::|CONTENTS
- Capabilities
- Quick set up
- Expert tricks
- Links for further development
- See also
Schism Tracker is a free clone of
Impulse tracker for Windows, Linux, OSX, BSD, and the Nintendo Wii (no longer supperted). It is based on
ModPlug Tracker and developed by Storlek and Mrs Brisby.
Capabilities
Schism Tracker runs on almost any platform that SDL supports, and has been successfully built for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, FreeBSD, AmigaOS, BeOS, and even the Wii. Most development is currently done on 64-bit Linux. Schism will most likely build on any architecture supported by GCC4 (e.g. alpha, m68k, arm, etc.) but it will probably not be as well-optimized on many systems.
It can read .s3m, .xm, .mod and .it modules and save songs in all of these formats except .xm.
Quick set up
Download here:
Schism Tracker donload
Configuration
Linux
If you want to use Schism Tracker without starting up X11:
Set up a console framebuffer, it should run just fine. Try adding vga=768 to your boot line for a 640x400 video mode with 80x25 text and no letterboxing effect. (This doesn't work on all video cards, unfortunately.)
Composing
F1 is help :) A reference to everything
Alt-L Alt-C to select all and copy
F2/F3/F4 to switch screens
There is no sample drawing but press Alt-Y and type some stuff.
ImpulseTracker Effects Commands
Expert tricks
midi
Schism Tracker currently responds to MIDI Start, Continue, Stop, and Reset messages by starting/stopping the song. However, Schism Tracker does not respond to MIDI clock tick events.
Ctrl-Z in the pattern editor turns on a MIDI-trigger mode that starts the song/pattern and enables playback tracing when a MIDI note is received. This to record live MIDI into patterns.
.mod
Schism Tracker displays .mod songs using the .s3m/.it syntax. In particular, you will have to use .s3m/.it effects to edit your .mod songs: meaning that the original
Protracker effects notation described in
amigamod (format) won't work! As with the other formats, the complete effects list is available with F1.
If you want to see your song with the classical .mod syntax, you can always open it with another tracker such as
MODPlug Tracker. This can sometimes be handy, especially if you are using converter tools like gbt-player.
Links for further development
The 'bleeding-edge current source' can be downloaded with Git:
https://github.com/schismtracker/schismtracker.git
See also
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ImpulseTracker Effects Commands
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List of Trackers
