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AC1D Packer - A module packer created by Carsten Sørensen (Slammer) of the demo group “Anarchy”. It was originally used in Anarchy's 1992 demo “In the Kitchen”, and has been used in a number of Commodore Amiga games.
File extension
.ac1d / .ac1
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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AHX 1.x - This is a module format where the modules uses C64 like synth sounds. It come from the Amiga, where it was known as the THX format, but the programmers changed the name to AHX because of legal problems with George Lucas. AHX stands for Abyss' Highest Experience.
File extension
.ahx / thx
Player
HivelyTracker
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AHX 2.x - This is a module format where the modules uses C64 like synth sounds. It come from the Amiga, where it was known as the THX format, but the programmers changed the name to AHX because of legal problems with George Lucas. AHX stands for Abyss' Highest Experience. This format has added filter support.
File extension
.ahx / thx
Player
HivelyTracker
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AMOS Music Bank - This player is taken from the original AMOS source code and converted to C#. It is the internal format used to play music in games created using AMOS.
File extension
.abk
Player
AMOS Music Bank
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Art Of Noise - This is the normal 4 voices format. The tracker supports wavetable playback, “complex” arpeggios, a rudimentary FM synthesizer, a drum-sequencer, and adds a lot of instrument slots and player commands while still retaining the 4 bytes per channel / 1024 byte “MOD” like pattern size “format”.
File extension
.aon
Player
Art Of Noise
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Art Of Noise 8 voices - This format contains all the same features as the normal format, but extended with 8 voices.
File extension
.aon8
Player
Art Of Noise
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Asylum Music Format - This loader recognize the “ASYLUM Music Format”, which was used in Crusader series of games by Origin. This format uses the .amf extension, but is very similar to a 8 Channel Mod file.
File extension
.amf
Player
Xmp
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Audio Sculpture - This is the commercial version of StarTrekker. I do not know, what the real difference is, except that the external file have the extension .as instead.
File extension
.adsc
Player
ModTracker
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AudioIFF - This is the primary sample file format used on the Machintosh. It's built on the Electronic Arts IFF file format standard. The samples can contain samples from 1 to 32 bits sample range and as many channels you want.
This player can play those files (.aiff). It can play samples in any bitrate and frequency, but only mono and stereo samples.
File extension
.aiff / .aif
Player
Sample
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Ben Replay - A module packer created by Ben of the demo group Melting Pot.
File extension
.ben
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Binary Packer - A module packer created by someone in the Binary demo group.
File extension
.bnr
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Channel Player 1 - A module packer created by Alan of the demo group Impact. There are three versions of the format, with minor differences between each. It has been used in at least one Commodore Amiga game, “Fury of the Furries”.
File extension
.ch1 / .chn / .chan
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Channel Player 2 - A module packer created by Alan of the demo group Impact. There are three versions of the format, with minor differences between each. It has been used in at least one Commodore Amiga game, “Fury of the Furries”.
File extension
.ch2 / .chn / .chan
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Channel Player 3 - A module packer created by Alan of the demo group Impact. There are three versions of the format, with minor differences between each. It has been used in at least one Commodore Amiga game, “Fury of the Furries”.
File extension
.ch3 / .chn / .chan
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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ChipTracker - A module packer created by Kris of the demo group Anarchy. Also known as Kris Packer.
File extension
.chp / .chip / .krs / .kris
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Composer 669 - This loader recognizes “Composer 669” modules. The 669 format were among the first PC module formats. They do not have a wide range of effects and support 8 channels.
“Composer 669” was written by Tran of Renaissance, a.k.a. Tomasz Pytel and released in 1992.
File extension
.669
Player
Xmp
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David Whittaker - This format is not a standard file format like other modules. The music data are embedded into an assembler player, so the whole module file contains both the player and music. This player can recognize all the different versions of David Whittakers player and extract the data and play them back.
File extension
.dw
Player
David Whittaker
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Delta Music 1.0 - This is the first version of this editor. There is not that many modules in this version, than the subsequently version. It support synthesis sounds.
File extension
.dm1
Player
Delta Music 1.0
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Delta Music 2.0 - This is the second major version of this editor. It has got a totally overhaul on how to create the synthesis instruments.
File extension
.dm2
Player
Delta Music 2.0
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Devils Replay - A module packer created by someone in the Devils demo group.
File extension
.dev
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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DigiBooster 1.x - This player plays modules created with DigiBooster 1.x. The editor was created by Tomasz and Waldemar Piasta.
File extension
.digi
Player
DigiBooster 1.x
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DigiBooster 3.x - This player plays modules created with DigiBooster 3.x. This editor was continued by Grzegorz Kraszewski and has been totally rewritten in C. It is available for multiple Amiga OS'es.
File extension
.dbm
Player
DigiBooster Pro
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DigiBooster Pro 2.x - This player plays modules created with DigiBooster Pro 2.x. The editor was created by Tomasz and Waldemar Piasta. It was one of the first editors which was able to play more than 8 channels.
