When I was a kid, the local university radio station would play ambient stuff like this late at night. Like a moonlight walk through a rainforest.

@TeddehSpaghetti

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like either Hearts of Space or Echoes. :) I listened to both of those amazing radio shows from when I was born in the late 80s and onward.

@LenientProcess

2 жыл бұрын

@@TeddehSpaghetti Yep, I listened to a lot of HoS when I was in college (and after). Miss that show!

@frederickh4942

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly with me too, had a difficult time trying to find music like this, thank you, about time!!

All of this beauty came from this little device? Man, crazy times we live in... Sublime!

Wow this really is the side of the M8 that I wanted to hear, thanks.

Gear is cool and all, but what this awesome track just shows is its the artist that's the most important thing. I know your full setup looks like the deck of the starship enterprise but you clearly dont need it, its just giving you more options to play with. Much respect.

I'm blown away, I still can't fully get in "the zone" yet but hearing amazing uses of then M8 like this really inspire me. ❤

So many people think they play ambient and write the most boring or obnoxious noise. This is quality ambient, love this

New gear, new workflow, but still totally you Pat. I think I'll stick with my Blackbox for this type of stuff, but this is a great example of what this little guy can do. Thank you.

Whoah!!! Love it! So glad to see this in your hands. Very inspiring. Should receive mine next month fingers crossed. Damn this sounds great

so stoked that you have an m8. I've been playing with the headless version and am amazed at how much it can do!

It's so CUTE! Like a lil pocket Nerdseq 🥰 Man, you always find the cool toys.

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

It reminds me a lot of NerdSeq, although the sampling on the M8 is way more powerful.

The more musical toys one possesses, the more musical possibilities that can be created. Nice track there, SA!

First time I have heard of or indeed seen this and it is high on my Wow factomitor! Oh the list grows longer and longer. Nice one SA.

That's an impressive array of sound for such a small package

That was sick. Now I'm truly interested in this synth

Modular Synthesis world just keep getting better and better!

No clue what’s going on, but Mesmerising…. Keeps my focus going Ty !

That little fella is making some nice noises so far 😉👍💖

You finally got your unit! Very good pick and design of sounds, I knew you'd kill it with the M8! (And the hiss goes very well with the track)

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Tristan! As I expected, I love this thing so far! So very fun to program and explore. My first attempt is a bit weak, but I'm still figuring it out :)

@TristanBaldi

2 жыл бұрын

@@stateazure I find it great! In fact I'm very curious about the way you planned your track with this semi-generative feel. Great work.

Great work. Love the sounds of the M8 series.

That's one powerful pocket daw there.

It's State. It's a STATE-MENT.!!! 🙌🙌🙌

How did I miss that you got an M8?! Love mine to pieces! Amazing jam, friend!

Better than most of your vids imo maybe you should continue to explore this

Amazing work! Sounds incredible!!

I love mine so far, would be cool if there was another 2 or 4 tracks they could update into the unit. However, what it does or can do with 8 tracks is just wonderful. This song is a great example of how full and lush this little unit can get. My biggest issue is being afraid to take it out of the house, I waited too digdummalee long to get mine. I'm terrified to lose it, break it, (add disastrous incident here). Anyways looking forward to what you produce in the future.

SMASHING !

beautiful

Excellent track.

Great music and amazing sound !

This was so very beautiful! Has this been released anywhere? Bandcamp perhaps @State Azure?

@stateazure

Жыл бұрын

Not yet

This is Class, nice work

Amazing work 👏

This is super cool. I am getting a Polyend Tracker soon and was just wondering about this. I am not sure if you'd be open to it, but I would love to hear a little about your planning/thought process behind a track like this. Do you simply just try and find a bunch of samples/sounds that are in the same scale, and then a bunch of other effect noises etc... that you think might work and then program in the probabilities? Higher ones that you want to for the body of the song, lower ones for the more melodic, common phrases and then super low for the stuff that really only pops in periodically?

i bet State Azure can re-score Blade Runner 1 & 2 with one hand during a live stream. incredible

We used to call this "experimental".

Sick, gj

Man your sound design is ultra clean in this track ! so pure frequencies what synth engine did you use? I want the m8 so much now

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I used the Macrosynth a bunch, and the sampler.

Just sounds incredible!! Way to go man. Is this straight off the m8 or mixed mastered in daw etc? 🎉

@stateazure

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I did some basic mastering in post, but all the mixing is done in the M8

are all those sounds made using M8 synths or you used also some samples ? It's sounds just fantastic ... what really surprises me is quality of reverb - at least from this track it soudns absolutely superb fantastic

@stateazure

9 ай бұрын

I think the only sampled used were the percussion parts and the main/pad atmosphere, the rest are the built in synths. The reverb and the synths are pretty good!

Good stuff!

Pretty wild

This is exactly what I needed when I came out of my k hole

More trackers! I need to find a nerdseq...

