Calm Gear

By ineff on March 15, 2026 11:31 pm

I've never been clear on how karma is actually supposed to work, but is it coincidence that last week I was commenting about someone's track reminding me of Hybrid and this is what I ended up with today?

› Liner notes

‹ Liner notes

To me, the most notable thing about the track is the string ensemble, which is a pair of FM instruments I'd made last year. In fact, the track only uses 4 samples―two vocals, a break, and the tambourine. Everything else is done with the M8's on-board synths.

› freesound.org samples used

‹ freesound.org samples used

ethereal melody in E major by buggly License: CC0
Drum break 5alt.wav by HenKonen License: CC0
tambourine 1.wav by marvman License: CC0

› Library of Congress samples used

‹ Library of Congress samples used

Vocal: If Mamma quits Papa, what will Papa do (1923), performed by Bessie Brown ― License: Public Domain

Made and mixed on a Dirtywave M8 Tracker. All samples used are in the Public Domain/CC0.

Audio works licensed by author under:
CC Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike (BY-NC-SA)

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Tags: m8tracker, sampling, week 11 2026, View by:ineff

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March 16, 2026 1:48 am

PeterM

Really catchy track! The vocal sample is a nice subtle bit of candy. But the overall M8 sound design is really great too. Very impressive!

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March 16, 2026 2:06 am

levelcapybara

Awesome! Sweet energy and incorporation of those samples.

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March 16, 2026 5:45 pm

djippy

Nicely done again.

I really like the choices of synths and drums manipulation.

Well played.

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March 16, 2026 7:19 pm

Disposable Planet

great ambience and feeling in the opening pads with vocals. then the beat is nuts! would love to hear this in a game

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March 16, 2026 9:31 pm

Cosmic Cairns

I was floating along with the dreamy beginning and then the eruption of the beat made me feel like I got launched into the middle of a rollicking party.

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