$ xmp Sarcophaser.lha Extended Module Player 2.5.1 Fri Dec 7 09:58:06 BRST 2007 Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Claudio Matsuoka and Hipolito Carraro Jr Using OSS PCM audio [8 fragments of 8192 bytes] Mixer set to 16bit, 44100 Hz, interpolated stereo Loading Sarcophaser.lha... (1 of 1) Depacking LHa file... done Module title : lepeltheme Module type : UST (Ultimate Soundtracker) Module length : 36 patterns Stored patterns: 13 ............. Stored samples : 15 .......... Channels : 4 [ 0 f f 0 ] Estimated time : 4min48s Tempo[06] BPM[78] Pos[0E/23] Pat[09/0C] Row[3C/3F] Chn[04/04]
The Extended Module Player, or xmp, is a portable command-line module player for Unix and Unix-like systems such as Linux, BSD, Solaris, HP-UX and MacOS X, and also QNX, BeOS, Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS. Xmp plays over 80 mainstream and obscure module formats from Amiga, Atari, Acorn, Apple IIgs and PC.
This project is more than 10 years old. It spent some time in unmaintained state but it's now back to an usable condition. Please send feedback to xmp-devel@lists.sourceforge.net or directly to cmatsuoka@gmail.com.
| Change | Module | Played with 2.5.0 | Played with 2.5.1 |
| MED2XM BPM conversion quirk | Fascinated (XM conversion) pos 1 | fas-xmp250.ogg | fas-xmp251.ogg |
| IT instrument retrigger quirk | Red Dream (IT conversion) pos 0 | rdit-xmp250.ogg | rdit-xmp251.ogg |
| Simultaneous volume slide up and down (MOD) | Red Dream pos 2 | rd-xmp250.ogg | rd-xmp251.ogg |
| Reset fadeout on new instrument | pain of lace pos 0 | pl-xmp250.ogg | pl-xmp251.ogg |
| Ptk loops only valid if loop start is 0 | amegas (M.K. conversion), pos 0 | am-xmp250.ogg | am-xmp251.ogg |
| Play IT octave 9 | my eleventh year, pos 21 ch 6 | 11y-xmp250.ogg | 11y-xmp251.ogg |
| Change | Module | Played with 2.4.1 | Played with 2.5.0 |
| Ultratracker sample type 20 | Seasons, pos 4 | sea-xmp241.ogg | sea-xmp250.ogg |
| MDL "no effect" becoming arpeggio | Stone Age Astronaut, pos 13 ch 9 | saa-xmp241.ogg | saa-xmp250.ogg |
| Floating point period conversion | Phazer-Demo (KK), pos 0 | phd-xmp241.ogg | phd-xmp250.ogg |
| aryx, pos 8 | ar-xmp241.ogg | ar-xmp250.ogg | |
| Startrekker AM synth | Cylicon pos 21 | cyl-xmp241.ogg | cyl-xmp250.ogg |
| Change | Module | Played with 2.4.0 | Played with 2.4.1 |
| Bug in logarithmic finetune interpolation | UnreaL ][ / PM pos 18, ch 6-7 | 2pm-xmp240.ogg | 2pm-xmp241.ogg |
| Ultimate Soundtracker detection | Sleepwaker | sw-xmp240.ogg | sw-xmp241.ogg |
| Cut effect retriggers sample | Comic Bakery Remix, pos 1 ch 3 | cbr-xmp240.ogg | cbr-xmp241.ogg |
| Effect with invalid sample | 39.mod, pos 11 | 39-xmp240.ogg | 39-xmp241.ogg |
| Portamento after keyoff | Metamorph part II, pos 6 ch 7 | mpii-xmp240.ogg | mpii-xmp241.ogg |
| Funky stars, pos 5 ch 9 | fs-xmp240.ogg | fs-xmp241.ogg | |
| Protracker sample loops | MeNoWantMiseria.Ext, pos 17, ch 1 | mnwm-xmp240.ogg | mnwm-xmp241.ogg |
| Change | Module | Played with 2.3.2 | Played with 2.4.0 |
| Sample offset 0 | Lore (extended remix) pos 5, ch 0-1 | lore-xmp232.ogg | lore-xmp240.ogg |
| Funktracker fixes | softhunter2.fnk pos 4 | fugue-xmp232.ogg | fugue-xmp240.ogg |
| Farandole fixes | techno riders.far pos 25 | tr-xmp232.ogg | tr-xmp240.ogg |
