You should only be taxed in California if your shipping address was in California when you placed your order. Tax is a separate line item from the product price.
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Version 4.0.0 Beta 2 has been released.
New: ART renamed to ARC and first digit now sets direction and octave
New: Table FE mode now looks for a HOP to determine the number of rows to cycle for note mapping
Fix: Wavsynth crash with using the new wavetables
Fix: INS fx command in table could result in either a crash or retriggering issue when previewing
Fix: MIDI feedback issue using Launchpad Pro control surface
Fix: Old projects could show empty Inst. Pool names where there were assigned instruments
Fix: Disable auto-sorting for songs
Fix: EQI/EQS help messages were swapped
Fix: Table TIC help text was missing new feature description
Fix: ARP fx command did not support REP
Fix: Inst. Pool quick-select did not work correctly with OPT when scrolling
Fix: EQ Editor: Editing values after pasting a copied EQ did not work correctly
Fix: Last row in Mixer view was not accessible in big font mode after navigating
Fix: Instrument preview would bork Play button for phrase playback
Fix: Inst. pool navigation issues when viewing EQ
Fix: EQ Editor now cues the same way as Instrument Pool when entering from the Pool view
(I donāt plan on repeating every beta release but this fixes a lot.)
Regarding the new ARC command if Iām reading Discord right then this is what the first digit does to the arpeggiator:
0 = UP
1 = DOWN
2 = UP/DN
3 = UP + 1 OCTAVE
4 = DOWN + 1 OCTAVE
5 = UP/DN + 1 OCTAVE
6 = UP + 2 OCTAVES
7 = DOWN + 2 OCTAVES
8 = UP/DN + 2 OCTAVES
9 = UP + 3 OCTAVES
A = DOWN + 3 OCTAVES
B = UP/DN + 3 OCTAVES
C = UP + 4 OCTAVES
D = DOWN + 4 OCTAVES
E = UP/DN + 4 OCTAVES
F = UP + 5 OCTAVES
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The ARC command is great! Makes ARP so much more useful, I basically never used it before!
The new wavetables are amazing, as is the EQ.
Instrument pool is really great for getting a sense of your instruments, and also for keeping readable notes.
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Sorry, I didnāt mean to imply otherwise. I gave a shipping address in CA. When I lived in the US, I learned about the patchwork nature of state sales taxes.
European VAT is high, but we moved to Europe in part for the kind of society it funds. But my jurisdiction adds import duties and bureaucratic delays, which discourage any ordering from outside the EU. Weāve also learned that many small retailers in the EU do not ship everywhere in the EU.
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ZDF LP and EQ make for nice and easy bass tones. Short clip.
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So basically how is Zdf different?
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There was a short demo and explanation in the stream here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2191019772?t=00h24m10s
Itās a different āflavorā of filter.
Itās less resonant at low resonance values, and can be driven much higher at high values.
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Version 4.0.0 Beta 3, link to discord
Fixes
Fix: Webdisplay (hard refresh browser) (note for Mac there is drawing issues on the new EQ, blame a 3 year old Chrome bug)
Fix: Headless beta 2 firmware not working
Fix: Hard crash on some Model:02 units
Fix: Reset Pool view row to 00 on song new/load
Fix: Big-font mode. Instrument sliders not redrawing after being cleared from the navigation pop-up
Fix: Instrument Transp. help message was not working correctly
Fix: Phrase - Would trigger a note preview on āOFFā notes
Fix: Bad MIDI Settings (bad data) may crash M8 when going to MIDI Settings view
Fix: ARC FX command now works in tables
Fix: Launchpad grid did not work with LP velocity set to off
Fix: MIDI Mappings for old global effects filters were still present (making the labeling offset)
Fix: MIDI mapping Inst. mods did not work correctly
Fix: Instrument Pool could select the wrong instrument after entering/exiting Instrument view
Fix: MIDI Settings - Setting default values (and save / recall settings) could display the wrong values
Fix: Stop all notes was not working for ADSR when changing MIDI SETTINGS
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Boy - wish other manufacturers fixed bugs like Trash. Speedy Gonzales!
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Seriously the speed he develops for this thing is almost superhuman.
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Version 4.0.0 beta 4 , discord link
Fixes
Removed: Autosort directory
New/Modified: Launchpad mute solo toggle/held modes added (press mute or solo more than once), removed shift for latching
New/Modified: Table FE mode now ignores the table N column for the note lookup. INS command on table updated to allow the N and V columns
Fix: MIDI input notes and note preview stopping abruptly on occasion
Fix: Entering note in phrase ignored SCA fx command if commandās scale was set to scale 0
Fix: RET (Retrig) FX command could have audible pop when a new note/instrument triggers
Fix: Some Effects list help text was cut off on big font mode
Fix: Sample editor Track record help message āT1ā was āT0ā on Model:01
Fix: Wavsynth LP:HP Filter had wrong scaling for resonance
Fix: INS fx command help text when value is above number of instruments
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So, I have an M8 1st gen coming and I have an Oxi One. I sold most everything else. I was going to buy an ipad so I have something to sequence with my Oxi but thought, hey, I know you can use the M8 as an 8 channel multi timbral synth also.
So, was wondering if anyone designs some killer presets on those internal synths but sequences them occasionally with an external sequencer? I usually get tired of the clicky M8 workflow (Iāve had it twice before) but If i can sequence the internal stuff with the Oxi, that would make it a lot more palatable to keep it if I dont jive again with the workflow.
i used to use mine as a sound module from time to time, i mostly stuck around with the presets available from
https://www.impbox.net/matey/PD%3DGLASSTR1
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Coolā¦thanks.
I can see a fun workflow of having my M8 at work. Lunchtime taking time to make some cool sounds. Home at night to sequence with my Oxi along with my Modular. Funā¦I hope!
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sounds like a great plan to me! im not much of a sound design guy so i never dove too deep on that front but considering what can be achieved with all the modulation possibilities now it seems like a solid use case
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As @sleepside posted, the 4.0 firmware for M8 includes support for CONTROL SURFACE. Right now the only control surface that is implemented is the Novation Launchpad Pro Mk 3, but in the future, support could be added for other controllers, perhaps the OXI One.
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Iāve never said this before, I canāt keep up with all these updates. As soon as I upload one, a new ones out. Talk about a great problem to have.
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I do this every day. Itās the best! 
This little piece of kit brings so much joyā¦ 
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Iām not sure, but it seems to me that if you sequence the M8 from an external sequencer, you will lose much of what we love about the M8 - the tight integration of the sequencer and the built-in synth engines. Oxi is certainly a cool sequencer, but in my opinion, you lose a lot of things, for example, the ability to use different instruments at different steps within one track, the possibility of parameter locks, etc. I would probably sequence an iPad with Oxi, sample it into M8 and in M8 I would assemble the arrangement - slice the recorded material, assemble new patterns from the slices, add built-in instruments, do the mixing (thanks Tim for the equalizers!), etc.
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As I said I really donāt like the massive clicking programming of the M8. Iāve sold it twice because of that. But at times I do love the portability of it. So when I donāt want to use it to sequence itself I just want to know if itās good to use as a sound module.