THE COMPUTER MUSIC FILE FORMATS COLLECTION 1.0 ---------------------------------------------- Collected by Jamal Hannah on 5/2/94. Many of these text files use the IBM ANSI-style graphic character set. Macintosh users can view these text files correctly with "UnZip 2.0.1". * The MOD format file outlines the ProTracker (Amiga) standard format. * The P16 doc is the Protracker Studio 16 (PS16) file format spec. (IBM) * The FTK document talks about the IBM FastTracker format. (4,6,8 track) (ftracker.zip or fasttrak.lzh) * The STAR-FRM document is some info about the Amiga "StarTracker" (also called "StarTrekker") format. 4-8 channels. * The "WOW" document talks about the IBM GraveMod tracker format. (8 track). * The OKT files talk about the Amiga Oktalyzer (8 track) file format. * The MED files give info about the MED file formats, from Amiga MED version 3.21. For the effects, look for the string: "MED V3.2 player commands/effects" in the MED-EFX.TXT file (actualy the MED 3.21 documentation.) * The FAR-FORM.TXT file is the newest Farandole (IBM) format doc I could find. It replaces the older one, wish new stuff starting with "Farandole .USM Sample/instrument format". This doc comes from the "far096.arj" archive. (April 13, 1994) (16 track) * The DMF doc files (3 of them) come from the "xtrak030.lzh" (XTRACKER). These define the 9-octave file format, and it's effects. (IBM) (32 track, 9 octaves) * The TT doc is the documentation for IBM "TakeTracker", which I wrote. (4,6,8,16 & 32 track) * The ULT docs are the UltraTracker 1.5 (IBM) file format document, and the documentation for version 1.31 (translated to English) with the effects listed near the end. (32 track, 16-bit samples) * The MTM doc is the MultiTracker (IBM) Module format spec, from the archive "mtm101b.zip". The "effects" file is the documentation file that mentions the effects in it. (32 track) * The 669 doc is the 669 (IBM) File and Extended File format Spec. (8 tracks) * The SSS doc is the Super Studio Session file format spec. (not totaly complete). This is a Macintosh music format that stores it's instruments in seperate files, and supports up to 8 channels. (Actualy it can support an infinate number), and is perticulary good for systems using Musical Notation instead of a "tracker" style interface. It could easily be made into a "module" format by simply placing the instruments in order at the end of the song data. * The S3M doc and effects list are basicly the "ST3.DOC" and "TECH.DOC" files from ScreamTracker 3.01b ("scrmt301.zip") (up to 32 track) * The ROL file gives information about the ROL "synthesized instrument" music file format. * The MID documents talk about the General-Midi file format. (the files origionaly were named: midifile, midispec, general-midi, and mididump) The "midiprimer" file is also included. ----------------------------------------------------------------------