protracker(1)

📦 version 1.92, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 protracker 💖

okay so bestie, gather round, because this is the manual page for protracker — a ProTracker 2.3D clone for modern computers 🎀✨ (yes, that's the NAME section, we're doing this properly, don't @ me)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

protracker file

like. that's it. that's the whole summoning ritual. one file. slay. 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so protracker is a multi-platform clone of the classic music making software "ProTracker" — specifically version 2.3D — from the Commodore Amiga days 👑. the whole entire goal is that it works exactly like you remember it, but with added features and fixes on top. the way that the music you make in ProTracker uses the MOD file format 🦋 — that's just how it is, that's canon.

the original ProTracker was written in 1990 📅 (iconic, ancient, legendary). the original also has a setup screen — and this version can be set up using ~/.protracker/protracker.ini instead, which is lowkey so much nicer. MIDI support and split keys (usually for MIDI situations) are not implemented — so don't come for me expecting those, they're just not here, periodt. 😭

now for the fun part, the glow-up list 💖:

  • a WAV sample loader/saver with support for loops / name / volume chunk attributes from sampler exported WAVs 🌊
  • an STK loader — that's The Ultimate Soundtracker — handling effects and sample loop types 🎧
  • loading of PowerPacker'd MODs 📦
  • 128 kB sample support 🔥
  • MOD2WAV, for exporting the song to .WAV 🌈

like?? the range?? we love to see it. 💜

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

your other besties, your little tracker friend group, your iykyk squad:

go say hi to them, they're all so valid 🫶

💀 quick reminder bestie: MIDI support and split keys are not implemented. that's not me being mysterious, that's just the facts. no cap.

okay that's the whole page!! this one dropped August 08 2018 under the name protracker(1) — General Commands Manual energy, retro Amiga heart, modern computer body 🌸🎀✨ mwah, go make some MODs bestie 💖

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