Looking slick imo, though a bit weird maybe with the button layout . Gas is definitely activated, though at the moment I can’t justify a 450,- dollar purchase, also knowing I have a hardly touched polyend tracker here that needs more love. If in the future the price can come down, perhaps with a cheaper Nerdseq portable as direct competition a better choice can be weighed.
If I was more into chiptune stuff (lol, I use a Tracker as my main daw and don’t really mess with Jungle/chiptune/DnB all that much) I would be way more interested. form factor and general looks are great. If I got anything it would probably be the Polyend. Ultimately, though, I have Renoise on a fairly portable laptop with a bunch of VSTs that make all the sounds I like, along with a Rolend R-26 Field recorder, so really I have a hard time justifying the purchase of a Polyend or M8.