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Tracker music thread.
Tracker music occupies an intermediate niche between digital sound recording (WAV, MP3) and musical notation (MIDI). Namely, the module (as the tracker file is traditionally called) stores both the sound recordings of the instruments in pulse-code modulation and the melody score, including notes and effect names.
Tracker music is usually written by amateur musicians. Methods for creating tracker music are quite specific, and more like programming than a set of musical score, which makes them not very convenient for professional musicians, but more accessible for people without musical education. This does not mean that tracker music is initially bad or simple from a musical point of view, it rather represents an alternative approach to music.
Trackers as a tool for creating music are very actively used in the community of “demoscene” - a computer youth subculture that emerged in the 1990s even before the widespread distribution of the Internet.
The principles of distribution of this music are similar to the principles of open source - the works are free, have “open source code”, etc. Before the availability of easily accessible collections of samples, the practice of borrowing samples from other people's files was widespread. In the second half of the 1990s, sites appeared where you could post your music and receive reviews from other musicians (https://www.traxinspace.com/ https://modarchive.org/ and others).
By now, with the improvement of technology, software and the increase in bandwidth of domestic Internet connections, the scope of tracker music has slightly decreased. However, there are still a large number of musicians specializing in it, among them competitions are held. Also, tracker music due to its technical features is often used on low-grade gaming systems and on PC in small games.
Tracker music can often be heard in keygens and other cracks.
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