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'[#[WHAT IS A TRACKER?]
A tracker is the generic term for a class of music sequencer software. It allow 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]

'[t[b2]'[[ Adlib (OPL)]'[/t]
  * '[[Adlib Tracker II] (Windows, DOS) (*.a2m) '[l[http://www.adlibtracker.net/[link]
  * '[[AMusic v1.12] (*.amd)
  * '[[Reality Adlib Tracker] (DOS) (*.rad) '[l[http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=48994[link]


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


'[t[b2]'[[Atari 2600]'[/t]
  * '[[LoopCart] (Atari 2600) (*.bin) '[l[http://www.qotile.net/loopcart.html[link] 


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


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


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


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


 '[t[b2]'[[Classical DOS Modules]'[/t] (most used filetypes) (*.s3m, *.xm, *.mod, *.it)
  * '[[ChibiTracker] (Windows) (*.it) '[l[http://chibitracker.berlios.de/[link]
  * '[[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) '[l[http://www.nimh.org/schismtracker/[link]


'[t[b2]'[[NES] '[[Famicom]'[/t] 
  * '[[FamiTracker] (Windows) (*.nsf, *.ftm, *.bin)
------ '[[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]
 * '[[Pornotracker] (Windows) (*.pom) *FamiTone export available* '[l[http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=56336[link]


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


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


'[t[b2]'[[SEGA Master System]'[/t]
  * '[[DefleMask Tracker] (Windows) (*.dmf, *.vgm) '[l[http://delek.com.ar/deflemask/[link]
 ------ '[[DefleMask Tracker Effects Commands]
  * '[[MOD2PSG2] (Windows) (*.vgm) '[l[http://static.kontechs.de/download/Mod2PSG2/Mod2PSG2_V2.04_(23.11.2007).zip[link]


'[t[b2]'[[SEGA Genesis]'[/t]
  * '[[DefleMask Tracker] (Windows) (*.dmf, *.vgm) '[l[http://delek.com.ar/deflemask/[link]
 ------ '[[DefleMask Tracker Effects Commands]
  * '[[VGM Music Maker] (Windows) (*.vgm)
 ------ '[[VGM Music Maker Effects Commands]


'[t[b2]'[[SunVox]'[/t] (Windows) (*.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)

'[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]'[[ProteinDS]'[/t] (DS) (*.sav) (scratch sounds) '[l[http://gorgull.googlepages.com/home2[link]  
  * '[t[b2]'[[Seno DS]'[/t] (DS) (*.wav) (live sequencer) '[l[http://senods.blogspot.com[link]

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

 '[t[b2]'[[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)
  * '[[MCK] (Windows) (*.nsf) (compiler) '[l[http://www.nullsleep.com/treasure/mck_guide/[link]
  * '[[PPMCK] (Windows) (*.nsf) (compiler) '[l[http://takamatsu.cool.ne.jp/dutycycle/ppmck.html[link]
  * '[[XPMCK] (Windows) (*.nsf, *.sgc, *.sid, *.gbs, *.vgz, *.kss) (compiler) '[l[http://jiggawatt.org/muzak/xpmck[link]
  * '[[NDS BGMFILER] (mml soundriver on the Nintendo Ds ) '[l[http://meraman.dip.jp/index.php?NDS_BGMFILER[link]

 '[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)
  * '[[lsd-manager] (Java) (manage and save LSDJ tracks into *.sav and *.lsdsng) '[l[http://www.littlesounddj.com/lsd/latest/lsd-manager/[link]
  * '[[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]

 
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