'[#[WHAT IS A TRACKER?]
A tracker is the generic term for a class of music sequencer software. It allows the user to arrange the notes stepwise on a timeline across several monophonic channels. A tracker's interface is primarily numeric; notes are entered via the alphanumeric keys of the computer keyboard, while parameters, effects and so forth are entered in hexadecimal.


Future article MUSIC TOOLS. (in progress)

FORMATING / CATEGORY
MUSIC TOOL (botb reference, that's is internal reference) (where does it run) (*.FORMAT) URL > only for entries with no or bare bone lyceum entries.

TODOS (current state = on diapers)
*do not copy paste from elsewhere (rephrase)
*add up-to-date tracker's effect commands
*add missing articles referenced here
*archaic trackers

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'[#[TRACKERS]

'[t[b4]also see the '[[tracker[long list]'[/t]

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'[t[b2]'[[Adlib (soundchip)]'[/t]
  * '[[Adlib Tracker II] (Windows, DOS) (*.a2m)
  * '[[AMusic v1.12] (*.amd)
  * '[[Reality Adlib Tracker] (DOS) (*.rad) 
  * '[[Faust Music Creator] (DOS) (*.fmc)
  * '[[Schism Tracker] (Multi-platform) (*.s3m)
  * '[[Scream Tracker 3] (DOS) (*.s3m)

'[t[b2]'[[AHX Tracker]'[/t] (Amiga) (*.ahx)  '[l[http://amigascne.org/abyss/ahx/[link]

'[t[b2]Amiga'[/t]
 * '[[Protracker]

'[t[b2]Atari 2600'[/t]
  * '[[LoopCart] (Atari 2600) (*.bin) '[l[http://www.qotile.net/loopcart.html[link] 
  * '[[TIATracker] (Windows) (*.ttt) '[l[http://atariage.com/forums/topic/250014-tiatracker-a-new-sound-routine-and-sequencer-application/[link] 

'[t[b2]'[[Atari ST (console)[Atari ST]'[/t]
  * '[[maxYMiser] (Atari ST) (*.snd) '[l[http://www.preromanbritain.com/maxymiser/[link] 
  * '[[Vortex Tracker II] (Windows) (*.snd, *.sndh) '[l[http://bulba.untergrund.net/vortex_e.htm[link]

'[t[b2]Atari 8-bit'[/t]
  * '[[Raster Music Tracker] (Windows) (*.sap) '[l[http://raster.infos.cz/atari/rmt/rmt.htm[link]
  * '[l[http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=utils&sub=3.%20Muzyka&tg=Chaos%20Music%20Composer#Chaos%20Music%20Composer[Chaos Music Composer] (Atari) (*.cmc)
  * '[l[http://atarionline.pl/utils/3.%20Muzyka/Delta%20Composer/Delta%20Composer%201.6.xex[Delta Composer] (Atari) (*.dmc)
  * '[l[http://atarionline.pl/utils/3.%20Muzyka/Music%20ProTracker/Music%20ProTracker%202.4s.atr[Music ProTracker] (Atari) (*.mpt)
  * '[l[http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?ct=utils&sub=3.%20Muzyka&tg=Theta%20Music%20Composer#Theta%20Music%20Composer[Theta Music Composer] (Atari) (*.tmc)

'[t[b2]'[[Commodore 64]'[/t]
  * '[[DefleMask Tracker] (Windows, Linux, Mac) (*.dmf, *.wav) '[l[http://delek.com.ar/deflemask/[link]
 ------ '[[DefleMask Tracker Effects Commands]  
  * '[[DMC] (*.sid)
  * '[[GoatTracker] (C64, Windows, Linux) (*.sid) '[l[http://covertbitops.c64.org/[link]
  * '[[CheeseCutter] (C64, Windows, Linux) (*.sid) '[l[http://theyamo.kapsi.fi/ccutter/[link]

'[t[b2]'[[Game Boy[GameBoy / color]'[/t]
  * '[l[http://www.pidelipom.com/boyscout/download.asp[BoyScout] (Windows) (*.bgf)
  * '[[Carillon editor] (GB, DS) (*.sav)
  * '[[DefleMask Tracker] (Windows, Linux, Mac) (*.dmf, *.wav) '[l[http://delek.com.ar/deflemask/[link]
 ------ '[[DefleMask Tracker Effects Commands]
  * '[[LSDJ] (GB, DS) (*.sav) '[l[http://www.littlesounddj.com/[link]
 ------ '[[Little Sound Dj Effects Commands]
  * '[l[http://www.nanoloop.de/[Nanoloop] (GB, DS) (*.sav) *sound editor and sequencer*
  * '[[Paragon5] (Windows) (*.mgb)
  * '[[Fatass Tracker] (GBC, DS) (*.sav) '[l[http://jeremyevers.com/fatass/[link]

