Dirtywave M8 Manuel utilisateur

Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual

Operation Manual

Version 2.0.6 - 19/09/2021

Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual

FCC Compliance Statement

CAUTION: The manufacturer is not responsible for any changes or modications not

expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance. Such modications could

void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class

B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to

provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not in-

stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to

radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur

in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio

or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment o and on,

the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following

measures:

– Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

– Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

– Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit dierent from that to which the re-

ceiver is connected.

– Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

ISED Compliance Statement

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe [B] est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

CAN ICES-3 (B)/NMB-3(B)

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Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual

Credits and Acknowledgments

Concept & Inspiration

Timothy Lamb, Johan Kotlinski, Émilie @ Mutable Instruments

Sound Library / Factory Content

Avrilcadabra, Electronisounds, Mikey303, Tobokegao, Trash80

User Contributed Documentation

Disposable Planet, Gunnbr, Jonbro, Lazerbeat, Mare Corax, Peter Swimm,

Roboctopus, rootnode

Help and Feedback

Everyone who has contributed with time and eort in beta testing and continual support

via Patreon and Discord. Thank you!

Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Operation Manual Conventions 2

Overview 3

Physical Layout 3

Powering Up 3

Charging 3

Audio Output and Volume Control 4

The microSD Card 4

Getting Started 5

Introduction 5

Song Structure 5

Navigation 6

Global Key Shortcuts 7

Common Editing Shortcuts 7

Hexadecimal 8

Firmware Updates 8

Additional Help and Resources 8

Loading a Demo Song 9

Song View 10

Live Mode 11

Chain View 12

Phrase View 14

Instrument View 16

Instrument Envelope View 18

Table View 20

Groove View 22

Mixer View 24

Eect Settings View 26

Project View 28

Theme View 30

MIDI Mapping View 31

MIDI Settings View 32

Render View 34

Eect Command Help View 35

Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual

Instruments 36

Wavsynth 36

Macrosynth 38

Sampler 40

Sample Editor 42

FM Synth 44

MIDI Out 46

USB Features 47

Appendix 48

Troubleshooting 48

Key Shortcuts 50

Relative and Absolute FX Commands 51

Sequencer FX Commands 51

Mixer & Eects Commands 54

Instrument FX Commands 56

Macrosynth Models 57

Common Groove Examples 62

Hexadecimal Table 63

Specications 64

Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual

Introduction

Thank you for exploring the M8. This ambitious little music maker is the end result of a

MIDI tracker project that was started in 2013. Inspired by controlling external synthe-

sizers with Little Sound DJ to bring simplicity and eciency to modern music making.

In 2019 it was expanded with a more powerful processor, realizing the project could do

more than MIDI alone.

Originally the plan was to have basic sample playback, MIDI, and a version of one of my

chiptune inspired software synthesizers (Oki-Computer, Digitech, Blittersynth). Howev-

er the concept was pushed further over the last 2 years to include original eects al-

gorithms (reverb, delay, chorus, and compressor/limiter), a port of Mutable Instruments

“Macro” synth, a unique 4-op FM synthesizer, song rendering, and sample recording/

editing.

The M8 has transformed from a simple concept to a powerhouse of sound in a portable

form factor. It has been quite the journey and I hope you nd it inspirational and useful

for your creative endeavors.

Cheers,

Timothy Lamb - Trash80

Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual

Operation Manual Conventions

The following format is used for describing key combinations:

Examples

• [OPTION]+[EDIT] Hold down the option key and press edit.

• [OPTION, then EDIT] Press and release the option key, then press and release the

edit key.

• [SHIFT]+[OPTION, then EDIT] While holding down the shift key, press and release

the option key, then press and release the edit key.

• [SHIFT]+[UP or DOWN] While holding down the shift key, press and release either

the up or down direction keys.

• [DIRECTION] Use any of the 4 directional keys: left, right, up, or down.

Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual

Overview

Physical Layout

Powering Up

The power button is located on the right side of the unit. Press the button for 1 second

to turn on, 2 seconds to turn o. The button is slightly recessed by design to prohibit

unintentional power cycles when stored.

Note: If a software crash occurs or unit is non-responsive, you can power down the unit

by depressing the button for 7 seconds. The unit can be powered back on to continue

normal operation. Please report crashes to [email protected].

Charging

Charge the unit with the included Micro USB cable and an adequate USB power source

(500mA - Standard USB). Battery level and charging indicator status can be found at

the top right of the display. The M8 is charging when the battery icon is animating. You

can operate the M8 while it is charging, however please allow the M8 to fully charge for

the rst time before using it without external power.

SONG

12345678

00>00 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

04 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0A -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0B -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0C -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0D -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0E -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0F -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

T>120

1E-3

2---

3---

4---

5---

6---

7---

8---

SCPIT

AUDIO USB MIDI

OPTION EDIT

PLAY

SHIFT

Micro SD - Use suggested

cards in proper format

dirtywave.com/sd

USB power, audio, MIDI,

and virtual display.

MIDI Input (TRS Type A)

MIDI Output (TRS Type A)

Refer to the key command

section of this manual

Battery level indicator

Current song tempo

Track note monitor

Power button

(Press to power on/off)

Screen navigation position

(Mini-map)

Stereo audio Input

(Line-level only)

Headphone/audio output

Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual

Audio Output and Volume Control

The audio output connector is suitable for both general output and headphone use.

