The Classic Amiga Sound - Let's fix those trackers!

spoUP · 21 May 2006, 15:22

Hi all!

Lot's of games and demos have been fixed with whdload, that is great! But WHDLoad could be used in a more productive way aswell. There's lots of really unique and cool oldskool trackers for the Amiga, all of them had a certain unique synthetic sound that can only be created on Amigas. The problem is that all these trackers are really old now, and most of them only run on A500's, so there is a severe lack of new tunes produced in these trackers, as noone is able to run the trackers anymore. This is a really important piece of Amiga history that deserves a better faith. There's lots of skilled AGA/HD fixers here, is anyone up for the task?

Here's a list of cool trackers that deserves to be brought back to life, some of them almost work on a1200/060, some not at all;

TFMX, BPSoundMon, BugMon, FutureComposer, PumaTracker, DeltaMusic, FredEditor, JamCrackerPro, SidMonII and Sonic Arranger.

EDIT; I've got a lot of these running by using existing WHDLoad slave and such, but I don't feel right about releasing them, as I have used other WHDLoad peoples slaves and just Hex edited them a little.
There's not much work that has to be done, for a lot of them to run. I just tried to get PumaTracker running, by emulating dos 1.3 via WHDLoad, it ran perfectly, but it crashed after a while, when playing a song.

So, what do you guys think? Wouldn't it be sweet to fix these old gems, and make them available on some webpage, together with some songs and some info?

Let's fight for the past, and do proper fixes for these!

Shoonay · 21 May 2006, 16:24

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!!

That would be great!

It's "only" (ekhem

) the program file that's need to be patched, not like in case of some Demomaker tools, where the output file also needs to be patched, so it is posssible, right?

If so, OMG i wanna TFMX and Sonix!

thinlega · 21 May 2006, 16:50

yeah that would be great!

jrom · 21 May 2006, 19:57

Maybe this post would be better of in the WHDLoad section? Other then that... I was thinking of the same thing a while back!

alexh · 21 May 2006, 22:10

No offence but the trackers are used to COMPOSE music. Are you going to compose or just playback? If you are just going to playback, use EagleTracker or DeliTracker, most of their plugins are compatible with faster processors.

plasmatron · 22 May 2006, 10:49

This is a wicked idea !

Letz do it !

spoUP · 23 May 2006, 23:26

uh? i know trackers are used for composing, and ofcourse i am gonna use them for composing, and for others to get back into the lovely world of amiga synthetism.
so, can anyone move this thread into whdload maybe if there's where it'd get attention?

Paul · 24 May 2006, 10:37

As this is about Whdload....thread moved

spoUP · 29 May 2006, 04:38

umf... guess the intrest wasn't that huge? :/

spoUP · 03 August 2006, 04:19

(...bump?)

blade002 · 03 August 2006, 08:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

No offence but the trackers are used to COMPOSE music. Are you going to compose or just playback? If you are just going to playback, use EagleTracker or DeliTracker, most of their plugins are compatible with faster processors.

It doesnt really matter if he was going to use them to compose music or not, since there will always be someone else out there that will. This idea isnt going to affect just one person, but as it stands i think its a great idea getting all these running via WHDLoad !.. I would love to start composing on the Amiga myself.

Hungry Horace · 25 August 2006, 01:06

or you could just run octamed.... <hides>

21 May 2006, 15:22	#1
spoUP Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sweden Age: 46 Posts: 430	The Classic Amiga Sound - Let's fix those trackers! Hi all! Lot's of games and demos have been fixed with whdload, that is great! But WHDLoad could be used in a more productive way aswell. There's lots of really unique and cool oldskool trackers for the Amiga, all of them had a certain unique synthetic sound that can only be created on Amigas. The problem is that all these trackers are really old now, and most of them only run on A500's, so there is a severe lack of new tunes produced in these trackers, as noone is able to run the trackers anymore. This is a really important piece of Amiga history that deserves a better faith. There's lots of skilled AGA/HD fixers here, is anyone up for the task? Here's a list of cool trackers that deserves to be brought back to life, some of them almost work on a1200/060, some not at all; TFMX, BPSoundMon, BugMon, FutureComposer, PumaTracker, DeltaMusic, FredEditor, JamCrackerPro, SidMonII and Sonic Arranger. EDIT; I've got a lot of these running by using existing WHDLoad slave and such, but I don't feel right about releasing them, as I have used other WHDLoad peoples slaves and just Hex edited them a little. There's not much work that has to be done, for a lot of them to run. I just tried to get PumaTracker running, by emulating dos 1.3 via WHDLoad, it ran perfectly, but it crashed after a while, when playing a song. So, what do you guys think? Wouldn't it be sweet to fix these old gems, and make them available on some webpage, together with some songs and some info? Let's fight for the past, and do proper fixes for these! Last edited by spoUP; 21 May 2006 at 15:29.

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21 May 2006, 16:24	#2
Shoonay Global Caturator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Porando Age: 43 Posts: 6,105	Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!!! That would be great! It's "only" (ekhem ) the program file that's need to be patched, not like in case of some Demomaker tools, where the output file also needs to be patched, so it is posssible, right? If so, OMG i wanna TFMX and Sonix!

21 May 2006, 16:50	#3
thinlega .:Part-Time Winner:. Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: UK Posts: 531	yeah that would be great!

21 May 2006, 19:57	#4
jrom Wannabe asm coder ;) Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Netherlands Age: 47 Posts: 459	Maybe this post would be better of in the WHDLoad section? Other then that... I was thinking of the same thing a while back!

21 May 2006, 22:10	#5
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,343	No offence but the trackers are used to COMPOSE music. Are you going to compose or just playback? If you are just going to playback, use EagleTracker or DeliTracker, most of their plugins are compatible with faster processors.

22 May 2006, 10:49	#6
plasmatron Zone Friend Join Date: May 2003 Location: Germany Age: 48 Posts: 967	This is a wicked idea ! Letz do it !

23 May 2006, 23:26	#7
spoUP Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sweden Age: 46 Posts: 430	uh? i know trackers are used for composing, and ofcourse i am gonna use them for composing, and for others to get back into the lovely world of amiga synthetism. so, can anyone move this thread into whdload maybe if there's where it'd get attention?

24 May 2006, 10:37	#8
Paul RIP Friends Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UK Posts: 2,157	As this is about Whdload....thread moved

29 May 2006, 04:38	#9
spoUP Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sweden Age: 46 Posts: 430	umf... guess the intrest wasn't that huge? :/

03 August 2006, 04:19	#10
spoUP Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: sweden Age: 46 Posts: 430	(...bump?)

25 August 2006, 01:06	#12
Hungry Horace Wipe-Out Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: . Age: 43 Posts: 2,538	or you could just run octamed.... <hides>

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