"Trackers: The Sound of 16 Bit" documentary

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It's a bit of a stretch for this subforum, but hopefully it's ok:

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holy shit!
i was expecting intrancer again!

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Ahh, What a Video !!!!! Trackers forever !!!!

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Wrong. They were 8 bit.

Mixing 8 bit samples into a 16 bit output stream was a big improvement, ca 1992.
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BertKoor wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:03 pm Wrong. They were 8 bit.

Mixing 8 bit samples into a 16 bit output stream was a big improvement, ca 1992.
I think the author of the video meant sunds of 16-bit computers like Amiga or Atari ST. I'm yet to watch it, so I'm not sure. Just guessing.
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vurt wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:38 pm holy shit!
i was expecting intrancer again!

doppelganger!
Doing my best! :help:
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Sweet stuff... I "grew up" on the Amiga and this brings back memories... I got one of these Amiga trackers on a magazine disk and distinctly remember "Dirty Old Town" rendered in shitty 8-bit glory... :hihi:
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I tought I had seen all youtube videos about early soundtrackers. Nice one. I have a whole library about the early stages and development of Atari, Amiga, Apple, Commodore...
thx :)
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I used to wrap this 8-bit bad boy sampler in aluminum foil to help reduce background noise.
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Surprisingly it actually helped.
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Tronam wrote: Sat Nov 20, 2021 12:17 am I used to wrap this 8-bit bad boy sampler in aluminum foil to help reduce background noise.
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Surprisingly it actually helped.
I also have one of those :)
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Two of my favourite WTF?! moments in tracker history:



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antic604 wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:37 pm It's a bit of a stretch for this subforum
Why? I love trackers and they were definitely hosts programs, so I see nothing wrong with it whatsoever.

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crickey13 wrote: Sat Nov 20, 2021 11:59 am
antic604 wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:37 pm It's a bit of a stretch for this subforum
Why? I love trackers and they were definitely hosts programs, so I see nothing wrong with it whatsoever.
They host samples. Case closed...
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crickey13 wrote: Sat Nov 20, 2021 11:59 am
antic604 wrote: Fri Nov 19, 2021 9:37 pm It's a bit of a stretch for this subforum
Why? I love trackers and they were definitely hosts programs, so I see nothing wrong with it whatsoever.
I don't know anymore what will trigger people, so treat that as a disclaimer just in case.
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Noisetracker was where I made my first complete bit of electronic music. On an Amiga 500 back in the mid 90s. Around the same time I had my first access to this new "internet" thing via university so I'd spend my spare time downloading amiga demos and mod files, ripping out mods and samples from games and demos to build up my sample library. Good times. Eventually I switched to ProTracker and when the PC came knocking tried FastTracker II briefly before stopping with trackers.

Back then full motion video wasn't a thing with the Amiga so I'd often put on scene demos for the music and visuals. Found a couple of favourites on YouTube:




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