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Systems To Conquer

By Janky Jams on June 7, 2026 11:03 pm

Trying out a new approach this week, away from the big rack. I got the M8 Tracker a few weeks ago, but haven't really managed to get into it yet... so I figured, maybe I try to force the issue by messing around with my setup. And the result is quite different from my usual too, as a consequence!

So, here's one for you that's only very minimally modular: the little palette case here is only used to add a kick and delay. That means, this week's patch notes are sparse: Bohm for the good big kick, and Nautilus as a delay on some of the M8's synth voices. I multitracked the M8 into Ableton, and used it as the master clock and sequencer. Track 7 on the M8 controls Bohm. The Drop is a bit underused here - I was planning to control a bunch of parameters of M8 voices with it, and that works great, but it's not ideal to rely on that for a fixed/planned track when I could just sequence those parameters on the M8 itself... so mostly I used it to control the wet/dry of Nautilus here big_smile

Anyway, hope you enjoy something a little different from me this week.
xoxo

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Yesterday 12:35 am

0x_colt

That was awesome. I really loved the kind of "instant vibe switchups" for lack of a better term.

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Yesterday 6:29 pm

gesceap

what is going on here? what is doing what? synth all rack based? drums m8?

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Today 12:30 am

Janky Jams

gesceap wrote:

what is going on here? what is doing what? synth all rack based? drums m8?

Most of this is M8, with one track set up as a MIDI track to trigger the Bohm kick in the rack. All tracks from the M8 are multitracked in Ableton, with some set up as a submix that is sent through the rack (Nautilus multitap delay -> Bohm ducking) before being summed back into the main mix in Ableton.
Drums besides the big kick are sample-based, on the M8. The Drop (midi controller on the left) is criminally underutilized here, but it's set up to have parameters mapped on all 3 devices - M8, DAW, and modular. Hope that answers your questions, if not let me know!


0x_colt wrote:

That was awesome. I really loved the kind of "instant vibe switchups" for lack of a better term.

Thanks! It was pretty fun to make, despite the new-workflow teething pains smile

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