Collections and Starting Points

• The M8 Companion, a WIP comprehensive documentation resource by Prabhakar Ragde and Brian Simpson.
• Open M8 Tips and Tricks (warning: Google Docs!) A massive collection of community-sourced tips and techniques.
• Not M8 specific, but Samples from Mars has free sample packs that work great as a starting point.

Video Tutorials and Information

Comprehensive/beginner videos:

• Beginner Tips and Tricks by Jeremy Redmeansrecording
• Aisjam’s From Scratch to Song

Learn about sampling on the M8:

• Autosampling Tutorial by Jay Maculate
• Sample Slicing Tutorial by Jay Maculate

Build your own instruments on the M8:

• Learn FM Synthesis with M8 Tracker and the follow-up video M8 FM Synth - Let’s Make an Electric Piano, both from Impbox
• Tables Tutorial by MJ Quick
• Internal MIDI Tutorial by Sarkus

Misc. stuff:

• Using External MIDI Controllers by Stephen McCloud
• Generative Music Tutorial by 1[wild]rogue

Samples, Settings, and Presets

• Microtonal Scales for M8 by Muppet (public domain release)
• The Science, 60 bass presets by Jeremy Redmeansrecording
• Big list of bundles (warning: Google Docs!)

Tools and Utilities

• M8 Themes, a huge collection of theme files for the M8’s screen. I contributed the BLAOHAJ and BRIGHTHAJ themes.
• matey, a tool for examining M8 instrument definitions and a collection of instruments and associated patch notes
• m8gd, a tool for rendering the M8’s video output into an aesthetically pleasing scene of your choice.
• M8 Sample Organizer for auto-renaming sample files.
• m8fsto for managing samples and bundles on the filesystem, without the M8 present.
• You Need A Drum Kit for merging samples into pre-sliced single file kits.
• Rem8xer, a tool for moving full chains between projects (video)