1 Introduction

    2 Prelude

      2.1 M8 organization

      2.2 Basic navigation

      2.3 Overview of views

      2.4 Hexadecimal notation

      2.5 Creating a new project

      2.6 Chains and phrases

    3 A first song

      3.1 Creating chains and phrases

      3.2 General parameters in Instrument View

      3.3 Synth instrument types

      3.4 The sampler instrument type

      3.5 Adding the bass

      3.6 Adding the pad and pluck

    4 Dub techno with the FM Synth

      4.1 A first look at the FM Synth

      4.2 Percussive elements

      4.3 Melodic elements

      4.4 Performance options

    5 Crafting beats with the Sampler

      5.1 The art of sample selection

      5.2 Loading and using samples

      5.3 Slicing made easy

      5.4 The long and the short of samples

      5.5 A note on mixing

      5.6 Layering and resampling

      5.7 The Sample Editor

    6 More about instruments

      6.1 Instrument modulators

      6.2 Scales and transposition

      6.3 Wavsynth

      6.4 Macrosynth

      6.5 Hypersynth

    7 Working with tables

      7.1 Arpeggios and their variations

      7.2 LFOs and Envelopes

      7.3 Sound design

      7.4 Note map

      7.5 Other stuff?

    8 Interacting with other devices

      8.1 Using an external display

      8.2 USB audio options

      8.3 MIDI Settings View

      8.4 MIDI Out instrument

      8.5 External Instrument

      8.6 Using MIDI to affect M8 tracks

      8.7 External control surfaces

        8.7.1 Session mode and global actions

        8.7.2 A slight digression for Note mode

        8.7.3 More on Session mode

        8.7.4 Sequencer mode

        8.7.5 Just a bit more...

    9 To be completed

      9.1 Other chapters?

      9.2 Things to cover somewhere

      9.3 Undocumented FX Commands (add somewhere)

    10 Sources and acknowledgements