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Here are some music trackers I know and would recommend. The comments about pros and cons are only my own experience so it can differ from your, of course. || 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 | [url http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/] | | 1tracker | Multiplateform, Open-source | | 1-bit spectrum beeper | [url http://shiru.untergrund.net/software.shtml] | | houston tracker 2 | native to TI calculators. Quite easy to use and intuitive once you get used to it. Open-source | several keys to learn | Texas instrument calc beeper | [url http://irrlichtproject.de/houston/] | | milkytracker + beeper engine | Open-source | 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 | [url http://www.delek.com.ar/deflemask] | | Famitracker | very intuitive and easy. Open-source | 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. Open-source | Difficult to create new instruments | SID | [url http://cadaver.homeftp.net/tools.htm] | | lsdj | very intuitive and well design | closed source | gameboy | | maxYMiser | good manual. Powerful. Native Atari ST | Interface is a bit cramped (it would have been better to have several screens to handle so many informations). Quite difficult to create new instruments. Closed source | sndh (atari) | [url http://www.preromanbritain.com/maxymiser/download.html] | | musicmon | Quite easy to create good instruments. Native Atari ST | Some parts of the tracker are really awkward and clumbersome (orderlist). Almost no manual. Closed source | sndh (atari) | [url http://woolyss.com/chipmusic-chiptrackers.php?s=Atari] | SidWizard | Native to C64: runs everywhere with an emulator. Can import and export to midi, to xm. Easy and well designed interface. Open-source | No mouse, no fancy, no high resolution screen | SID | [url https://sourceforge.net/projects/sid-wizard/] | | starkos | very well designed interface and shortcuts. The player is open source | The tracker part is closed source. | ym (amstrad cpc) | [url http://www.grimware.org/doku.php/documentations/software/starkos/start] | | vortex tracker 2 | | closed source | ay | [url http://bulba.untergrund.net/vortex_e.htm] | || > 8-bit | more "possibilities" | sometimes "fakebit" (samples) | | | | amusic | fm opl2 synthesis | dos | amd (fm) | | LMMS | easy to use, easy to create new instruments, Open-source | No midi import or export | wav | | milkytracker | Open-source | | mod, xm, it, wav | | modplugtracker |Open-source | | | | klystrack | Open-source | | | | sunvox | | | | #disqus
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