does not compute… what’s happening there? Do I need a M8 for this? Headless? What? Why? Touch Designer? Huh? Sounds cool … what is it? 
Does this mean M8 is kinda open source … I can build my own M8?
You need a Teensy 4.1 and one of the recommended SD cards. That’s it. Then you flash the M8 headless firmware to it, keep it plugged in, and use one of the M8 display interfaces (web/td/m8c) to control it from your computer (you can also connect a game controller if you like).
Not really. There’s a lot of discussion about open source earlier in this thread. A few people have attempted to build their own but it’s a challenge.
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so I suppose a Teensy + Raspberry Pi + tiny HDMI display (or even i2c OLED lowres) + USB Numpad would come pretty close?
Yeah if you follow the tutorial link above, there’s also a tutorial for how to set it up with a Pi.
this looks perfect for a M8, eh?
To me the hardware aspect of the M8 is going to be pretty big part of the experience as well. It’s worth the $$$ for me to just buy the unit since it’s self contained, doesn’t need to be plugged into a laptop or PC and then another gaming controller plugged in as well, mapped out…etc. Pull it out of the case and fire it up anywhere. That’s the beauty of it, imo.
I keep reading about the build quality of it and that’s pretty exciting. I think the tactile part of a piece if gear like this is a key factor to how much you use it.
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I share the enthusiasm, I want the unit, for its (perceived for now) quality, for portability, for connectivity (MIDI, USB audio) and to support the maker.
That said, while waiting, I love the headless version! Really easy to setup, cheap. Now I plug a usb plug to my PC, start the saved as an app m8 web page and turn on a wireless game pad and it works beautifully! Amazing airing solution and learning experience.
Mapping happened once and I’m up and running in no time.
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Yeah I definitely get that. You get familiar with the OS while waiting. Makes sense to me.
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All things considered this is a very generous and amazing thing, offering a headless solution.
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Anyone explored the live performance aspect yet?
I’d be curious to see a M8 liveset 
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Bam - here you go! M8 Tracker (Preorder) – Dirtywave Looks like you can still preorder them.
I am on the list myself. Its not a Cirklon level wait or anything like that.
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sorry I have no 600 bucks for parking it for 6 month in the US for a preorder 
30 bucks for a Teensy seems like a good alternative
Did you have to map the gamepad? If so, what method did you use to do so?
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Was asking this myself as well …I know there is a config where you can do that – but haven’t found any information what apps people use to actually map / find / read the button/key codes
There’s a video on YouTube about using an app called “Enjoyable”. It seems simple enough. I was wondering what other options were out there.
Yes I had to. On the WebDisplay there’s a page for that, pretty easy. I had to discover a key combination to make the D-pad of my specific gamepad to be recognized, and once this was in order, mapping took all of half a minute.
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getting no results… but I guess it’s different path for me anyway (no webdisplay) - so I need to do the work in linux
The buttons were mappable out of the box. Originally the D-pad didn’t work and I found a utility to remap the 4 directions to computer keys, I chose the arrow keys. But then someone pointed out that for that specific gamepad there as a configuration for the D-pad. After perfoming that, I could map the D-pad and 4 other buttons directly in the Webdisplay, no translation needed.
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ah so the M8C has a mapper included? I am pretty excited to use it with my PS5 gamepad!