Modules

On this CD there are over 1400 Modules. Modules are songs that are composed using a Tracker program. One of the first programs was called Soundtracker, which did appear soon after the release of the first Amiga. Most Tracker programs are able to play four sounds at the same time. Each song is divided into Blocks (which consist normally of 64 lines). This blocks can be arranged in any way you like (e.g. one can be played five times and the next one only once). Each block contains 4 tracks (for each audio channel one). A track consists of 64 lines, which hold the information about the played sounds. Here's a short example: 
Track 1    Track 2    Track 3     Track 4

D-3 50000  D-3 80000  ---- 00000  D-5 90000
D-3 50000  D-3 80000  ---- 00000  E-5 90000
D-3 50000  D-3 80000  ---- 00000  F#5 90000
These are three lines taken out of a block. You can see the four tracks side by side. Each containing the same pattern of information. Let's have a look at the first track:

If you look at Track 3, you can see that nothing happens there (---- means no note is played).

Start for example OctaMED V6 on this CD and load a song into the memory... There you can see exactly this.

By the way, unlike many other Tracker programs, OctaMED let's you play 8 samples at the same time. More information can be found in the OctaMED manual.

In order to play a module, just double-click the icon!

There exist a vast amount of different module formats. Most of them are undocumented. On this CD, you'll only find three of them:

These three formats are only partial compatible. So it wasn't possible to convert them all to one format. Most player programs are able to play all of them (e.g. HippoPlayer, EaglePlayer...). All other formats are not very common.