File extension
.dbm
Player
DigiBooster Pro
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Digital Illusions - A module packer with subsong support, created by The Silents for their pinball games. Also known as GrapeTracker.
File extension
.di
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Digital Mugician - This format is the successor of SidMon. The authors want to improve SidMon to a more mature platform and upgrade it. It can both do synthesis sounds as well as samples.
File extension
.dmu
Player
Digital Mugician
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Digital Mugician 2 - This format is a 7 voices version of the first Digital Mugician editor. It was never released to the public. It works by combining 2 sub-songs into one song. The first 3 voices of the first sub-song are played normally, but all the 4 voices of the second sub-song are mixed together. It tooks so much CPU power to do, so even the display may max be in 16 colors to save DMA cycles.
File extension
.mug
Player
Digital Mugician
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Digital Sound and Music Interface - This loader recognizes the “Advanced Module Format”, which is the internal module format of the “Digital Sound and Music Interface” (DSMI) library.
This format has the same limitations as the S3M format. The most famous DSMI application was DMP, the Dual Module Player.
DMP and the DSMI library were written by Otto Chrons. DSMI was first released in 1993.
File extension
.amf
Player
Xmp
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Digital Sound Interface Kit RIFF - This loader recognizes the DSIK format, which is the internal module format of the “Digital Sound Interface Kit” (DSIK) library, the ancester of the SEAL library. This format has the same limitations as the S3M format.
The DSIK library was written by Carlos Hasan and released in 1994.
File extension
.dsm
Player
Xmp
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Digital Tracker MOD - This editor was written for the Atari by Softjee. It is the little brother to Digital Home Studio.
Normally, modules saved with this tracker have their own format, but it is possible to save the modules in MOD format. This player can play the MOD format modules.
File extension
.mod
Player
Xmp
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D.O.C. SoundTracker II - A lot of new effects has been added since the previous Ultimate SoundTracker. Most of them uses the Amiga hardware to do modulation etc. Those effects are not supported. Besides that, other added effects have the order that is known today.
Modules using this player, could also have been made in The Exterminator SoundTracker 2.0 (the screenshot).
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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D.O.C. SoundTracker VI - This player has the same effects as D.O.C. SoundTracker II, but the speed effect has been added. Most of the effects uses the Amiga hardware to do modulation etc. Those effects are not supported. Besides that, other effects have the order that is known today.
Modules using this player, could also have been made in Defjam SoundTracker III, Alpha Flight SoundTracker IV or D.O.C. SoundTracker IV.
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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D.O.C. SoundTracker IX - This tracker was the first one, which introduced the effect order used by all subsequently trackers. The previous versions have some other effects using the Amiga hardware to do modulation etc., but they didn't made it in subsequently trackers.
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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Epic Games UMX - This converter recognizes the modules in “umx” files from games like “Unreal”, “DeusEx”, etc. To NostalgicPlayer, UMX is just a container and the real music format may be one of “ScreamTracker 3”, “Impulse Tracker”, “FastTracker 2”, or possibly a “ProTracker” compatible one.
File extension
.umx
Converter
Module Converter
Player
*
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Eureka Packer - A module packer created by Eureka of the demo group Concept.
File extension
.eureka / .eu
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Farandole Composer - This loader recognizes “Farandole” modules. These modules can be up to 16 channels and have Protracker comparable effects.
The Farandole composer was written by Daniel Potter and released in 1994.
File extension
.far
Player
Xmp
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FastTracker - This tracker is from the PC, but uses the same file format as the other mod trackers. It supports up to 8 channels, but MOD files saved with FastTracker 2 can have up to 32 channels.
The tracker was written by Fredrik Muss.
File extension
.mod
Player
Xmp
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FastTracker II - This loader recognizes “FastTracker 2” modules. This format was designed from scratch, instead of creating yet another ProTracker variation. It was the first format using instruments as well as samples, and envelopes for finer effects.
FastTracker 2 was written by Fredrik Huss and Magnus Hogdahl, and released in 1994.
File extension
.xm
Player
Xmp
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FC-M Packer - A module packer created by Charlet Franck.
File extension
.fc-m / .fcm
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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FLAC - FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec, an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio.
FLAC stands out as the fastest and most widely supported lossless audio codec, and the only one that at once is non-proprietary, is unencumbered by patents, has an open-source reference implementation, has a well documented format and API, and has several other independent implementations.
File extension
.flac
Player
Sample
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FlexTrax - This player is from the Atari Falcon and uses the standard MOD file format. However, it has added some extra information at the end of the file which contains DSP parameters, such as reverb and delay. The editor was written by Thomas Bergström.
This player does not support the extra features at the moment.
File extension
.flx
Player
Xmp
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Fred Editor - Previously this music format has been known as 'Fredmon' or 'Fred Monitor' which is wrong.
