1. How are pixitracker or nanoloop trackers?
how are they not trackers? they are the same as all other trackers basically... maybe you are thrown off by the fact that 1) they go sideways instead of downwards 2) you dont enter notes with a qwerty keyboard. beyond this there are no differences between these and other trackers.
2. Why do you think that trackers are good for touchscreens? They are based on text input
see above, i dont think "based on text input" is part of what makes a tracker a tracker. obviously if trackers are based on text input then a keyboard is the only good way to use a tracker
and if you try any of the existing mobile trackers you will see that they can't compare with desktop or even gamepad trackers in terms of workflow.
right because they are ports of trackers that arent designed for touch screens rather than being bespoke for this interface
Not sure how the likes of LGPT would work on touchscreen unless some serious UI changes are made.
no disagreement here. serious UI changes are not impossible though
Even games with virtual gamepads mostly play like shit. Why not use LSDJ under a GB emu on your device to see how it fits? I find it quite troublesome when I need to hold 2 virtual buttons and press the third one.
again i dont disagree that trackers designed for non-touchscreen devices work better on non-touchscreen devices than on touch screens
Milkytracker is pretty much just a curiosity. I don't think it's usable at all, it's more like a player.
again i dont disagree that trackers designed for non-touchscreen devices work better on non-touchscreen devices than on touch screens
Sunvox is the only serious attempt at mobile tracker that I tried and it is usable, but lacks the ease of use that makes trackers stand out from pianolol-type apps in the first place. Otherwise it's very well implemented and feature rich.
right. it also lacks that ease of use on the desktop so i dont think this is a touch screen issue
think youre being a bit closed minded about what a tracker is. if a tracker is "a piece of software where you press the Z key on your qwerty keyboard to enter the note C", then trackers suck on touch screen, everyone will agree. actually probably the two most popular trackers on this forum dont use a qwerty keyboard, already, tho, so its perfectly possible to tailor the tracker concept to non-qwerty input devices as was already demonstrated by lsdj/lgpt/ntrq and so on. without it losing tracker status.