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From: bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper)
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Subject: Re: Soundtracker...ftp'able anywhere?
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Date: 7 Jun 90 02:28:25 GMT
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In article <24750@unix.cis.pitt.edu> jcfst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (John C. Fossum) writes:
>
>     Does any ftp site have the current version of SoundTracker
>anywhere? Any help is appreciated.
>
>-Steve M. Suhy

The latest version is called 'NoiseTracker' and is at version 1.2.  You can
find it in /incoming/amiga at xanth.cs.odu.edu.

This is an amazing application if you need to compose a multitrack score 
composed of sampled instrument sounds.  Be sure to download all of the 
'mod.*.LZH' files at xanth, as well.  If you are into fast-moving, heavy
industrial music, these modules, piped into an amplifier, are mind-blowing.

I can see this application producing some classical, metal, and popular scores
that depend on precise timing rather expertly.  It supports note transcribing
and voice polyphonization, arpeggio and vibrato manipulation, and a whole host
of other goodies.

Cons:  written by pirates.  Documentation is there, but is sketchy.  Only 
allows limited multitasking (you can suspend the program to go back to your
WorkBench environment, but while it is running, you cannot multitask due to the
copper/blitter manipulation in the scope and spectrometer displays [I gather])

If you want to play any tracker module on the WorkBench, the 
SmokeOnTheWater.LZH file at xanth has a program called 'IntuiTracker' that 
will reside on the workbench, and is rather friendly to the environment.

In spite of the cons, this is a powerful program that is a lot of fun to use.
I strongly encourage the appearance of more NoiseTracker modules.  Perhaps 
this will show pirates that their original ideas are more welcome than their
illicit ones.

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