| 669 fixes | Dreamhouse Mix | dm-xmp232.ogg | dm-xmp240.ogg |
| Multi-retrig with count value 0 | Cyberculosis pos 9 | cb-xmp232.ogg | cb-xmp240.ogg |
| Sample offset on portamento after keyoff | Cosmic 'Wegian Mamas pos 4, ch 7 | cwm1-xmp232.ogg | cwm1-xmp240.ogg |
| Bidirectional loop detuning in short samples | Cosmic 'Wegian Mamas pos 12, ch 6,7 | cwm2-xmp232.ogg | cwm2-xmp240.ogg |
| MED synth instrument arpeggio | Sonic Solutions Track1 | t1-xmp232.ogg | t1-xmp240.ogg |
| Simultaneous volume slide up and down | UnreaL ][ - The 2ND Reality pos 13 | 2s-xmp232.ogg | 2s-xmp240.ogg |
| Change | Module | Played with 2.3.1 | Played with 2.3.2 |
| Modplug Tracker IT sample volume quirk | Deep in her Eyes pos 2 | dhe-xmp231.ogg | dhe-xmp232.ogg |
| PTM sample loop size | Abnormality pos 11 | ab-xmp231.ogg | ab-xmp232.ogg |
| PTM note slide + retrig effect | |||
| Change | Module | Played with 2.3.0 | Played with 2.3.1 |
| Anti-click system generating clicks | UnreaL ][ / PM pos 3, ch 0 | 2pm-xmp230.ogg | 2pm-xmp231.ogg |
XM (Fast Tracker II), MOD (Noise/Fast/Protracker), FLT (Startrekker/Audio Sculpture), ST (Soundtracker), IT (Impulse Tracker), S3M (Scream Tracker 3), STM (Scream Tracker 2), STX (STMIK 0.2), MTM (Multitracker), MTN (Soundtracker 2.6/Ice Tracker), IMF (Imago Orpheus), PTM (Poly Tracker), MDL (Digitrakker), ULT (Ultra Tracker), LIQ (Liquid Tracker), NO (Liquid Tracker (old)), MASI (Epic Megagames MASI), PSM (Protracker Studio), AMF (DSMI (DMP)), GDM (Generic Digital Music), MMD0/1 (MED 2.10/OctaMED), MMD2/3 (OctaMED v5/OctaMED SS), MED3 (MED 2.00), MED4 (MED 2.10), DMF (X-Tracker), RTM (Real Tracker), PT3 (Protracker 3), TCB (TCB Tracker), DTM (Digital Tracker), GTK (Graoumf Tracker), DTT (Desktop Tracker), MGT (Megatracker), MUSX (Archimedes Tracker), DSYM (Digital Symphony), DIGI (DIGI Booster), DBM (DigiBooster Pro), EMOD (Quadra Composer), OKT (Oktalyzer), SFX (SoundFX), FAR (Farandole Composer), UMX (Epic Games Unreal/UT), STIM (Slamtilt), MTP (Soundsmith/MegaTracker), IMS (Images Music System), 669 (Composer 669), FNK (Funktracker), AMD (Amusic Adlib Tracker), RAD (Reality Adlib Tracker), HSC (HSC-Tracker), ALM (Aley Keptr), AC1D (AC1D Packer), FCHS (Fuchs Tracker), FCM (FC-M Packer), FUZZ (Fuzzac Packer), KRIS (ChipTracker), KSM (Kefrens Sound Machine), MP (Module Protector), P18A (Promizer 1.8a), P10C (Promizer 1.0c), PRU1 (Prorunner 1.0), PRU2 (Prorunner 2.0), PHA (Pha Packer), WN (Wanton Packer), UNIC (UNIC Tracker), TP3 (Tracker Packer v3), XANN (XANN Packer), MP (Module Protector noID), DI (Digital Illusions), EU (Eureka Packer), P4x (The Player 4.x), P60A (The Player 6.0a), NP2 (Noisepacker v2), NP1 (NoisePacker v1), NP3 (Noisepacker v3), ZEN (Zen Packer), UNIC (UNIC Tracker id0), UNIC (UNIC Tracker noid), UNIC2 (Unic Tracker 2), CRB (Heatseeker 1.0), TDD (The Dark Demon), GMC (Game Music Creator) [81 known formats]Some of the formats are still in early development and shouldn't play very accurately (unstable formats include Graoumf Tracker GTK and X-Tracker DMF). Let me know if any of these formats is important for you.
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These are screenshots of different programs used to create, play or manipulate tracker music. Some of them are quite obscure.