Using ProTracker

[SamuraiCrow]

1)  Use the Icon editor to make an icon for your application.  Otherwise you can click "show all files" and then select "snapshot window" from Workbench.  That way it will stay in "show all files" mode.

3)  Most Protracker samples are acquired from other Protracker mods.  There are other places you can get free samples but they are usually saved in a 16-bit format that must be converted to 8 bits and a lower sampling rate to work with Protracker.

4)  Avoid Protracker 3+ since its playback routines are different from the earlier versions but used the same file format so they'll sound wrong.

[SamuraiCrow]

5)  Most tracker editors have + and - buttons somewhere on the user interface that let you switch patterns.  (I've only used other tracker editors but not the original Protracker.)

6)  The latest version of Protracker for the Amiga that doesn't do wierd stuff is 2.3 something I think.  Also, DOS protracker players use command 8xx to mean panning.  Amiga doesn't support panning on the Protracker editor so whatever command 8xx was used for before will mess up on the Amiga.