WHAT IS A TRACKER?
A Tracker is the generic term for a class of music sequencer software which, in it's purest form, allow the user to arrange sound samples 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. A complete song consists of several small multi-channel patterns chained together via a master list.
Future article MUSIC TOOLS.
SUGGESTED FORMATING (anewuser gone OCD)
Category
MUSIC TOOL (where does it run (HARDWARE/win/linux/mac ONLY) (*.FORMAT) URL
Adlib (OPL)
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Adlib Tracker II (*.a2m)
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AMusic_v1.12 (*.amd)
Atari ST
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Vortex Tracker II (Win9x) (*.snd, *.sndh )
link
Atari XE/LE
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Raster Music Tracker (Win9x) (*.sap)
link
Channel F
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MML (txt file) (*.bin, *.prg) *not a tracker*
link
Commodore 64
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DMC (*.sid)
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GoatTracker (C64, Win9x, Linux) (*.sid)
link
GameBoy
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BoyScout (Win32) (*.bgf)
link
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Carillon editor (GB/GBC/GBA/DS) (*.???)
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LSDJ (GB/GBC/GBA/DS) (*.sav)
link
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Paragon5 (win9x/32) (*.mgb)
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Nanoloop (GB/GBC/GBA/DS) (*.???) *sound editor and sequencer*
link
LittleGPTracker (GP2x, PSP, Windows, Mac OSX, Debian) (*.???)
link
Mario Paint (they are not trackers)
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Mario Paint Composer DS (DS) (*.???)
link
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Mario Sequencer (Win9x)(*.msq)
NES Famicom
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FamiTracker (Win9x) (*.nsf)
link
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FamiTracker_Effects_Commands
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NerdTracker II (DOS)(*.nt2) *you need to compilte to .nsf *
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PPMCK (Win9x) (*.nsf) *not a tracker*
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NesTracker (*.nsf)
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NTRQ (hardware tracker!)
PandaTracker (*.???)
s3xmodit (s3m, xm, mod, it)
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FastTracker II (DOS) (*.xm)
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FastTrackerII_Effects_Commands
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MilkyTracker (Multi-platform) (*.xm)
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ImpulseTracker (DOS) (*.it)
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ImpulseTracker_Effects_Commands
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SchismTracker (*.it)
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ChibiTracker (*.it) Windows clone
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NitroTracker (DS) (*.xm)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
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Vortex Tracker (Win9x) (*.ay)
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TFM Music Maker (*.vgm, OPL2 FM expansion chip)
SEGA Master System
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MOD2PSG2 (Win9x) (*.vgm)
VIC 20
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VIC-TRACKER 2.0 (Vic-20) (*.vt)
Helper tools! =o
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BoobieSqueezer (XM optimizer)
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it2nsf *is a converter*
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OpenSPC can convert from SPC files to .IT
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s3m2nsf *is a converter, not a tracker*
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ShroomTool (.sho) (Mario Paint song data extractor)
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lsd-manager *manage LSDJ tracks*
link
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