The modules are stored in the 'Editor' format, which can be loaded into the editor later on. It's very different from the final form, which can't be loaded into the editor.
File extension
.frd / .fred
Player
Fred Editor
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Fred Editor (Final) - Previously this music format has been known as 'Fredmon' or 'Fred Monitor' which is wrong.
The modules contain the player in 68000 assembler in the beginning of the files, but this player will extract the music data and only use that.
File extension
.frd / .fred
Converter
Module Converter
Player
Fred Editor
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Fuchs Tracker - A module packer created by Andreas Fuchs.
File extension
.ft
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Future Composer 1.0 - 1.3 - This is an old format from the Amiga. It was developed by Jochen Hippel and he used it to compose some of his game music, such as "Rings of Medusa" and "Shaolin". A lot of cracker intros used this format in the early days, so you can find a lot of modules in this format on the internet.
File extension
.fc / .fc13 / smod
Converter
Module Converter
Player
Future Composer
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Future Composer 1.4 - This is the same as Future Composer 1.0 - 1.3, except that it has been improved by having its own wave tables instead of static tables.
File extension
.fc / .fc14
Player
Future Composer
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Fuzzac Packer - A module packer created by Magnus Danielsson (Fuzzac) of the demo group The Silents.
File extension
.fuzzac / .fuz
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Game Music Creator - This tracker is especially suitable for creating music files for games. The tracker itself does not have so many options. Therefore it is also a good program for beginners. It is very similar to SoundTracker.
File extension
.gmc
Player
Game Music Creator
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General Digital Music - This loader recognizes the “General Digital Music” format, which is the internal format of the “Bells, Whistles and Sound Boards” library. This format has the same limitations as the S3M format.
The BWSB library was written by Edward Schlunder and first released in 1993.
File extension
.gdm
Player
Xmp
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GnoiPacker - A module packer created by Thomas Neumann (Tax) of the demo group Gnu Design. This packer was used in the Skizzo 1 and VoxPop demos.
File extension
.gnoi
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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GnuPlayer - A module packer created by Thomas Neumann (Tax) and Jakob ? (The White Noise) of the demo group Gnu Design. This packer was used in one module only, and that is the end song of the Skizzo 2 demo. It demostrates to play packed samples (half size) and unpack them in real time while playing.
File extension
.gnu
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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GPMO - A module packer created by Thomas Neumann (Tax) of the demo group Gnu Design. This packer was used in the Skizzo 2 demo.
File extension
.gpmo
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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HCD Protector - A module packer created by Hardcore Design.
File extension
.hcd
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Heatseeker mc1.0 - A module packer created by Ivar Just Olsen (Heatseeker) of the demo group Cryptoburners.
File extension
.hmc / .crb
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Hippel - This format is not a standard file format like other modules. The music data are embedded into an assembler player, so the whole module file contains both the player and music. This player can recognize all the different versions of Jochen Hippel player and extract the data and play them back.
File extension
.hip
Player
Hippel
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Hippel COSO - This format is like the Hippel format, but without the player at the beginning. It also compresses the data, that's why COSO stands for COmpressed SOng. However, there are still some small difference between the players used among the games Jochen has composed for. This player will try to guess what you're playing by calculate a small checksum and adjust itself according to that.
Some modules only have a single sample file which is reused between them. This player can detect that and load and play them as well as the normal module files.
File extension
.hipc
Player
Hippel
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Hippel 7 voices - This format is like the Hippel format or Hippel COSO. Some modules have a player at the beginning of the module, some don't. This player can play both formats. The difference between this and the other Hippel formats, is that this one uses 7 voices.
File extension
.hip7
Player
Hippel
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His Master's Noise (Gnomie by Night) - This player is based on the NoiseTracker player, but extended with some special features which did not get included in the original NoiseTracker. This version of NoiseTracker was known as Gnomie by Night. The extra features includes fine tuning (not exactly the same as ProTracker), mega arpeggio effect and chip sounds.
The editor was created by Mahoney, which want an editor with the features he like. Music created in this editor by him and some friends was mainly used in the music disk "His Master's Noise" and is therefore most known by this name. However, there exists some other modules in this format, which does not went into the music disk.
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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HivelyTracker - HivelyTracker is based on the old AHX format from the Amiga, so it is possible to compose new modules in this format. However, it has extended the functionality and thereby introduced a new version of the AHX file format. Some of the new features includes more than 4 channels and ring modulation.
File extension
.hvl
Player
HivelyTracker
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Hornet Packer - A module packer created by Alain Malek (Hornet) of the demo group Alcatraz.
The pattern format is almost the same as in ProRunner v1.0.
File extension
.hrt
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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IceTracker - This format is the same as SoundTracker 2.6, which means it also have independent tracks which can be combined to a pattern. It also include more effects than SoundTracker 2.6.
