in case anyone is still wondering, rouwe made a "Great Module Tunes & Tracker History" thread where tracking n00bs can be enlightened on MOD/XM/IT recommendations, and the nuances of the tracker scene.  go there and post your top picks and knowledge:

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/4777/ … d-history/

thx rouwe

Thank you for contributing to the thread, some really cool mods in there. We need more people posting songs though, come on guys!

http://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/4777/ … d-history/

thx rouwe

4mat wrote:

how many "how do I run X on Y" 20 page threads have you had Akira?

Fair enough xD
But those SAME problems would arise even with emulation.
"How do I run the emulator, what is workbench, I got an ADF , what do I do with it" and more.

don't forget the classical, "is there winUAE for mac?"

how many "how do I run X on Y" 20 page threads have you had Akira?

Fair enough xD
But those SAME problems would arise even with emulation.
"How do I run the emulator, what is workbench, I got an ADF , what do I do with it" and more.

4mat wrote:

Using a real amiga is such a pain (both in transferring and then software compatiblity and so on)

Only if you got a shitty A500 or something like that!
A1200s and A600s are easy to setup.

Personally, I love the AD/DA of the Amiga. If I had none, I might emulate, but I always made the little effort needed to always have an Amiga in my house.

how many "how do I run X on Y" 20 page threads have you had Akira?

Rouwe wrote:

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Even a simple "Great MOD/XM tunes" thread would be nice, but if someone is willing to write up a nice op about mods by all means do it. I'll definitely contribute my favorite mods to it!

I think you should start this thread right away.

Oh, alright I guess I'll do it! I'll try to add in a little history lesson and some other stuff too.

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Even a simple "Great MOD/XM tunes" thread would be nice, but if someone is willing to write up a nice op about mods by all means do it. I'll definitely contribute my favorite mods to it!

I think you should start this thread right away.

bryface wrote:

if people were made more aware of the 20+-year backcatalogue of mindblowing module tunes on a regular basis i think there would be more interest.  not just that, but being able to sift out the best of the best - being shown the work of tracking legends, demoparty multichannel compo winners and the like.

A good place to start is http://www.mono211.com/modsoulbrother/ but I started a very education AHX Love thread with loads of people posting awesome AHX tunes, would anyone mind something similar for mod/xm?

Even a simple "Great MOD/XM tunes" thread would be nice, but if someone is willing to write up a nice op about mods by all means do it. I'll definitely contribute my favorite mods to it!

chunter wrote:

Has anyone taken on the corrolary of "how do we get more people into tracking?"

if people were made more aware of the 20+-year backcatalogue of mindblowing module tunes on a regular basis i think there would be more interest.  not just that, but being able to sift out the best of the best - being shown the work of tracking legends, demoparty multichannel compo winners and the like.

A good place to start is http://www.mono211.com/modsoulbrother/ but I started a very education AHX Love thread with loads of people posting awesome AHX tunes, would anyone mind something similar for mod/xm?

Using a real amiga is such a pain (both in transferring and then software compatiblity and so on)

Only if you got a shitty A500 or something like that!
A1200s and A600s are easy to setup.

Personally, I love the AD/DA of the Amiga. If I had none, I might emulate, but I always made the little effort needed to always have an Amiga in my house.

Has anyone taken on the corrolary of "how do we get more people into tracking?"

if people were made more aware of the 20+-year backcatalogue of mindblowing module tunes on a regular basis i think there would be more interest.  not just that, but being able to sift out the best of the best - being shown the work of tracking legends, demoparty multichannel compo winners and the like.

another thing i think would help is to encourage people to play the music in their intended tracker programs, or at least in players that show the note data during playback.  that was the original draw for me - music that had the note data in plain view so that you can mute stuff, or poke around in the song, to see how the artist achieved a particular result. 

when you listen to an mp3 version of such tunes, the appreciation for those details gets lost.

Has anyone taken on the corrolary of "how do we get more people into tracking?"

renoise?

The people I know that are chronic ModPlug users do not advertise the fact [/subltehint]