22 February 2017, 20:33 | #1 |
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PoroTracker - mod tracker for Windows
Been working on this for a while, but it's finally usable enough to post about: PoroTracker is basically an Impulse/Schism Tracker clone, but for Amiga ProTracker compatible mods. It's freeware, portable, but Windows only currently.
This uses a super-accurate playroutine based on 8bitbubsy's code (similar to what's used in his PT clone), but with a very different user interface and feature set. Download and more info Last edited by hukka; 22 February 2017 at 20:42. |
22 February 2017, 21:30 | #2 |
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Works really well. Good work!
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22 February 2017, 22:22 | #3 |
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Cool, just tried it out and works great !!! Thx
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22 February 2017, 22:50 | #4 |
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Good to hear it's working for you guys
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22 February 2017, 23:20 | #5 |
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So it is a clone in interface only, right?
It would be great if somehow features oc sST/IT would be implemented, for instance, instrument definitions! (the single, stupidest omission on every Protracker ever). Good job and looking great! (IF you like ST/IT looks ) |
22 February 2017, 23:35 | #6 |
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Is this Windows 2000 compatible?
All I got was a brief window saying "this application appears to be frozen" which I have never seen before. After a few seconds a small Porotracker window appeared, but the window itself was empty and placing the mouse over it caused the mouse to disappear! Clicking on the mouse button appeared to do nothing. |
22 February 2017, 23:38 | #7 |
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I don't see how instrument support could be implemented without devising a new file format and writing a new playroutine for the Amiga (and then you couldn't use P61 to pack your mods anymore which would be a dealbreaker for me). There's a lot of stuff that would be nice to have but is impossible within the limits of standard PT mods, but the world is already full of weird tracker formats and I don't want to contribute to that. The purpose of PoroTracker is simply to offer an alternative (and more familiar to people such as myself) way to make normal Amiga mods
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22 February 2017, 23:48 | #8 | |
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The mouse pointer disappearing is because PoroTracker by default draws its own mouse sprite. Pressing Ctrl-M twice should unhide the Windows cursor. EDIT: You can also try pressing Alt-Enter to see if switching to fullscreen helps. Last edited by hukka; 22 February 2017 at 23:55. |
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There is one thing I forgot to mention yesterday... my sound card is broken Most software either produces a pop-up with an error and then exits, or runs but with sound disabled automatically (e.g. WinUAE). FYI: I have been meaning to switch to a laptop with a working sound card, but I haven't got round to it yet. |
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