'[t[b2]'[[GameBoy Advance]'[/t]
  * '[[Furious Advance Tracker] (GBA, DS) (*.sav) '[l[http://www.furiousadvancetracker.com/[link]
  * '[[M4G Tracker] (GBA, DS) (*.sav) '[l[http://woolyss.com/chipmusic-chiptrackers.php?s=M4G+Tracker[link]
  * '[l[http://woolyss.com/chipmusic-chiptrackers.php?s=Ditty+Editor+[Ditty Editor] (GBA, DS) (*.sav)
  * '[l[http://www.nanoloop.de/[Nanoloop] (GBA, DS) (*.sav) *sound editor and sequencer*

'[t[b2]'[[LittleGPTracker]'[/t] (GP2x, PSP, Windows, Mac OSX, Debian) (*.sav)  '[l[http://www.littlegptracker.com/[link]

 '[t[b2]'[[s3xmodit (format)[Classical DOS Modules]'[/t] (most used filetypes) (*.s3m, *.xm, *.mod, *.it, '[[669 Format[*.669])
  * '[l[http://chibitracker.berlios.de/[ChibiTracker] (Windows) (*.it)
  * '[[FastTracker II] (DOS) (*.xm) '[l[http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=13350[link]
------ '[[FastTrackerII Effects Commands]
  * '[[Impulse Tracker] (DOS) (*.it) '[l[http://www.users.on.net/~jtlim/ImpulseTracker/[link]
------ '[[ImpulseTracker Effects Commands]
  * '[[MilkyTracker] (Multi-platform) (*.xm) '[l[http://www.milkytracker.net/[link]
  * '[[MODPlug Tracker] (Windows) (*.s3m, *.xm, *.mod, *.it) '[l[http://www.modplug.com/trackerinfo.html[link]
  * '[[NitroTracker] (DS) (*.xm) '[l[http://nitrotracker.tobw.net/[link]
  * '[[Schism Tracker] (Multi-platform) (*.it, *.s3m) '[l[http://schismtracker.org/[link]
  * '[[Composer 669] (DOS) ('[[*.669]) '[l[http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=63357[link]
 
'[t[b2]'[[NES Famicom (console)[NES / Famicom]'[/t] 
  * '[[DefleMask Tracker] (Windows, Linux, Mac) (*.dmf, *.vgm) '[l[http://delek.com.ar/deflemask/[link]
 ------ '[[DefleMask Tracker Effects Commands]
  * '[[FamiTracker] (Windows) (*.nsf, *.ftm, *.bin)
------ '[[FamiTracker Effects Commands]
  * '[[0CC-FamiTracker] (Windows) (*.nsf, *.0cc, *.bin, *.nsfe)
------ '[[0CC-FamiTracker Effects Commands]
  * '[[NesTracker] (Windows) (*.nsf, *.nest)
  * '[[NerdTracker II] (DOS/Windows) (*.ned) *you need to compile to .nsf * '[l[http://nesdev.parodius.com/nt2/[link]
 * '[[NTRQ] (Nes) (*.sav) '[l[http://blog.ntrq.net/[link]
 * '[l[http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=56336[Musetracker] (Windows) (*.pom) *FamiTone export available*

'[t[b2]'[[hes (format)[PC EngineTurboGrafx-16]'[/t] 
  * '[[DefleMask Tracker] (Windows, Linux, Mac) (*.dmf, *.vgm) '[l[http://delek.com.ar/deflemask/[link]
 ------ '[[DefleMask Tracker Effects Commands]

'[t[b2]'[[Renoise]'[/t] (Windows, Linux, Mac) (*.xrns)
 ------ '[[Renoise Effects Commands]

'[t[b2]'[[Sinclair ZX Spectrum]'[/t]
  * '[[1tracker] (multi-platform) (*.1tm)
  * '[[Beepola] (Windows) (*.bbsong)
  * '[[Vortex Tracker II] (Windows) (*.ay)
  * Sound-Tracker
  * SQ-Tracker

'[t[b2]'[[sms (format)[SEGA Master System]'[/t]
  * '[[DefleMask Tracker] (Windows, Linux, Mac) (*.dmf, *.vgm) '[l[http://delek.com.ar/deflemask/[link]
 ------ '[[DefleMask Tracker Effects Commands]
  * '[[MOD2PSG2] (Windows) (*.vgm) 
  * '[[SnevenTracker] (Windows) (*.snm, *.vgm) '[l[https://github.com/HertzDevil/SnevenTracker[link]
 ------ '[[SnevenTracker Effects Commands]

