Album Release and Track Walkthrough - Rituals on the M8 Tracker

[@RedMeansRecording]

My 100% M8 album Rituals is out now. Get it anywhere: fanlink.to/rmr_rituals Get it on Bandcamp with the M8 bundles: soundvision.bandcamp.com/album/rituals Build yourself a M8 Headless: github.com/DirtyWave/M8Docs/blob/main/docs/M8HeadlessSetup.md

[@index7787]

Gold Sand is an anthem, made my day, thank you. Love the album, so beautiful, omfg the sound design, clean AF my dude.

[@joshualizer]

I’m so inspired to get one of these especially thanks to you. It’s great to see the potential of what can be done with it. I’m concerned I’m not smart enough to operate it. I was wondering, does the M8 SD card come with any samples out of the box to get you started or is it blank? Thanks in advance.

[@RaverOperatorGeeza]

@@joshualizer if you wanna try a tracker then download the My OldBoy! free version, and get the LSDj ROM (free from official site). I had similar thoughts to you, but in fact they are great fun!

[@davidlegge8682]

Hey Jeremy! The bundles are really helping me understand song creation on the m8. Thank you so much for making them available. Do your remember if any of the tracks use the TABLES function?

[@j__r0d]

so earlier I said the PO Pixel would keep me busy until I get my m8 in September, but yeah, that didn't last. Grabbed myself a Teensy and am using m8 headless now. I just made my first mini-beat while watching your vids on it again to follow along and I already feel comfortable enough to venture out into making more garbage beats. thanks RMR!

[@DavidDeLuge]

This instrument is outstanding. What you've done there would take forever on pretty much anything else. Hats off to you and it just makes me even more eager for mine to arrive.

[@LukezyM]

But, you also have to have Jeremy’s skills to make it sing like that.

[@bwest6275]

@@LukezyM 💯 spot on

[@tablaninja]

Holy shit man. I finally got my hands on an M8 I’m learning so much from diggin into these project files/tracks!!!! Not to mention the tracks are KILLER SO grateful for all your efforts to share knowledge and create amazing things.

[@soozafone]

I've been looking at the M8 recently and going back through your excellent videos on it as well as listening to Rituals on repeat. When I saw that instruments are assigned on a per-note basis I thought "Oh you can hocket like a MF with this" and this track really shows that off. Amazing work as always!

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yeah you absolutely can hocket like a monster

[@ryanpalma5947]

@@RedMeansRecordingwhat is hocketing? I used to play African music and hocketing was when two of the same melody tracks are started one beat off from one another

[@jsieb]

The M8 is amazing, this album is amazing, and you're amazing! I really love these little building block walkthroughs on the M8.

[@NunyaB1s]

I *really* love how you broke down the song into segments, and essentially walked through the entire song, talking about what you did, what you used, and WHY, and even some great commentary about how those parameters affected the sound. I would like to meet you in person some time just to thank you. Amazing song, amazing content!

[@DarenPage]

This, this is exactly why I love tracked music; as well as listening to it, you get to see it happen, each note play.

[@jackthetron]

Woot! I've been waiting for this day since you first mentioned your M8 album. I'm half way into the first track and so stoked to hear the rest. The M8 tracker is super awesome. If I didn't already have a Polyend Tracker or had an endless budget I would have purchased one of these units when they were available. I'm equally jealous and stoked at the moment.

[@OrangeDrinkMusic]

u: awesome m8: awesome u + m8: 🤯

[@sweepstakes]

u: also awesome

[@all.day.day-dreamer]

I've been in love with your music for a long time now and after listening to your Rituals album, I am just amazed that these songs were composed on the Dirtywave M8. After finishing the album and even going back and listening to some of the songs twice, I wanted to come back here to your channel and make this comment. In trying to do so, I've been sitting here for a several minutes trying to figure out what some of my favorite songs were off this album, but I just kept coming away empty handed not being able to pick one or two. I then realized that I loved the entire album. Thank you so much for sharing your love of music with all of us.

[@codathedragon5060]

Cool stuff, this instrument looks awesome. (Nice handpaws too.)

[@KarlSadler]

what a mind blowing album, crazy to think it's made on this little thing, good work!

[@thegammakat]

It's always so mind bending to see how this all comes together. Just to see you go through the layers of a song you've put together and the roles they play with each other. You're really an amazing talent and seems like you just really get music.

