Tracking on the Amiga

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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?

[Dandy]

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...

[motorollin]

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

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moto

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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.

[fx]

I really like Quadra Composer which can save in regular mod format and is system friendly unlike ProTracker and most of it's clones.

[nasty]

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!

[Johan Samuelsson]

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.

[Gojirax]

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.

[motorollin]

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