When an output is connected the built-in speakers will stop functioning. You can adjust

the output and speaker volume by navigating to the Project view [SHIFT]+[UP], high-

light the “OUTPUT VOL” setting, and adjust with [EDIT]+[DIRECTION]. Please note

that levels above “F0” will be quite loud when using small headphones/earbuds/IEMs

and as such for your hearing protection “F0” is the maximum volume recalled when the

M8 powers up- regardless of what it was previously set to.

The microSD Card

The M8 uses a microSD card to store data including songs, samples, instruments and

themes. When samples are played, they are streamed directly from the SD card. They

are not read from memory. Therefore the random access read speed of the SD card is

critical to the proper operation of the M8. Most cards are optimized for working with

a single le sequentially and can have performance issues with playback of multiple

samples at the same time. A complete list of tested cards with the M8 is available here:

https://dirtywave.com/sd.

Please be careful inserting the card. The slot in your unit might be slightly bigger than

the card reader. Misaligned insertion may result in the card being stuck in the enclosure.

See the troubleshooting section for more information.

Cards used with the M8 must be formatted using the SD Association SD Memory Card

Formatter tool: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter. This will ensure the card’s

format is optimized for reading data quickly.

The SD card that ships with the M8 has been tested to have a high enough read speed

to handle most workloads. However, even the included card does have limits. If song

playback is halted with a “CPU TOO BUSY” message, this is most likely the cause. To

limit this issue there are multiple steps you can take:

• Convert stereo samples to mono where stereo is not necessary - e.g. Kick drums

• Convert 24-bit samples to 16-bit or 8-bit where volume detail is not critical

• Avoid playing samples an octave or higher above their recorded frequency (each

octave doubles the amount of data that needs to be read each second)

Converting to mono or dropping the bit rate or sample rate can be done in the sample

editor view. More information can be found in the Sample Editor section of this manual.

Dirtywave M8 Operation Manual

Getting Started

Introduction

The M8 is an 8 track sequencer and synthesizer. Each track can play one single note

at a time using any one of up to 128 instruments in the song. Every instrument can be

congured to be a synthesizer, a sample, or to control external equipment using MIDI.

The sequencer used in the M8 is known as a “music tracker” commonly found in clas-

sic composition software dating as far back as the late 1980s. Unlike typical DAWs and

step sequencers, musical notes and events are arranged from top to bottom and the

tracks are arranged from left to right. At rst glance it might look complicated, but it is

really quite elegant. The advantage of using this layout is that any instrument changes

or commands entered appear more intrinsically tied to the note they reside next to.

PHRASE 00

N V I CMD1 CMD2 CMD3

0>E-3 64 00 KIL05 ---00 ---00

1--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

2G#3 -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

3G-3 60 01 CUT10---00 ---00

4--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

5--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

6--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

7--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

8--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

9--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

A--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

B--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

C--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

D--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

E--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

F--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

T>120

1E-3

2 ---

3 ---

4 ---

5 ---

6 ---

7 ---

8 ---

SCPIT

On a traditional music tracker a song is constructed by arranging patterns together

where a pattern consists of tracks grouped together for a predened number of steps.

What makes the M8 dierent is each track has its own independent play position, and

the pattern is broken up even further into what are called chains and phrases. Typically

songs are composed of a list of chains per track, where each chain contains a list of

phrases. This structure avoids repetitive copying and pasting, as well as allows for eas-

ily duplicating, cloning, and transposing sections of a melody or progression.

Song Structure

Songs are comprised of 8 functionally identical tracks that play through a list of chains

vertically. Chains are groups of phrases, and phrases contain the notes, velocities, in-

strument assignments, and command eects.

SONG

12345678

00>00 -- -- -- -- -- -- --

01 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

04 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

05 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

06 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

07 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

08 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

09 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0A -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0B -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0C -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0D -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0E -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

0F -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

T>120

1E-3

2 ---

3 ---

4 ---

5 ---

6 ---

7 ---

8 ---

SCPIT

INST. 00

TYPE SAMPLE LOAD SAVE

NAME ------------

SAMPLE TEST-SAMPLE-TACOS-1

SLICE 00OFF

PLAY 00FWD-PP

START 00

LOOP ST.00

LENGTH FF

DETUNE 80

DEGRADE 00

FILTER 00LOWPASS

CUTOFF FF

RES 00

PAN 00

DRY 00

CHO FF

DEL 00

REV 00

TRANSP. ON TABLE TIC 01

AMP 00

LIM 00CLIP

PHRASE 00

N V I CMD1 CMD2 CMD3

0>E-3 64 00 KIL05 ---00 ---00

1--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

2--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

3--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

4--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

5--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

6--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

7--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

8--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

9--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

A--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

B--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

C--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

D--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

E--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

F--- -- -- ---00 ---00 ---00

T>120

1E-3

2 ---

3 ---

4 ---

5 ---

6 ---

7 ---

8 ---

SCPIT

CHAIN 00

PH TSP

0>00 00

101 00

2-- 00

3-- 00

4-- 00

5-- 00

6-- 00

7-- 00

8-- 00

9-- 00

A-- 00

B-- 00

C-- 00

D-- 00

E-- 00

F-- 00

T>120

1E-3

2 ---

3 ---

4 ---

5 ---

6 ---

7 ---

8 ---

SCPIT

TABLE 00

N V CMD1 CMD2 CMD3

0>00 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

100 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

200 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

300 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

400 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

500 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

600 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

700 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

800 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

900 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

A00 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

B00 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

C00 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

D00 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

E00 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

F00 -- ---00 ---00 ---00

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