[@AdamHoek]

Very cool man. I've been playing in headless since I saw your m8 intro a month ago. Super cool to see the inside of how you produced this stuff!

[@mikey303]

This is a great showcase :") I can really hear the enthusiasm in your voice as you break this track down!!

[@krazywabbit]

Congrats on 400k (if you care) Be safe and thanks for making this a fun space.

[@ThomSonnyYeah]

Mind blowing how intuitively you use it. Mine came two days ago and I have literally no idea what I’m doing

[@arthatis]

How's it goin now two yrs later?

[@Pheonix0114]

Perhaps your best album yet! I'm halfway through and every song is rocking!

[@all.day.day-dreamer]

When I was a kid, one of the reasons I bought an Amiga 500 home computer was for ProTracker. This was in the spring of 1991. While I made a few tracks here and there that are still somewhere on floppy disc, it really propelled my love for techno, DnB, ambient, along with the entire spectrum of electronica. That's initially how I found and discovered and fell in love with Red Means Recording. His music gives me all of those exciting past vibes of the groups I discovered and feel in love with. Maybe it's just me but I hear Orbital, Future Sound of London, Underworld, Paul Van Dyk, Apollo 440, etc in his music. What I really love is his use of emotional build up in his songs that for me, always trigger a real life emotional response. Fantastic. This Rituals album written on the Dirtywaves M8 tracker is .... incredible.

[@WaveRiderMusic]

I used Buzz tracker, witch was lots of fun... that M8 thing is awesome sounding, unbelievable, and you have the talent to make it shine

[@jeremyweatherford3922]

Holy smokes, I'm so excited to try this out on a Teensy. $550 plus an indefinite pre-order is a non-starter for me, but I can always use more development boards around here. Not sure what I'm going to do with it yet other than poking around in your song bundles, but I'm pumped! Thanks for sharing about the headless build.

[@SCARTRACKS]

Dude... The album is completely inspiring. It's really crazy that it all came out of that little machine! I think I wanna give it a try as well. All in all, I love the concept of just taking it anywhere and making tunes with it, since you introduced it to us couple of vids ago. Hope stocks normalize soon! Anyhow, great vid man! ❤👌

[@aquos_fox]

I always love how your video thumbnails look

[@thelevicole]

this album is so so good, and so inspirational.

[@digitazz9879]

Congrats on the album!! Haven’t showed up on twitter much anymore or been watching all the videos, but have always been following. keep on recording!! ❤️

[@FernandoDCDuarte]

Nice one! and thanks for the M8 headless setup info!! Since the track workflow intimidates me, ordered the Teensy 4.1 for 36€, so small investment required on my part... cant wait to receive it and give it a go! and if I do adapt and enjoy it, who knows, my try and get a hardware M8 eventually!

[@VocalChainsStudio]

Congrats on the new album RMR!❤️✨🎛

[@ToyKeeper]

I thought you were going to just say a few words about each track... but instead it was a surprisingly deep dive into my favorite track.

[@krisajenkins]

I slept on this album for too long. It's one of your best.

[@UbiDoobyBanooby]

Imagine getting the teensy and raspberry pi in an old game boy shell with a touchscreen like the M8 has. Who has this know how? Huh?!? We need this!

[@joshuamorganmusic]

Just finished my m8 headless build running on a raspberry pi🤘and it’s an awesome freakin instrument! Great track here and the album is amazing too! Remix of ‘Praxis’ is coming soon🕺thanks for everything you do Jeremy

[@RichardKhor]

This track is really great, good work. You know, last week I was listening to a mishmash playlist of Rumspringa and BT albums, and I had to check if you or BT wrote "Horizons". Keep up the great work and high production value.

[@RedMeansRecording]

BT is a big inspiration

[@utente7707]

Exciting! congrats on the new music, will listen soon

[@mrclaytron]

This was a really great breakdown of the track - thanks for sharing. The song sounds amazing! You're too talented damn it!

[@enensis]

Damn Jeremy the album is amazing well done mate

[@IntimateNoise]

This was really really amazing!

[@anagraphical_angel]

Incredible! As per usual uwu

[@RedMeansRecording]

uwusual

[@adragon]

Absolutely amazing album and cute paws uwu

[@troyouttram]

400k 🔥. I’m patiently waiting for my M8. Will buy this :)

[@estes_was_here]

I love the hocketing on the idea portion you showed I can't believe im just now hearing about all this Your sound is incredible

[@qbpie]

M8 Headless is what's uuuuuuup. I used it for a good while before mine arrived. Highly recommend.

