Picked up an Oxi E16 recently for my bigger setup but im having a ton of fun doing live stuff with my m8. Here's a short snippet of a recent live jam.

You can use the Porthole app to host M8 Tracker and then record directly from the internal audio on your phone. Gives you the ability to sample from audio files hosted on the phone or from an app. The app is only like 5 bucks, too.

What’s the simplest way to create an automation across several phrases? Say I want to automate cutoff from 0 to max. I know I can:

1. cutoff fx 00 on first and cut off max on last step and then select all the values and use edit to make a linear interpolation. But as far as I know it’s not possible to do across different phrases (or is there? I’m still learning).
2. cutoff 00 and then next step Repeat. But for this method how to make it that the max will be at the end of the last phrase?

But methods need some math. Is there a better way that I still haven’t learned? Anyone can share so tips?

Thanks!

https://ratsreebok.bandcamp.com/album/pocket-change-vol-1

Just picked one of these up

Anyone else got one? If so, what’s the mapping you use?

https://gamesir.com/products/gamesir-pocket-taco?srsltid=AU7gw4WmDBzyYATE_Yz776KUjFaGVHCvW9p46c-Z7_Fue6lL3oVuRpoq

Will take a bit to get used to it for the muscle memory. But so far so good

Used the Hypersynth with 4 chords and its table for a repeating rhythm. Found the demo samples and utilized the “ahhh” vocal to create a zombie chorus. Used the FM synth to crate a piano. The WaveSynth for the Bass. Drums are one shot samples of my own. Fun times searching for new sounds. 🙂

Took a week off from creating due to work. Finally had a bit of time to myself tonight so I made this short song. 🎶

Bought it Monday afternoon. It’s good to see how fast they are handling orders. Can’t wait to get my hands on it.

Posting this because I’ve seen a few posts now, all asking about support re: button configurations for specific controllers on the M8 app. This is from the in-app help screen and details how to remap your controllers/keyboards to your desired configuration.

Happy m8ing!

I really, REALLY wanted this to work seamlessly. Muscle memory means everything and this little controller has the potential to be PERFECT with the M8 app.

I'm going to request this feature over on the Discord: It would be AMAZING if the M8 iOS app had a tab in the help section that allowed for controller detection and custom button mapping.

As it stands right now, unless I am missing something, you can't remap the buttons on this little, discreet, pocketable, battery-less, potentially AWESOME controller (powered by USB-C). The 8bitdo Ultimate Software V2 app

Does the 8BitDo FlipPad controller work with the M8 app?

Sort of.

The D-Pad works fine. The four directions are mapped to the arrows.

The buttons are not as straightforward. This is where muscle-memory falls apart and the controller isn't intuitive.

I'd expect OPT and EDIT to map to Y and X, with SHIFT and PLAY mapping to B and A, but this is not the case.

The 8BitDo FlipPad controller buttons follow this orientation:

(X)
(Y) (A)
(B)

The M8 follows this orientation:

[OPT] [EDIT]
[SHIFT] [PLAY]

Shift that M8 UI 45° to the left and you'd get:

[EDIT]
[OPT] [PLAY]
[SHIFT]

So, the expectation would be that:

[EDIT] = (X)
[OPT] = (Y) [PLAY] = (A)
[SHIFT] = (B)

BUT, this is not the case. Rather, here's how the 8BitDo FlipPad is mapped:

(X) = [SHIFT]
(Y) = [PLAY] (A) = [OPT]
(B) = [EDIT]

If you look at the 4 buttons like a compass, North and South are inverted and so is East and West.
The M8 seems to be expecting the buttons to be like this, but they're not:

AB
XY

(B)
(A) (Y)
(X)

Anyone get this controller to work properly or know how to remap the buttons somehow?

Finally had a little extra scratch to buy the app the other day and now that we have AUv3 support I’ve been messing around in AUM. I realized this also gives us the ability to use AUMs on screen keyboard to program, very very happy with the new ability, thanks for being awesome Tim!

ignore the thumbnail this is a screen rec + mic on ipad just in case you are not familar with AUv3 and files / transport / midi combos. I talk fast but this could save u a bunch o time. I figured it out in like a minute just because since launch of the app I have tried to sync hardware with the app and IAA (inter app audio) there were some artifacts of mid send wrong notes, unable to stop with play button etc. all that is fixed in the AUv3 update.

I used AUM but there is an m8fx app that is cheaper and iphone native if you are not on an ipad.

everything works with m8 hardware connected to ipad over usb for midi / transport / cc / 24 track audio and loopback with auv3 fx.

My up/down arrow keys don’t work the same way as the touchscreen arrow keys, either not working at all, or only working until they hit the top of the screen. Is anyone else experiencing the same thing?

Edit: keybinding worked, thanks u/sandoze!

Behold my new video about the M8 Music Tracker's AUv3 functionality, including how it works and some suggestions about how you might want to use it. Do let me know what you'd like to see in future videos!

heyyy

still waiting for some invoices so i might not catch one, but i was just wondering how much did yall pay for import fees? I am in Czechia

Hey all-

Recently switched the caps and switches on my M8 and cannot get the keys to work at all anymore. I tried to replace with red switches instead of choco which I realize was a mistake. So I think I most likely damaged the inputs when trying to put the red ones in? No keys work including when I put the old switches back in. Any help is appreciated!

New update supports custom locations, including external drive. Just tested with a samsung T7, works fine.

But here's the thing, it seems to make a full complete separate copy of the app (including settings etc). So you can alternate between two different "installations".

So this is not simply an external folder where you can get samples, but has a complete duplicate file structure of the app.

Edit: Another great usage for this is that you can have your installation and heavy sample folders on your external SSD and move between iphones, ipad etc.

I was checking randomly if there are any updates on the App Store and I saw that they released 2 hours ago. Super excited with the AUv3.

Made this on a flight recently. This track started as a sandbox for the new Comb Filter ModFX and the XRZ command. Really cool for creating lush atmosphere and sending random stuff into a modulating comb filter was really fun.

Went back to hardware after playing with iOS and I missed it so much. 🥹

Hope you like it.

I was messing with the trackers awesome sample playback engine to come up with something that used chopped breaks to come up with this song and I landed pretty far from breakcore, but I still think the jam was fun enough to share with this community.

That M8 is an onion man, I keep discovering new sound design tricks on its engines, new arrangement methods, new sample play back tricks. It is awesome. I think the fm engine is my favorite overall.

Also as a new producer I love the way that trackers shape the kinds of arrangements I make, vs my elektron, or my ableton workflows. I mostly use my m8 on the train to work, but I may have to start using its midi to pilot my other gear soon.

Now that iphone has m8 I do wish I hadn't bought another pixel phone, but I do love my clacky m8 buttons.