i needed for future reinders (like updating the system - this list is for the go-to videos for M8 tutorials (for me!))... ...I've watched this video now so many times it's probably got 100+ hits from my IP at least! Only still done half of these technicquesyou've deonstrated but working thourhg each one and making a save as i go. I've been trying to build up a template with the quick tricks you did so i can clone them easily and then replace the insrument andsubsequent tweak as i like per project :) Watching this video was like going through an accelerated course for astraughnauts but to a newbie of M8 i felt like i was learning how to go into space to solve an Earth shattering problems (with years of trial and error eradicated!) You made consice and demonstrative examples of your knowledge - KUDOS!!!!! I honestly can't thank you enough or this!!! It's honestly making me wanna convert from all untis to just M8 Tracker (i'm constantly amazed at it's power and portability!). I've just recently updated the firmare after this video was released, i think3.2.2something_?, and the menus and screens are slightly different, but, i MANAGED TO WORK IT ALL OUT AS A NOOB THANKS TO YOUR PRECISE EXLANATIONS AND IMAGES!!!! sorry for the long fandom 😂 Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much again, i'm finding the M8 to be my favourite piece of kit!!!
Thank you so much for this video ! Some tricks clicked thanks to you :) and freakin good take on the Boards of Canada synth and the little nod to aphex with the bouncing ball + Venetian snares 🤝
@@fulltang1 I’d love to be wrong bc it does interest me. I used to prefer programming beats to playing live too. I could see a best-of-both-worlds getting ideas started with a midi controller & then fine-tuning on the go.
I tried the timestretching example using latest firmware 3.2.7 but the output was completely garbled - any ideas if something might have changed / how to bring this example up to date?
Hmm. I am away from home so I can't check but the logic behind it is that you have a ramp wave that is controlling loop start and end. Even if the settings change here and there this logic of how it works won't change. It has to be in play mode of Loop and length 0 and the frequency of the ramp should be around 10 Hex.
How do you make the Bucephalus Bouncing Ball effect on the latest update since the screens have now changed? I did it once and now just spent an hour+ trying to recreate it and cannot! 😢 I'm sure it's the instrument mods page I'm failing on... Instruments page i have PLAY - FWDLOOP LENGTH - 50 Instrument mods page: Mod3 - LFO DEST - LENGTH AMT - FF ? OSC - 00 TRI ? TRIG - 00 FREE ? FREQ - FF ?
Use a ramp shape mod to the sample length I think. I'll check it when I get the chance but this is the logic behind it to use shorter and shorter sample lengths and loop it.
Tried the time stretch function on a hi hat loop down to the t, but it ended up just playing it super fast and weird. I wonder whats wrong. Did i miss a step? Do i need to chop it up into 16 in the sampler first?
By means of a HOP command in the FX column. I show it in the Venetian Snares example where he gets 7/8 timing by hopping at step 14. You could even put a random and a hop and have a track that is of random length every time!
@@Digiphex ok I think I found it…it’s part of Groove (shift+up) when in the phrase. Setting it to a value of 04 on the first step sets the phrase to 16 steps
@@findjonmoses No. Groove is used to set the swing or set triplets. There are 3 columns on the note entry page for FX commands. Use the HOP command just after the line where you want the phrase length ended and Hop it back to the beginning of the phrase. It's just like I show on the Venetian Snares section of this video.
Do you like the workflow of this over the Polyend ? I line my Polyend but I rarely have a session where I don’t experience weird bugs that i really can’t get around. It falls apart above 300bpm
One of the greatest features about the M8 is how functionally rock solid it is, both physically and softwarewise. Generally if you have a serious bug, the dev will squash it somewhere between 5 minutes and 24 hours :D but they have become very few and far between.
About the amen break. Do you need to slice it for each song or can it be saved into a sort of asset (sample bank) that has the slices set already? I'm super tempted to get one of these M8s.
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One of the most thoughtful inclusions of the m8 firmware is the ability to connect to it via a web browser, along with keypress indicators. Here you can also capture video while still being able to handle the m8 unencumbered!
wasn't expecting turquoise hexagon sun at 14:49 :) thanks for that
Another suggestion: the PVB command allows for slightly less intense vibrato than LFO on pitch. I often use it somewhere in the middle of a table to have it kick in after a few steps.
I'll try that, thanks.
You should make some tutorials with a few of your tips.