File extension
.ice
Player
ModTracker
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IFF-16SV (PCM) - This format is an extension to the primary sample format (IFF-8SVX) on the Amiga. It contains 16-bit samples instead of 8-bit samples.
This one supports plain PCM files, which means no compression at all.
File extension
.16sv
Player
Sample
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IFF-8SVX (Fibonacci) - This format is the primary sample format on the Amiga. It contains 8-bit samples and can hold different compression formats.
This one supports compressed samples using the Fibonacci delta encoding algorithm.
File extension
.8svx
Player
Sample
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IFF-8SVX (PCM) - This format is the primary sample format on the Amiga. It contains 8-bit samples and can hold different compression formats.
This one supports plain PCM files, which means no compression at all.
File extension
.8svx
Player
Sample
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IFF-SMUS - This player can play IFF-SMUS modules. The instruments need to be stored in a directory called Instruments in the same directory as the song file.
This format is build on the standard IFF format. SMUS stands for Simple MUsical Score. The format is note based like MIDI files.
File extension
.smus
Player
IFF-SMUS
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Imago Orpheus - This loader recognizes “Imago Orpheus” modules. This format is roughly equivalent to the XM format, but with two effects columns instead of a volume column and an effect column.
Imago Orpheus was written by Lutz Roeder and released in 1994.
File extension
.imf
Player
Xmp
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Impulse Tracker - This loader recognizes “Impulse Tracker” modules, currently the most powerful format. These modules support up to 64 real channels, and up to 256 virtual channels with the “New Note Action” feature. Besides, it has the widest range of effects, and supports 16 bit samples as well as surround sound.
“Impulse Tracker” was written by Jeffrey Lim and released in 1996.
File extension
.it
Player
Xmp
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JamCracker - It came from the Amiga, but it's not the most used format. There are some nice tunes available made by Dr. Awesome alias Bjørn Lynne.
File extension
.jam
Player
JamCracker
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Kefrens Sound Machine - A tracker created by Jess D. Skov-Nielsen (Razmo) of the demo group Kefrens. It uses the old SoundTracker effects and 15 samples only.
File extension
.kms
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Laxity Tracker - Sometimes called UNIC Tracker 2, a module packer created by Anders Emil Hansen (Laxity), used in Kefrens demos.
File extension
.lax / .unic2
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Master SoundTracker 1.0 - This tracker introduced bigger samples (up to 32 KB), but have the same effects as SoundTracker IX.
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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MED 1.12 - This player plays modules created with MED v1.12. This format does not have a real module format, where song data and samples are combined into a single file. Instead, you need to have the samples beside the song files. The player will load the samples from a folder named "Instruments", which should be placed in the same folder as the song files.
File extension
.med
Player
MED
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MED 2.00 - This player plays modules created with MED v2.00 to MED v2.01. This format have both a real module format, where song data and samples are combined into a single file and song+sample format. The player can load both types of files. For song+sample format, you need to have the samples beside the song files. The player will load the samples from a folder named "Instruments", which should be placed in the same folder as the song files.
File extension
.med
Player
MED
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MED 2.10 (MED4) - This player plays modules created with MED v2.10 to MED v3.22. This format have both a real module format, where song data and samples are combined into a single file and song+sample format. The player can load both types of files. For song+sample format, you need to have the samples beside the song files. The player will load the samples from a folder named "Instruments", synth sounds from a folder named "Synthsounds" and hybrid samples in a folder named "Hybrids". All folders should be placed in the same folder as the song files.
File extension
.med
Converter
Module Converter
Player
OctaMED
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MED 2.10 (MMD0) - This player plays 4 channels modules created with MED v2.10 to MED v3.22. This is the same as 4 channels MMD0 files.
File extension
.med / .mmd0 / .md0
Player
OctaMED
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MED Packer - This player is the same as the MED (MMD0) format, but the patterns are packed. Some games uses this format.
File extension
.med / .mmdc
Player
OctaMED
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MO3 - MO3 is a file format encapsulating the features of several "MOD" formats (IT, XM, S3M, MTM, MOD, MPTM), but with one big difference: MP3 and OGG compressed samples. A lossless codec is also incorporated for any samples that don't like lossy encoding, and the whole file structure is compressed too.
All of this makes it possible to have great reductions in file sizes with practically identical sound quality. This converter will convert the MO3 files back to the original module format.
File extension
.mo3
Converter
MO3 Converter
Player
*
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Mod's Grave - This format is very rare. The format is created by the Mod's Grave tool, which convert 669 modules to a 8 channel mod file with the M.K. signature. This make it very hard to detect properly.
The converter is not that good and some modules simply sounds bad, because some effects are not converted properly. Even some modules stop too early, because of added position jump and pattern break effects.
File extension
.wow
Player
Xmp
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Module-Patterncompressor - A module packer created by Dynacore of the demo group The Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.