[@frenchfries4294]

i never knew such a small device could produce such bangers nice vid

[@dwdougherty]

Pure genius! Thank you.

[@BlezzBeats]

Just brilliant!

[@thatskyfox]

This is too good! Very inspiring!

[@willharris-braun4422]

I would love some OP1-style videos of you making tracks but on the M8!

[@doelman]

Wow, so cool! I own the Polyend Tracker and use it quite a bit, but this thing seems to have much more sound design and workflow options, it looks a bit more mature compared to the Polyend.

[@alecsbuga]

Yep. It is. Sold the Polyend and I don't feel sorry

[@briannhinton]

The screen is a bit rough on the eyes though. Very tiny. It’s fine if you want to use a display, but if you don’t I think the Polyend is better.

[@alecsbuga]

@@briannhinton You can hook it up to your computer and use a browser to navigate the M8 full screen and control it with the keys. You even get sound via USB. Heck I even streamed it wifi to my TV 😀 You don't get these kind of sounds ok the PT.

[@jjurksztowicz]

Yep, sold my PE, will take my m8 to the grave. Pure genius. The PE has a much better live mode though.

[@alecsbuga]

@@jjurksztowicz yeah but you get bored quickly. The M8 live mode is cool. Ableton live like. And combine it with X/Y touchscreen control you can get wild.

[@ramahadranhennessy9300]

Super cool idea, love it, thanks for the great content and inspiration 🍻

[@joshuamorganmusic]

I saw this vid the day it was released and went into go mode! I dug out my old raspberry pi and I’m almost done with my m8 headless tiny setup. And I’m totally buying this record🤘

[@mariusmslt7217]

excellent work OMG

[@ShapeNoise]

So we went full circle ⭕️ straight back to Trackers. Hello 90’s! Let’s make techno great again! 😝 (good album by the way!)

[@sarundayo]

Honest question: could anyone, not knowledgeable in music (chords, music theory, etc) make music like this? This is wicked mate :D

[@elvissanchez8985]

Wow good good stuff!! Sounds awesome 👏

[@elvissanchez8985]

The cat at the end made it so much better hehe

[@JackJazzm]

Good Stuff bredren 👍🏾 Thanks for sharing

[@dennisdelaat8852]

So great this!! ❤

[@sashikoff]

Awesome album. This all looks like a pure magic to me. Trying to wrap my head around and make sense of all of this information. I wish I could understand it or at least to know where to start so I can write something myself.

[@AdrianoMuniz]

Lovely album! Biblio is my favorite!!!!

[@hiibrain]

Amazing experience

[@EricFoster]

I,ve got a headless build and it's awesome. However, it does not contain any presets, samples, demos, etc. So....Rituals is getting purchased!

[@davidlegge9333]

lauRits 1. I bilBo 2. arP six 3. apT oz 4. dinwoW 5. gutenBer riFt 6. diXhopi 7. Gonad lSd 8. oTher aDept 9. sEeM yoda 10. emo'InG (Track listing for an, as yet unmade, M8 album using only the Rituals bundle samples and pre sets)

[@eeclarkutube]

@ 2:53 you say that V is Velocity however that is incorrect. From the manual: "The next column “V” is the volume which determines the loudness of the corresponding note from 00 (silence) to 7F (maximum volume) with a default of 64."

[@cooksoni.a]

Wow…. This music, it is amazing. When I listen to this music, it sounds… amazing. I love this music. So play that music, and dance the night away. It’s awesome/amazing.

[@Kyle-wb7wx]

That track is so good!!!

[@jvedra9041]

I work exclusively in my polyend these days. I wish I could get my hands on one of these, too!

[@evanbarnes9984]

Love the reference to the drums from Weapon of Choice in the C section! Walk without rhythm, buddy!

[@bahutu802]

Dear Red Means Recording, congrats for the album release! In case you're reading, may I ask: 2 years ago you demo'ed the Polyend Tracker in a livestream. To a comment where someone asked one year later whether you'd still use the device, you answered no, cause you preferred the Deluge and Maschine+. What is it about the M8 Tracker that made you use it more often so that you even released an album using it? Or stated the other way around: What did you miss on the Polyend Tracker that made you not use it anymore, although apparently you like the tracker workflow in general?

