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Buzz VS OpenMPT

Compare Buzz VS OpenMPT and see what are their differences

Buzz logo Buzz

Buzz is the first ever "easy to use" free modular software based synthesizer.

OpenMPT logo OpenMPT

OpenMPT is a popular tracker software for Windows.
  • Buzz Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-04-01
  • OpenMPT Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-30

Buzz videos

Disney Store Buzz Lightyear Review

More videos:

  • Review - Buzz E-Bikes Buzz Review - $1.5k
  • Review - Toy Story Collection Buzz Lightyear with New Utility Belt Toy Review

OpenMPT videos

How to link VST effects in OpenMPT

More videos:

  • Review - About MPT / OpenMPT

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Buzz and OpenMPT)
Audio & Music
12 12%
88% 88
Audio
14 14%
86% 86
Music Tools
0 0%
100% 100
Music
14 14%
86% 86

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, OpenMPT should be more popular than Buzz. It has been mentiond 25 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Buzz mentions (4)

  • Free Music Software
    Or Buzz, but I never got the hang of it. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • Trackers: The Sound of 16-Bit
    I'll just drop some links here for people to go down the rabbit hole on. I was a huge Buzz user back in the early 2000s. Https://www.renoise.com Https://jeskola.net/buzz/ Https://sourceforge.net/projects/psycle/. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Audio software to turn any sound into specific note
    I did something similar (with my voice), but a long time ago so I'm out of the loop, with Buzzmachines. Site has disappeared since but I found this: Buzz, and more suggestions here: AlternativeTo. Source: over 2 years ago
  • My family calls it "The Spaceship"... it's my happiest place on earth.
    The tracker definitely looks dope. Have you used trackers in the past? I did a record with one back in the late 90s. I think it was called Buzz, and there is a freeware one called Jeskola Buzz now (http://jeskola.net/buzz/) but it looked different from what I remember. It was a really cool workflow though. Source: about 3 years ago

OpenMPT mentions (25)

  • need help finding these wav files.
    The bottom of the page says it's on The Mod Archive. What format is the song in? If it's still in its original modular format (as opposed to rendered to MP3 or WAV) you should be able to open it in OpenMPT and save the samples from there. Source: 10 months ago
  • wind ohs eggs pee
    The software that is used to make the music is (likely) OpenMPT, which is a software I use quite often for making Tracker Music. Tracker music is a really fun form of music software to work with if you don't know how music notes work but do know how computers work. If you want an example of how Tracker Music sounds, check out Dues Ex's title theme, which was composed entirely with a older tracker. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Are there any DAWs with something similar to Audacity's "Audio Selection Sequencer 2" plugin?
    There is also a type of app that is more sophisticated than Audio Selection Sequencer2, but simpler than a typical DAW sequencer. The type of application that I'm thinking of is called a "Tracker". Music Trackers were very popular back in the '90's, but their popularity has declined considerably since DAWs became common on PCs. One of the few music trackers that still exists is OpenMPT https://openmpt.org/. Source: about 1 year ago
  • does anyone know of a good daw that replicates the snes sound chips?
    When making mockups I typically use OpenMPT. With the 8-tap Sinc Resampler: Kaizer Window Filter at 72%(?) bandwidth. Didn't test it extensively for accuracy but it outputs a warm sound not unlike the SNES, bass becomes "plastic" in a similar fashion. For echo I just use the default Direct X Audio Effects Echo plugin but it's inaccurate. Another thing with OpenMPT is it has a decent sample editor so you can work... Source: over 1 year ago
  • How did you get into microtonal?
    My music theory teacher mentioned that in the days before 12 equal that G# and Ab were not the same pitch. IIRC he said that G# was lower than Ab. That was enough to send me down the microtonal Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole once years later I got my hands on something that could let me explore tuning other than 12 equal - and that was a music tracker. This is one that survives to this day and now has native... Source: over 1 year ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Buzz and OpenMPT, you can also consider the following products

SunVox - SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern based sequencer (tracker).

Sibelius - Sibelius is a virtual score creation tool which allows composers to easily create new piano scores, developed by Avid.

Radium - Radium is a music editor with a new type of interface.

Guitar Pro 7 - Create, play and share your tabs

LMMS - Make music with a free, cross-platform tool

LilyPond - GNU LilyPond is a computer program for music engraving.