MilkyTracker

MilkyTracker is a free software multi-platform tracker for composing music in the MOD and XM module file formats. It attempts to recreate the module replay and user experience of the popular DOS program FastTracker, with special playback modes available for improved Amiga ProTracker 2/3 compatibility.
The MilkyTracker mod tracker is notable for being supported on a wide range of platforms and is available for the Windows Mobile platform.
MOD tracking
MOD composition or "tracking" is done through the control of multichannel sample playback. An instrument is created by arranging one or more audio samples across a keyboard range. The instrument is then sequenced on a monophonic track that contains note, volume and effect data. A pattern is a series of tracks that are played back simultaneously. A song is then created by arranging the patterns.
MilkyTracker features
It is able to open 30+ legacy mod formats and is able to save in .xm and .mod formats.
Like FastTracker, MilkyTracker contains a sample editor and an instrument editor. The envelope editor of the instrument editor rivals the envelope flexibility of many hardware and software synthesizers because it allows the creation of many envelope points and user definable envelope loop points.
MilkyTracker also supports basic (velocity sensitive) note input via MIDI.
Platform support
The range of diverse operating systems and hardware platforms supported by MilkyTracker is unique in the realm of music software applications:
Microsoft Windows: MilkyTracker will run on Windows 9x & Me, NT, Windows 200x, XP, Vista & Windows 7.
Unix-like: MilkyTracker is available on Ubuntu, Arch Linux, Debian, Maemo, Enlisy, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Gentoo, SUSE and Mac OS X. (Mac G3 compatible)
Amiga: A port has been made of MilkyTracker for AmigaOS 4.
Windows Mobile: MilkyTracker can be run on Windows Mobile smartphones, PDAs, Pocket PC and a VDO Dayton Car Navigation system running Windows CE 4.2.
MilkyTracker can also run on the XBOX and GP2x.
MilkyTracker development history
MilkyTracker is not based on any existing module replay engine. Its core MilkyPlay has been in development since the mid-90s, originally as a Digitrakker .MDL player. MilkyTracker development started a decade later for the Pocket PC and it still fully operates on rather humble PDAs. MilkyTracker is and will stay a 2nd generation tracker. There are no plans to add modern tracker features that would break compatibility with FastTracker.

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