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MilkyTracker

Name: MilkyTracker
Rating: 4.3333 (1 reviews)

0.90.86

07 November 2013

Create .MOD and .XM module files.

Overview

MilkyTracker is an open source, multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files. 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.

MilkyTracker's key features:

Fasttracker II like, custom graphical user interface with context menus
Supported on multiple platforms including portable devices
Very accurate .XM replay compared to FT2
ProTracker 2/3 playback modes for playing and editing .MOD files
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, powerpacked and UMX modules directly
Rendering songs/patterns to disk (.WAV) or directly to sample
Powerful sample editor featuring waveform generators
In-depth instrument editor featuring envelope zooming and scaling and support for copying and swapping instruments and samples across tabs
Low latency audio driver support
MIDI In 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

A couple of facts:

MilkyTracker is not based on any common module replay. Its core MilkyPlay has been in development since the mid-90s, originally as a Digitrakker .MDL player.
MilkyTracker development started a decade later for the Pocket PC and it still fully operates on rather humble PDAs.
MilkyTracker is and will stay a 2nd generation tracker. There are already several good 3rd generation trackers out there.

What's new in MilkyTracker

Version 0.90.86:

Whats New:

Unsafe notes now shown in red when "PT 3 octave limit" option enabled
Haiku port
Additional FT2 shortcuts (forum post)
Android port
Jack driver now connects to first available physical device
MilkyTracker source code now hosted on GitHub

Bugs Fixed:

Loss of data when using 'backward' sample filter (forum post)
Warning displayed when exporting .mod files with samples over 64k (forum post)
Default panning settings applied when adding channels (forum post)
One-shot looping now works correctly (forum post)
First 2 bytes of samples cleared to zero when exporting to MOD (Amiga compatibility)
FT2 weirdness emulated when using the arpeggio command
In live mode, don't switch from pattern to song play when selecting a new pattern from the order list
Check config file is open for writing before attempting to save to it.
Don't assume BACKUPxx.XM has been saved
Crash when storing color presets (forum post)
Segfault when loading XMs with zero-length loop (forum post)
Emulate FT2 behaviour for arpregios when speed>18
Able to load some non-standard S3M files
Incorrect sample format assumptions in IT loader
Various build warnings and errors

Requirements for MilkyTracker

Intel 32
PPC 32
Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later

MilkyTracker Screenshots

3 MilkyTracker Reviews

Now that CocoModX seems to be "dead" on Mac OS X (the website of the developer is no longer available and it's a PowerPC app only) the best way to play your favourite modules on the Mac (without Rosetta/PPC support on 10.7 Lion for example) is MilkyTracker. Works good, but No. 1 choice is an original AMIGA of course … ;)

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