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Title: Tracking on the Amiga
Post by: broken on August 08, 2006, 04:40:09 PM: Ok, I have been putting this off for over a decade and have decided I want to get into creating tracker music on the Amiga. While I know the format has evolved and I have a highend PC, I would rather just start on the Amiga.

Suggestions for a newbie to the scene? Looking for something that will run on a 3.1 A1200. Would like to use something other than OctaMed. If it had tutorials with it that would be great.

Suggestions?
Title: Re: Tracking on the Amiga
Post by: Dandy on August 08, 2006, 04:49:12 PM: Ummm - back in the early ninetees (when I used to play around with trackers)
I used things like Soundtracker, ST-tracker, Oktalyzer and so on...
Title: Re: Tracking on the Amiga
Post by: motorollin on August 08, 2006, 05:04:05 PM: Just as a matter of interest, what is your aversion to using OctaMED?

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moto
Title: Re: Tracking on the Amiga
Post by: broken on August 08, 2006, 05:12:19 PM: Quote

motorollin wrote:
Just as a matter of interest, what is your aversion to using OctaMED?

Nothing, really. Was just hoping to use something to create more standard .mod files, but I have no problem with OctaMed per say. Though I don't like how the interface was changed after version 4. I like that old school MED style interface.
Title: Re: Tracking on the Amiga
Post by: fx on August 08, 2006, 05:41:51 PM: I really like Quadra Composer which can save in regular mod format and is system friendly unlike ProTracker and most of it's clones.
Title: Re: Tracking on the Amiga
Post by: nasty on August 08, 2006, 06:21:11 PM: I enjoy using Soundtracker over all other's. But I guess it just going to be a case of trying each one and finding out whatone is write for you!
Title: Re: Tracking on the Amiga
Post by: Johan Samuelsson on August 08, 2006, 06:45:56 PM: For a plaing a1200 i recommend Protracker 2.3d/3.15/3.61/3.62. That's what everybody used and still use. I prefer 3.62, but it's just a matter of taste. The later 4.x versions are very buggy.
Title: Re: Tracking on the Amiga
Post by: Gojirax on August 08, 2006, 07:14:52 PM: Octamed SoundStudio is still under development (Open Source and slow of course) for the Amiga as well.

Check out Yahoo groups for their Email list on there.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MED_Soundstudio_Amiga_Platform/

Also, you can download the latest version of MED Soundstudio at:
http://www.medsoundstudio.com/amigadownlink.htm

There's also a full manual available in PDF format on that site.

It's freeware.

I like it a lot for the wide variety of sound formats it supports and the quality of audio you can get from it.
Title: Re: Tracking on the Amiga
Post by: motorollin on August 08, 2006, 07:20:55 PM: I keep meaning to learn how to use Octamed Soundstudio but haven't found the time. I want to learn how to make the beautiful sweeping synth leads and kitchy percussion from demo music. Are there any good tutorials on how to do this? I'll have a look at the Octamed Soundstudio manual one day so I can learn what all those little numbers mean! :-)

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moto