Looks like you have a new toy to practice and play with. More power to you. Come to think of it, how about doing a cover of "New Toy" by Lene Lovich?

Is this work on Bandcamp? I'm just learning the M8 and would love to see how things were built.

Uaaau...bem diferente essa música...😮😯😍

Dope!

Vraiment magnifique ! Bravo, je rêverai de voir comment tu as programmer cela pour obtenir une telle variété de phrase en si peu de lignes :)

What is the clicking, zipper-like noise?

Curious about the bluebox you mentioned in the description. What was it up to while you were recording the m8?

@stateazure

3 ай бұрын

I think it was just recording the output

Fantastico

Man, this is gorgeous. May I ask how long it took to wrap your head around using a tracker? I've never used one, but I love the results I'm hearing.

@stateazure

Жыл бұрын

It's hard to say. I started with the NerdSeq eurorack module first and learned that, it can take a little while, but if you have the motivation and find trackers really interesting it doesn't have to take long to learn the basics. I also think they're very fun to program, because you're also learning muscle memory with the buttons

@astrofreq

Жыл бұрын

@@stateazure thanks. I definitely want one. I just have to wait until he opens another preorder batch.

Fantastic track thanks - wondered how you make drones using a tracker workflow with short phrases? Don’t have an M8 yet but have pre ordered and will def be interested in trying out more ambient tracks. Thanks so much

@stateazure

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Well it depends really. Some ambient dones I've done on the M8 are looped samples, you can set the sample to just loop and pretty much ignore the sequencer. But if using internal synths, you can use long sustained notes over very long phrases (they don't have to be short), and if that's not enough you could always set to the tempo very slow. Anyway, I like to use samples a lot on the M8. The built in synth engine is decent, but I think the M8 shines with samples, or a combination.

@peacefulpigeon7254

Жыл бұрын

Interesting - thanks for the insight really helpful!

I am highly impressed. This litttle machine is doing so much. How would l begin to learn synthesizers?

In case I already don't want of these badly enough as it is! Been refreshing their site almost daily waiting for the next preorder round. How much of what you're using here is sample vs on-board synth engines? Still sounds like signature State Azure 👌

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

I know how you feel, I desperately wanted one of these! I was on the pre-order list for quite a while, but constantly checked Reverb for second hand sales and finally managed to bag one, otherwise it was a long wait. The pad you hear at the beginning is one of the samples from my Foundations sample pack, the drum samples/glitches are from my drum library, but everything else is from the built in synths.

@microfx

2 жыл бұрын

@@stateazure There is now a nice person selling one for >1200 bucks! I hope you didn't pay that much

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

@@microfx No! Nowhere near that, thankfully.

@GourlieRecords

2 жыл бұрын

@@stateazure Sweet! From what I've seen from the synth engines they're pretty powerful. I've been watching some Reverb & eBay auctions but the current asking prices over $900 are a bit steep for me. I'm banking on my patience to get me through the year 🙃

@advaita9156

Жыл бұрын

@@stateazure bit of a late response to an old comment here, but is the Foundations sample pack still available? Can’t seem to find it anywhere? :)

Огонь, !очень приятный саунд, .

Love your work. Tempted to buy an M8. Will you be selling any files of tracks so they can be listened to directly on the device?

@stateazure

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I would be happy to do that, I'm just not sure how to share the files yet. Perhaps with a Bandcamp release I could do it ie EP of the M8 tracks + the project files/bundle.

It sounds amazing, just not something I would be at home using. It sounds 100 times bigger than what it is and that's scary to think what a desk of these would be able to do. In the space of 1 synth, 10 of these would go so far further imo.

Now I want one. Need to get my head around hexadecimal first. 😭

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

It's not necessary, I don't really know hexadecimal, but I feel like I'm learning it anyway. For instance on the sequencer screen for a single track, the 16 steps are very clear and it shows the downbeat positions with Bold numbering. It also gives you very handy info at the bottom screen of the device for many selected values, so you can see exactly how much Random % Chance etc is set..for example.

@IISG93II

2 жыл бұрын

@@stateazure I was on the fence but your comment has made me less intimidated by hexadecimal. Now it's just a matter of waiting for supply to be available!

Man, the BASS on this is outstanding, so alien. Man, this is one great track. The reverbs, the strange alien deep bass hits, the subtle jon hopkins-esque glitch noises, the background ostinatos. Love it. Good thing i'm subscribed to this channel. The more I listen to this particular track, the more I appreciate it: is it on spotify?

@stateazure

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it! I haven't released any of these M8 tracks as of yet, but I might do a small EP of them once I get a couple more done.