This is a group on the Atari, so the format can contains either 4 or 8 channels Octalyser modules. The format is also known as PMD3 and stands for P.acked-M.oD.ule version 3.
File extension
.pmd3
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Module Protector - A module packer created by David Counter (Matrix) of the demo group LSD.
File extension
.mp
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Mosh Player - A module packer created by Mosh of the demo group Anarchy.
File extension
.mosh
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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MPEG 1.0 - This player can play audio MPEG 1.0 files.
MPEG files are audio samples using a lossy compression algorithm. The most common files are MP3, which is MPEG 1.0 layer 3 files.
File extension
.mp1 / .mp2 / .mp3 /.m2a / .mpg
Player
Mpg123
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MPEG 2.0 - This player can play audio MPEG 2.0 files.
MPEG files are audio samples using a lossy compression algorithm.
File extension
.mp1 / .mp2 / .mp3 /.m2a / .mpg
Player
Mpg123
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MPEG 2.5 - This player can play audio MPEG 2.5 files.
MPEG files are audio samples using a lossy compression algorithm. MPEG 2.5 has a specialized algorithm for samples sampled with a low frequency.
File extension
.mp1 / .mp2 / .mp3 /.m2a / .mpg
Player
Mpg123
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MultiTracker - This tracker from the PC, was the first one to have 32 channels and supports GUS soundcards. It introduced the mtm file format, which I will say is the successor to the mod format. In this format, a pattern contains individual tracks, which can be combined as will.
File extension
.mtm
Player
Xmp
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Newtron Packer 1.0 - A module packer created by Newtron of the demo group Aspect.
File extension
.nw1
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Newtron Packer 2.0 - A module packer created by Newtron of the demo group Orix.
File extension
.nw2
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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NoisePacker 1 - A module packer created by Conny & Christian Cyreus (Twins) of the demo group Phenomena. This packer was one of the most popular ones used on the demo scene.
File extension
.np1
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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NoisePacker 2 - A module packer created by Conny & Christian Cyreus (Twins) of the demo group Phenomena. This packer was one of the most popular ones used on the demo scene.
File extension
.np2
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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NoisePacker 3 - A module packer created by Conny & Christian Cyreus (Twins) of the demo group Phenomena. This packer was one of the most popular ones used on the demo scene.
File extension
.np3
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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NoiseRunner - A module packer created by Chaos of the demo group Sanity.
File extension
.nru
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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NoiseTracker - Before ProTracker, this format was the most used. Many people think, that the M.K. mark found in the module file, stands for Mahoney & Kaktus (the creators of NoiseTracker), but that is wrong. In fact, it stands for Michael Kleps, who created a lot of the previous SoundTracker editors. It is also him who introduced 31 samples and there the mark was introduced.
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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NoiseTracker Compressed - A module packer created by Riff Raff & Antichrist of the demo group United Forces.
File extension
.ntc
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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NovoTrade Packer - A module packer created by NovoTrade.
File extension
.ntp
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Octalyser - Original player by Christian Dahl, Davor Slutej and Tord Jansson.
This player plays module from Octalyser, which is an editor to the Atari. It is a 6 and 8 channels ProTracker clone and using the same file format.
File extension
.mod
Player
Xmp
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OctaMED - This player plays 8 channels modules created with OctaMED v1.01 to OctaMED v2.00b. This is the same as 8 channels MMD0 files.
File extension
.med / .mmd0 / .md0 / .omed
Player
OctaMED
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OctaMED Professional 3.00 - 4.xx - This player plays 4-16 channels modules created with OctaMED Professional v3.00 to v4.xx. This is the same as MMD1 files.
File extension
.med / .mmd1 / .md1 / .omed
Player
OctaMED
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OctaMED Professional 5.00 - 6.xx - This player plays 1-64 channels modules created with OctaMED Professional v5.00 to v6.xx. This is the same as MMD2 files.
File extension
.med / .mmd2 / .md2 / .omed
Player
OctaMED
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OctaMED Soundstudio - This player plays 1-64 channels modules created with OctaMED Soundstudio. This is the same as MMD3 files.
This player also supports echo, cross echo and stereo separation effects, which other players lack. Only thing missing is the filter support.
File extension
.med / .mmd3 / .md3 / .omed / .ocss
Player
OctaMED
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Ogg Vorbis - This format is an open standard / open source project created by Xiphophorus. The format is in the same familly as MP3 and WMA files, which means it's a packed sample format.
File extension
.ogg / .oga
Player
Ogg Vorbis
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OggMod - This format is the same as FastTracker 2, except that the samples are packed with Ogg-Vorbis. This make the modules smaller. The tool was created by Neil Graham.
File extension
.oxm
Player
Xmp
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Oktalyzer - This format is one of the first to support multiple channels, which means more than 4 channels, on the Amiga. It support upto 8 channels, but each channels doesn't have indepent volume control. When you changed the volume on a channel that is mixed together with another one, you change the volume on both channels.
