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Miscellaneous => Retro Corner => Topic started by: Jackdaw on Jun 30, 2025, 11:56 AM

Title: Modern Audio Trackers for Retro development.
Post by: Jackdaw on Jun 30, 2025, 11:56 AM
While looking for 1 bit music creation software. I came across this one that is for the AY/YM chips.
https://www.julien-nevo.com/arkostracker/ (https://www.julien-nevo.com/arkostracker/)
Title: Re: Arkos Tracker
Post by: Baggey on Jun 30, 2025, 12:00 PM
the YM and AY are practically the same but beeper is totally different.
Title: Re: Arkos Tracker
Post by: Jackdaw on Jun 30, 2025, 12:06 PM
Quote from: Baggey on Jun 30, 2025, 12:00 PMthe YM and AY are practically the same but beeper is totally different.
That's why I said for the AY/YM chips.

Trying to find a tracker for 1 bit that's not either too old, or from a suspicious website is not that easy.  Especially for those systems that do not have dedicated audio chips.
Title: Re: Arkos Tracker
Post by: Jackdaw on Jun 30, 2025, 12:24 PM
Well found another one for the Atari XE/XL.
Raster Music Tracker (https://github.com/VinsCool/RASTER-Music-Tracker)
Title: Re: Modern Audio Trackers for Retro development.
Post by: Jackdaw on Jun 30, 2025, 12:45 PM
And I didn't think this one was still going.
https://milkytracker.org/ (https://milkytracker.org/)
Title: Re: Modern Audio Trackers for Retro development.
Post by: Jackdaw on Jun 30, 2025, 12:50 PM
GoatTracker 2 (https://sourceforge.net/projects/goattracker2/files/)
Title: Re: Modern Audio Trackers for Retro development.
Post by: Jackdaw on Jun 30, 2025, 12:57 PM
Okay. Just checking out Beepola (https://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/). This is a 1 bit tracker.
Would be nice if there was source files. And the licence it uses.
If anyone downloads this and their security software flags this, then let me know.
Title: Re: Modern Audio Trackers for Retro development.
Post by: Baggey on Jun 30, 2025, 02:40 PM
Quote from: Jackdaw on Jun 30, 2025, 12:57 PMOkay. Just checking out Beepola (https://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/). This is a 1 bit tracker.
Would be nice if there was source files. And the licence it uses.
If anyone downloads this and their security software flags this, then let me know.

Write it yourself then there are no issues what so ever  ;)
Title: Re: Modern Audio Trackers for Retro development.
Post by: Krischan on Jun 30, 2025, 03:41 PM
What about Renoise? Renoise (https://www.renoise.com/) I used it for a long time before I switched to Presonus for my needs.
Title: Re: Modern Audio Trackers for Retro development.
Post by: Jackdaw on Jun 30, 2025, 04:05 PM
Quote from: Krischan on Jun 30, 2025, 03:41 PMWhat about Renoise? Renoise (https://www.renoise.com/) I used it for a long time before I switched to Presonus for my needs.
Depends on if it can export to a format that can be easily used by nineteen eighties and nineties vintage computers.
Title: Re: Modern Audio Trackers for Retro development.
Post by: Krischan on Jun 30, 2025, 05:08 PM
There is also OpenMPT (https://openmpt.org/)
Title: Re: Modern Audio Trackers for Retro development.
Post by: Jackdaw on Jun 30, 2025, 05:20 PM
Quote from: Krischan on Jun 30, 2025, 05:08 PMThere is also OpenMPT (https://openmpt.org/)
You'll find that one is already in List of Game Development tools (https://www.syntaxboom.com/forum/index.php?topic=25.0). Because I've used that in the past.
Title: Re: Modern Audio Trackers for Retro development.
Post by: Sledge on Aug 04, 2025, 09:59 PM
DefleMask is another good 'un. It is a commercial app now but the (32-bit) legacy version is free.

https://www.deflemask.com
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