WERTSTOFFE by Ess Mattisson - breakdown of my favorite M8 Tracker song

[@sm0hm]

I'm very honored for this feature! Happy that folks get a kick out of the track and everything in it is of course free to use and abuse. I didn't actually set out to make a 1 channel track, it just ended up that way, but it was definitely a fun challenge down the line.

[@soffter]

Hey thank you for all that you do! i owe a ton of hours diving back into FM to the sounds you've made recently!

[@RedMeansRecording]

Extremely rad programming on this.

[@ItsCooperTho]

I used to be a fan, but after hearing this masterpiece, I'm a whole air conditioner

[@miggychan]

I would love to see more track breakdowns of your tracks if you'd be willing to share, your channel is informative and your enthusiasm is infectious! Keep up the awesome work

[@soffter]

Aw thank you so much! will def revisit the topic :)

[@index7787]

@@soffter I'm not typically a tracker guy, but the M8 is the best implementation I've ever seen, so powerful, could def see this as a replacement to my circuit as my "notepad", a groove box I carry everywhere to jot down musical ideas anywhere.

[@vvlvmusic]

Appreciate the video, since this is really one of the best tracks I've heard made on the M8 yet, and to think it's just on one single track is MINDBLOWING. This is next level and I do hope to cop some ideas and technics from this, since it's so amazing.

[@talimn]

God damn, the fact that he made that in just one track is unbelievable. Ess most certainly knows his shit. Great video, keep it up!

[@soffter]

it's absolutely WILD!

[@tablaninja]

This is a great track and wonderful breakdown of it!! I hope I remember all the things I’m learning while I wait for my M8. I really need to start a notebook lol

[@ToyotaVangelis]

Ess is a legend! Such track

[@toslinked]

Ess is the master. there is a live thing on yt where he shows off the then new electron model cycles in a club and it´s unbelievable

[@ukbloke28]

first part reminds me a lot of dark steering by squarepusher but done in FM instead of modular

[@reisnobre]

I was watching on the second monitor and I was like. That's pretty good, sounds pretty good. When you said that it was just one track my jaw dropped.

[@MichaalHell]

How the heck is this coming out of that!? I’m god smacked!! The tracker seems really ace but having sold my Nerdseq and debating selling Polyend tracker I feel like I don’t have a great track record with trackers.. still you just made a really compelling argument for M8

[@jjurksztowicz]

I sold my polyend tracker and kept my m8, and I loved my polyend. The m8 is kind of frustrating at first, but if you keep persevering you hit an "aha" moment. It's definitely got a learning curve, but it's so worth it. Best of luck!

[@thesnipecatcher116]

Thanks for doing this breakdown. It’s such a wonderful track. Humbling though :)

[@NegHead]

I've uploaded an attempt I made at this challenge a few months ago, but this track blows it out of the water. Very inspiring stuff.

[@kidarchitecture]

this was super useful and a great display of technique. thanks!!

[@Mityman64]

Love your channel!

[@soffter]

thank you so much! C:

[@PFSTR]

"That's a f*ck'n track!" yeah, that sums it up. Solid

[@radpix]

Top analizing !!

[@bitspacemusic]

Thanks for this and the heads up on fors.

[@JamesReedy]

Ohhh ur that guy from the Perfect Circuit video's aren't you...lol that voice is unmistakable. Subbed...

[@RianTrost]

Love this so much. FM.... I give up, you win.

[@aroonkaruna8513]

anyone else looking for the project file - it's been stickie'd in the Discord's "resources" channel, fairly easy to find now 👍

[@__3028]

holy f this track is insane.

[@benbiii]

Old video, new m8 user. Anyone know where we could get this bundle?

[@Luke-bc4zj]

Thanks for this! I'm learning on my headless while I wait for the next batch. Where can I download this bundle???

[@michaelnervOus]

really cool

[@mikenoface]

9:23 "One Delicious Sub -" ... this vid sponsored by Subway.

[@modvibe]

Hey there, it's just excellent content. I recently accessed discord but could not find the track nor the resource channel. I can just see #announcement and #rules. Is there other ways around to get it visible?

