MilkyTracker is an open source, multi-platform music application for creating .MOD and .XM module files.
MilkyTracker attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program Fasttracker II, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.
Here are some key features of "MilkyTracker":
· Fasttracker II like, custom graphical user interface with context menus
· Supported on multiple platforms including portable devices
· Very accurate .XM replay compared to FT2
· ProTracker 2/3 playback modes for playing and editing .MOD files
· Various resampler options including emulated Amiga 500/1200 sound output
· Choose between a modern and a true-to-FT2 editing scheme / keyboard layout
· Tabbed user interface for opening and playing up to 32 modules simultaneously and for exchanging data between them
· Over 30 imported module formats
· Basic archive support for loading zipped, powerpacked and UMX modules directly
· Rendering songs/patterns to disk (.WAV) or directly to sample
· Powerful sample editor featuring waveform generators
· In-depth instrument editor featuring envelope scaling and zooming and support for swapping and copying instruments and samples across tabs
· Low latency audio driver support
· MIDI In support
· Module optimizer
· Internal file browser option
· Various font sizes for improved visibility of pattern data
· Prospective pattern view option
· Playing and editing simultaneously
· Live mode for seamless pattern changes
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
Whats New:
· Ability to move dialogs.
· Keyboard shortcut Shift-U (unmute all).
· Unix/SDL version now uses system libzzip.
· Updated section panel to handle multiple pages.
· Basic quicktime support on OSX.
· LHA archive support.
· Colour table import/export.
· gzip compression support.
· New font: IDC-Harmonica (12x12)
· New font: IDC-MicroKnight (12x12)
· Ability to detect desktop display resolution.
· Added '1' as note-off key in MilkyTracker mode.
· Ability to adjust screen magnification factor.
· Milkyplay license changed from GPL to BSD (MilkyTracker remains GPL).
· Working close button in OSX.
· LZX compressor support.
· Improved constants for 10 band EQ.
· New font: Topaz 1.3 & Topaz 2.0 (8x8)
Bugs Fixed:
· (Unix) JACK client thread gets zombified causing playback to block.
· Crash when using the '-orientation ROTATE90CW' switch on SDL versions.
· Screen input lock after showing a system message.
· Bug in xm loader for old xm variant causing 8 bit samples to not load correctly.
· Added FT2 note range clipping to live p...