[Fedora-music-list] 8 bit bleeper/tracker

[Callum Lerwick]

On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 7:53 PM, David Timms <dtimms at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 08/05/11 10:50, David Timms wrote:
>> On 06/05/11 01:36, William Blackburn wrote:
>>> Do you guys happen to know of an audio app that  does 8 bit tracking?
>>> I have tried milkytracker but I had trouble understanding the cryptic
>>> interface.  I really like these noises to make music so I was
>>> wondering if CCRMA packages anything similar to this?
>> Maybe consider some of the apps mentioned at:
>> http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/linux/MOD_TRACKERS_PLAYERS/
>>
>> I didn't check if any are open source...
>
> another site with basic blurbs:
> http://woolyss.com/tracking-trackers.php?s=Linux

I get the feeling from the OP that a tracker is not really what they want. ;)

If they just want the chiptune sound, and not the entire
hexadecimal-riffic tracker experience, a conventional MIDI sequencer
and a softsynth rigged for chiptune sounds should do them well....