[@RedMeansRecording]

M8 slays in terms of sound quality, synth stuff, and portability. It's a video game I can make music with.

[@bclikesyou]

Hell yeah!

[@theycallmejpj]

Well done man

[@davidfletcher-holmes1018]

Hi, Jeremy. I purchased Rituals and I am really enjoying listening to it. It has a very distinct style :-) I am curious: Did you use an external MIDI keyboard controller at all in making the album?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Nope!

[@raulacevedo-esteves9493]

Great job!

[@dwfletch]

Still enjoying "Rituals" 🙂 I really only bought it to see what the M8 could do, but I've ended up really liking it as an album.

[@RedMeansRecording]

Thanks :)

[@TheoryOps]

Very nice. Maybe when the M9 comes out I'll be able to get one of these.

[@vinylarchaeologist]

M9? M-ine?

[@jimmac]

You keep going back to the tonic, but it's Friday and it's time for gin! Wonderful track, you're amazing :)

[@SimonLeoBrown]

Beautiful! Question: Did you get the album mastered or is the version that’s on the streaming services the file you rendered on the m8?

[@RedMeansRecording]

I mastered it

[@franciscomolina8970]

pawbs

[@bonsaibloom]

im so exited to watch this

[@Rollur1234]

How much is it only tv solution you build yourself?

[@jimlampshady]

Nice 1 fella. The M8 really does look like an extraordinary little bit of kit. I WANT ONE! Your whole album was produced and mixed in the M8, but can I ask how you mastered it? And did you master it yourself, or get some bloke with 40 grand worth of studio monitors and very good ears to add the "fairy dust"?

[@RedMeansRecording]

All produced in the m8 and mastered myself with ozone

[@__shifty]

I WANT!

[@z_supernova]

Is the "Nothing's gonna change my way" vocal sample the same as in the song The Devil Deserves Better from your previous album? Either way this Deepthroat song sounds awesome and I'm sure the album does too!

[@RedMeansRecording]

Yeah

[@scottkinder4888]

yOu aRe a aMaZiNg

[@RallyCar08]

I hope someone makes pocket operator like cases for this thing

[@thatskyfox]

What are "VYG_8_ACGUITAR..." samples comes from? You used them a lot in your tracks (for example Intro of Window). And thank you for sharing the bundles, that's such a treasure to dig!

[@RedMeansRecording]

Voyage. It's a loopmasters pack.

[@macakinhomusic]

Nice walkthrough! Genuinely curious as to where you’ve composed it. Did you do it at the studio or on the couch?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Mostly the couch

[@LostStylus]

21:35 - Do you play those samples chromatically?

[@RedMeansRecording]

I don't know?

[@TechnoFreak1015]

Played with one and i want. Y u gotta confirm that i need it

[@TheEugevanz]

…Added to Library.

[@neurofitmusic1080]

What big hands you have

[@nonpondo_]

Lmao why is no one else mentioning it

[@mylarmelodies]

MAAATE!! I want a little mate, mate

[@RedMeansRecording]

Mate

[@wild-radio7373]

🥰📻🔥

[@GonxalusAika]

I feel like you could make amazing music just by usign Korg Gadget in Nintendo Switch and the old Korg software from 3DS

[@wiegraf9009]

The reason I an skeptical about trying this is that I could never really get the feel of using the Korg M1 on 3DS

[@GonxalusAika]

@@wiegraf9009 me neither. I'm a player. I need keys

[@fluim0102]

Any idea on why this thing can sound so much better than a Deluge or Circuit tracks?

[@RedMeansRecording]

Stereo samples, distortion, and a master compressor

[@fluim0102]

@@RedMeansRecording Also the synth engines seem very nuanced and punchy... Must use good converters as well..

[@bartlomiejodachowski]

how should i start to make the music and get to know it better?? is music school the way?

[@RedMeansRecording]

I have a video about this in my education playlist.

[@Mibbzz]

[@jobseeker6145]

Can I record my own voice/phrase as a sample too?

[@cjlewis79]

On the M8 mk2 since it has a mic now

[@skoubidou00]

oh no, don't make me want to buy it please 😭

[@BlueCheetah8]

Red slowly/subtly adding furry stuff to the thumbnails. 😂. Keep up the good work 😜

[@Gr33kChief]

want this soo bad and a book to teach me how to use it

[@Rollur1234]

I want this Tracker! Or Poly tracker ::ÞÞ

[@slowbro1337]

👀Fursuit paws??