Keep On Trackin' - Amiga Music MODs - Exploring their Journey

In this video we're going back in time to the 1980s to explore the origins of Amiga Music, The Tracker, and The MOD file.
We'll also take a look (a deep dive!) at how these mod files are put together to create some of the most iconic music from the 16-bit era.
Join me as we delve into this remarkable history.

A few corrections: Amiga has a low pass filter not a high pass filter. Also powerpacker support was available in earlier versions of protracker.
complications / cmplctns.mod author has now been identified as by Danko / FLT

I remember the first time I came across SoundTracker on the Amiga, and was amazed at the music. Having heard it already in games, and now seeing how they could be created I was captivated.

What I didn't realise was the crazy situation that had led to 'modern' tracker editors and players. I didn't get my Amiga until the early 1990s and by then all of this had stabilised.

Not only the history, we'll take a look at how a Protracker module works, and then a deep dive into why the file are so small for such impressive long songs.

If you'd like to see a VERY DETAILED deeper dive into the history then this blog is a real interesting read: https://xavier.borderie.net/blog/2024...

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Chapters
Introduction (00:00)
Before the Amiga (00:30)
The Amiga and Paula (01:28)
Karsten Obarski and The Ultimate Sound Tracker (02:43)
The Demoscene and Crackers/Cracktros (03:54)
SoundTracker Hacking (04:37)
NoiseTracker (06:22)
OctaMED (07:10)
ProTracker (07:42)
Patterns of Music (08:30)
ProTracker Interface UI (09:14)
Tracker Effects 0-F (excluding E) (10:42)
Tracker Effects E (13:47)
Tracker Module File Format (16:00)
Tracker Clones and Players (17:46)
OctaMED Success (18:19)
What a Journey (18:48)

Music:
"Covertune" - I think it came on a CU Amiga Coverdisk
lilly_chip_8 - by accord of alchemy
from dvik&joyrex first MSX1 megademo
from C64 Demo Squeak's Ticker by Squeak
Jays Song from Aegis Sonix V2.0
Baricades Misterieuses from Deluxe Music Construction Set
Amegas : Music by Karsten Obarski
Crystalhammer : Karsten Obarski
Amiga Demo: The Fall by Lemon & The Deadliners
complications / cmplctns.mod, used in Maniac, by Alex Metcalf (Mac OS) by Danko / FLT
Escape to Heaven - Teijo Kinnunen
"Ripped by D.O.C." Mod
The Mobeous - Take a Trip from Me, by u4ia of Cryptoburners (Amiga Format Coverdisk)
Skogens Djur 005 - Coma of 3le (clone of the music from Amiga game Rock 'n' Roll by Chris Huelsbeck)
Cybernetix - The Last Battle (Game) - Music by Blair Zuppicich
Synthetic Existence (Part 2) - by Maxym/Credo.
ancient chords.ice - by claw of nonsense productions
Fall from sky - Elwood

Remixes of Crystal Hammer:
   • Spiral Hands On III: Karsten Obarski - Cry...  
   • Crystal Hammer remix  

Research and Resources:
Yamaha YM2149: http://www.vgmpf.com/Wiki/index.php?t...
Atari ST YM2149F: https://www.polynominal.com/atari-st/...
Kestra Amiga Demo Database (v2: Janeway): http://janeway.exotica.org.uk/search.php
Picture of hand holding Paula chip: Jacopo Werther, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Aminet: http://aminet.net/
The MOD Archive: https://modarchive.org/
Amiga 1000 Picture: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Ubcule/JuTa/Pixel8
OpenMPT: https://openmpt.org/
Renoise: https://www.renoise.com/
MadTracker: http://www.madtracker.org/
BZRPlayer: http://bzrplayer.blazer.nu/
VLC: https://www.videolan.org/
WinAMP: https://www.winamp.com/
FastTracker 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastTra...

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