Great video! One suggestion: to make chords with the FM synth it's much easier to use PIT commands for the oscillators than ratios. For example in the skyliner patch (which is nice!) from the intro you can set the RATIO to 1.00 for the first three oscillators and 0.50 for the last (to go under the root note), use 1>PIT, 2>PIT, 3>PIT, 4>PIT respectively in the MOD slots, and set PIT (which is in semitones) to 0A, 11, 18 and 0A in the MOD1/MOD2/MOD3/MOD4 values (or alternatively, the FM1/FM2/FM3/FM4 FX in the sequencer or table) to get the same chord as in that patch. As a bonus, the individual notes get reflected in the little keyboard on the right. Usually, I keep one of the oscillators (the chord root) at its default pitch and modulate the PIT of two others (for example, at 03 and 07 to make a minor chord).
Great tip! Thank you.
From someone just starting their journey into this incredible device, thank you very much for your clear demos, examples and instruction!
I fell in love with chopping breaks after using the M8 . Thanks for all your tips i will definitely be using them.
This has been the clearest and most helpful video on the M8 I’ve seen so far. Thanks for taking the time to patiently go over the workflow 🙏
Thanks for saying that!
Dude i love the amount of variation of genre you use in this demo its ll fantastic
I knew the m8 could have a lot of possibilities and that there's a lot for me to learn but this is madness I love it and appreciate it thank you a lot!
Yeah, you can do pro stuff with this, it is unreal. I didn't even get into downsampling in the sampler which sounds totally old school.
@@Digiphex I gotta try it out! It's so overwhelming and exciting lol
Wow, this is SUCH a useful video, thank you!It answers all these little questions I had about how to do specific things like triplets and odd timing, and in such a clear, tight way. Awesome!
that lone patch is spot on haha. that last beat sounds like its off of galaxy garden
Yeah he used to use the saw wave with long release and LFO to pitch a lot. I am a huge fan.
Just got my DHL notification that mine will be arriving this morning :D
You will get an unexpected delight, it is eve better than you think!
@@Digiphex the unboxing experience was one of the best. Very happy so far
This has been so helpful, going to watch this multiple times.
Will follow tomorrow. Midnight here. thank. you
This really is TOP TIER Dirtywave M8 Tutorial video. So much so i had to create a new playlist with this at the top and only a few after which i needed for future reinders (like updating the system - this list is for the go-to videos for M8 tutorials (for me!))...
...I've watched this video now so many times it's probably got 100+ hits from my IP at least! Only still done half of these technicquesyou've deonstrated but working thourhg each one and making a save as i go. I've been trying to build up a template with the quick tricks you did so i can clone them easily and then replace the insrument andsubsequent tweak as i like per project :)
Watching this video was like going through an accelerated course for astraughnauts but to a newbie of M8 i felt like i was learning how to go into space to solve an Earth shattering problems (with years of trial and error eradicated!)
You made consice and demonstrative examples of your knowledge - KUDOS!!!!! I honestly can't thank you enough or this!!!
It's honestly making me wanna convert from all untis to just M8 Tracker (i'm constantly amazed at it's power and portability!).
I've just recently updated the firmare after this video was released, i think3.2.2something_?, and the menus and screens are slightly different, but, i MANAGED TO WORK IT ALL OUT AS A NOOB THANKS TO YOUR PRECISE EXLANATIONS AND IMAGES!!!!
sorry for the long fandom 😂
Thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much again, i'm finding the M8 to be my favourite piece of kit!!!
17:27
I received my M8 a few days ago and I'm loving it. 😁 Great video for explaining how the M8 works and more of them would be appreciated.
Thank you so much for this video ! Some tricks clicked thanks to you :) and freakin good take on the Boards of Canada synth and the little nod to aphex with the bouncing ball + Venetian snares
🤝
Now I finally understand, thank you 🙏
Oh the bongo trick is great, I need to implement it into the Octatrack
Thanks for the clear tips!
hi, thank you for posting. Always enjoy your content!!!
What an incredibly powerful little tool
Yes, I have only begun with it and there are many more possibilities to explore.
YES YES YES!! This is unbelievable
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Спасибо тебе друг.
More!
Holy shit a tracker!!! 🤯
Very helpful. Thank you. More please
Excellent demonstration. Thanks!
Really great and helpful video! Thank you so much!
Lets hope they make some more soon
A master
I have a lot to learn on it but I am working on it.
So M8 came from LS DJ ? - thanks for posting the vid
Awesome. Would love one but having trouble finding one in Germany
OMG!
Nice!
What a great vid! Fun to learn & confirm with 100% certainly this interface is NOT for me, lol
I bet you'd be surprised if you get hands on. I encourage you to try headless, because it's an incredible device
@@fulltang1 I’d love to be wrong bc it does interest me. I used to prefer programming beats to playing live too. I could see a best-of-both-worlds getting ideas started with a midi controller & then fine-tuning on the go.
