MilkyTracker is a free software[3][4] multi-platform music tracker for composing music in the MOD and XM module file formats.[5]
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 MilkyTracker screenshot | |
| Initial release | 2005[1] |
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| Stable release | 1.04
/ July 5, 2023[2] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, MorphOS, AmigaOS, PocketPC, SerenityOS and HaikuOS |
| Type | Music tracker |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later MilkyPlay: BSD-3-Clause |
| Website | milkytracker |
It is a clone that attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program FastTracker 2,[6][7][8] with special playback modes available for improved Amiga Protracker 2/3 compatibility.[9]
Module tracking
editModule composition or "tracking" is done through the control of multichannel sample playback. An instrument is created by arranging one or more audio samples across a keyboard range. The instrument is then sequenced on a monophonic track that contains note, volume and effect data. A pattern is a series of tracks that are played back simultaneously. A song is then created by arranging the patterns.
Features
editMilkyTracker is able to open several legacy music module formats and is able to save in .xm and .mod formats.
Like FastTracker, MilkyTracker contains a sample editor and an instrument editor. The envelope editor of the instrument editor allows the creation of many envelope points and user definable envelope loop points.
MilkyTracker also supports basic (velocity sensitive) note input via MIDI.
Platform support
editMilkyTracker supports several operating systems and hardware platforms. These include:
- Microsoft Windows: MilkyTracker runs on Windows 9x, Me, NT, Windows 200x, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11[3]
- Unix-like: MilkyTracker is available for Linux, Android, macOS, OpenBSD, FreeBSD and SerenityOS.[3]
- Amiga: A port of MilkyTracker exists for AmigaOS, MorphOS and AROS.[3][4][10]
- Windows Mobile: MilkyTracker can be run on Windows Mobile smartphones, PDAs, Pocket PC and a VDO Dayton car navigation system running Windows CE 4.2.
- Android[11]
- HaikuOS
- Xbox
- GP2x
- Nintendo Wii U[12]
- Nintendo Switch[13]
- PlayStation 2[14]
- PlayStation Portable[15]
- PlayStation Vita[16]
History
editMilkyTracker is not based on any existing module replay engine. Its core, MilkyPlay, has been in development since the mid-90s, originally as a Digitrakker .MDL player. MilkyTracker development started a decade later for the Pocket PC and it still fully operates on rather humble PDAs. MilkyTracker is and will stay a 2nd generation tracker. There are no plans to add modern tracker features that would break compatibility with FastTracker.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ ChangeLog
- ^ "1.04 Release Notes".
- ^ a b c d Kirn, Peter (14 April 2008). "MilkyTracker Pan-Platform Tracker Now Open Source, with New Features". Create Digital Music. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ a b Deltafire (24 February 2018). "MilkyTracker v1.02 + AmigaPorts fork". MilkyTracker.
- ^ Annunziata, Luca (4 April 2008). "Downloads-Multimedia? Multimedia!". Punto Informatico. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ "Netlabels - die geheime Revolution". Gulli.com. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Elsdon, Ashley (2007). "Mobile Music Creation using PDAs and Smartphones" (PDF). Proceedings of the Mobile Music Workshop (MMW-07), Amsterdam, Netherlands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-03.
- ^ Sandholtbraten, Frode; Gogstad, Jostein; Stokes, Michael; Jensen, Remy; Nielsen, Espen; Beiske, Konrad G. "TDT4290 at IDI/NTNU Group 2 - Norwegian University of Science and Technology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-03.
- ^ "Tracker Software Overview". The Mod Archive. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ^ "Milky Tracker in The AROS Archives".
- ^ "MilkyTracker - Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
- ^ "MilkyTracker - Cross-Platform XM Tracker". GitHub.
- ^ "MilkyTracker - Cross-Platform XM Tracker". GitHub.
- ^ "MilkyTracker - Cross-Platform XM Tracker ported to PlayStation 2". GitHub.
- ^ "MilkyTracker - Cross-Platform XM Tracker ported to PlayStation Portable". GitHub.
- ^ "MilkyTracker - Cross-Platform XM Tracker ported to PlayStation Vita". GitHub.