Hey! Fellow M8er here! Really great to see so many folks using it as their main weekly beats workhorse!
Yeah, composition is hard... And so is sound design... And yeah, drum patterns, too, hahahaha... It's everything!
But WB is a fantastic place to really hone your skills by just putting in the reps and allowing yourself to explore.
And I gotta say, it sounds like you're already doing a DAMN good job at exploring, because this sounds VERY nice! I really like your sound choices here. The main ping-y synth is great and fits super well with the percussive elements. You also got a great set of sections - the song never feels repetitive or anything. Very fun!

Hey! Fellow M8er here! Really great to see so many folks using it as their main weekly beats workhorse! Yeah, composition is hard... And so is sound design... And yeah, drum patterns, too, hahahaha... It's everything! But WB is a fantastic place to really hone your skills by just putting in the reps and allowing yourself to explore. And I gotta say, it sounds like you're already doing a DAMN good job at exploring, because this sounds VERY nice! I really like your sound choices here. The main ping-y synth is great and fits super well with the percussive elements. You also got a great set of sections - the song never feels repetitive or anything. Very fun!

Your intro make me think this would not have a drum beat, but then the chord changed and I was like “Oh, yeah this is gonna turn into a jungle song.” It’s not jungle! It’s very calming, rounded, and well-paced. The synths are definitely my favorite part. Always appreciate not sitting with unchanging sounds too long.

Thanks for your kind comment on my piece

Your intro make me think this would not have a drum beat, but then the chord changed and I was like “Oh, yeah this is gonna turn into a jungle song.” It’s not jungle! It’s very calming, rounded, and well-paced. The synths are definitely my favorite part. Always appreciate not sitting with unchanging sounds too long. Thanks for your kind comment on my piece :)

If you would ever like feedback on anything, or even some help with composing (we could compose a track together, half and half!), just hit me up on the m8 discord: @erickthedude.

Your other song autoplayed, and I actually like this one a lot more. Again, you do such a great job with taking in / out layers. You’ve got great minimalist repetition, which I personally LOVE. Your synth pads and leads are amazing. Are these samples?? Or all m8?

If you would ever like feedback on anything, or even some help with composing (we could compose a track together, half and half!), just hit me up on the m8 discord: @erickthedude. Your other song autoplayed, and I actually like this one a lot more. Again, you do such a great job with taking in / out layers. You’ve got great minimalist repetition, which I personally LOVE. Your synth pads and leads are amazing. Are these samples?? Or all m8?

Very cool.  I think you've done a great job with the pacing and structure here. Nice sound design, especially enjoying that rhythmic bass.

As for the difficulty of build-ups and drops, I hear you. My natural inclination is to write the build up first and try to make it go somewhere big. But unfortunately that usually doesn't give me great results. I have more luck writing the big part (drop/chorus/whatever) first and then backfilling the lead up to it. YMMV.

Very cool. I think you've done a great job with the pacing and structure here. Nice sound design, especially enjoying that rhythmic bass. As for the difficulty of build-ups and drops, I hear you. My natural inclination is to write the build up first and try to make it go somewhere big. But unfortunately that usually doesn't give me great results. I have more luck writing the big part (drop/chorus/whatever) first and then backfilling the lead up to it. YMMV.

Ooo~ interesting, I enjoy it though! The sound design sound cool but I'm not familiar with M8s capabilieties to comment further. I think the your doing strong with the composition being varied and evolving though.

Ooo~ interesting, I enjoy it though! The sound design sound cool but I'm not familiar with M8s capabilieties to comment further. I think the your doing strong with the composition being varied and evolving though.

I think you've done great on the arrangement here!

I think you've done great on the arrangement here!

Lovely sound design and mix! As someone else who gets turned around with composition and keeping a track moving and fresh, I hear you. For what it's worth, I think this one unfolds nicely. The different sections are all unique but fit nicely together, and your builds create anticipation and curiosity, so I think you're on the right track!

Lovely sound design and mix! As someone else who gets turned around with composition and keeping a track moving and fresh, I hear you. For what it's worth, I think this one unfolds nicely. The different sections are all unique but fit nicely together, and your builds create anticipation and curiosity, so I think you're on the right track!

