2026.08.22

What's Changed

• Week 1: audition oscillator shapes at pitch (NOTE PREVIEW) by @sadbuttrue1 in #1
• Document m8-agent MCP tool for verifying M8 facts by @sadbuttrue1 in #2
• Week 1: arrange dynamics with empty-phrase chains, not mutes by @sadbuttrue1 in #3
• Add requirements.txt for the PDF build by @sadbuttrue1 in #4
• Credit Danielyan (t.me/sadbuttrue1) in the PDF and README by @sadbuttrue1 in #5
• Week 1: add optional 'number by column' organization aside by @sadbuttrue1 in #6
• Fix M8 manual-accuracy issues found in full audit by @sadbuttrue1 in #7
• Clarify markdown vs Notion roles in CLAUDE.md by @sadbuttrue1 in #8
• Clarify Week 2 B-section task and switch deliverable to bars by @sadbuttrue1 in #9
• Convert deliverable track-lengths to bars/rows (Weeks 3, 4, 7, 8) by @sadbuttrue1 in #10
• Week 2: explain bipolar ADSR AMT (split at 80) by @sadbuttrue1 in #11
• Week 3: clarify acid bassline task, fix PIT vs PSL by @sadbuttrue1 in #12
• Week 5: explain what mix "issues" to listen for by @sadbuttrue1 in #13
• Week 6: explain how to read limiter compression in Step 4 by @sadbuttrue1 in #14
• Week 7: explain how to build each Thread 1 instrument by @sadbuttrue1 in #15
• Week 7: explain PIT vs PSL for the acid bass 303 glide by @sadbuttrue1 in #16
• Week 7: rewrite FM bass as a from-scratch recipe (no presets) by @sadbuttrue1 in #17
• Week 7: add FM Synth as a third snare source route by @sadbuttrue1 in #18
• Week 7: explain the open-hat TRIG ENV choke as a full recipe by @sadbuttrue1 in #19
• Week 7: clarify Table TIC velocity mapping (Option A) by @sadbuttrue1 in #20
• Week 10: use M8's native STEMS render instead of mute-and-render by @sadbuttrue1 in #21
• Scope A is releasable: on-device streaming-ready path by @sadbuttrue1 in #22
• Add firmware, timing and troubleshooting references; fix manual citations by @sadbuttrue1 in #24
• Add complete Russian edition for firmware 6.6.1 by @LeEtranger in #23
• Publish PDFs as GitHub Releases; fix the English cover by @sadbuttrue1 in #25

New Contributors

• @sadbuttrue1 made their first contribution in #1
• @LeEtranger made their first contribution in #23

Full Changelog: https://github.com/sadbuttrue1/m8-guide/commits/2026.08.22