'[t[b2]'[[sgen (format)[SEGA Genesis]'[/t]
  * '[[DefleMask Tracker] (Windows, Linux, Mac) (*.dmf, *.vgm) '[l[http://delek.com.ar/deflemask/[link]
 ------ '[[DefleMask Tracker Effects Commands]
  * '[[VGM Music Maker] (Windows) (*.vgm)
 ------ '[[VGM Music Maker Effects Commands]
  * '[[TFM Music Maker] (*.vgm, OPL2 FM expansion chip) '[l[http://static.kontechs.de/download/Mod2PSG2/Mod2PSG2_V2.04_(23.11.2007).zip[link]


'[t[b2]'[[SunVox]'[/t] (Windows, Mac, Linux, IOS, Android) (*.sunvox)
 ------ '[[SunVox Effects Commands]

'[t[b2]'[[VIC 20]'[/t] 
  * '[[Vic Tracker] (Vic-20) (*.vt) '[l[http://www.kahlin.net/daniel/victracker/[link]

 '[#[OTHER MUSIC CREATORS]

 '[t[b2]'[[Channel F]'[/t]
  * '[[Sleizsa] (Windows) (*.bin, *.prg)
  * '[[Sleizsa Duo] (Windows) (*.bin, *.prg)
  * '[[Sleizsa Trio] (Windows) (*.bin, *.prg)

'[t[b2]'[[CompuMate]'[/t]  (Atari 2600) (recorded audio)  (simple synthesizer) 

DS (to be changed later)
  * '[t[b2]'[[KORG DS-10]'[/t] (DS) (*.???) (nintendo ds synthesizer)
  * '[t[b2]'[l[http://gorgull.googlepages.com/home2[ProteinDS]'[/t] (DS) (*.sav) (scratch sounds)
  * '[t[b2]'[l[http://senods.blogspot.com[Seno DS]'[/t] (DS) (*.wav) (live sequencer)

DSi (to be moved later, since it's not a tracker)
  * '[t[b2]'[[Music On: Electronic Keyboard]'[/t] (DSi) (*.???) (Electronic Keyboard) '[l[http://www.nintendo.com/ds/online/dsiware/[link]

 * '[t[b2]'[[GAME BOY CAMERA]'[/t] (GB) (*.???) (simple sequencer)

'[t[b2]'[[mariopaint (format)[Mario Paint]'[/t]
  * '[l[http://nds-zone.com/bassacegold/?cat=6[Mario Paint Composer DS] (DS) (*.mpc)
  * '[l[http://778.jugem.jp/?eid=93[Mario Sequencer] (Windows) (*.msq)

 '[t[b2]'[[mml[Script based/MML-like]'[/t]
  * '[[athtune]     (.NET 2.0 framework)     (*.wav)     Broad family of sounds to get out of this tool since you define sounds through C#     (mml based)
  * '[l[http://www.nullsleep.com/treasure/mck_guide/[MCK] (Windows) (*.nsf) (compiler)
  * '[[PPMCK] (Windows) (*.nsf) (compiler) '[l[http://takamatsu.cool.ne.jp/dutycycle/ppmck.html[link]
  * '[[XPMCK] (Windows, Linux, Mac) (*.nsf, *.sgc, *.sid, *.gbs, *.vgz, *.kss) (compiler) '[l[http://jiggawatt.org/muzak/xpmck[link]
  * '[[Professional Music Driver (PMD)] (DOS) (*.m, *.m2) (compiler) '[l[http://www5.airnet.ne.jp/kajapon/tool.html[link]
 ------ '[[Professional Music Driver Effects Commands]
  * '[l[http://meraman.dip.jp/index.php?NDS_BGMFILER[NDS BGMFILER] (mml soundriver on the Nintendo Ds )

 '[t[b2]Sony PSP'[/t]
  * '[[PSPSeq] (PSP) (*.seq)

'[#[HELPER TOOLS]

  * '[[BoobieSqueezer] (optimizes *.xm files)
  * '[[it2nsf] (converts from *.it to *.nsf)
  * '[[it2vgm.py] (converts from *.it to *.vgm)
  * '[l[http://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/latest/lsd-manager/[lsd-manager] (Java) (manage and save LSDJ tracks into *.sav and *.lsdsng)
  * Mumml (Windows) (It fastens the compiling process of your mml source files and even fires up your playback applications for quickly listen-test of your music)
  * OpenSPC (converts from *.spc to *.it)
  * '[[s3m2nsf] (converts from *.s3m to *.nsf)
  * '[[ShroomTool] (*.sho) (Mario Paint song data extractor)
  
 

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'[#[See Also]
'[[List of Effects Commands]