Ahh yea, I've been in a lower tempo space recently because I switched my default template song to 90bpm. I did have some ambition to try and submit something for the m8 jungle compo when it was happening, but life got busy int the summer. Maybe I'll mess with some breakbeats next week!

Ooh I'd be down for feedback/collab. Maybe collab sometime in February? I'll message you!

As for the the synth pads, it's all chords from M8 Macrosynth's Wav Paraphonic mode with a bunch of effects on it. One of the sections I'm randomly moving around the filter cutoff, and in another place I'm running it through a trance gate effect via table (toggling volume between 0 and 100% in a pattern).

Ahh that's a good tip. Will have to emphasize this more as I work on things.

Thanks for listening! The M8 is kinda like LSDJ in the workflow but has a lot of other synths and a sampler built in. I actually got LSDJ set up on my old gameboy before I had the M8, but I didn't spend enough time with it beyond a few sketches. It was pretty fun though, I might try and do an LSDJ track sometime this year.

Thank for the kind words. Super excited be here with y'all

[quote=evanericksonmusic]Your intro make me think this would not have a drum beat, but then the chord changed and I was like “Oh, yeah this is gonna turn into a jungle song.” It’s not jungle! It’s very calming, rounded, and well-paced. The synths are definitely my favorite part. Always appreciate not sitting with unchanging sounds too long. Thanks for your kind comment on my piece :)[/quote] Ahh yea, I've been in a lower tempo space recently because I switched my default template song to 90bpm. I did have some ambition to try and submit something for the m8 jungle compo when it was happening, but life got busy int the summer. Maybe I'll mess with some breakbeats next week! [quote=evanericksonmusic]If you would ever like feedback on anything, or even some help with composing (we could compose a track together, half and half!), just hit me up on the m8 discord: @erickthedude. Your other song autoplayed, and I actually like this one a lot more. Again, you do such a great job with taking in / out layers. You’ve got great minimalist repetition, which I personally LOVE. Your synth pads and leads are amazing. Are these samples?? Or all m8?[/quote] Ooh I'd be down for feedback/collab. Maybe collab sometime in February? I'll message you! As for the the synth pads, it's all chords from M8 Macrosynth's Wav Paraphonic mode with a bunch of effects on it. One of the sections I'm randomly moving around the filter cutoff, and in another place I'm running it through a trance gate effect via table (toggling volume between 0 and 100% in a pattern). [quote=deeckzeven]Very cool. I think you've done a great job with the pacing and structure here. Nice sound design, especially enjoying that rhythmic bass. As for the difficulty of build-ups and drops, I hear you. My natural inclination is to write the build up first and try to make it go somewhere big. But unfortunately that usually doesn't give me great results. I have more luck writing the big part (drop/chorus/whatever) first and then backfilling the lead up to it. YMMV. [/quote] Ahh that's a good tip. Will have to emphasize this more as I work on things. [quote=Orjis]Ooo~ interesting, I enjoy it though! The sound design sound cool but I'm not familiar with M8s capabilieties to comment further. I think the your doing strong with the composition being varied and evolving though.[/quote] Thanks for listening! The M8 is kinda like LSDJ in the workflow but has a lot of other synths and a sampler built in. I actually got LSDJ set up on my old gameboy before I had the M8, but I didn't spend enough time with it beyond a few sketches. It was pretty fun though, I might try and do an LSDJ track sometime this year. [quote=jegasus]Hey! Fellow M8er here! Really great to see so many folks using it as their main weekly beats workhorse! Yeah, composition is hard... And so is sound design... And yeah, drum patterns, too, hahahaha... It's everything! But WB is a fantastic place to really hone your skills by just putting in the reps and allowing yourself to explore. And I gotta say, it sounds like you're already doing a DAMN good job at exploring, because this sounds VERY nice! I really like your sound choices here. The main ping-y synth is great and fits super well with the percussive elements. You also got a great set of sections - the song never feels repetitive or anything. Very fun! [/quote] [quote=MRDRCAT]Lovely sound design and mix! As someone else who gets turned around with composition and keeping a track moving and fresh, I hear you. For what it's worth, I think this one unfolds nicely. The different sections are all unique but fit nicely together, and your builds create anticipation and curiosity, so I think you're on the right track![/quote] [quote=WahSp]I think you've done great on the arrangement here![/quote] Thank for the kind words. Super excited be here with y'all :D