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[Mistercharlie]

@Mistercharlie

Anbernic RG35XX plus

This one

[tdmusic]

Ah got it! That’s a newer model, mine was I think first gen. Glad to hear it works well

[KrisG]

Ahh thank you!
Is the rg35xx plus okay for big hands? To operate m8?
Sorry if im derailing the thread with these questions.

[Mistercharlie]

My hands are pretty big and I found it comfortable. The only problem for me is the buttons, which are small and harder to press than the ones on the M8. Take frequent breaks and you’ll be ok.

[tdmusic]

The Brick is really nice. Hardware feels much more solid than the RG353v I had. It’s pretty small, if you have big hands you might prefer the larger one. Personally I think it’s really cute.

M8 seems to run well on it. I’ve got mine blue tacked on the back, it’s not super elegant but will do. The audio quality out of the device seems great (I had issues on my old RG though sounds like newer ones are better) and getting it running was easy and feels solid, whereas my old one was quite glitchy.

If you go on the M8 Discord > help-me > Headless thread there’s a recent post on how to set it up. Here’s a screenshot but you’ll want the files too.

[AtumRex]

Last song I’m working on!, made with our amazing Dirtywave M8:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIeVoM6N-6-

Hope you like it!

[thedoor]

When is the preorder open for new batch?

[plragde]

Please don’t keep asking! I promise you I will announce it here as soon as I hear, if someone hasn’t already. Or you can join the Discord and turn notifications on for the #announcements channel. Next preorder is held up by delays in getting the SD card holders.

[thedoor]

When is the preorder open mate

[schoolbabyboy]

oh shit its right behind you

[ooli]

Thanks a lot for the link to this prototypes–video.

I love it, that on the model 1 Mark Setrakian, an robotics/animatronics specialist, contributed to the „cyberpunk“–hardware–design–style.
Especially that he worked on the munsters in Guillermo del Toros Hellboy movies, makes me love the model 1 M8 even more

https://www.marksetrakian.com/home

[Skyddsrum]

Hey, just got my hands on a second hand M:01, last time I used it it was on firmware 3.0., after I updated the unit it’s now on 5.0.1, what are the most fundamental changes/quality of life-improvements I should know?

[plragde]

The answer is about to be obsolete, as 6.0 is in beta and nearing stable release.

[Omar]

I’d say parametric EQ’s per track is a big one.

But there were so many.

And what’s important depends on how you use the M8.
(for example I’m not too interested in sampling - yet - but there were many improvements in this area)

Maybe you could have a quick look at the change logs of each version between 3.0 and 5.0.1?

[sleepside]

Link to the running changelog:

changelog.txt

But besides EQs, it’s all the wavetables added to wavsynth and FM synth, sample playback while recording, realtime render (so you can perform midi-controllable things during render), and lazy chop

Edit: also, if you were on 3.0 and not post-3.1, modulating modulators

[sleepside]

Unrelated, more M8 music! This time themed around vacuums and The Void

Above is @JackiesFridge with classic wonder-of-space/“Cosmos” music

@Sasquatchfuzz with warm ratting grooves and fuzzed-out guitar

@Bearcage with some bouncy electro and Sci Fi Channel movie quotes

@nickypy with a dark melodic score for 70s sci-fi

@Dustsucker with a spacious granular-and-generative experiment

And me with a soundtrack to an imaginary cartoon about creatures that vacuum up music

And the rest of the tracks

Neon Pegasus Mission V: Vacuum Void Veridiction | atalhlla | M8 Community Jam
atalhlla with a grandiose sci-fi rpg theme song

Jazzy in Space | jegasus | M8 Community Jam
jegasus with a silly piano + chiptune tribute to Cowboy Bebop

without | gon pulvo | M8 Community Jam
gon pulvo with futuristic slow grooves

Left Behind | Metro Grade Beats | M8 Community Jam
Metro Grade Beats with a shadowy tribute to a recently-deceased pet

The Devil's Dustbunnies - A Meditation | jem | M8 Community Jam
jem with a tongue-in-cheek guided meditation

trapped in the void | Caverns of Heresy | M8 Community Jam
And Caverns of Heresy with dark atmospheric guitars and dense drones

[Omar]

Quite a coincidence, I’m currently translating a piece about Jordan Wolfson, and who do I find mentioned? Mark Setrakian.

Jordan Wolfson

I had never heard of him before the M8 meet-up about prototypes.

(If they deem this is derailing too much from the topic, mods can feel free to delete)