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• 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: about 3 years 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: over 3 years 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: over 3 years 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 3 years 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 3 years ago

• What music tracker would you recommend for someone who's never used a tracker before?

  To answer your question, most use https://openmpt.org/ or https://milkytracker.org/. Source: over 3 years ago

• Hacker News top posts: Nov 11, 2022

  OpenMPT – Open ModPlug Tracker - Discover the Music Inside\ (10 comments). Source: over 3 years ago

• Importing old tracker files?

  Renoise opens .it files, iirc .s3m files can be converted without issues to that. You could do that with eg. OpenMPT https://openmpt.org/. Source: over 3 years ago

• Are you ever worried about preserving VSTs for the future, or are you "done" once the song is mastered?

  Or you could load the xm files into the amazing Bassoon Tracker or OpenMPT and then export the samples as WAVs. Source: almost 4 years ago

• The M8 is easily the most versatile piece of music equipment I’ve ever used.

  I recommend people try out a software tracker first before pushing the buy button. Like OpenMPT https://openmpt.org/. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Open source DAW ideas?

  If you're into the tracker workflow, there are lots of open source ones, https://openmpt.org/ for instance will allow you to control external hardware over midi. Source: almost 4 years ago

• MAGICORE ANOMALA - New Amiga OCS game, official first look

  Graphics were done using tools such as Photoshop and Piskel and converted to appropriate Amiga bitmap formats using amigeconv. Music was composed in FL Studio first, then each instrument was rendered as its own sample, and the track was recreated in OpenMPT as a MOD tracker file. Source: almost 4 years ago

• Advice on upgrading from Pocket Operator for retro game music

  Maybe you can look at a tracker: https://openmpt.org/. Source: about 4 years ago

• Things I don’t want to do to grow my side project

  I like this comment; and I have a similar thing with "indie music" or "jingle creation"; lots of podcasts and such have the listeners submit music and jingles to go with the theme of the show, and while a couple over the years have been really fascinatingly good, 99% of it is not. I produced and wrote several electronic albums over 16 years, to no fame, fortune, or recognition. I changed my workflows and software... - Source: Hacker News / about 4 years ago

• Sufficient theory for dance music without being overwhelmed?

  If you want to stick to using samples, have you ever considered using a tracker? The interface is somewhat primitive compared to a DAW, but they work well for pattern-based music made from samples. Calvin Harris made his album I Created Disco on a tracker. Many free ones are available. Source: over 4 years ago

• Interpretation of ‘Bloody Tears’ on Gameboy

  I used OpenMPT https://openmpt.org/ and the template.mod from GBStudio as a starting point. I agree there are not a whole lot of good starting tutorials for beginners out there. Source: over 4 years ago

• Tracker music for my game?

  There are modern music trackers, eg: OpenMPT, MilkyTracker, and others that can be used to create tracker music. Source: over 4 years ago

• just saw a lot of people get inspired by sewerslvt and make their own music

  Free: LMMS, Ardour (if you compile it yourself), OpenMPT. Source: over 4 years ago

• Winner -- Back 2 Back -- July 2021 Mix Competition

  Thunder's 1998 and 1999 releases are SymMODs and everything else is just an ordinary MOD. You should be able to find these tracks on a few different MOD archive sites, and play them in Protracker and Symphonie on an Amiga emulator if you're ambitious, or on almost any tracker or MOD player if you're not. That's for the MODs, anyway, the SymMODs require either Symphonie or a development release (v1.30 or later) of... Source: almost 5 years ago

• Microtonal Music Software

  OpenMTP works fine. It's pretty accessible if you are familiar with FastTracker type interfaces. It uses samples and supports .vst if that's useful. I'm not sure if it meets point 1. You can specify your own custom tuning systems, but you do that in a menu and not on the grid. You can get it here. I haven't used the klangfreude digital sinecrafter, but it might be more what you are looking for. Here's a video of... Source: almost 5 years ago

• Windows 96

  This is also still alive: https://openmpt.org/ What I liked most about .mod files is that you could actually open them directly in the editors and see how they were made, quite fun to do that with old games that still used this format (Death Rally, DX-ball 2, Unreal (Tournament)). - Source: Hacker News / almost 5 years ago