Music Trackers

BassoonTracker – browser-based old-school Amiga music tracker

BassoonTracker is a browser-based old-school Amiga Music Tracker in plain old JavaScript.

The software plays and edits Amiga Module files and FastTracker 2 XM files.

This is free and open source software.

Features include:

  • Load, play, edit and save Protracker and FastTracker 2 compatible module files.
  • All Protracker audio effects are supported (99% accurate).
    • Portamento / Frequency slides (Effect 1, 2, 3, 5, E1 and E2).
    • Vibrato (effect 4, 6, and E4).
    • Tremolo (effect 7 and E7).
    • Arpeggio (effect 0).
    • Glissando (effect E3).
    • Sample offsets (effect 9).
    • Volume slides and settings (effect A, C, E10, and E11).
    • Position jumps (effect B).
    • Pattern breaks, loops and delays (effect D, E6, and E14).
    • Speed settings (effect F).
    • Sample Delay, Cut, Retrigger and Finetune (effect E13, E12, E9, and E5).
    • Lowpass/LED filter (effect E0).
  • Almost all FastTracker audio effects are supported (97% accurate).
    • Volume and Panning Envelopes.
    • Auto Vibrato.
    • Multiple samples per instrument.
    • Extended volume commands.
  • Next to the tracker effects, there are per-channel effects for low, mid, high frequency, panning and reverb control.
  • Mute/solo tracks.
  • Edit pattern data and sample properties, use ranges and cut/copy/paste for quick editing.
  • Midi support (only Midi-in currently).
  • Up to 32 channels.
  • Import 8bit WAV, 8SVX and RAW samples (as well as any other format AudioContext can read, like .mp3 and .ogg).
  • Integrated sample editor: Edit and slice your samples right inside BassoonTracker.
  • Full Undo/Redo in pattern editor and sample editor.
  • Includes the historic ST-01 and ST-02 sample disks, released in 1987 (as well as a bunch of others).
  • The modarchive API is integrated to access several thousands of music files.
  • The modules.pl API is integrated to access even more music files.
  • Export to .mod, .xm, .wav, and .mp3.
  • Connect your Dropbox account to directly read and write your own files.

Website: www.stef.be/bassoontracker
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Steffest
License: MIT License

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