Schism Tracker is a reimplementation of Impulse Tracker, a program used to create high quality music without the requirements of specialized, expensive equipment, and with a unique “finger feel” that is difficult to replicate in part.
The player is based on a highly modified version of the ModPlug engine, with a number of bugfixes and changes to improve IT playback.
Schism Tracker is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Based on a highly modified version of the Modplug engine, with a number of bugfixes and changes to improve IT playback.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
Website: schismtracker.org
Support: Wiki, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Storlek and Mrs. Brisby
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Schism Tracker is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Music Trackers | |
|---|---|
| MilkyTracker | FT2 compatible music tracker |
| Furnace | Multi-system chiptune tracker |
| FamiStudio | NES music editor |
| Radium | Music editor sporting a sleek interface billed as a next generation tracker |
| Schism Tracker | Reimplementation of Impulse Tracker |
| OpenMPT | Audio module tracker (needs Wine to run) |
| BassoonTracker | Browser-based old-school Amiga music tracker |
| klystrack | Tracker for making C64/NES/Amiga-style chiptunes |
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