this post was submitted on 26 Sep 2024
11 points (100.0% liked)

Amiga

761 readers
24 users here now

Community for all things Commodore Amiga related.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Creating Music with ProTracker?

Anyone able to point me to some good resources on creating music with ProTracker? I haven't really found much as far as not having any prior music knowledge, and using that particular Amiga program.

@amiga

top 6 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Personally I use OpenMPT and have been since I was a kid. It's an open source tracker that is surprisingly powerful if you can get it to do what you want. It's similar to trackers like ProTracker from the old school days but more modernized and easier to use (mostly). It's not the easiest software to use but it's what I'm used to. But if you are set on ProTracker you might be able to look up stuff about OpenMPT (or any tracker for that matter) and some of the information might translate over. I know this might not be helpful, but I hope it helps with a starting point at least.

[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think I've tried OpenMPT, how does it compare to MilkyTracker?

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Very similar when it comes to the core principles behind it. The UI is very different, but it can essentially do all the same things and even shares some file formats for projects.

[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Read other people's mods. Worked for me back in the day :)

[–] tasankovasara@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

...already chuckling at the jaw drop of seeing a row of speed multiplier changes that produces a murderously funky shuffle groove 😁

[–] Twig@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

This should come in useful

Lists all the effects within Protracker. Will probably need another guide to go with that, but it's a handy reference.