It’s a so-called “music tracker” software which is a specialized kind of application that emerged in the 80s for composing 8-bit-style music.
In general, it has a rather rigid structure, best suited for straightforward 4/4 melodies, where you can throw in some effects here and there. But the nice thing about that is that you’re very quick to produce good-sounding results, even if they may be simplistic.
The most recent update (which was apparently more than a year ago 😅) added a synthesizer to create your own samples more easily. You need samples to make each note play a tone, so this makes it even easier to jump into. As a result, I am having quite a bit of fun with it, again, which is why I decided to post here. 🙂
It is free and open-source (GPLv3).
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Neat, I always wanted to get into trackers, I only managed to figure out FamiTracker and “figure out” is an overstatement, I feel like once I see something like “PCM Speed” in addition to standard tempo controls things start to go over my silly little head
If you like trackers and want to trade money for some crazy features check out Renoise. I used the trial (on Linux) accidentally because nixos has a derivation for it and I didn’t realize it’s commercial software.
