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'[#[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

'[t[b2]'[[Adlib (OPL)]'[/t]
  * '[[Adlib Tracker II] (*.a2m)
  * '[[AMusic_v1.12] (*.amd)

'[t[b2]'[[Atari ST]'[/t]
  * '[[Vortex Tracker II] (Win9x) (*.snd, *.sndh ) '[l[http://bulba.untergrund.net/vortex_e.htm[link]

'[t[b2]'[[Atari XE/LE]'[/t]
  * '[[Raster Music Tracker] (Win9x) (*.sap) '[l[http://raster.infos.cz/atari/rmt/rmt.htm[link]

'[t[b2]'[[Channel F]'[/t]
  * '[[MML] (txt file) (*.bin, *.prg)  *not a tracker* '[l[http://average.truechiptilldeath.com/channelf/[link]

'[t[b2]'[[Commodore 64]'[/t]
  * '[[DMC] (*.sid)
  * '[[GoatTracker] (C64, Win9x, Linux) (*.sid) '[l[http://covertbitops.c64.org/[link]

'[t[b2]'[[GameBoy]'[/t]
  * '[[BoyScout] (Win32) (*.bgf) '[l[http://www.pidelipom.com/boyscout/download.asp[link]
  * '[[Carillon editor] (GB/GBC/GBA/DS) (*.???)
  * '[[LSDJ] (GB/GBC/GBA/DS) (*.sav) '[l[http://www.littlesounddj.com/[link]
  * '[[Paragon5] (win9x/32) (*.mgb)
 * '[[Nanoloop] (GB/GBC/GBA/DS) (*.???) *sound editor and sequencer*  '[l[http://www.nanoloop.de/[link]

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

'[t[b2]'[[Mario Paint]'[/t] (they are not trackers)
  * '[[Mario Paint Composer DS] (DS) (*.???) '[l[http://nds-zone.com/bassacegold/?cat=6[link] 
  * '[[Mario Sequencer] (Win9x)(*.msq)


'[t[b2]'[[NES] '[[Famicom]'[/t] 
  * '[[FamiTracker] (Win9x) (*.nsf) '[l[http://famitracker.shoodot.net/[link] 
------ '[[FamiTracker_Effects_Commands]
  * '[[NerdTracker II] (DOS)(*.nt2) *you need to compilte to .nsf *
  * '[[PPMCK]  (Win9x) (*.nsf)  *not a tracker*
  * '[[NesTracker] (*.nsf)
 *** '[[NTRQ] (hardware tracker!)

'[t[b2]'[[PandaTracker]'[/t] (*.???)

'[t[b2]'[[s3xmodit]'[/t] (s3m, xm, mod, it)
  * '[[FastTracker II] (DOS) (*.xm)
       ------ '[[FastTrackerII_Effects_Commands]
  * '[[MilkyTracker] (Multi-platform) (*.xm)
  * '[[ImpulseTracker] (DOS) (*.it)
       ------ '[[ImpulseTracker_Effects_Commands]
  * '[[SchismTracker] (*.it)
  * '[[ChibiTracker] (*.it) Windows clone
  * '[[NitroTracker] (DS) (*.xm)

'[t[b2]'[[Sinclair ZX Spectrum]'[/t]
  * '[[Vortex Tracker] (Win9x) (*.ay)
  * '[[TFM Music Maker] (*.vgm, OPL2 FM expansion chip)

'[t[b2]'[[SEGA Master System]'[/t]
  * '[[MOD2PSG2] (Win9x) (*.vgm)

'[t[b2]'[[VIC 20]'[/t] 
  * '[[VIC-TRACKER 2.0] (Vic-20) (*.vt)

'[t[b2]Helper tools! =o'[/t]
  * '[[BoobieSqueezer] (XM optimizer)
  * '[[it2nsf] *is a converter*
  * '[[OpenSPC] can convert from SPC files to .IT
  * '[[s3m2nsf]  *is a converter, not a tracker*
  * '[[ShroomTool] (.sho) (Mario Paint song data extractor)
  * '[[lsd-manager]  *manage LSDJ tracks* '[l[http://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/latest/lsd-manager/[link]



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