@@fulltang1 but with headless you don‘t get the tactile experience - no real hands on..
Nice, thanks great content. I like the relaxed flow, some people speak way to fast. Any thoughts on syncing the M8 and OP-1, maybe a custom usb cable?
Thanks. M8 can link to OP-1 via Ableton easily. But without a DAW you need a MIDI box like RK-006 or something like that.
Hey M8, such a great video, thanks for sharing. Could you tell me the theme you have here please? 🙏
What do you mean by theme?
Sorry, I should’ve been clearer, the colour scheme on your M8, it’s super nice
@@AmarylisFlow Oh, thanks. That is custom settings of the colors.
So this is like LSDJ on steroids?
Still can’t believe that’s $3000 in the first shot 😂
$1,999 + $450
I tried the timestretching example using latest firmware 3.2.7 but the output was completely garbled - any ideas if something might have changed / how to bring this example up to date?
Hmm. I am away from home so I can't check but the logic behind it is that you have a ramp wave that is controlling loop start and end. Even if the settings change here and there this logic of how it works won't change. It has to be in play mode of Loop and length 0 and the frequency of the ramp should be around 10 Hex.
OK I think I have it. I had to set the LFO FREQ parameter to 40 (not 10) - 4 phrases 0 steps 0 ticks - to make it work@@Digiphex
@@huftonw Ahh, maybe you have 4 measures in your sample and my example is for 1 measure.
pls whats the combo 28:04 ? can I get this view on the headless?
I think that is mashing all 4 directions at once.
Why was Teensy microchip chosen?
how did you make that Lone patch ???
Saw wave with a long release.
How do you make the Bucephalus Bouncing Ball effect on the latest update since the screens have now changed?
I did it once and now just spent an hour+ trying to recreate it and cannot! 😢
I'm sure it's the instrument mods page I'm failing on...
Instruments page i have
PLAY - FWDLOOP
LENGTH - 50
Instrument mods page:
Mod3 - LFO
DEST - LENGTH
AMT - FF ?
OSC - 00 TRI ?
TRIG - 00 FREE ?
FREQ - FF ?
Use a ramp shape mod to the sample length I think. I'll check it when I get the chance but this is the logic behind it to use shorter and shorter sample lengths and loop it.
@@Digiphexthanks - I'm still trying!
If I get there first I'll update here for everyone else too
@@Digiphexgot it!
I'm using a one shot hat.
Instrument screen:
PLAY - 02FWDLOOP
LENGTH - 10
Instrument mods screen:
MOD3 - LFO
DEST - LENGTH
AMT - 20
OSC - 02RAMP DN
TRIG - 01RETRIG
FREQ - 10
Tried the time stretch function on a hi hat loop down to the t, but it ended up just playing it super fast and weird. I wonder whats wrong. Did i miss a step? Do i need to chop it up into 16 in the sampler first?
No you don't need to chop it. The concept is that the speed of play matches a once cycle of a ramp. It should work with these settings.
How do you adjust the length of each phrase…can you have steps in the phrase last longer or shorter durations?
By means of a HOP command in the FX column. I show it in the Venetian Snares example where he gets 7/8 timing by hopping at step 14. You could even put a random and a hop and have a track that is of random length every time!
Yes there are commands which allow you to control all aspects of step duration.
@@Digiphex ok I think I found it…it’s part of Groove (shift+up) when in the phrase. Setting it to a value of 04 on the first step sets the phrase to 16 steps
@@findjonmoses No. Groove is used to set the swing or set triplets. There are 3 columns on the note entry page for FX commands. Use the HOP command just after the line where you want the phrase length ended and Hop it back to the beginning of the phrase. It's just like I show on the Venetian Snares section of this video.
Do you like the workflow of this over the Polyend ? I line my Polyend but I rarely have a session where I don’t experience weird bugs that i really can’t get around. It falls apart above 300bpm
I think it is a similar workflow. I prefer the M8 these days though because it has more features and utility to me. Wow that is a super fast BPM!
One of the greatest features about the M8 is how functionally rock solid it is, both physically and softwarewise. Generally if you have a serious bug, the dev will squash it somewhere between 5 minutes and 24 hours :D but they have become very few and far between.
subcriiiiiibed! (;
About the amen break. Do you need to slice it for each song or can it be saved into a sort of asset (sample bank) that has the slices set already? I'm super tempted to get one of these M8s.
It can be saved pre-sliced, normalized, as a preset with envelopes and LFO's or however you want it, and renamed or overwritten as you want.
@@Digiphex Niiice! thank you!
Can’t wait for drums like this to be over.
Great demo otherwise.
Sounds like crap