[@soffter]

yeah you have to join the channel i think - which means checking the pinned posts in rules and leaving an emoji or whatever, ~read da rules~ but yeah once you do that the channel will open up for ya

[@modvibe]

@@soffter oh I didn't know those hidden commands... will have a try, thanks!!

[@disxiple_113]

dope

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

😲🤯

[@Chicle777]

could you please share the song file? it is not avaiable anymore on the discord channel. thanks!

[@CoffinNachtmahr]

i believe this possible in the digitone and since i dont own a tracker im gonna try this on it

[@soffter]

you absolutely can man! ess actually released a few albums with full sysex files for the digitone where they did a similar type of thing ! they're on band camp i believe

[@saxonguitarness]

Def, considering he was on the digitone design team

[@WINTERMUTE_AI]

WOW

[@soffter]

ikr?

[@jimmac]

Sorry for being a little slow, but where did ess share the track again? I heard you say discord, but which one of them walled gardens are we talking about? Enjoyed your enthusiastic dissection too 👌

[@soffter]

on the Dirtywave M8 discord! it's open to the public, there should be a link in my description if you just search for ess in there you'll probably find his post where he shared the session file, it got a lot of flair haha

[@medenine4828]

@@soffter This is such an amazing track. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be up on the discord anymore, unless I'm being a dullard.

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

Before your G.A.S kicks in , everyone should remember it’s not the tool but the artist.

[@soffter]

This is super true and very important! But it’s also true that you need the right tools to do the work you want to do ~ Gear and practice is a relationship that takes time, but hopefully yields creative fulfillment!

[@MrOuija-rr8kq]

Yeah I’m just reminding myself I don’t need more stuff

[@thekanehall]

🔥😍🔥

[@rubenrubenrubenruben65365]

where can i listen to this track except in this video? any streaming platform, bandcamp maybe?

[@soffter]

man that is like half the reason i made this video - hoping they would give it a release lolol - haven't seen one yet though

[@rubenrubenrubenruben65365]

@@soffter well shit. Patience is said to be a virtuous thing I guess..

[@EdPettersen]

I don't see resources in Discord. I see "announcements" and "rules". I see Tim's firmware pin but am I missing something???

[@soffter]

you'll have to accept the rules and then all the other threads should open up !

[@EdPettersen]

@@soffter thanks!

[@Digiphex]

Do you have a link for download of the M8 track?

[@soffter]

it's pinned in the resources channel on the discord, i don't really have permission to share it beyond that sorry.

[@CrusaderGeneral]

do you think this thing would have benefitted from a rotary knob?

[@soffter]

touch screen can input values faster ;)

[@homo192]

@@soffter But how? I own a M8 and never got this working. I've read this statement several times, but never saw someone actually doing it. Also, the manual doesn't mention any touch screen action.

[@just_pierre9730]

Nice! Can you share the track?

[@soffter]

wish i could but i don't think Ess has posted a final version of it ATM, the file for the project is on the M8 Discord!

[@just_pierre9730]

@@soffter Will look there, thanks!

[@vertigev]

Really digging all this M8 content M8 (see what I did there?)

[@RaverOperator]

I did indeed my M8 🤗

[@Stopinvadingmyhardware]

Oh no! Look out, we’ve got a Richard D. James clone over here.

[@PSILOCYBINISTHEWAY]

ADHD ah track. But nice

[@hotchameanshotcha]

yeah, this is exactly why I never bought the m8. this is just boring kid's stuff, fascinated by the machine instead of whatever you wanna call it. That's no fing track, this is just a senseless demo. Sorry, but i can't understand how these people never seem to realise how selfabsorbed they are, playing around with a machine as a hobby. Could also be miniature trains, like the fathers had.

[@soffter]

What are you going on about? If you don’t like it, that’s completely fine. But buddy, people are allowed to just like things and have fun? Are you seriously saying having a hobby is self absorbed? Go to therapy man.

[@Eisenbahnpatrouille]

Why u geh

[@SvenFx-22]

Great video thank you. But please stop figeting with your hands and fingers going up and down the tracks for no reason. Takes us completely out of the video. Hard to listen to what you were saying as your fingers move nervously up and down the tracks