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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 | 1-bit spectrum |
| 1tracker | |||
| houston tracker 2 | TI | ||
| milkytracker + beeper engine | needs a converter + z80 compiler | ||
| 8-bit | The true sound of chiptunes | can be somehow repetitive | |
| DefleMask | multiplateform (win/linux/mac os x). Easy to use. multichip | YAMAHA YM2612, Texas Instruments SN76489 PSG, Z80 Game Boy, Hudson Soft HuC6280, Ricoh 2A03, MOS Technology SID, YAMAHA YM2151, SEGA PCM | |
| Famitracker | 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 | 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 | 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 |