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Technology / tracker	+ Pros +	– Cons –	export
1-bit	Well delimited field: it will boost your creativity. You don't need to bother with instrument creation (unless you program your own beeper engine	Restricted possibilities: you can feel somehow limited
Beepola	very easy to use, compact and efficient (only one binary)	Only for windows, but works well with wine. Closed source	1-bit spectrum beeper
1tracker			1-bit spectrum beeper
houston tracker 2	native to TI calculators. Quite easy to use and intuitive once you get used to it	several keys to learn	Texas instrument calc beeper
milkytracker + beeper engine		needs a converter + z80 compiler	1-bit spectrum beeper
8-bit	The true sound of chiptunes	can be somehow repetitive
DefleMask	multiplateform (win/linux/mac os x). Easy to use. multichip	closed source	YAMAHA YM2612, Texas Instruments SN76489 PSG, Z80 Game Boy, Hudson Soft HuC6280, Ricoh 2A03, MOS Technology SID, YAMAHA YM2151, SEGA PCM
Famitracker	very intuitive and easy	native to windows only / works well with wine	NES
GoatTracker	Works on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X. Rather easy to use interface. Can import / export xm midi	Difficult to create new instruments	SID
lsdj		closed source	gameboy
maxYMiser	good manual. Powerful.	interface is clumbersome and a bit cramped. Quite ifficult to create new instrument.	sndh (atari)
musicmon	quite easy to create good instruments	some parts of the tracker are really awkward (orderlist). Almost no manual	sndh (atari)
SidWizard	Native to C64: runs everywhere with an emulator. Can import and export to midi, to xm	No mouse, no fancy, no high resolution screen	SID
starkos	very well designed interface and shortcuts		ym (amstrad cpc)
vortex tracker 2			ay
> 8-bit	more "possibilities"	sometimes "fakebit" (samples)
amusic	fm opl2 synthesis	dos	amd (fm)
LMMS	easy to use, easy to create new instruments	No midi import or export	wav
milkytracker			mod, xm, it, wav
modplugtracker
klystrack
sunvox