File extension
.okt / .okta
Player
Oktalyzer
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OpenMPT MOD - This format is the same as the standard MOD format used by e.g. ProTracker, but with some small difference made by OpenMPT when saving in this format.
“OpenMPT” is currently maintained by Saga Musix a.k.a. Johannes Schultz.
File extension
.mod
Player
Xmp
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Opus - Opus is the successor of OggVorbis, MP3 and other lossless audio compression algorithms. It is good to encode both speech and music, because it implements two different algorithms.
File extension
.opus
Player
Opus
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Perfect Song 1 - A module packer created by Seg of the demo group Darkness.
File extension
.pf1
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Perfect Song 2 - A module packer created by Seg of the demo group Darkness.
File extension
.pf2
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Pha Packer - A module packer created by Olof Lindroth (Azatoth) of the demo group Phenomena.
File extension
.pha
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Polka Packer - A module packer created by Polka Brothers.
File extension
.ppk
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Power Music - A module packer created by Joakim Ögren.
File extension
.pm
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Promizer 0.1 - A module packer created by Frank Hülsmann (MC68000) of the demo group Tech.
File extension
.pm0 / .pm01
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Promizer 1.0c - A module packer created by Frank Hülsmann (MC68000) of the demo group Tech.
File extension
.pm1 / .pm10
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Promizer 1.8a - A module packer created by Frank Hülsmann (MC68000) of the demo group Tech.
File extension
.pmz
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Promizer 2.0 - A module packer created by Frank Hülsmann (MC68000) of the demo group TRSI.
File extension
.pm2 / .pm20
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Promizer 4.0 - A module packer created by Frank Hülsmann (MC68000) of the demo group Masque.
File extension
.pm4 / .pm40
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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ProPacker 1.0 - A module packer created by Christian Estrup of the demo group Static Bytes.
File extension
.p10 / .pp10
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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ProPacker 2.1 - A module packer created by Christian Estrup of the demo group Static Bytes.
File extension
.p21 / .pp21
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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ProPacker 3.0 - A module packer created by Christian Estrup of the demo group Static Bytes.
File extension
.p30 / .pp30
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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ProRunner 1 - A module packer created by Marc Heyl (Cosmos) of the demo group Sanity.
File extension
.pr1 / .pru1
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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ProRunner 2 - A module packer created by Marc Heyl (Cosmos) of the demo group Sanity.
File extension
.pr2 / .pru2
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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ProTracker - This was a very popular tracker on the demo scene. When it came out, almost everybody started using it. It has a lot of extra effects than NoiseTracker and introduced the BPM tempo (almost like Ultimate SoundTracker 1.8).
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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ProTracker IFF - This format uses IFF format to store the module. Else it is like normal ProTracker.
File extension
.ptm
Player
ModTracker
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Pygmy Packer - A module packer created by Jani Vaarala (Flame) of the demo group Pygmy Projects.
File extension
.pyg
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Quadra Composer - This tracker used Amiga Workbench instead of a pixelated user interface like ProTracker. It has more features than ProTracker, but unfortunately, it didn't reach much popularity.
File extension
.emod
Player
Quadra Composer
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RIFF-WAVE (ADPCM) - This format is also known as Microsoft wav files (.wav). These files can be in different formats, indicated by an ID number in the .wav file.
This one supports Microsoft ADPCM (ID: 0x0002) format. ADPCM stands for Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation and is a variant of the Differential Pulse-Code Modulation (DPCM). Each audio data is compressed into 4-bit samples.
File extension
.wav
Player
Sample
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RIFF-WAVE (IEEE Float) - This format is also known as Microsoft wav files (.wav). These files can be in different formats, indicated by an ID number in the .wav file.
This one supports Microsoft IEEE Float (ID: 0x0003) format, which is plain sample files where each sample are stored as IEEE-754 floating points.
File extension
.wav
Player
Sample
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RIFF-WAVE (PCM) - This format is also known as Microsoft wav files (.wav). These files can be in different formats, indicated by an ID number in the .wav file.
This one supports Microsoft PCM (ID: 0x0001) format, which is plain sample files without any compression or encoding.
File extension
.wav
Player
Sample
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Sawteeth - This format is produced by the Sawteeth music editor on BeOS / Haiku. The modules created is the so called chip-tunes and no samples are used. The sounds are real-time calculated and based on oscillators, filters, envelopes and clipping.
File extension
.st
Player
Sawteeth
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SC68 - SC68 is a free open source project that intends to play musics originally designed for Atari ST and Amiga computers. It is a container format, that just wrap the original module.
NostalgicPlayer will extract the module and then hope there exists a player which can handle it. Note that there are not players for all SC68 formats yet, so don't be surprised if you find a file which can not be played.
File extension
.sc68
Converter
Module Converter
Player
*
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Scream Tracker 2 - This loader recognizes “Scream Tracker” modules. “Scream Tracker” was the first PC tracker, as well as the first PC module format. Loosely inspired by the “SoundTracker” format, it does not have as many effects as Protracker, although it supports 31 instruments and 4 channels.
