Yeah, it’s my very subjective opinion, but it feels like samples can be given a bit more movement in the M8, particularly when using tables. It’s been my experience with the PT, that I often run into samples clipping, or the filter popping if a step has too dramatic of a jump in parameters. I know these are issues that others have had, and apparently Polyend is planning to fix them in a future update, but I’m really happy to not have these kinds of issues with the M8. I also love that I have stereo samples that can l stream! While I still love the Polyend Tracker, the fact that it only takes a very limited amount of mono samples makes it feel like it’s an island among my other samplers. I rarely use it to sample from other sample sources, and bouncing samples back and forth between samplers is a really important part of my music making process.
wish I would have gotten in on the initial pricing
Yeah, I had a strong feeling about this one. By the time orders were officially announced, there were already people using the early version who were singing its praises- the fact that Ess was one them… I feel blessed to have this little thing. I’m taking it with me wherever I go.
Pre-assigning a range of numbers sounds like a very good idea, thank you, I think that will help me to get to grips with arranging a song. Everything else about m8 is easy to get to understand and I started lots of track ideas quickly but kept getting stuck when it came to arranging because I had a load of random numbers to deal with. I guess always keeping the first chain per channel as a ‘blank’ would be a good idea too. I am looking forward to getting back to my headless mate now 
Cool! I was having the same issue and was wondering if I was missing something in the process. Pre-assigned a range of numbers seems to be the way, although I realized that I needed to make a larger range per track, just to be safe.
Yeah I’ve just been using the live mode and arranging live like I would on my digitakt, need to try out actually arranging on it proper. I feel like I need even less tracks on the M8 than the DT because of the visual nature of the sequencer, very conducive to making interesting drum patterns on 1 or 2 tracks.
I find some of the real fine editing on drum one shots a bit fussy compared to how quick I can do it on the DT but I can just pull a sample off of the DT if I want to really sculpt a one shots.
Really love all the tool tips, basically kept the complexity of old trackers while making it easy to use. Pretty genius device for getting people in and makes me forgive a lot of the legacy with in it.
IT CAME IN!
I’m floored by the amount of care that when into this thing. The unit itself, the case, the packaging.
I can’t wait to learn the ins and outs of it and to start making stuff with it
Pre-organizing sounds a bit tedious. Generally I just double tap edit to create new phrases or chains and clone when need be and not worry about the numbers too much. Some people like to use the 10’s block style thing to keep tracks separate as described- though not pre-organizing it, just use 10s for track 1, when create a new phrase or chain for that track, if the current value is 10, it will find the next available chain or phrase from that point when double-tapping edit- thus 10,11,12,etc…
I’m envious of all the new m8 owners! So I threw together an m8c from some stuff around the house that I can use in my living room!
If it’s stupid and it works, it isn’t stupid? Maybe?
What you see here is an overhead view of a Raspberry Pi (with an Hifiberry DAC+ADC Pro add-on), Teensy, Waveshare touchscreen, Xbox 360 controller, two plastic IKEA tablet/laptop stands, and some 3M Dual Lock fasteners holding it all together. The smaller, white IKEA tablet stand sits on top of / is held to the larger, black laptop stand with a bolt. Cables are tucked between the IKEA holders.
I have some scripts on the desktop to allow me to easily switch audio output between headphone audio and the Hifiberry DAC.
Of course battery power would be ideal, but I really didn’t want to buy anything outside of what I already owned.
It’s pretty comfortable to sit this in my lap and kick back in the recliner, which was the goal: immerse myself into a new way of creating music and separate myself from my other creative space where I’ve become stagnant. Edit: oh and my neck hurts less when reclined. A HUGE plus!
Edit 2: Here’s where I got the idea.
I guess I wasn’t being clear. I basically mean that I mentally designate a certain range to a track. When I’m actually creating a song I’ve been using the edit function that you describe- adding tracks as I go.
Really sinking into this thing and the amount of times I’ve guffawed from its depth is rising. Mods, envelops, lfos, fx, and tables combined with FM synthesis gives you infinite possibilities
What’s the distribution you’re using on the Raspberry Pi? Are you using a web browser to host the display?
Mine arrived today! It’s really, really nice - here are some random impression:
The build is great, and actually it’s a bit bigger than I thought (other have mentioned), and the keys feel really nice and not awkward to reach at all, even if the layout looks a bit funny at first.
Starting to learn the shortcuts, and it’s super fast to work with.
One thing I’ve been really appreciating is the delay command and repeat command to push stuff off the grid - great for creating interesting rhythms.
The Wavsynth really is great. You can make all kinds of glitchy mess with it.
Can’t wait to get stuck in to it 
Received mine as well today.
The discussion of $100 price increases reminded me to make some inquiries about the Prophet 5 Desktop, which as y’all guessed, also went up $100 at a fair number of online shops.
Trash or anyone else here who knows, is the new price going to be $550 or something else? I see that the old preorder price on the site lists $450 so I figured that with the increase…
Probs. It was 450 before.
But depends on where you live too - if outside USA you have to pay shipping and tax on delivery too, so 550 might still be less than waht some paid total.
I’m US based. Totally cool with $550. Whoever in the thread earlier was saying that it would still be flying off the shelves at double the price though… uhhh I mean I am extremely stoked to buy the M8 and think it’s the hit hardware of the year but that would turn it into an instant no for me. $550 though, still a great price. Thank you to all the people recording videos and tracks made with the M8, super inspiring and keeps the hype going for me!
Yea, if you’re US you’ll get it cheaper than the rest of us! I’ve no idea on future pricing beyond what Trash has said here and on the Discord obviously - but sounds like a bump of about 100 to me.
Will record some vids one I’m up and running with it - want to try some midi control of my old digital synths this weekend.
I grabbed the default option via the Raspberry Pi Imager, which I believe is just the latest 32-bit Raspberry Pi OS.
I am not too sure what you mean by “host the display” hmm… or… my answer is: I am not using anything to host the display. The Teensy is running M8 Headless Firmware and I am running a compiled install of this on the Pi itself which, once open and running, is full-screen via alt-enter. I’m not connecting into an actual M8 or anything. I don’t own one.