::|CONTENTS
- Capabilities
- Quick Setup
- Expert Tricks
- Links for further development
- See also
MilkyTracker is an open source, multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files (part of what we call s3xmodit). It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.
Capabilities
From their website:
MilkyTracker's key features:
- Fasttracker II-esque custom graphical user interface with context menus
- Supported on numerous platforms including portable devices
- Very accurate .xm replay compared to FT2
- ProTracker 2/3 playback modes for playing and editing .mod files
- Ability to open .it and .s3m files for sample extraction (but not for accurate playback)
- Various resampler options, including emulated Amiga 500/1200 sound output
- Choose between a modern and a true-to-FT2 editing scheme / keyboard layout
- Tabbed user interface for opening and playing up to 32 modules simultaneously and for exchanging data between them
- Over 30 imported module formats
- Basic archive support for loading zipped, power-packed and .umx modules directly
- Rendering songs/patterns to disk (.wav) or directly to sample
- Powerful sample editor featuring waveform generators and sample offset preview (see
Expert Tricks)
- In-depth instrument editor featuring envelope zooming and scaling and support for copying and swapping instruments and samples across tabs
- MilkySynth, a built-in FM synth sample generator (also see
Expert Tricks)
- Low-latency audio driver support
- MIDI input support
- Module optimizer
- Internal file browser option
- Various font sizes for improved visibility of pattern data
- Prospective pattern view option
- Playing and editing simultaneously
- Live mode for seamless pattern changes
Quick Setup
Official Downloads on MilkyTracker's website.
Other versions/mirror available on
Github.
Extensive documentation is also provided on the site.
Older builds have also been provided via Deltafire in #milkytracker.
Win64
Win32
Configuration
MilkyTracker has built in configuration and option panel, for configuring things like window size, keymaps, and whether to display sharps or flats.
Expert Tricks
MilkyTracker works exclusively on samples, and is meant to be used for sample based music.
It is possible to simulate "chip-style" music, by using the built in sample generator. You can generate square, triangle, saw, sine waves, and even three types of noise. The main downside is that you have to draw the square waves' duty cycles yourself, unlike other trackers that automate the process. The sample editor possesses any feature that you would wish to find in a modern sampler, like resampling, editing, and drawing capabilities. The other big weapon at your disposal is the instrument editor, where you can accurately draw volume and panning envelopes, and have access to many controls like vibrato speed and amplitude.
As of November 2024, MilkyTracker v1.05 has released alongside
MilkySynth , a built-in FM-esque synthesizer. A very helpful tutorial exists
on YouTube, as well as on the official release page.
A great in depth manual with keyboard shortcuts, and effects commands explained, can be found
here. The official build also includes a copy of the manual.
For a complete command reference, see
Milkytracker Effects Commands.
Links for further development
MilkyTracker Github repository
See also
MilkyTracker website
Milkytracker Effects Commands
s3xmodit (format)
mod04k
mod08k
mod12k
mod16k
mod24k
mod32k
mod48k
mod64k