“Scream Tracker” was written by PSI of Future Crew, a.k.a. Sami Tammilehto.
File extension
.stm
Player
Xmp
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Scream Tracker 3 - This loader recognizes “Scream Tracker 3” modules. This version was a huge improvement over the original “Scream Tracker”. It supported 32 channels, up to 99 instruments, and a large choice of effects.
“Scream Tracker 3” was written by PSI of Future Crew, a.k.a. Sami Tammilehto, and released in 1994.
File extension
.s3m
Player
Xmp
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Scream Tracker 3 MOD - This format is the same as the standard MOD format used by e.g. ProTracker, but with some small difference made by Scream Tracker 3 when saving in this format.
“Scream Tracker 3” was written by PSI of Future Crew, a.k.a. Sami Tammilehto, and released in 1994.
File extension
.mod
Player
Xmp
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Scream Tracker Music Interface Kit - This loader recognizes “STMIK 0.2” modules. “STMIK” (the Scream Tracker Music Interface Kit) was a module playing library distributed by Future Crew to play Scream Tracker module in games and demos. It uses an intermediate format between STM and S3M and comes with a tool converting STM modules to STX.
“STMIK” was written by PSI of Future Crew, a.k.a. Sami Tammilehto.
File extension
.stx
Player
Xmp
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SidMon 1.0 - The first tracker featuring ‘synthesis’ for the Amiga. Very rough app, which didn’t have user friendliness high in it’s aims. With it you could create very tiny (filesize) tracks with synthetic instruments which resembled the very distinctive sounds of the C64 SID chip. The term for these tracks nowadays would be ‘chiptunes’ The program was based on the Sound monitor programmed by Chris Hülsbeck. Hence the name SIDMon.
File extension
.sd1 / .sid1 / .sid
Player
SidMon 1.0
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SidMon 2.0 - This is the second version of SidMon. It is not written by the original author, Reinier van Vliet, but instead by Michael Kleps (Unknown/DOC). This time, the player isn't embedded in the module, but have a real format that is easier to load.
File extension
.sd2 / .sid2 / .sid
Player
SidMon 2.0
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SidPlay - SID modules contains tunes and sound effects from the good old Commodore 64. To play these, the player emulates the Commodore 64 components, including the CPU (6510), CIA, VIC II and sound chip (6581/8580).
File extension
.sid / .c64 / .mus / .str / .prg
Player
SidPlay
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SKYT Packer - A module packer created by Mr. Bluesky of the demo group Drifters.
File extension
.skt / .skyt
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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SoundFX 1.x - The SoundFX file format is like SoundTracker. It only have a few effects, but it also have some special pattern commands, which SoundTracker doesn't have.
File extension
.sfx
Converter
Module Converter
Player
SoundFX
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SoundFX 2.0 - The SoundFX file format is like SoundTracker. It only have a few effects, but it also have some special pattern commands, which SoundTracker doesn't have. This version now supports 31 samples, where the previous versions only have 15.
File extension
.sfx / .sfx2
Player
SoundFX
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SoundMon 1.1 - This format have both samples and synthesis sounds, which can be created using drawing tools.
File extension
.bp / .bp2
Player
SoundMon
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SoundMon 2.2 - This format have both samples and synthesis sounds, which can be created using drawing tools. This version have more effects that can be applied on the synthesis sounds than the previous version.
File extension
.bp / .bp3
Player
SoundMon
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SoundTracker 2.2 - More effects was added to this tracker (position jump and pattern break). It was also the last tracker with only 15 samples. All subsequently trackers have 31 samples.
Modules using this player, could have been made in any SoundTracker from 2.0 to 2.2 (not the same as SoundTracker II).
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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SoundTracker 2.6 - This format is almost the same as NoiseTracker, except that instead of a pattern has its own 4 tracks, SoundTracker 2.6 have independent tracks. A pattern is then build by combining the different tracks.
The speed effect has also been extended, so it's possible to set the speed for both odd and even rows in one command. The player will then automatical switch between the two speeds while playing.
File extension
.st26
Player
ModTracker
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StarTrekker - This is a NoiseTracker clone, but improved by the possibility to have synth samples, which are stored in an external file with the extension .nt. NostalgicPlayer supports playing synth sound, if the file is found.
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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StarTrekker 8 voices - This is the same as the original StarTrekker, except it uses 8 voices.
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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StarTrekker Packer - A module packer created by Jouni Karhonen (Mr. Spiv) of the demo group Cave.
File extension
.stp / .stpk
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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STIM (Slam Tilt) - A module packer used in the pinball game Slam Tilt by Liquid Dezign.
File extension
.sti
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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TakeTracker - This tracker is from the PC, but uses the same file format as FastTracker MOD files. It has extended the number of channels up to 16 and it also supports an odd number of channels.
