Formats
- IT module format (.it) formatThe module format of impulse-tracker , documented by its author in ITTECH.TXT (in raw/impulse-tracker/ ; summary s-ittech ). Everything an .it contains beyond an S3M — instruments with envelopes, NNAs and duplicate …
- MOD module format (.mod) format"The first file format for tracked music on the Commodore Amiga": introduced in a basic form by Karsten Obarski's Ultimate SoundTracker, extended by NoiseTracker and protracker with more effects, longer samples and more …
- S3M module format (.s3m) formatscream-tracker-3 's format (1994), documented by sami-tammilehto in TECH.DOC (summary: s-st3-tech-doc ). Compared with mod-format it added per-sample tuning (C4Spd, the frequency of middle C), up to 32 channels (16 …
- SID file format (.sid) formatThe distribution format for commodore-64 music: the tune's data plus its player routine, with metadata, playable in SID players and emulators. sid-wizard 's SID-Maker exports it; the author-info field uses : as …
- SID-Wizard module format (.swm family) formatThe native file family of sid-wizard : the .swm work module and its 2/3/4- SID siblings .sws / .swt / .swq , plus the .swi single-instrument file. The byte-exact layout below is from m64's duet research into Hermit's SW …
- XM module format (.xm) formatfasttracker-2 's format (November 1994): the mod-format effect alphabet plus a few letters of its own, and — the point of it — instruments : volume and panning envelopes over samples, several samples per instrument, …