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And that script, plus its associated audio samples all bundled together into a single file, is called a module or MOD. That program was called Ultimate Soundtracker. Two years after the Amiga’s release, developer Karsten Obarski decided to create a program that would load samples into said RAM and trigger them for coherent playback using a simple script that’s something akin to the scroll of a player piano.

Digitized sound samples could be loaded into the Amiga’s CHIP RAM and triggered for playback (and with zero CPU intervention), with highly realistic results. And, among them, was its 8-bit, 4-channel, wavetable, stereo audio subsystem offering far better audio playback than any other consumer machine of the time. In 1985 the Commodore Amiga was released, bringing with it dramatic innovations on every front, really. The app I speak of is French developer Yohann Magnien’s Modizer…and it’s a MODplayer.įirst, some history for those unfamiliar with MODs, trackers, and all that lot of sampled digital audio goodness. But, a music player that should bring a smile to the face of many a gamer who sat in front an Amiga or PC, joystick in hand, back in the late ’80s and early ’90s. The app I’m highlighting here isn’t a game at all - not even sort-of a game. I’ll start out by saying that this is a bit of a curious post.

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