The tracker was written by Anders B. Ervik.
File extension
.mod
Player
Xmp
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TFMX 1.5 - Do you remember the music from Turican II or Rock'n'Roll on the Amiga? Well, it was Chris Hülsbeck who composed these wonderful pieces of music.
This is the first version of the format and only a few modules exists in this format.
File extension
.tfx / mdat. / .tfm
Player
TFMX
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TFMX 7 voices - Do you remember the music from Turican II or Rock'n'Roll on the Amiga? Well, it was Chris Hülsbeck who composed these wonderful pieces of music.
This is the 7 voices version of this format. Chris used Jochen Hippel mixer, because Jochen had written a great mixer routine on the Amiga.
File extension
.tfx / mdat. / .tfm
Player
TFMX
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TFMX Professional - Do you remember the music from Turican II or Rock'n'Roll on the Amiga? Well, it was Chris Hülsbeck who composed these wonderful pieces of music.
Most of Chris Hülsbeck music is made with this version. It is still 4 voices modules.
File extension
.tfx / mdat. / .tfm
Player
TFMX
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The Dark Demon - A module packer created by The Dark Demon.
File extension
.tdd
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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The Player 2.2A - A module packer created by Jarno Paananen (Guru) of the demo group Sahara Surfers.
File extension
.p22a
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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The Player 3.0A - A module packer created by Jarno Paananen (Guru) of the demo group Sahara Surfers.
File extension
.p30a
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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The Player 4.0A - A module packer created by Jarno Paananen (Guru) of the demo group Sahara Surfers. This packer was one of the most popular ones used on the demo scene and in games.
File extension
.p40a
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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The Player 4.0B - A module packer created by Jarno Paananen (Guru) of the demo group Sahara Surfers. This packer was one of the most popular ones used on the demo scene and in games.
File extension
.p40b
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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The Player 4.1A - A module packer created by Jarno Paananen (Guru) of the demo group Sahara Surfers. This packer was one of the most popular ones used on the demo scene and in games.
File extension
.p41a
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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The Player 5.0A - A module packer created by Jarno Paananen (Guru) of the demo group Sahara Surfers. This packer was one of the most popular ones used on the demo scene and in games.
File extension
.p50a
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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The Player 6.0A - A module packer created by Jarno Paananen (Guru) of the demo group Sahara Surfers. This packer was one of the most popular ones used on the demo scene and in games.
File extension
.p60a
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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The Player 6.1A - A module packer created by Jarno Paananen (Guru) of the demo group Sahara Surfers. This packer was one of the most popular ones used on the demo scene and in games.
File extension
.p61a
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Titanics Player - A module packer created by Titanics.
File extension
.tip
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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TMK Replay - A module packer created by Eremation.
File extension
.tmk
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Tracker Packer 1 - A module packer created by Boris Fornefeld (Crazy Crack) of the demo group MEXX.
File extension
.tp1
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Tracker Packer 2 - A module packer created by Boris Fornefeld (Crazy Crack) of the demo group MEXX.
File extension
.tp2
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Tracker Packer 3 - A module packer created by Boris Fornefeld (Crazy Crack) of the demo group Complex.
File extension
.tp3
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Ultimate SoundTracker 1.0 - 1.21 - This is one of the first trackers created on the Amiga. It was created by Karsten Obarski to make music for games. The file format has later been used and extended in other trackers. This format only supports 15 samples and two effects.
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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Ultimate SoundTracker 1.8 - 2.0 - This is one of the first trackers created on the Amiga. It was created by Karsten Obarski to make music for games. The file format has later been used and extended in other trackers. This format only supports 15 samples and two effects. This version introduced variable tempo and multiple sample disks.
File extension
.mod
Player
ModTracker
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UltraTracker - This loader recognizes “UltraTracker” modules. They are mostly similar to Protracker modules, but support two effects per channel.
“UltraTracker” was written by MAS of Prophecy, a.k.a. Marc Andre Schallehn, and released in 1993.
File extension
.ult
Player
Xmp
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Unic Tracker - A module packer created by Anders Emil Hansen (Laxity) of the demo group Kefrens.
File extension
.unic
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Unis 669 - This loader recognizes “Unis 669” modules. This format is the successor of the "Composer 669" and introduces some new effects like the super fast tempo and stereo balance. Support 8 channels.
“Unis 669 Composer” was written by Jason Nunn and released in 1994.
File extension
.669
Player
Xmp
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Wanton Packer - A module packer created by Wanton of the demo group Bloodsuckers.
File extension
.wnp
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Xann Packer - A module packer created by Fabien Letouzey (Xann) of the demo group The Silents.
File extension
.xann
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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Zen Packer - A module packer created by Mark Saarinen (Dweezil) of the demo group Stellar.
File extension
.zen
Converter
ProWizard
Player
ModTracker
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