Now you can make music with clones of music trackers ported to modern platforms: http://schismtracker.org/ https://milkytracker.org/ The main problem is finding samples. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

Https://www.deflemask.com/ and http://famitracker.com/ for chiptunes specifically. If you want samples as well, https://www.renoise.com/ is of course king, otherwise check out https://milkytracker.org/ and http://schismtracker.org/ . Source: about 2 years ago

Nowadays I use the new remake of FastTracker II https://16-bits.org/ft2.php. It's quite impresive how they copy almost identical the original one. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

Also of interest might be this 1:1 remake of FastTracker 2: https://16-bits.org/ft2.php. I’ve only played around briefly but it was exactly as I remember it! FT2 was pretty much my intro to making music, it came on a PC Format magazine cover CD with a a bunch of XM/MOD files and it blew my mind that I could open up these songs and see how they were made! I never got particularly good with it but had some fun... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

I just went on the Fastracker 2 clone website and downloaded the Mac version. Source: over 1 year ago

I think a PO33 is a great sampler and I love it (I made some videos with it) BUT if you've never made any music you'd better start with a DAW like FL or Ableton, Cubase ecc.. I recommend also Fast tracker II (https://16-bits.org/ft2.php) which is free, It's a great piece of software that can achieve a lot. Also if you're interested in cheap solutions for more expensive gear I recommend Michael and his channel... Source: almost 2 years ago

Https://16-bits.org/ft2.php might be a fun experiment. Source: about 2 years ago