@svono_svono_music

Жыл бұрын

​@@stateazure nice, great to hear. look forward to them. I like your other work too! if you are intersted, you can listen to some of my pieces on my channel / first album. Hope you enjoy, and feel free to lemme know what you think in the comments. Here's the link to my first album on yt, and there are many other tracks on the channel: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pnuBzrqwfrDUico.html

@stateazure

Жыл бұрын

Your 'Far Places' is really beautiful work, although I wonder why you chose such heavy filtering over the entire track. As far as the mood goes, I like that it is filtered/soft almost dreamlike and subdued, but I think you went way too far with it (although the guitar has some nice moments of clarity here and there). I could imagine a much, much better mix and final master that keeps the softness but just has more clarity and less mud. I can't fault the music though, you did a fantastic job, but the mixing unfortunately let's it down a bit..and about 1:24 - 1:25 there's even a pretty bad clash of low frequencies that could be fixed. Again, real nice stuff though, I'll check out some more.

@svono_svono_music

Жыл бұрын

​@@stateazure ​ I didn't see this comment reply, sorry for the late response! the notification must've been burried. Thank you for these kind words - Grateful that you resonated with the music. Also, thanks for the constructive feedback. Yes, the mixing/mastering side is something I need to work a lot more, still relitavely new to it all and teaching myself on the side of uni work (doing chemistry right now with interest to go medical biotechnology, it is very busy haha). I am going to release a better mixed / mastered version of this track along with many other pieces in a triple album in the making. The compositions do deserve a better mixing/mastering quality, but didn't want to wait too long so decided to release all tracks as 'version 0', Just so at least something is out there and the ideas are documented. The official, better mixed/mastered versions, will come soon in the final triple album in the making. Thanks again for the comment, grateful you enjoyed the music and gave constructive feedback. Maybe sometime in the future we could collaborate on something? Let me know what you think, my email is in the about section of my channel

@stateazure

Жыл бұрын

@@svono_svono_music I'm glad you finally noticed the comment :) I often miss replies to older videos etc as I don't seem to get notified unfortunately. Good luck with the album etc. I'm afraid I don't enjoy collaborating anymore, besides rarely having the time for it, but I appreciate the offer!

How did you learn to make such amazing music on M8? I have the device, but I don't have the musical ear (yet). It is hard for me to get started. What path leads a novice to mastery?

@stateazure

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed this! I'm no expert on trackers or using the M8 at all, and I still need to look up certain functions. Bare in mind I'm using a long sample loop, which you can hear right at the start with a nice pad playing (and birds etc). That sample I created in the DAW and created a seamless loop to use for one of the tracks as background atmosphere to build upon, it just loops. I also use good drum samples/loops (sliced) for percussion etc, rather than default internal stuff. Lead parts, arps, basses I use the internal synths. For actual composition, I just apply the musical knowledge I already have, which spans many years at this point. Composition, musical theory etc is always vastly more useful/important than the actual equipment.

@lorecrafting

8 ай бұрын

@@stateazureHey what program do you use to create the ambient soundscapes?

Wow, amazing!

Great track! If I could ask….what was the error in the BlueBox setup? Cheers!

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

It was my own fault actually, and a combination of low main output set in the M8 and on the Bluebox I recorded a track instead of the main outs.

@CapriciousBlackBox

2 жыл бұрын

@@stateazure thanks for the clarification. I try to learn from the mistakes of others as well as my own. My ratio is about 1/1000 lol. Cheers!

Absolutely no disrespect intended, but I'm genuinely curious, what value do you believe the analogous hardware brings over just digitally created ambients?

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

Are you asking me what I think about analog vs digital in hardware? There's no short answer I don't think. I do think analog is a bit overrated in the synth world, it has generally has limitations, but digital doesn't. I don't know, there's a lot to say about the differences..I like both, but I prefer digital for the infinite variety of sound design.

How much of this is samples and sample manipulation vs synths within the M8? What BPM are you running this at?

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

Sample used on track 1 which is the first sound played, everything else except the percussion is from the built in synths. BPM 85

@entropyroshan9846

2 жыл бұрын

@@stateazure are your bundles available somewhere so I can learn from you?

Would please tell us which part of the sounds is made using samples/built-in synth?

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

Track 1 is my own sample and the first thing you hear. Except the drums on track 7 and 8 everything is else, including the bass come from the built in Macrosynth.

@juginst4174

2 жыл бұрын

@@stateazure Thanks! I guess, this track is a great demonstration of what Macrosynth (and M8 in general) is capable of.

A DALL - E for synth music? Hope not.

Interesting bit of kit, looks hard to program

@Napoleonwilson1973

8 ай бұрын

Its not hard at all

🥀🥀🥀🥀

Ooooo way cool 👏

Micro Nerdseq?

Well I'm sorry but I think that was really bad

@stateazure

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, it was pretty terrible!

@crowstepin7338

2 жыл бұрын

@@stateazure you always play Such excellent music. I love your Channel, and listen to you for about 3 years now. Switchblade was really excellent but I'm sure you'll have many more coming. Later my brother.

@Napoleonwilson1973

11 ай бұрын

@@stateazure😆 respect mate no ego there.